Thank you. She lets him know that she is the alpha when it comes to food (have to give her treats first and let her go away before I give one to Max), but she seems to be perfectly fine with him being the needy one.

For some reason, Max really hates bicycles… motorcycles can bother him too, but bicycles make him really upset. It's really not a huge problem, I just have to be really watchful if one is coming close on our walks because he tries to lunge at them! Anyone else had this issue?

Is there still a Laurel Canyon meetup? I would like to bring my Max.

Just added some in the show off my dog subforum. :)

We adopted Max from a rescue. He's an 18-month-old Basenji/Chihuahua mix, but his temperament is all Basenji- he's always very happy, he's very mischievous, he's stubborn and he loves to run and chase. He's also terrified of water. He's about 20 pounds, too big for the small dogs really- and too fast! He does sing but he also does bark sometimes. He always serenades us when we get home.

We think he's one of the cutest dogs we have ever seen. The rescuer found him abandoned in a junkyard in Mexico! He's been with us for about six months and our lives have been totally changed. He's our second dog, the first also being a rescue. Lucy is a 13-year-old lab/pointer mix. They're not very close friends, but they do play together sometimes.

Being half-Basenji, Max tries to monopolize all of our attention, something Lucy seems to have accepted in stride.

Lucy and Max:

His legs are ridiculously long-

My favorite picture of Max-

I just discovered this group when googling… I was told a while ago that there was a San Fernando Valley, CA Basenji meetup at one of the dog parks (Laurel Canyon?) and google led me to a mention of it at these forums, so I thought I would sign up. My Max is only half-basenji, but I'm hoping that he will be free from doggie bigotry. ;)