I do love it when they don't have much white, especially on the face. He was the least marked pup in the litter so he got called "Blankey".
It was in the 90's here the past two days, so yesterday we went swimming. He had to be convinced to go in the water, as usual, but after that he had fun. He spent almost two hours swimming, chasing waves from boats, and walking around in the shallows.
My first b was PTS just shy of 11 years- she was dx with tonsilar squamous cell carcinoma a year prior. Her dam passed around 15 and her sire I am not sure. But as far as I am aware, all but 2 or 3 of my 1 1/2 yr olds great grand parents are still alive, and a couple of great-great-grand parents are alive too so I hope that points to a long life for him.
Oh he's lovely. What's his breeding?
And tell me more about the not-so-trying basenji in that last pic. Did you make it? it's very cute
Here's a 6 gen pedigree on my (neglected) blog, along with pics of his sire, dam & granddam. He looks a lot like his dam especially in the face. He acts very much like her too, sweet and goofy. The "not-so-trying" basenji as you put it, is made out of paper clay. I do a lot of sculpture, mostly dogs. I'll have to post some stuff later. If anyone here was at last years national, I split a table and sold several smaller clay 'senjis and donated one to the auction.
@stash:
Yay another red boy with no white collar, also love the window seat where he is paying full attention to whoever is behind the camera, did you just call him or did you say rabbit or dinner to get his attention. He is very cute, can I ask what his height and weight is at 18months.
Jolanda and Kaiser
I probably asked him if he was cute- he usually perks up and tilts his head if you ask him a question lol. He's ended up a pretty average height for boys around here, 17 1/2", and should weigh around 28-30 lbs but he's skinny atm. His dam is 16", sire is taller then he is- 18" or so(not %100 sure).
Yeah, I do love primitive breeds - people always say they are harder to train and so on but honestly I find them easier to work with & understand overall. I actually got Ezra instead of another basenji mostly because they are larger, he's hopefully going to be my new service dog and I need something 50+ lbs and preferably 23-24" for bracing work. It was either that or a Malinois, and I think Dreamer might just walk back to Debbie's if I got one of those lol.
Dreamer has back problems that we discovered when she was sick with a mysterious(possibly tick born, but all the tests were neg) bacterial infection she had a few months ago. She has a lot of compression between her last cervical and first thoracic vertebra and in her lumbar area as well, and she has spondylosis. She is such a stoic dog that she did not show how much pain she was in until she had was extremely sick with something unrelated. The vet was astounded when she saw her xrays. I'm sure some of you know how stoic basenjis can be. She is currently only on muscle relaxants and a high dose of salmon oil(n-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation) because she can't tolerate any of the pain relievers we've tried thus far. She also has cataracts starting but they are slow… Otherwise very healthy. I can post her x-rays if anyone is interested but right now I am tired...
Seems like people are using the same terms to apply to different things….
Negative Punishment - removal of something to decrease a behavior, such as turning your back/ignoring the dog.
Positive punishment - addition of something to decrease a behavior, such as a leash correction.
Negative reinforcement - I always have a hard time explaining this one even though I know what it is, so here's the definition from Karen Pryor website: "Removing something the animal will work to avoid to strengthen (increase the frequency of) a behavior. Heeling is traditionally taught through R-. The dog receives a correction when he walks anywhere except in heel position. Walking in heel position increases, because that is the only “safe” place—because the threat of correction is removed by walking there. The key to R- is that an aversive must first be applied or threatened in order for it to be removed." http://www.clickertraining.com/glossary
Positive reinforcement - addition of something to increase a behavior- treats, toys, praise.
Positive training usually uses negative punishment and positive reinforcement, though I have heard of trainers who say they only use positive reinforcement but I've never seen any of them in action. I, like many others here am not a CM fan and I'm not a fan of Victoria either, though her techniques aren't dangerous or damaging like CMs. I would much rather people watch her show & try to copy her… I just don't find her all that impressive or think she's a really great trainer.
(I'm also have puppy fatigue so I'm sorry if something isn't clear.)
Yeah… it sounds like more then it really is, sp is reallly dense and mostly water/fiber. It's about 1/2 a cup cooked I think...
I always feed mine because my mom is the same - thinks I'm not giving enough though she admits that Dreamer at least is the right weight. Silly puppy on the other hand is hard to keep weight on, the whole litter is the same and so was his sire. At least he's not like his sister who will only eat ground chicken...
Dreamer eats a cooked homemade diet- mainly chicken + sweet potatoes - with some yogurt, a tablespoon or so of pureed raw fruit/veg(brightly coloured stuff - berries, leafy vegs etc) and appropriate supplements. She seems to do best on a simple, highly digestible cooked diet. She gets an egg sometimes when I don't have any chicken cooked. She does ok on kibble, worse on raw.
My non-b puppy gets 1/2 earthborn holistic costal catch dry and 1/2 home prepared raw… and any dog safe leftovers. Sometimes I feel like all I do is feed him... he eats enough in a day to feed dreamer for at least 5.
I curious how much other basenjis eat - Dreamer eats about 4 ounces of cooked chicken(dark meat+skin) and 8 oz of baked sp a day + treats coming up to about 400-450 calories/day. She weighs 16-18 lbs and is not very active...
Edit: Dreamer loves dried cranberries too... and I always get local eggs from the farm store(2/dozen for any size, so I always get the jumbo ones- and they sure are big), so much better then even the free range/etc ones from the grocery store. And if you If you like purple green beans you should try growing Dragons tongue beans - they're yellow with purple stripes, turn yellow when cooked.
Thanks… I am, even though she has some health problems no one knew about(she's a stoic little thing), I'd still pick her if I had to do it all again.
@renaultf1:
I'm in Maine - live in Gray, work in Portland - and have 4 basenjis (2 -
6year olds, 1- 2year old and 1 - 1year old). Where in Maine are you?
Debbie is a great breeder and super person. I've heard her mention Dreamer
many times. Congrats on your new addition!
Biddeford - moved here in august from Old Orchard. I know Dreamer is/was one of her favorites, everyone was surprised when she said I should look at her. She's a very good girl… makes me feel like I went backwards, got the hard dog first and the easy dog second. You have dogs from Eldorado, correct?
Here are a couple more pics... one from the other day and a few from today.
And here is a stack pic of Ezra, my canaan, from today. He'll be 6 months soon, hard to believe…
I lurk here and hardly ever post… Thought it was about time I introduce my girl Dreamer, also known as Ch C-Quest Mata Hauri Dream On. I got her the day before her 8th birthday last January from Debbie Hauri. I was supposed to get a young boy to show, but he didn't really click so I ended up bringing Dreamer home instead. She's super easy and fun to train, and a joy(or should I saw dream?) to work with. Our first rally trial is in May at the Costal Classic in Scarborough, ME.
Day after I got her.
February
July, visiting family in Pennsylvania.
August
November on a hike, visiting PA again.
9th birthday
With some puppies Debbie bred this season, Annie & Hero… Annie is listeme's puppy, I've had the pleasure of getting to play with them a couple times while they're up here.
With Ezra, my new-ish Canaan puppy.
Telling Ezra there is 0 chance of her playing.
A couple weeks ago at the park.
Glad to see she is doing well! Oh, and I can confirm that she can sound exactly like a seagull…
Here are some pics of her & siblings at the breeders, for anyone interested(I have more, will upload them eventually...) - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=372459&id=713475586&l=971b85c2a8
My Catfish had high liver enzymes at one point, but we changed food and meds etc and they went away. She also had partial seziures and some GI issues… it turned out she had Addisons disease probably caused by a pituitary tumor. Addisons is hard to diagnose because the symptoms can be vague and point to a number of things and it's also hard to test. If you don't test at the right time- during a "crisis" that's severe enough- you get a negative. We did more blood work on that dog in the short 3 1/2 years we had her then most dogs would have in their lives! I don't know that your boy has it though, this sounds gradual(?) and it usually strikes young to mid aged bitches.
I'm surprised you're vet hasn't wanted you to try anit-seizure meds- PB would be out because of the liver, but potassium bromide is liver safe. There are a lot of other less-used meds too. If they truly are seizures, the more he has, the more he'll get, and they could progress to grand-mals without treatment. I guess he could have a brain or spinal tumor, that's causing compression, but I would think he'd have other neuro symptoms by now.... How's his gait etc? any new limps, trouble getting up/off of things(not necessarily pain- even just seeming unsure). Have you done a tick panel? Lyme and other tick-born things can cause a myriad of symptoms.
Anyway- you might want to check out the GARD diet to help bring his liver #s down. Milk thistle/SAM-e are other things you should check out, it can do wonders. Catfish was on taurine daily, 500 mg, I think 250 mg is the dosage for a b sized dog but you can't give too much.
http://www.monicasegal.com/newsletters/2007-02NL.php
I hope you figure it out and have many good years left!
