@jengosmonkey
LOL this is a really important convo to be having! I'm honored that it takes place on my thread 😆 and yes, I absolutely agree with the points y'all are making.
People do need to know where their pups are coming from and whether they were responsibly bred. To think of it coldly, I wouldn't buy a house without looking into its history and possible problems, or I might face ridiculous stress, expense, and emotional trauma from subsequent issues that come up later. As a consumer, one should do their homework not only on the breed but on the breeder.
A breeder who produces puppies carelessly is basically a horrible human being in my book. It was a huge, thoroughly thought out moral decision for me not to adopt but to buy a purebred puppy, as I've worked with rescues before. I took this step with the possible goal of being a custodian. If a breeder is irresponsible in all the aforementioned ways, not only are they producing dogs with a higher possibility of suffering, muddying this ancient breed, and swindling people, they are needlessly taking potential homes away from dogs that need one AND frequently causing dogs to be abandoned! If there weren't any PMs or BYBs, imagine how many people would get schooled by rescue folk and responsible breeders into taking dog-parenting seriously before they ever took one home!
Sorry for the rant; I COMPLETELY understand the internal screaming that happens within some of you when you find out a pup is from a mill or crap breeder. If people like you and I keep yelling about it, we will change a few minds, which make all the difference to a few dogs which is better than no dogs 🙂
Hello from Orlando, Fl! (Still looking to adopt)
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She is about 10 months old. He is 6-8 years old. We adopted her from Helping Hands Pet Rescue (drove up two hours with Bear to meet her) at PetSmart. We think he may just keep his I don't want to be bothered attitude and get over it. Long as she doesn't get in his space he doesn't seem to care. They both ate separately and walked together fine.
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It often takes time for 2 dogs to bond.
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Lots of walks together, and time in the yard if possible. Inside where "His things" are will be more stressful….Mom, she's touching my stuff!!!
She is really cute. -
She is a sweet dog - the first picture makes me smile because she too is smiling!
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Morning time and no problem except for a little you're too close to me growling from Bear. Kismet is getting used to her name so I think its a fit. She slept next to me cuddled up last night, was great until my arm cramped up lol. And she's still getting used to the stairs but they're doable. I'm afraid she might hurt herself in the backyard tho, the four steps up the patio she's found she can jump (just barely) and ends up missing the last one partway sometimes. After I get up Bear will have a quiet afternoon without her. Going to take her out to exchange the leash and collar (too long and thinking bout trying a harness, maybe that Sporn no pull one if they carry it in the store). Would it be better to have something like that to correct her before she gets used to pulling? She now only just twists around me. I'm also going to buy crates for both the dogs and start feeding them in there.
As I'm typing this she may start to associate NO with her name. Mouthing the stairs railing, the cat furniture, the fan wire, my chair…
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When leash pulling, maybe just stop and wait until she relaxes the chain, and only proceed then? Of course, a treat and praise when she does it right. She will eventually learn that the loose chain will allow her to move forward. I have done this with a few dogs (chow, dobie cross, scottish terrier) and it has worked for me.
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I saw those pups when they were in the Atlanta area. Which one was Kismet, the one originally called Butter or Jelly?
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Butter was her name. She's the one with no white on her face and one small spot on the back of her neck.
Found out I might have to try one of those puppy bumpers, http://www.puppybumpers.net/ Anyone have experience with it and younger dogs/basenji types? She got stuck between the fence when we closed up the bigger openings and watched her from outside to see how she did
Maybe we should have stuck with the name Butter LOL. She does great with the car rides tho, most of the time going right to sleep. Never had a dog relax so fast in a car so I had to poke her a couple times when we started home yesterday cause I was afraid something was wrong! -
I'd never heard of a puppybumper before but I'm sure a Basenji would soon find the way to 'lose' one. I certainly wouldn't leave Kismet unsupervised just relying on the 'bumper' to stop her getting out!!
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Nope I wouldn't even think of it. We'll just have to supervise her from "inside" the yard to keep her attention there instead of outside. Think that's the only reason she tried to get out and got stuck.
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Very cool that you got one of those pups. I was following their progress on Facebook. Glad to see some are going to caring homes of fellow forum members.
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LOL those puppybumpers would make a basenji chew toy. You may have to fortify the fence, not her.
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Yup, puppybumpers…any self respecting Basenji would have that in shreads in oh, lets say 30 seconds or less...
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I'm a bit disappointed in my sweet sweet girl. She barked, no yodel or baroo for me I guess
Maybe I can run some of the basenji youtube vids and see if I can't tempt it out of her. It's a cute bark tho, she starts out as a whisper then gets a lil louder. -
I'm a bit disappointed in my sweet sweet girl. She barked, no yodel or baroo for me I guess
Maybe I can run some of the basenji youtube vids and see if I can't tempt it out of her. It's a cute bark tho, she starts out as a whisper then gets a lil louder.My little girl will only yodel for her daddy. No yodels for mom (me).
I feed her, train her, buy her pretty collars, make nice coats for her, make sure she had clean blankies in her bed, give her treats, etc, etc. All hubby does is walk in the door. -
aww. Well I was played some of the youtube basenji videos and one had her running downstairs barking, another she barked back at it but most she just listened to with a confused look on her face. Maybe it was the surround sound heh
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LOL agile, Sayblee did yodel for me but much more for the spousal unit. Arwen doesn't do it at all and at 8 not likely to happen. Cara has had one almost yodel.
She does musical yawns a lot though, and barks. Well more like boofs.
