Way better than stinky fish/dog smell at least it does not stink up your house.
Someone I know had a large dog, whom I will not name, whose house stunk of dog so bad when you went over.
It was as bad as a dog who barks non- stop. Basenjis do have a lot of redeeming qualities.
I'm not sure of others here but I can't stand dogs who bark constantly. It hurts my ears (another reason I refuse to kennal my dogs, why put then through that)
When I first got our dogs I told my neighbor they did not bark and he gave me a look like what good are they (protection house) ?
People are terrified of the dogs (UPS man, delivery men, meter readers). They don't need to bark.