Ok, thank you so much! He seem to be ok holding it for 5 hours but I just felt awful to keep him crated for such a long time…I take him with me to work everyday so he is never really alone, except in the evenings if I go out. I will make sure to wear him out before we go rafting!!!

Hello,

I am going rafting next Sunday morning by the Sequoia Park. The rafting takes place from 9h00 until 13h30, and our Basenji puppy (4 months and a half) will have to be crated at the hotel while we're gone : ( We will leave Saturday morning and spend the whole week-end there, coming back Sunday night or Monday afternoon so the only time our pup will be alone will be when we are rafting.

I was planning on walking him in the early morning so he sleeps when we are away. He is crate-trained and doesn't mind staying in it, but the thing is: I have never left him for such a long time in it….except at night of course.

What do you experienced people think? Should I not go rafting and stay with my pup? Or you think it should be okay for him to stay crated 4hours and a half?

The other solution is to leave him with my friend in town but it would have been so fun to go hiking with him...

Let me know, I need advice...

Cathy

My Basenji, 16 weeks, just looooves stuffed animals, especially big ones AND sticking his nose in it and extract all the stuffing inside. He seem to really enjoy this part a lot. I was wondering, since they are hunters, maybe that what they would do in Africa: hunt a pray (bigger than them usually) and once they open their bellies, grab the stuff from the inside of the animal… I know that sounds disgusting but I think I saw some documentary on the animals in Africa and I saw them having the same behavior...anybody noticed that with their Basenji too?

I got him from a Denise Searcy, a breeder in Nuveo, California. His parents have been tested for the Fanconi disease and he's good. The only little problem is his knee cap that's a bit moving. The breeder discounted him for this reason ($400) and said he should be ok as he grow up - she has 3 other dogs with the same knee cap thing…

Do you know this breeder?

Everybody was so quick to respond that I HAD to post photos of my little Chai right away too… here he is!!!

Hello,

I just got my first Basenji!!! He is 13 weeks old, so adorable and his name is Chai. I have been reading EVERYTHING on this forum and it helped greatly! I have been crate training him with success, and I am going to puppy school. So far, so good: all these horror stories about destructive dogs scared me a bit but Chai is pretty nice, doesn't growl, doesn't pee or poop inside and hasn't destroyed anything!!!

Cathy