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Basenji Talk
  • I've left Jake in the car unattended ever since I got him. So far he hasn't done any damage. He usually just curls up on my seat and falls asleep. Before reading this thread I never even considered that he might chew on the seats, etc. lol

  • mine are good when the car is moving, the second i stop they think they are getting out and try to bumrush me in the front, other than that if i can get out of the car, they actually behave while im in the gas station. but it def took a while before i trusted the pup in the car by himself, hes 3 now.

  • I guess I'm lucky that whatever Kismet's mixed with makes her an angel in the car :) She normally will lay down in the backseat while driving unless she wants to stick her head out the window for a bit. And whenever I run to the store upon my return she's sitting or laying down with no wear or tear I've come across so far. Now if only I could come back to my room in the same shape…

  • Amazing how quickly & destructive dogs can be(not just basenjis).

    There was a huge groundhog that was alive & stuck between our & our neighbors fence, our red girl literally started biting hunks of the fence off as if it were styrofoam. She would have been through in minutes if we did not intervene. When she was a puppy she ripped through our wall to wall carped down to the wood within a minute or so unattended.

  • OMG on the biting hunks of fence. When Nayru gets focused, I would not care to bet on what would be destroyed. She WILL get to what it is she wants. :)

  • I've never left Paco in the car for more than two minutes while I ran in to grab something quick or pay for gas. Usually I can see him from where I am, and he just paces nervously and watches where I went. I'm sure if I left him for longer he would start destroying…

  • I can't leave Nayru and Batman in the car alone. They are both bolters. I'd never be able to negotiate a safe return to the car!

  • It's amazing how they can completely destroy something in seconds!! Its like a school of hungry piranha!! Not so funny, when its your new iPad…,, that's story is hilarious though .. I can picture their faces and the paws locking the car!!!

  • Simon could eat a sofa if I left him for 10 minutes. He's a worrier. He copes with worrying by eating whatever is nearby (like a lot of humans!)

    So, I'd never leave him in the car unattended! We'd come back to carnage (and a terrified boy).

    Edit to clarify: he doesn't eat nearby humans, haha.

  • I can leave mine loose in the car as long as there is more than one -the only time I've had damage (which included seat belts!) is when one's been left on their own. I would never leave the car running though and I always leave it in gear (I don't have internal locking either).

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