Maya is exactly the same when i come home from work.. I actually find it quite sweet. She comes running to the door to great me, yodelling and wiggling. She doesnt hurt me with her nails as she gets put straight outside in the garden with the others for a run and a wee!
Maybe try taking your basenji for a walk as soon as you come home? My routine after work is to come straight in and let everyone out in the garden, while they are out there i get changed, then i take them for a walk, and to the little doggie park for a good off-lead run. By the time we get home Maya is ready for her dinner and bed 😃