Posts made by AndrewnShango

BEAUTIFUL little girl! What about Hazel?

I like the name Violet. Or Clover.

Mr. Kongo is VERY handsome. And what a great name!

hahaha, welcome to the club!
I had Shango, my older boy, and wanted to add a second. Everyone thought I was crazy until I actually did! I rescued Newsom and now have a beautiful Basenji duo who LOVE each other and play so well. I can't imagine life with just one….it's absolutely a joy to have two and the other posters are right- the second one does seem to be easier because they have us so well trained from the first!

It's been awhile since we've posted, but have enjoyed keeping up with everyone else and their beautiful pups!
Here's the latest of the dynamic duo, Shango and Newsom. Shango is now 5 and Newsom is 16 months. They are a BLAST and we love them very much. Who knew, TWO really are better than ONE!

• Shango is the smaller boy in the back with more white. Newsom is the big boy in the front!
  

@...Yeah:

HAHA, you got it! That's especially true with Newsom, as well! Boy is he a KISSER!

As I've mentioned before, I work at a holistic pet bakery and food store, so Newsom and Shango come to work with me. They're very behaved boys, the customers love them, and they get social interaction with both humans and other dogs.

Today, a very nice woman came in and met the dogs and was very curious about why they were such friend, well-behaved dogs. She turns to me and says: "You're so lucky! Basenjis are usually very mean, agressive dogs."

Needless to say, I was pretty taken aback and upset, but brushed it off.

About an hour later, another customer came in, met the boys, and says to me, word for word, "You must be crazy having two Basenjis. They're such mean dogs."

WHAT THE HELL!?! WHO says that?!

Sorry. I just had to tell you guys. I was quite annoyed! Have you guys experienced any of these stupid kind of comments?

VERY cute, and I LOVE the name Mambo- any story behind it?

@bewler:

Yes. It's called "Forbid" - I have used it without success. There may be other brands, but basically, yes, it's supposed to make the poop taste bad. Oh, the irony!

Solid Gold, a leader in holistic pet health, also has a product called S.E.P (Stop Eating Poop) (really!) that is supposed to work very well, too.

I've read somewhere that a possible food change (to one with a more complete nutritional coverage) will also deter the pups from eating poop….

Sorry for the nature of this post but I wanted to ask "the experts" here!

Newsom is 99.99% potty trained, he doesn't go in the house or his crate anymore and is a VERY good boy about running to the door.

Recently (the last few days) he's been doing something rather gross: he and Shango have an area of the lawn they go to the bathroom in and I've noticed him licking the spots where both dogs urinate! He doesn't eat the grass or anything, but licks it. It's worse when they go outside together, as soon as Shango pee's and runs away, Newsom's over there licking!

Does anyone know what this means? Or how to break him of it?

This is awesome! And very true of our house, too. Shango pokes his nose out and just waits there until he's ready to come out for the day!

Hey guys, can anyone help this BEAUTIFUL girl?

It says she's a mix, but I think she's a full based on the pictures…

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/19813170

VERY beautiful girl! What's her name?

Newsom was born on Dec 28, making him 5 months now and he's GROWING BY THE DAY! He's a real treat though….such an awesome dog. We love him a lot.

Here's my handsome boy:

With his big brother, Shango:

life with a Basenji is awesome, but life with TWO Basenji's is the BEST!

What Basenji qualities do you see? I'm not sure I do, based on these pics. But I agree, I think there's some Pit.

THIS IS HILARIOUS! How funny, Shango doesn't do this, Newsom doesn't either but I wish they did- how cute??

Now imagine them on the African plains hunting a wild animal. Would theses tactics work?? LOL

Thanks for sharing, very cute!

SO glad to hear that Chance is doing well. Please keep us posted on the little guy's health!

WOW what a cutie! Is he full Basenji? He's SO awesome looking!!

Newsom gets a thick sock full of uncooked white rice, which we heat up in the microwave. He's very good in his crate, but at night, to make him feel more comfortable, we put the warm rice-filled sock in his crate and he cuddles right up to it and goes to bed.

@deschroedter:

And if you want to talk big, Kell at 16 months is 40.6 lbs.

Holy cow!! You have a 40lb B?