UGH I just posted a lengthy reply and of course hit the wrong button and deleted it.

WOW what a rare find for a rescue pup! Maybe he was from a litter of show dogs?

We left Rue out of her cage while we went to the store yesterday (only 40 minutes) and video taped her to see what she would do since she is so well behaved when we are home. Well I am disappointed (though not surprised) to say that she spent the whole time howling and shredding the contents of our garbage (we don't have a pantry so it's covered, but out in the open). We told her "bad dog" and put her in her cage, but she was totally oblivious that she had done anything wrong! She was just jumping up, smiling in our faces and hitting us with her ever-wagging tail– the usual. I don't know if she has ever been a family dog before, (it seems as though she has pretty good house manners apart from this) but she acts like she has never been scolded before. Or maybe its just that infamous, manipulative basenji charm. Hah!

Anyway, I think that we are going to do the DNA test, although now, every time I look at her I think that she has got to be mixed with a boxer. We will get one soon and post the results!

We have officially solved the crate issue with some TV noise. We video taped her while we were at work yesterday and she was fine the whole day! WOOHOO! As to what she is mixed with, I still have no clue! She has some basenji traits, while others are completely missing… like she has gotten off the leash a couple times (on accident) and she stays right with us, and she doesn't touch or chew on anything that isn't hers... I really want to know what else she is! I think we are going to do the DNA test!

My Rue is pretty perfect. She is mixed with something (I don't know what) so she doesn't look like a real B… and she isn't interested in anything in our house (chewing wise), doesn't bolt out the door, and licks like CRAZY! She also doesn't really like to play with other dogs at the dog park, she just smells them, occasionally chases them, then comes back and lays down by me (EXERCISE DANG IT!).

The only normal B behaviors that I see in her are the little noises that she makes (she makes a lot of them for different reasons) and her BAROOOOOOO (which is fitting because we named her Rue before we even knew she was a Basenji) and it seems like she is stubborn about sitting. It's like she is saying, "yeah I know you want me to sit, but first I'm gonna spin around in a circle. Then maybe I'll sit if I feel like it." Haha! She is a character!

We rescued Rue yesterday and we are in love! She was found roaming the desert a few months ago. She is about two years old and just plain awesome!

She is obviously a mix, you can tell by her rounder face… but with what? Anybody know what else she could be? Her tail is long and straight (although the tip of it curls up a little bit). I know she is a basenji because she howls or yodels when we put her in her crate. (That being said, any advice about that??)

Isn't she pretty?!