Posts made by paneane

@eeeefarm:

Well, that explains a lot. Nice, nice camera! I am jealous! What lens are you using?

I use Canon 70-200mm f/4 and Tamron 28.75mm f/2.8.

Thank you, guys. I find it easier to take pictures of a tricolor dog than any other, actually. I have a black flat coated retriever, and let's say - he's completely black. Find it much harder, but I work my way around. I think it's important to overexpose the snow when you take pictures of dark dogs.

I use an old camera (think it's 7 or 8 years old now? Canon have an 18 month cyclus before they release new cameras). I'm using a Canon 30D, and always take my pictures on manual mode. Can't stand the automodes - they always tend to underexpose when it's snowy outisde, and can also make the snow blue.

Here Kamar is with his best buddy, you can see the red in the tricolor helps out alot.

Thank you.

Our snow is (finally for me!) melting away soon. But the basenji loooves the snow.

Here are a few pics.

Strikes a pose,

Retrieves a tug.

Boom!

He loves to retrieve, especially tennis balls.

A bit cold on the paws,

Mmm, tennis balls (his brother the FCR was able to get 3 tennis balls in his mouth!)!

Just another one, because he's pwitty!

I use an Y-harness (fleece padded). It's a cheap old one I used for my flat coated retriever as a puppy.

But if he's a true escape artist, maybe you should get a WebMaster harness from RuffWear?

Oh, I never think about that. I'm the one getting cold, not the basenji. He curls up in blankets in the couch by himself, while I sit by the closest heater. :p

@QuizBasenji:

I guess they ship to Norway - they don't appear to do to the UK

Really? I thought they shipped them worldwide. You can probably e-mail them and ask. They are very helpful!

Edit; when I put a bootie in the cart, I see United Kingdom as an option under "Taxes & Shipping".

He got the pink ones since his first winter and wore them about everyday. One boot has a few tiny holes, but the other socks are okay. My flat coated retriever also has them, because he get snow balls under his paws. Works perfectly! The lady who makes them make them for sleddogs, so they can stand "rough" conditions.

Kamar has the smallest size, I think it's XXXS. Keep in mind that these boots are a bit big (at least from other boots I've usually had, but now I don't order any other boots, dogbooties are great!), so measure your dogs paw before ordering. I have some in XXS too, but they are a bit to big, so they get a bit "saggy". These are 330 Denier Cordura.

Thank you! His boots are from http://dogbooties.com.

He wears them because he have to! And he understand that by wearing them, his paws won't be stuck on the ground because of the icy snow. :p

@krunzer:

OMG I want a tri soooooo bad. He is beautiful and he looks pretty good, yeah if you got your hand under his face to pull his nose down with some bait he'd get a nice arch in his neck.

Yes, I noticed that! Here he is with his arched neck! Hehe.

Here he is about 12 months.

Been a while since I posted here! Kamar has grown up to be a big boy now, 18 months! Here in Norway we have a lot of snow, and this little bugger loves it. But this is the first cold winter for him. Last year it was a mild winter, but it has been about -28 degrees celcius here now. So I have to put some booties and a coat on him, or else he will try to fly and do not want to touch the ground. :p

Here's some new pics!

It's okay to be outside when you have a coat on!

But it could be a bit cold too.

Strikes a pose.

A flying basenji.

Full of snow.

But still a happy camper!

Congrats! Pretty basenjis.

Kamar barks a little bit too, not much. Just a tiny "AFF!".

I think it's better to add a pup to a household with an adult dog in it. I think it's much better with two dogs than just one, since they entertain each other while they play, and they also have each other when they're alone. The first dog in the household have always been attached to me, and still is, but there weren't any issues when I added the basenji as a pup (the adult one at 20 months now is a flat coated retriever).

Thank you. I love this little fellow!

My 9.5 months old does that too. He rub his face in the carpet, and roll around there with his face and putting his paws up behind his ears after eating.

Just thought I'd share a picture I took of Kamar yesterday, now that he is 9,5 months old. I'm not a pro handler at aaall, so I see I should place his front feet a bit more "under" him, and he should look more down, not on me, hehe. And put his tail out on the right side! Anyhow, here's the picture. He is about 42.5 cm (about 16.7") and 10.5 kg (23-24 lbs).

Thank you everyone. I got the martingale from this store: http://stores.ebay.com/martingalesof47905

Last weekend Kamar was at another dog show, and he was BOB, and with 155 different puppies, he went BEST IN SHOW! How cool is that? His critique from the breed judging was:

"8 months. Finally a basenji that is not too big! Lovely head, beautiful neck, strong back, correct tail, excellent body, well angulated and very nice movements. Corr. coat, nice temperament."

Raw food is good food! I've been raw feeding my dogs for about ten years or so now. I've been giving them "anything" I can find. As long as it's RAW (not cooked or prepared in any way), it's okay to give just about anything. I try to avoid feeding weight bearing bones of large herbivores. Like knuckles, femurs and so on with excessive chewers.