@jkent said in Ellie @ 22 months: @eeeefarm it worked - I emailed it to myself and then uploaded it from downloads on my phone, rather than the photo gallery - thanks for the advice! You are most welcome! I figured this one out from sending pictures in email from my iPod. With my desktop I have a good graphic utility and downsize specifically to the measurements I want, but phones can be trickier. Big files are unnecessary and many sites don't allow them, also a problem sending large files on email.

@kembe :: 😂

@jkent - My Franie has phantom pregnancy, but hers comes to light about 60 to 70 days after her cycle which would be after she would have had babies (and she has never been bred). She attaches herself to ONE toy and only when she is this the cycle. She carries it around, crying, digging, and she will put the toy to bed in her crate and then come sleep in bed.. LOL! She knows exactly were this "baby is" every year... and this has been going on for 12 years... LOL. She put this baby away until the next year (in the toy box). This lasts for about two weeks, give or take.

🙁 I'm slowly moving my stuff to google from other photo hosting formats.

@jkent said in Happy Christmas!: @jengosmonkey lovely photo - now we need a Christmas puppy pile one! Momma decided to spread some Christmas cheer by opening the Tap Room. Everyone is HAPPY! :thumbs_up: [image: 1640473256333-tap-room-resized.jpg]

@jkent Awesome! Doodle brought a tennis ball home from a walk one day... but she doesn't know what to do with it. LOL

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@zande - That is so true Zande, when you have a pack of bitches, the one "low" on the totem pole may be the last to come in heat in many cases... "want a be's" many times will come in first... depends on the pack.

Ellie is fine 99% if the time, but very occasionally (every couple of months) if she's asleep on someone on the sofa and they move slightly she lets out a very aggressive snarl/snap as described in the article. She then wakes up and looks very confused. It feels like she has no control over it and I wonder if it's when she's in a specific stage of sleep. Interestingly she has never done this in our bed at night. We have been training her the "off command" which is rewarded with a treat and that now works well even if she's asleep - she jumps straight off knowing there's a piece of chicken coming her way afterwards!

I love finding little things like this that a dog loves to do with a human. Very satisfying. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Sometimes seasons take several cycles to settle down. This is nothing to worry about, just another reason why you should let nature take its natural course and not spay a bitch before it has, and you know she is hormonally fully mature. By which time you will probably have found there is no need to, anyway, because keeping her safe from the boys is no big deal

Very Cute!

Happy birthday!!!

I found a really excellent method which fixed this quickly. I just give house guests (esp males) a few pieces of chicken and have them freely give it to the pups when they meet them. They LOVE house guests now.

She's very young. It does take some bitches a couple of years (cycles) before they settle into a routine - which is another reason not to neuter them until everything has really settled down !) I wouldn't worry too much, just keep a close eye on her. She was born 'out of season' - but will probably revert to one proper season a year in time.

@bernadette thank you and yes she is!

I get the sense all basenjis like to snuggle!!

@roguecoyote Good for you ! I swear by a Gentle Leader as a training tool. A week or so on one and then a day on a normal collar and lead and they trot along fine. They go back on the GL from time to time just as a refresher. You are controlling their head and that is very important.

Thanks everyone.

@senjisilly said in Queen Ellie and her subjects: I am not a miniature deer. That's why doodle wears an "orange hunting safety" harness when she's in the woods!! :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: