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I want to get a basenji but I need to know if they are easily housebroken?
I have a basenji mix, but his temperament is mostly basenji and he has outsmarted me more times than I can count. As a pup, he chewed everything in sight and did a lot of damage to the house. He potty trained very easily, though. He shredded my house and belongings for about a year and a half. One day I came home and he was laying down with his front legs crossed (as basenjis will do) and I realized that he had grown into a big boy that day. For a second, I totally missed his puppy days, but he never tore anything up again. It may take a while for you to train one, but once they get it, you can trust them.
I have a 2 year old basenji.....I find it hard to get him to play with me and toys .....can you give me any advice?
My Basenji likes playing with balls,rags,rubbed toys but most of all a old tennis shoe.It's hard sometimes to keep him away from my other shoe though.He has a friend to from time to time he'll either bark at her or howl when he sees her.He is one percent Basenji six months old and hate would I leave out.
My Basenji is now 8 1/2, alot of them never reallly like toys. If you dont mind the occasional stuffing being torn out they do tend to like stuffed animals. If your close with your Basenji, get down on the floor russle his head up a bit and then wrestle. Mine still loves it when people get on the floor with him and rough around a bit. i think only 1 of my old basenji's ever liked to play with anything but stuffed animals. Mcdonalds kids toy stuffed animals were a fav.
They like to chase things. I used a rag when mine was young and graduated to those toys that are shaped liked snakes and have a rattle in them. You hold it up in the air and twirl around with it or run from one end of a room back and forth. You must let them catch it every now and then or they lose interest.
i adopted a dog from the pound and i have been told that she is a basenji but i dont think she is full blooded. she doesnt bark except for one time and it was a short shrill bark. her face and ears are exactly like the basenji pics but her tail is not curled. she is 4 1/2 months old. she has a worried wrinkled face and shredds paper toliet paper, but is a real sweet and loving dog. and sometimes i think she is a cat. i am having some difficulty in housebraking her, i am gonna crate her and hope that works, but too make a long story short, do all basenjis have curled tails, are they curled at birth or when they grow? thanks. lisa
My basenji pup's tail did not curl until he was approximately 6 months old.
Wait until she is a year old. Then the tail will be curled. ALL Basenjis must have a curled tail or otherwise they are disqualified from the show ring.