I always wanted a dog, but my stepfather was allergic. My husband grew up with basenjis in the 50's in New Bedford MA. They never showed, just had them as pets. They did everything wrong– let them run loose, bred them without planning, but he had great stories about them, particularly one girl named Congo.
His family had a rescue B named Rusty, who was a great character (also loose, but luckily a homebody) when I met him in the 70's. I liked Rusty's aloof confidence, and got my first B in 85-- Kenji. He was backyard bred-charming but turned very dominant and difficult at adolescence, but we worked with and had him until he was 13.
We got our second dog from Matahari B's, and Caddie was a tricolor sweetheart for 15 years.
Now I've got the gentlest, most outgoing B I've ever met. Sol was raised by someone else, and they did a great job-- thanks Eldorado!
I adopted him at 5, and after a few weeks of thinking about it, he decided to stay (he jumped the fence twice, but came when I called the second time). He's my best friend, and even goes to work with me in the winter. And sometimes I wonder if he's really a basenji, because he wags his tail so much-- but only for me.
"Free" Basenjis =/
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well, tonight I was browsing around looking at basenji puppies online, (not because I want another 3 is my limit :p I just get bored and can't resist the cute puppy faces:o) Anywho, I was on puppyfind.com and came across this :
The title is "Free, 4 Left" they are 5 months old and i guess they just want them gone so bad they will GIVE them away,
Just thought i'd share..
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No surprise…. here... many BYB's are having problems placing pups this year with the current conditions.... that is what happens when you breed for profit... when the profit is gone... you need to dump the product
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Does anyone have a membership to see who the seller is? I forwarded the link to BRAT in the hopes the dogs don't get dumped but I can't see who the seller is without paying.
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yeah, I know i have a username and that but i think you have to pay to see the whole thing. I know Kathy (khanis) has a 3 year old on there shes trying to rehome maybe if she sees this she can help..
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I have a membership here is the sellers info:
Barbara Storment
Location: Stigler, OK, United States
Telephone: (918) 967-4170
We are a small family operated kennel. Our puppies get a lot of TLC. We sell
quality puppies to good homes.This is what she said about the pups:
Brindle with white good disposition beautiful!!!
none better! YOU'RE CRAZY IF YOU PASS THIS UP!!!
THESE ARE TOP OF THE LINE PUPS PERIOD!!!!!!!!!
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Nice @@ I wonder if she knows there is a way to avoid that....No kidding.... this person also has an ad on puppyfind.com for the pups for free. And just take a look at the number of pups still on their and their ages...
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Jason just called these people and they said the dogs had already all been sold.
sold? hmmm…
Randa
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Oh, and I bet they are intact…sigh...we will be seeing lots of b's and b mixes coming up...
Darn it!!!