Fortunately for Shaun he is seldom let alone. In the seven or eight weeks we have had him I think the longest he has been left alone is 2-3 hours. Sherri works three days a week and I work from home.
Both of us are regular walkers so Shaun gets at least two decent walks a day. He also has play dates. He passed a six week course of basic obedience training.
He loves to play and chew on his toys. Thats all regular puppy stuff. Even if he had a full day of activities he still gets these bursts of energy where he will run around the living room, into the kitchen and out into the yard like a mad dervish doing circles. We call it the "Basenji 500."
But he will still have these hour long sneaky periods (usually around 7PM) where he will quietly go hunting for mischief: attacking plants, looking for toilet rolls, rummaging in closets left open, and his favorite: shredding magazine and book covers.
In his "quiet time" periods Shaun is a total comfort seeking couch potato. He loves to cuddle with us humans and he loves soft bedding and pillows etc.
His energy levels seem to be evening out a little more now. When we first got him he was either full of bug eyed energy or sleepy as hell. Alternating between the two extremes was like hitting a switch. One time he was tearing around the living room like a crazy monster, bouncing off the walls, while I watched from the couch. He then launched at me from five feet away, soured through the air and landed on my lap, only to be fast asleep in like two seconds…
