@thunderbird8588:

Your Shar Pei are gorgeous.
Basenjis are a wonderfull breed and like has all ready been said a lot depends on the individual Dog.
I think most Basenjis have a thing for plastic, someone correct me if i'm wrong.
Benji certainly couldn't resist plastic items and used to root through handbags to extract combs, glasses and pens, he would then run off and chew them up if not caught. We once heard him chewing behind the chair and when we investigated found him just starting on my mother in laws false teeth.
He was a royal pain sometimes but i know i will have another someday.l

Thank you, I love my Pei-bys they are the easiest dogs in the world to live with. Apart from if they see a 'c..a..t' on a walk then they to are also royal pains and they have a thing for toilet paper, amont of times I have come home and thought…has it snowed inside my living room? But ya gotta love em :)

Benji eating the false teeth makes me laugh, what a thing to chew. I am picturing him with them perfectly placed in his mouth with a grin on his face! lol

Thank you so much everyone, they don't sound much different from many other breeds when it comes to chewing. I have had a Shar Pei who ripped a door frame from the wall and others that would never dream of chewing the furniture, just toilet rolls, socks and soft toy de-stuffing.

I don't think the chewing will be a issue for me, most of my furniture is now metal and glass anyway :)

Nothing seems to be holding me back now! :D

ok well let me tell you what can happen during bunny or squirrel watching - sometimes the basenji just HAS to get at it - they are very focused on their prey and purpose - different than Sharpei's.

This made me smile, Shar Pei have very strong prey drives, mine are obsessed with 'hunting'. Only one of mine can go off lead the other two would be off up the fields even if it meant running 5 miles to get there. Are Basenji's the same, if they see something are they are totally fixated on it, nothing else matters, totally selective hearing when it suits them?

I know someone else who had a hole dug through her carpet and into the wood subfloor because the dog had to get out of behind the door.

I had a rescue Fell Hound years ago that in the space of 4 hours, dug through the middle of the kitchen door, then dug a hole in the hall way carpet down to some gorgeous Victorian tiles I never new I had :) I almost thanked him for revealing the tiles! lol

Kananga, wounderful photo. I am so jealous x x x

Thank you for your reply.

I been reading through posts and I am getting more convinced, I want one!

I have three Shar Pei and they are wonderful to live with, they have the run of the house when I am out but pretty much do this all day…

They are bunny watching….dogs will be dogs :)

Hello everyone

I have admired the Basenji for years and I would adore one, but wanted to know apart from how gorgeous and stunning they are what there are like to live with?

I have been researching on the internet about them and keep reading they can be very destructive, but after chatting to a Basenji breeder at ring craft training (I have Shar Pei and love showing) I was told this is scaremongering to put potentially wrong people off.

I walk my Shar Pei about 45min a day and then loooong treks at weekends and I work mornings only, would this be OK for a Basenji?

I would love to hear from people who really have this breed in their lives, I expect a puppy to chew (they all do) but is he really going to eat the sofa and the door frame (well whats left of it anyway) the minute I walk out the house? lol

Thank you.