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Sarah , I have a wire crate you can borrow, it's big though…like shepherd size, but I used it when Sultan was a puppy and put a baby gate in the middle of it..it worked...let me know..

I feel for you, and you'll do what's best for you and your pup…My ex bf had adopted a bullmastiff/shepherd mix from the animal protective league, we were told he was dominant, difficult to walk on a leash, not well behaved in the home..what fools we were for believing all this..he was great in the home, great with humans, and great on a leash..in the back fenced in yard, until he saw another dog...he wasn't dominant, he was viscious..one particular day Max bent the gate door, and he bolted..right for a shepherd walking with his owner..scared us all, the police were called and we were given a warning..we paid their vet bill, and worked with Max...You could tell his previous owners had him properly trained..he listened so well, so well..until he saw a dog...we had taken him to many ball parks where my son was playing, children would climb all over him, he loved it..but with another dog, we held the leash tight, and kept him close..One unfortunate night, at a ball park, Max broke the leash out of my ex's hand and tore for a toy poodle, took it in his mouth..it was horrific..he did not kill the poodle, cut his ear up though...I think there is a difference between viscious and aggressive...

Anyhow, after speaking with several, and being advised this behavior would not change, he was older and his blood lust was deep, my ex chose for the safety of others, we could not keep him.

In July of '07 after weeks of my children begging for another dog, I caved..my ex talked endlessly to my children about the responsibilites of a puppy...training a puppy, etc., etc., we chose to adopt through a local animal rescue..and found an adorable black shep/husky litter that we went to visit..and in the crate next to these two little girls was this little brown dog with white paws..and he was so damn cute..every time my daughter walked near the crate..he got up and ran figures 8s..that was it..we were talking this little brown brother home..we had done the basic, come, sit ..stay..etc., training, and he'd listen here and there..but not like a shep would.. We kept Sultan crated during the day unless someone was home, and then for short periods of time when someone wasn't home..and OMG...the destruction...It's been a year and a half now..and now I've learned I have a B-mix..and thank you all for being here, I've read more in the last few weeks and learned more..and I guess I'm fortunate, I have a fenced back yard that he plays in all day..and since he's mixed, he tolerates the cold (not the rain) I'm also not home much, I work two jobs to survive the no health insurance issue, so Sultan is home most days alone and at night with the kids here and there, but he's adjusted to the schedules, and when I'm home, we play...

I had spent many nights crying over this pup...but he's mine, and I'm his...

You'll do what's best for all of you...

adorable…good luck...and enjoy

Babys First bath!!! Isn't he CUTE!!!!!!!!

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This is too funny…Sultan and I share my morning coffee..or my night coffee...he's also been known on occasion to find a bag of beans and take them outside to his hiding place...not sure he's actually eaten them, but the bag's been ripped opened. He likes to lick the beer bottles as well, but he didn't seem to enjoy my red wine, which is fine with me

okay I did

its okay to email you then? I have some questions

Wow…I'm in lyndhurst..what is BRAT and what is the other thing you do?

we are in the eastern burbs of Cleveland

We are in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland…

His characteristics…mostly I think the cat-like qualities, the perching on the back of my sofa and staring out the window, the constant cleaning himself. He's chewing on everything, such as gnawing on the blankets, pillows, the light cord, cell phone, he ate a hole in the carpet..he's sneaky..two of us in the bathroom one day getting ready, we put everything, so we though up, and yet somehow he got ahold of the good mascara...I've almost trained my children that they wanted the dog, it's their job to put their stuff away or it's fair game..he's extremely curious..hates the rain..I read somewhere where a Basenji will try to get their way by nudging you with their nose, Sultan does this all the time...and I will plead my ignorance, This is the first dog we've ever had of our own...I'm not sure if these characteristcs match others as well...just had two people tell me he looks and behaves like a B.

About measuring him...do you measure from the ground to the top of their head or the back? Okay..stop laughing..it's okay..I plea ignorant...I've never done this

Hi, I'm Icey (don't ask)
I think I adopted a Basenji a year ago and didn't know it..still not even sure, but he has most of the characteristics..he's a mutt..but I've been reading here and trying to learn what I can. When we adopted him we were told he was a shepherd husky mix…i'm thinking not...Please take a look at him and tell me what you think.

Meet Mr. Sultan...