Posts made by horsemum2

Look into Basenji Club of Canada site to see if they list breeders.

Our second bsenji

DebraDownSouth , thanks for the advice. This young girl goes out everywhere she can with us. She normally loves all attention even from strangers. She will go willingly to a new person for attention, pets and sniffs. This instructor is not "handling" her for shows but just took the leash at the end of training class to see if she would go with her and she did. The issue was when the dog was on the table or stacked on the floor. We have taken the grooming table to a busy public park and have people going by or stopping to chat with no problems. She's young and we'll keep working with her. She's an awesome girl and we love her no matter what.

The picture is under my profile in albums. I will try to put it here. Not sure if I know how. lol Sorry I can't figure out how to get a pic in here. A short update on our girl. She did well at her last show as I said but last week at handling class, she growled at the instructor when she was on the table and would not stand still on the floor when the instructor tried to walk around behind her. This lady was not the usual instructor but we had her once last spring and our dog behaved the same way towards her last time. Any one else have this problem with their basenji disliking a certain person for unknown reasons? The instructor could take the leash and take her around the ring no problem just not approach her when she had to stand still.

I put one pic up. We didn't get any good ones but it shows her standing for the judge.

Trying to find the aluminum grooming cases that we see at all the shows. Anyone know where we can get one?

Thanks everyone for the help. We took all advice and worked on her table "manners". This weekend she stood nicely on the table for the judges and earned her first 2 points.

eeeefarm- what a good idea! thanks. I will definitely ask the people at class to practice with us that way and see what happens.

Wow! I just found this thread and I have recently posted almost the exact thing! Ours is a 13 month old female having the same problem in the ring. She is very comfortable on the table except when the judge comes to the table. She will even lay down and relax on the table in the grooming area at shows, at home she will go up on her table on her own and in handling class she is very good on the table. Please let me know how you got him through this. I thought dogs went through a second fear stage much younger than this? Maybe this is what is happening here too.

I did think it might be my nervousness causing it. The breeder also took her in one show. She misbehaved the same way on the table but settled much quicker for the breeder but then broke her pace trying to chase the Afghan in front of her. lol! We will keep training. I thought maybe parking ourselves outside a busy store and ask people to approach her on the table and then pet her when she's standing quiet.

New to showing both ourselves and our dog. We've been going to handling classes and have gone to a couple of shows. Our young girl stands really well on the table at home and at class but she would not stand for the judges. What can we do to help get her to stay put? She pulls back when they approach and struggles to turn around to see the judge. Any constructive advice is appreciated. Thanks

Hi, We have a 12 week old pup. (got her at 9 weeks). Maya is a tri-colour. We are very happy with her. She's a bundle of energy and fun. Don't know what else to say right now but hope to get to know some other people and read lots of advice.