Robin, who will be 13 in January, has proteinuria. Vet suggested feeding him vegetables in addition to his usual diet. He's always liked vegetables so I thought this would not be a problem but being lazy I didn't want to go through extensive preparation. Frozen bag (family size) of broccoli florets, pick one or two out of the bag and just put them in with his regular food and you would thing it's the best treat I've ever given him. He just takes the florets out and chows down on them. The diet seems to work and I hope this helps with others who might have the same issues.

Robin, who will be 13 in January, has proteinuria. Vet suggested feeding him vegetables in addition to his usual diet. He's always liked vegetables so I thought this would not be a problem but being lazy I didn't want to go through extensive preparation. Frozen bag (family size) of broccoli florets, pick one or two out of the bag and just put them in with his regular food and you would thing it's the best treat I've ever given him. He just takes the florets out and chows down on them. The diet seems to work and I hope this helps with others who might have the same issues.

Joan, I said it was a longer story!

A longer story but found a Basenji running loose this a.m. in my Potomac Shores (Dumfries, VA) neighborhood. Was able to reunite it with its home. I think it’s new to the neighborhood and wants to know if anyone might know it! Put me in touch with his owners?

As Redmund's breeder, I am not really happy that he is risking his life in this pursuit. However, it is pretty amazing that a 25 pound dog can take on a 150 pound deer.

Sid Sher
Kugawa Basenjis

My theory is that after the first encounter he figured out the pointy ends and avoids them. After the deer enter the deer fenced vineyard they are basically captive animals and have no where to run. That is the only way he can get a deer.

Sid Sher
Kugawa Basenjis

If the owner can shoot the deer for eating his crops I can't see why the authorities would be concerned so long as Redmund was on his own property. By the way, the whole Northern Virginia area has a tremendous deer overpopulation problem.

Sid Sher
Kugawa Basenjis

Deer and a vineyard are not good partners. The owner of agricultural land generally has a right to kill animals eating his crops or damaging, in this case, his vines. If this was a dog roaming the forest killing deer it would be a problem but that is not the case.

Sid Sher
Kugawa Basenjis

Some of you may remember that Redmund is a Basenji that we placed with a family that owns a winery. About a year ago he mortally injured a deer that was in the vineyard (despite deer fencing). Last Wednesday Chris Pearmund, the owner of Pearmund Vineyards, was leaving at about 8:00 p.m. and there were about 20 deer outside the winery. Redmund took off in quick pursuit. Chris saw him riding the back of a rather large buck a couple of times but then he couldn't see him. He had to search the vineyard for a while before he came across Redmund chowing down on the carcass of a doe. It was obvious that Redmund had done the killing as the doe was chewed up around the neck, the same method Redmund used to take down the prior deer. This time Redmund had gutted the deer and had eaten a considerable portion of it's rump. Redmund did not eat at all the following day.

Redmund is really a gentle soul who gets along really well with all the visitors to the winery, human and canine, exceptionally well. It's pretty amazing that a 20 pound dog could take down a 150 lb. deer.

Sid Sher
Kugawa Basenjis

No, I have never seen an ugly Basenji either.

We're Redmund's breeders. Redmund was the pup who would rather stay with people than play with his littermates. He would be interested in the other pups playing but would rather stay in our lap than participate. When talking to the Pearmunds about buying a Basenji we suggested Redmund (nee Kugawa's Watcher of Woods) because he was so attached to people.

Having lived in Northern CA most of our adult lives we have done a lot of recreational wine tasting and admired winery dogs when doing so. To have a winery dog of our own (so to speak) is very exciting. We don't think that Redmund is a show dog for a variety of reasons, mostly his bite, but he is a sweet tempered dog.

If any of you are planning on visiting Pearmund Winery let us know and we will try to meet you there. It's only about 1/2 hr from the house.

Sid & Sue Sher