Introducing Telki. She's 16 weeks old and an absolute delight.
Parents both from Triforce Basenjis: Itury Puzzle Shelest Listvi and River Song Gofman

We live in Santa Cruz, California. If anyone lives relatively close to us, we'd love to meet for playdates!

Telki's favorite game is rolling and nudging mini tennis balls around under the chairs and dining room table through the obstacle course of furniture legs and horizontal supports. She entertains herself with this for at least 30 minutes at a time. Does anyone else's basenji do this?

Hi all,

I know I'm really late in the year to be asking, but if anyone knows of a reputable breeder with an unclaimed puppy this year, please let me know. My household had a basenji in the 80's - 90's, and after our last dog died (a mutt, age 18.5), we are wanting to get another basenji.

Looking for: red puppy, male or female. We live in central California and will go anywhere we can drive to in a day. We must be able to meet one or both parents.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Milena

@tanza Okay I'll try the 10 minutes thing and see if that works. We added the Stella and Chewy's food just for that reason--to mix it up--and she couldn't have cared less. We've been adding about a tablespoon of wet food morning and evening. She'll suck it off the kibbles and spit them back out. She also gets a spoonful of homemade yogurt or cottage cheese each morning which she loves. She gets little fruit scraps in the morning and veggies from our dinner preparation at night. I like your method of changing the food regularly. I'll try the 10 minute method and report back in a day or two. Thank you!

@tanza Yes, we found Chris and love Swagger! Second playdate with him today! We will have to wait to meet Mellie but love all the photos of her we've seen. Thank you for thinking of Chris, she's been so kind to my family already.

@shankara Oh yes, I've heard the stories! :) Our first basenji chewed through the seatbelt of my mom's car on a road trip. He turned into a wonderful and patient dog though. I'm certainly looking into BRAT too.

@elbrant It's funny that you say that--she won't touch her dinner until my family sits down at the table to eat our dinner. Then she starts picking though her dish. We try to mix up the fresh fruits and veggies or treats that she gets daily.

@zande She goes by Autumn but that is her registered name, I believe. D.O.B. is 6-2-2018. AKC number HP57371401.

Telki and her siblings were born Oct. 8 2020. I know a tri female stayed with the breeder, red female is in Denver (I'm in contact with her owner weekly), red male is in Riverside, and I don't know where the tri male is.

Did I answer your questions? Happy to add anything else I missed

@jkent Thanks for your insight. I like giving my girl scraps from food prep too. I remember seeing photos of your pup on the forum before. She's such a gorgeous dog, lucky you :)

I'm trying to keep up with comments directed towards me but I just want to thank everyone for your experiences and recommendations about food and everything else on this thread. I appreciate all of you!