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Hi everyone, please help, I have sat here reading all the post about kidney disease, which my guy, now 13 years old has. I took him to see Dr. Dodds and did the whole blood panel thing, she said "no chicken of any type in anything" and so I changed his diet to dried lamb formula by Open Farm and cooked white turkey breast and cow liver and white rice, he is no longer eating! She did suggest I put him on Azodyl, but two days of screaming and diarrhea I discontinued it.
I am starting him on grass fed beef with amino B Rx vitamins, grizzly krill oil, cranberry RX. Any other suggestions is very helpful...there are so many opinions here!
His phosphorus level is 4.6 and his creatinine is 63. I don't see where on his blood report it tells me what "stage" of kidney failure he is in.
I will also pick up the TUMS today. Thank you for any and all comments or suggestions.

To my knowledge Basenji’s are allergic to chicken?

Hello, I have had similar problems with my boy, now 13 years old. But, i finally resolved them...maybe you can too.
I changed his dry food to "Lamb" which I choose "Open Farm" because it is a very "clean" food, it is a dry kibble. Then I purchase "bone broth" not chicken or beef, just plain bone broth, no other ingredients in it, so look carefully. I warm a little of that and pour over his dry kibble. I also found a lamb food made by Whole PAWS, grain free no corn, soy or wheat, it is not in a can, but small 3,5oz containers that have a peel back lid. He loves this food and I mix all of them together.
Another thought, has his teeth been checked? My guy ( and they can't tell us) had a broken tooth that needed to be removed, what a difference it made!
One more thing, sometimes they need the 10 mg of over the counter Famotidine , it is an acid reducer. I give it to him in the morning.
Hope this will be helpful...

Could someone on here describe Cushings Disease for me? I am a B owner, thank you

Hi, I will add my two cents to the “food” question. My boy now 13 years old and very healthy has had food allergies and I finally discovered raw bison ( ground) and not that expensive. I cook it in bone broth ( be sure it is pure bone broth and not chicken broth) then I also found Open Farm Lamb kibble , I give him both of these together and OMG not only normal poops but no more allergies! You can cook the Bison on top of your stove adding the bone broth then store it in the refrigerator. I warm his a bit in the microwave each morning and evening.
Just my experience! Good luck!

Hi, well u have a lot of responses but here is mine. My boy has ALWAYS been a picky eater but my 1st girl B was not.
My boy also got car sick in the beginning. He is 13 now!
I found a great dry lamb food by Open Farms ( chicken messes with his tummy even though he loves it) then I buy ground Bison and sorta stir fry it in pan with Bone Broth, I add the 3 together and hooray no more tummy issues

@tanza said in Trainers in San Diego:

contact?.....

Maybe I could be of help, there r specific ways to
Train a B ...I learned the hard way then found the method. Should u wish to chat let me know. I have a B and he was VERY difficult but is a jewel now . My other girl who lived to 19 years was not so difficult. Food is very important and can have a big effect on them. U can email me at my private email address I am in OC

Your boy looks just lie my boy Rickie, now 13 years old...my heart is saddened by your loss. May I ask, was it old age?

Hi Karen, many years ago I got Emma from u! Wonder girl, she passed 3 years ago at 19! Still
Miss her! I also got Rickie from you in or about 2005 , he was 1 and 1/2 ...and a pistol...his original name was peanut. He is going to be 13 next month and a wonderful guy!! Just had his teeth cleaned and he has grown up to be a bright guy! Everyone who sees him admired him! Thank
You!!

So sorry to hear Jengo passed away..he looks just like my boy Rickie who will be 13 this November. How old was Jengo? May I ask what caused his passing? Sometimes knowing these things can help all of us Basenji owners better at caring for these wonderful creatures.
Thank you for sharing.

My boy has always been a very picky eater and always had tummy issues...until my new vet said to only use dry food “lamb” from Open Farms and to get ground bison . So I cook the ground bison in the crockpot for 5 hours covered with just water. Then I mix it with his dry and woal-la what a happy boy! No more picky eater and no more tummy issues!!! He is going on 13

Hi to all of u B owners! They r the most wonderful creatures in the dog world! I lost my 18 year old girl a few years ago, it was so sad for me, she was a brindle and so beautiful! I rescued my boy, who is going to be 13 this year..he has his aging issues but people say he looks so young. I know there will come a time for him to cross over to puppy heaven...but we all love our B’s so much! I wish the best for all those who whom r helping our B’s as they age.

They are right, Basenjis can really display anxiety issues if left alone...my guy has just leaving him at home for 2 hours...

Hello, boy oh boy do I know what u r going through! My little guy, whom I rescued from Medfly 11 years ago was what u describe! He was 1 year old and would bite always! I have scars up and down my hands, but...and there is a bit..I tried pinning him down, sending him to his crate , nothing worked. Finally I found the solution...every time he went to bite and growled I took two fingers and wacked his nose and used the word loudly “outtt” , found he hated the sound and my wacking the tip of his nose. He quickly stopped biting...of course praising him him always when he acted normal ( if there is such thing with a . Believe me in a few days all I had to do was show him my two fingers and use the word loudly and he got the message.
It is important for the Basenji to know u are the alpha and for them to know u will protect them. My guy turned out to be a great boy and he is so smart and such a great listener!
Patience is the only answer , but I am so happy I rescued him...please keep trying!
Oh, one more thing, my guy hated the crate, I think he had been confined to it prior to me.
Best of luck and be grateful to have a Basenji... the are truly a wonderful friend!

Thank u for your post on plants. As a landscape designer I am aware of what I read but he has had no contact with any of these plants . Just very puzzling to me. Wondering if these tremors are caused by anxiety, he was with me all day today and perfectly fine

Thank u..each and everyone who sent along their advice and recommendations! My little guy has been seen by Hemo Pet here in so. CA, I love them! They did the blood work etc and suggest an ultra sound on his tummy first. I agree but they charge $850 for that. I took him to another vet to get second opinion and my little guy wouldn’t even let them near him, and the second opinion vet wants to X-rays first. I don’t want to put my little guy under at his age so I will ask if they will do ultra sound and let me be in room hold him.
He is a rescue from Medfly when he was 1 1/2, terrible little guy then, he’d been mishandled and attack me many times the first couple of years. He truly has turned out to be a great boy now but not doing well with these on and off trembling and etc. Really strange, he was completely fine no grass eating no throwing up and ate and pooped fine and no trembling! Could be seizure’s but I don’t know.
I will rethink the solution and see if new vet will do ultra sound first. Thank u all again!

Really has nothing to do with weather, living in So CA is very mild. Just can’t seem to tell what this is about , hoping a Basenji person may know:)

I have a 12 year male Basenji, he has been trembling a lot and on these days he doesn't want to eat. I have taken him for blood work and poop and all is fine. The vet thinks the trembling is because he is in some kind of pain. Vet wants to do full body xray and then an ultra sound on his stomach...$$$$$
When these trembers come on he eats a lot of grass, throws up and has diarrhea.
Also, he will not allow the Vet or Tech's do do either of these even when muzzled~ so they want to use anesthesia.
PLEASE, I love this little guy but unsure of what to do!

@blmbasenjis
Hi, not on facebook or instagram.Can u tell me why toes had to be removed?

Hi and thank you for response, but Rickie is the tan and white version.