New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Blue tri basenji
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I was talking with another (nonbasenji) dog person and she asked about dilutes. I told her I knew about some from along time ago, mentioned some of the other odd colors. I was looking for pics of odd colors to email her and imagine my surprise when I found this link.
Does anyone know anything about this cute pup? Looks like dew claws were done.
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I've never seen a blue tri. It's a beautiful color. It's like a blue grey.
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I have never seen anything like that before. The eyes are also blue, so I am all sorts of confused about that one. I half expected it to have red eyes and be some sort of albino type pup.
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They are not albinos they are dilutes, different genetics. The eye color is dilute just like the coat color.
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Very sweet and different, got distracted and found myself looking at all the pics,lol.
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They are not albinos they are dilutes, different genetics. The eye color is dilute just like the coat color.
So because I know zero about genetics. On their facebook page it says they hope to get more blues by breeding. How hard would that be to get in breeding?
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Wow, I sure would like to see the rest of that dog. He *looks an awful lot like a purebred in the face…but it a possibility that there is some rat terrier, or dobe, or something that frequently carries blue in there. I would also love to see a pedigree to see if it is "different" enough for blue to be a possiblity.
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lol, that would not be hard to do… someone just email the FB owner, I'm sure she would be glad to share...
looks like the pup is out of a puppymill though
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lol, that would not be hard to do… someone just email the FB owner, I'm sure she would be glad to share...
looks like the pup is out of a puppymill though
Sometimes people get a little freaked out if you start suggesting that the dog might not be purebred though..then they don't share at all.
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This is one of the blues that was posted somewhere earlier this year from Nocturnal Kennels.
Dilute is recessive so both parents must carry the gene to produce it. The gene is pretty rare at this point in the gene pool. Unless they know of unrelated dogs that carry the gene and would be willing to use their dog then they will probably have to breed back to the parents, to siblings/half siblings, or aunt/uncles that are known to carry the gene.
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This is one of the blues that was posted somewhere earlier this year from Nocturnal Kennels.
Dilute is recessive so both parents must carry the gene to produce it. The gene is pretty rare at this point in the gene pool. Unless they know of unrelated dogs that carry the gene and would be willing to use their dog then they will probably have to breed back to the parents, to siblings/half siblings, or aunt/uncles that are known to carry the gene.
Was there more than one, Lisa? I hadn't seen the pic before. Nice looking dog
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I believe there was a blue tri and a blue trindle but I am not positive. I am not sure that they are registrable with AKC.
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I believe there was a blue tri and a blue trindle but I am not positive. I am not sure that they are registrable with AKC.
Is the general feeling that they are purebred?
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This site is always full of surprises for me! liked seeing the tri-blue very unusual.
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I think the consensus was maybe. Hard to tell for sure from the pics of the pups and parents.
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I went to Sally's website and did find some "Nocturnal" dogs listed, but the registration numbers were strange. Some were clear, some carriers. I also tried to find decendents from the blue dogs May Morning of Sin and Morining Mist of Sin, but that also was a dead end. However, relatives of these dogs have been used.
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I have never seen anything like that before. The eyes are also blue, so I am all sorts of confused about that one. I half expected it to have red eyes and be some sort of albino type pup.
I am thinking the blue in the eyes is the reflection, not the color. Blue dobes have brown eyes, just like black ones.
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The tri blue is a beautiful dog - never saw another like it - but if I did I'd grab it in a minute!
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@Shaye's:
The tri blue is a beautiful dog - never saw another like it - but if I did I'd grab it in a minute!
I agree…I think we all agree....I can't imagine why the original founders of our breed wished to get rid of that color. Such a shame.
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I guess I am of the minority…regarding the color... While I can appreciate a good structured dog of any color, I would have a tough time with the Blue.....
