Posts made by kristen

the blue collar puppy is beautiful!

Like i said, i have NEVER been around a Basenji before and therefore have never had to deal with them. All i have trained are labs, boxers, rotti mixes and i have always found it helped me a lot with them so thank you for the insight. i do remember reading about the fact Basenjis need a kind hand i guess that just slipped my mind when i read this post. I am getting a Basenji because i have never had to train one before and i wanted a nice challenge and i think the breed is beautiful and i am so very excited to welcome my little girl home at the end of the month. thanks again.

I am getting a female.

I have never replied to one of these threads but this popped up on my facebook and i found it interesting so i am going to try and help you out with my opinion. Your Basenji does not sound aggressive but just not respecting your commands. In a pack if one dog were to ignore an Alfa dog he would be reprimanded by the Alfa dog by a simple touch. You need to think of it like this. Your dog is a dog and needs to be treated like he is a dog and for him to learn who is the boss you need to do to him when an Alfa dog would do to him, I know a lot of training techniques like clicker training to not allow you to be hands on and believe that if you ignore a behaviour or distract the dog from a behaviour that it will go away. This will work for a dog who is simply distracted but a dog who is confused about who is boss this will not work. From your post i think your Basneji needs an eye opening experience to the fact you are the boss not him and when you say come his instincts tell him to listen to you because you are the Alfa. A better way to understand this theory is to read a book written by Ceasar Millan, watch a youtube video of him, or if you are already familiar with his technique to try and apply it to your best ability. I hope this helps i do not have a Basenji yet as my puppy does not arrive till the end of this month so i have never put one through training yet and i wont till march but when it comes to teaching a dog who is dominant, every breed learns usually the same way. Let me know what you think and if this helps.