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Lenny nipped the neighborhood girl and then Tayda growled at her. ACK!

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  • annandaelA

    I've really tried to keep my dogs socialized with Children…but Kiya's first introduction to children when she was a young puppy and a 3 year old girl came running at her screaming "PUPPY!!!!!" She dropped in front of Kiya and grabbed her by the halti...that made Kiya growl in surprise.

    Everyone thought she was a vicious dog...but after I removed the halti, and the girl got out of Kiya's face, they played chase.

    It depends on Kiya's mood most of the time with smaller children 0-7 if she wants them around or not...she really doesn't like kids that get in her face...and I understand that completely!

    Would you want someone grabbing your cheeks and talking right in your face?!

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    Haus Annandael Basenjis

    est.2004

    "Love, Wellness, and Quality"

    "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."

    –Irving Townsend

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  • BarklessdogB

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  • QuercusQ

    Barkless, what is your tri boy's registered name?

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • S

    Could he possibly be going through some type of dominance change…do to his age.
    How about taking him back to a gentle training class?
    Get his head on straight re you and his relationship.
    I only say that because I took my boy to one and it really did make a
    difference re the behaviors I am seeing from him.

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • S

    I meant to add, taking a dog rescue class, the ages for dogs to be rehomed were 2 and 7.
    At 2, they are going through teenage stuff we humans do.
    At age 7 they look at the way the family is run, and think they can "become" top dog.
    The recommendation was to get them back to basics.

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • J

    i know that this may be 'late in the game' to post- but i have the exact same issues with neighborhood kids & isis.

    i live in an apartment complex that allows dogs, so needless to say, there is a lot of them & a lot of kids wanting to pet them… and living in an apartment... isis needs her daily walk(s).

    isis is friendly, but you need to respect how to approach her. she doesn't bite... but she is not used to little kids. one day a kid pulled on Isis's tail (my husband was turned away for only a sec) and isis growled and tried to nip at the kid.

    it's hard having that dog the one that isn't all over you, shaking thier little tails and barking….

    i just say that Isis is prissy... with people & other dogs... it is the basenji way.

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  • BDawgB

    My dogs are the same way. Well, Lexi is anyways. Miles is much more approachable- he allows strangers to come up to him without any issues. Lexi on the other hand can just SEE a kid coming her way and she freaks out and tries to get away.

    Miles & Lexi's Mom

    www.stelladot.com/barrick

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  • S

    I think its up to us, the b's owners to make sure the kids have respect for the dogs we have.
    I have often put myself in from of my leashed dogs, with my hands out, blocking the "running to pet the puppy" kids, and then asked the parents
    to keep the children back and still and let my dogs approch THEM!
    Some folks get mad, but some parents appreciate me helping them teach the kids how to approch a strange dog.
    Kids do get it.

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • L

    I totally agree with Sharron. We went to a festival today and took Dane and Bella. So many people wanted to see these "strange" beautiful dogs we had with us ( I think someone needs to make up a flyer explaining what our b's are!!! So many people asked,,,,it was amazing!). There were tons of kids there that just came up and started petting them before we even realized they were there. Thank goodness no one startled the pups and caused them to react but it could have happened. We have trained our neighborhood kids to stop when they get close we make Dane and Bella sit until they are calm – THEN we allow them to approach each other calmly.

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  • RockysWomanR

    @sharronhurlbut:

    I think its up to us, the b's owners to make sure the kids have respect for the dogs we have.

    So true! We live three doors down from an elementary school so every day when kids get out (or on weekends… lots of kids in the area come to the playground) they love to "pet the poochies". Our Papillion eats up the attention, but Rocky stays in teh back ground. We've had kids run up to him and he will put himself between me and whomever is coming, but (luckily) he's very good with younger kids (ie infant - 5 years). Anything older than that he has little tollerence for.

    But it is up to us, the B owners, to remind the kids how to approach the dogs; to make sure the dogs are not over-stimulated or over-whelmed; to make sure it is as controlled a situation as possible. A difficult task with a swarm of children, but necessary. And if you can't do it, take the "poochies" back in the house until the cast of thousands clear out.

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