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  • I know what you mean, my tri girl neveer chewwed on anything, but he's nother story. I wish i could crate him but he getts so stress that he just flipps out. My vet told me to try a faromon spray they have tried on other dogs, they said this might help him when he is in there. I have to see if the pet store carries it and how much it it. She told me it is pricy. I also now he is in his teen years. He has been a good boy it is just latley be has been acting up. I know we all will make through it on way or another.:p

  • A tired b is a good basenji..I would get him into a basic obedience class and take him out for 3 very long walks!

  • @sharronhurlbut:

    A tired b is a good basenji..I would get him into a basic obedience class and take him out for 3 very long walks!

    Exactly! Also just taking them to all kinds of different places satisfies that curiosity thirst they have. Walk them on different routes, like people they get bored going the same old walk.

  • He has been to 2 basic obebaince classes. I want to start taking him for walks, but I have to take him into town to do so. I live in the country next to a busy high way so I don't want to walk him around here so if ever gets out he doesn't take him self for a walk. right now he usally runs to the car to go.

  • Really glad to read this thread because my new 6-7 month old puppy is chewing on everything. She doesn't seem interested in chewing on her toys. I thought I had found something that worked which was a cow hoof but she managed in a couple of days to break it apart into pieces and then I felt things were getting dangerous for her. I don't know what to try that she will want to chew on that is safe and nondestructible. We walk several times a day and play Frisbee in the backyard so I feel like she is getting plenty of exercise but I could be wrong.

  • @BlueBell:

    Really glad to read this thread because my new 6-7 month old puppy is chewing on everything. She doesn't seem interested in chewing on her toys. I thought I had found something that worked which was a cow hoof but she managed in a couple of days to break it apart into pieces and then I felt things were getting dangerous for her. I don't know what to try that she will want to chew on that is safe and nondestructible. We walk several times a day and play Frisbee in the backyard so I feel like she is getting plenty of exercise but I could be wrong.

    This is the typical age for B's to be "really" a handful, you just need to make sure that you are watching her and redirect her when she chews things she should not… I know it sounds "simple" but it isn't, because you need to know where she is all the time. Have you tried toys that you put food in and they roll it around to get the food out? There are a number of different ones, one of the first to come out was the Buster Cube... Watch using hoofs as they can break their teeth... and if you ever step on one with bare feet, you will never give them that again..gggg

  • Mental stimulation wears dogs out much more than physical exercise. Dogs are really built for physical activity so it take more of it to wear them out. A 15 minute training session can be more tiring for some dogs than a nice long walk. This is especially true when you are working on new behaviors.

    Toys like Pat metioned are also good because they work the brain.

  • She has two toys that you put food in - a football and another one but she could care less. Maybe the food inside isn't desirable enough. Great a puppy who is a handful and a two year old grandson who I keep 3 days a week who is going through the terrible twos. So wonder Bella gets along so well with him and not as much with the 5 year old. :)

  • My youngest Basenji is 16 months. She does well most of the time, but temptation being what it is gets the best of her. I have a 6x6 inch hole in my new mattress! I laundered the linens and the mattress pad. The house seemed too quiet. I checked on my dogs; on top of my bed were my two Basenjis and my terrier-mix … the youngest Basenji was pulling stuffing out of the mattress for the other two, and they were all having a ball....that is, until I walked in the room and screamed!!!

    Gotta love 'em!

  • I am finding out quickly that if things are too quiet I better go find Bella. Most of the time she is asleep but there are those times that my tennis shoes or sandals are now becoming just chew toys. Upsetting but funny too. Kind of like my 2 year old grandson's antics.

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