@debradownsouth thanks for your understanding - sorry you had to go through this as well. I hope your B is doing better now. You’re right, Watson was originally on CHOP but did not respond to treatment. Thankfully the CCNU worked. Since he is so young and otherwise healthy, we are hopeful that he will be on the longer end of some of the stats on the disease - it really is a bad one.

Thanks for the suggestions on stopping raw meat. We’ve heard them before, it’s just a struggle because that seems to be the only thing he will actually eat. We’ve offered various brands of canned food and kibble, and he’ll try each one once, but raw is the only thing he will eat more consistently. When he’s so skinny, it’s hard to fight the urge to give him anything he will eat. But it is worth a try - we’ll cut out raw and add in probiotics and see if that helps anything. Thanks again!

@tanza thanks, I had come across that page before but unfortunately the tests for IBD and/or IPSID are cost prohibitive at this point. Hopefully something will present itself soon so we can figure out what this is.

Hi all,

Our 3 year old pup, Watson, was diagnosed with GI lymphoma around 7 months ago. After 5 months on the CCNU protocol, he was declared to be in complete remission. Watson has been on the same diet of high quality grain free dry food once a day, and raw 100% meat (variety of beef/chicken/organ mix) once a day. He has been on this diet his whole life, and never had GI issues, aside from the month or so before/during his diagnosis.

About a month ago, Watson presented with new symptoms - chronic diarrhea that is 100% liquid (although he had diarrhea during the lymphoma diagnosis, it was never quite this bad). He also has a lack of appetite and occasional vomiting. He was diagnosed with a functional ileus which was treated with prednisone/metronidazole/cerenia. Although he seemed to make a full recovery within a week of starting this treatment, unfortunately that is no longer working, the diarrhea and lack of appetite has returned, and he is extremely lethargic and uninterested in most activity. We've been able to "trick" him into eating by offering new varieties of foods he's never had before, but we are running out of options. He has been to the vet for multiple ultrasounds, bloodwork, etc. The lymphoma is not back, and everything else appears normal.

I know it's a long shot, but has anyone had anything similar with their B? We can't afford to keep going back to the vet for more ultrasounds just to be told that everything looks normal, but something is clearly wrong.

Thanks in advance!!

Currently have a 2 yr old basenji male and picking up a 9 week old basenji girl to join the family! Any tips or stories about the first few weeks with 2 basenjis at home together would be appreciated!

@tanza Yes, we are starting to think that's what it is. The rest of his family went through it in October but for some reason he seems to be a bit delayed. Any tips for how to stop or reduce the whining? It is driving us crazy especially when we try to work from home!!

Hi Basenji Forums! By 2 year old basenji, Watson, has been going through a phase lately where he is just constantly whining, all. the. time. He usually gets between a 1 mile walk and 3 mile run every morning and will take a short nap after that, but for the rest of the morning until around 4pm he just paces the house and whines. He will take a few other naps throughout the day but if he isn't sleeping, every breath out of his mouth is a whine. He'll also come sit on the ground by my desk and look at me expectantly, but I can't figure out what he wants. He gets 3-4 walks per day and usually right after a walk he is better, but as much as I would like to, I can't spend all day outside with him. He is very disinterested in playing with toys, and he does like to look out the window but usually that just makes it worse anytime he sees a squirrel he can't get! Anyone experienced similar behavior or have any ideas on what might help reduce this behavior? Thank you!

Hi everyone! Watson is our 1 year old male basenji. We have always had some issues with prolonged whining when he is in the crate, which we attributed to him being a puppy, but he has yet to outgrow these. He goes in his crate on command and always gets a treat for going in, and he eats his meals and sleeps through the night in his crate. Sometimes he does fine and goes in without complaint, but other times he will whine and cry for about 15 minutes, but sometimes up to an hour. This happens often enough that we know it is not because he has to potty or because he is not getting enough exercise, and since there are plenty of times when he does not cry, we know it is not because he is afraid of the crate. Does anyone have any advice on whether this is puppy behavior he will (eventually) outgrow, or if there is something else we should be doing to discourage him from whining/crying? I should add that we never give him any attention while he is making noise in his crate and we only let him out once he has quieted down and remained quiet for several minutes. Thanks for any help anyone can offer!