Posts made by foschatt

Yes, the Derry dog park is fenced in. The dog park also has agilty equipment there which is nice. If you have been to either, it seems a little smaller than Medway and Sharon Dog Parks. Also, Derry has sand instead of mulch.

Hi Muckey

Too bad we moved from Worcester in the first part of the year. We now live up in North Reading, MA. We meet up in Sharon aswell and it would be great if you have a chance to come out the next time we meet. I too would be more than happy to come out to Worcester if you have an enclosed area. One of the other owners/B's from the Sharon meet up is about to leave Worcester if they haven't yet:( Let me know if your interested:D

Anyone near the Derry NH dog park let us know. We're there often and would love a meetup!

There hasn't been a post for awhile. I hope things have gotten better! Is there an update as to how things have been?

I'm good for tomorrow. If others want to join, we can do anytime. I'll send you an email also.

Sharon dog park is fenced in and is a good size park. I'm up for a meet up also!! Name the time and place

That's great about sit:D ! It's amazing how some things will just click. Rye had the hardest time with "down". He would look down and do a sloppy sit but would never go down. Then, bam he did and that was that. Good luck with anymore training!

We have taken Rye off leash at a few beaches near us. We started when he was a puppy. The sand dunes and water on each side offer good barriers for him. A few times he will sprint down to meet other dogs:eek: . Now we keep him on leash and when we meet dogs we'll take him off so he doesn't get too far away. I really like the whistle and think we need to try that. We were alone on a beach on a stormy day and out of now where, a white ballon appeared near us. All of a sudden the wind took it and it off it went. Well, did Rye ever take off!! I tried "come!, COME!!. Nothing. Thankfully the wind stopped, he caught up to it and back he came. I really think that the combination if the wind and waves drowned out my voice. If we had the whistle he may have heard that. Luckily he have a few dog parks that we can keep practicing and reward him big time with treats and praise. It can be scary to let them off but it is so beautiful to see them run free.

Trying to catch up on all this. Rye has always been in is crate at night. If he whines at any point during the night we take him out(after he stops so not to reinforce getting his way) to go the bathroom. He gets a few minutes to do his business than back in. I think that Dallas has gotten his way a bit with people letting him out because he is whining. That will only reinforce unwanted beavior. If he can't sleep well with you or the other dogs than he has to go in his crate(establish a routine). You have to train him that whining means I HAVE TO GO THE BATHROOM PLEASE. It will take patience for the whining to stop.

Dogs are very smart and moving isn't something they understand. Even though he was fine for a few weeks his whole world changed and no one can tell Dallas why. Even the sight of boxes will get some dogs thinking whats going on are we moving again?. We have moved a few times and take great care with Rye never seeing the moving process(packing, the moving day, unpacking).
I do agree with Ivoss that Positive Reinforment Training will help with your ability to communicate with Dallas as well make him tired mentally!

Good luck

We trained Rye to use the bell as a puppy. If he rang the bell out we went. If he didn't go the bathroom within set time limit(few minutes) back in we went. I did take a while but he learned that the bell meant going the bathroom. We have since removed the bell. He never really goes to the door. He just waits untill we take him out throughout the day. Now if Rye runs around a little panicked and then you know he has to go!:D

I work in property management for a nationwide company and also have a relative thats a small landlord. Things vary state to state but our leases state that we need 2 months notice. If not there is a lease break fee. For my relative it's not in his lease but I believe he said the law was if he was given 2 months notice he had to accept this by law with out penalty. Check with your state. I thought the security fee could apply to anything. Small note, interest is to be paid out on the security fee.

Prior to moving out take all pictures of your unit. Also, ask for your landlord to walk the unit with you and sign off so that there no surprises down the road.

Anyone taking over your apartment will have to meet your landlord requirements(criminal, credit, income requirements?). You will not be able to check these requirements if your landlord has any. If there are no requirements then there can be no refusal of your applicant(fair housing laws apply to everyone preventing discrimination of sex, age, religion, etc.)

In our state the occupant has the law on their side. If you are doing the best you can(working with landlord, communicating, etc.) the law is on your side. Some states they throw you and your stuff on the curb:eek:

I was looking around at martingales on the internet an found this:

http://www.authenticafrica.com/basdogbel.html

I saw only one post here referencing a bell collar.

I couldn't see Rye ever wearing a under belly bell

I agree and hope you have a quality breeder that can help you with this. There are alot of opinions. We were first time dog owners and only wanted the best for our little boy(as everyone does). We had an advantage as my wife was in an animal care program and we had some quailty breeder/trainers for advise.

From our experience, we felt raw or bravo weren't good for us do to cost and ease of getting or preparing or making sure its a well rounded diet. After reading alot of labels we choose to go with Evo(many others of good quality out there). We had wanted to go more wet because we felt it was less processed. He loved the wet. But we had to adjust his food (wet/dry/mixed) a few times. Mostly because of the poop. Got way to soft then way too hard. We're all dry now and everythings good. We have stayed with evo and have been happy.

I know there are other threads for brand recommendations if you need help. If you switch brands or types do it over a period of time to allow the body to adjust(if you know what I mean):D .

We feed Evo. Rye has always loved it. Did get turned off by it for a short time but he had been sick(unrelated to the food). But he's back and loves it.

The name is Happy Tails. They have a website. They break dogs up into different play styles (Rye is in the hard play group:D ). But FYI they do crate at lunch time to give dogs a break for 1-2 hrs. We heard great reviews from people at Medway and comparing it to others we won't go anywhere else. We drive very far to go there.
We don't go to Medway anymore because of the distance and 2 dogs wouldn't leave him alone. Always barking knocking him down and barking in his face! The owners did nothing to stop their dogs so we would felt we had to leave. He didn't seen to care too much but we were nervous of creating bad experinces since he places very well with other dogs. After driving all the way there, it always seem one of those 2 dogs were there:( . Although we did meet Gremlin a cute tri color basenji a few times just before we stopped going.

The dog park in sharon is nice but dogs and people seemed to not socialize much with one another. Maybe it was just the day we went. Rye has to meet and play with all the dogs! Medway is good and is near Franklin, Ma. Rye goes to an excellent daycare 1-2 days a week in Franklin. If Jack is looking for a play date let me know? We also will use Nahant beach and Plum Island but its not fenced in if decide to go. Need a good recall if you let your B of lease. Rye is good, when the treat is yummy enough:D

Did anyone do a meetup? I'm Just north of Boston and we're interested in meeting other Basenji's in the area. There is a dog park in Sharon and Medway which might work for people on the southern side of Boston. Let me know if anyone is ever interesed!:D

We only give bully sticks. 36" long! Fun to watch him drag it around to where he wants to go with it.

Do you crate train? Crate training takes advantage of their instinct to not go the bathroom where they sleep. Rye is 5 months and hasn't gone in the crate. Just don't put anything in the crate because they will go the bathroom on that and kick it to the back of the crate. My wife is in an animal care program and her teachers have said that dogs will occasionally eat their poop which won't kill them but obviously isn't good. Just don't let them eat other dogs poop because that’s where they get the bacteria and disease.

We feed Rye Innova Evo. It's has no grains, low carbs, high protien and good ingredients. We give a dry/wet mix and feel its a good alternative because we can't afford nor have the time now for a raw diet. For anyone looking for dog food look at the first 5 ingredients. Look for meats like chicken, turkey, salmon not anything that reads by-product, meat meal, fish meal, etc. That can be the leftover's to put it nicely. For raw diet look at this: http://www.newworldbasenjis.net/Dinner%20Time.htm

We live in an apartment community with lots of dogs so we try to keep Rye from eating grass or sticks due to all the disease passed through pee and poop. If we had our own yard we let him but under like Jessi76 said

supervision is key when chewing on anything.