New update: Tika is no longer in heat! Yay! Remy got neutered and is doing great! We got a dog trainer to come in assess the situation and she thinks it is starting to improve compared to how I described it when I booked her to come. Only Maia seems to need the muzzle, she seems to be very unsure of the puppy. We are working with her to build her confidence. The puppy doesn’t seem to have any stress with Maia around and won’t start anything. The muzzle is on just in case when I am home alone as I don’t want anything bad to happen when if I can’t separate them. The puppy is getting lots of training time to help her learn how to behave properly. With 2 people here we can have the girls on short leashes and they are fine together. They did have a small altercation of snarling but no biting and no one got hurt. The older female backed down and walked away. As much as I want her to be the top dog it seems that the puppy has a much more dominant personality. If they figure out the pack hierchy hopefully everything will settle down. The trainer says there are no pack instincts in domesticated dogs, but after having 6 basenjis I can’t agree with that in regards to basenjis. We can walk the girls together without muzzles now so I think things are more positive and they seem to be improving every day. When Remy is healed from his neuter I will get the puppy spayed and hope that calms things down even further. So far there is a lot more peace in the house. Please anyone let me know if there is anything else I should be doing to keep these girls on track. Thank you for all your advice and guidance! I am so grateful for this forum as what is normal for other dogs is not so much with these guys!
Basenji in hurst texas
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found this on esty just now:
and then this:
http://www.etsy.com/people/SaveBhodi#anyone know these breeders???
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I hate to say it, but something about this seems a bit suspicious.
I found a Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savebhodiyahoocom/187820321307356?sk=info -
Breeder is Suzy/Suzee Jones:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003209772432
(another Facebook group for "Save Bodhi")Poor puppy…
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Poor puppy. Is this a legit request for funds? I can't tell.
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Poor puppy. Is this a legit request for funds? I can't tell.
Regardless if legit or not, this is one of the very reasons that people need to be prepared for things to happen if you are breeding…. as they say, "stuff happens"
I don't know who the breeder might be, would guess BYB
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It looks like this breeder had a litter of pups last year also. I saw an expired ad advertising the 2011 litter for $550 each. I would love to know who the sire and dam is and if this breeder does any health testing!
Jennifer
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It looks like this breeder had a litter of pups last year also. I saw an expired ad advertising the 2011 litter for $550 each. I would love to know who the sire and dam is and if this breeder does any health testing!
Jennifer
I saw that too. I find the whole thing very strange. I couldn't really find any info on the people who put all this stuff up. I'm guessing it was done by the breeder (as opposed to a new puppy owner who put a deposit on the dog and fell in love with the sickly puppy). And I find that a little off-putting as I like Pat believe that as a breeder you have to realize that this sort of thing happens. If it was a person who got/rescued this dog, I'd probably get a wall calendar yesterday. As it is, I'll pass
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Who would pay if the breeder had to pay for a C-section for the dam which is not cheap? This is why BYBs/commercial breeders should not breed. Many think it is so easy with few costs and they will get lots of pups to sell! I talked a few commercial breeders from bidding on Basenjis at the dog auctions-told them about the once a year going into season-pups not being available for sale until after Christmas, possible C-sections, and the not too large litters.
I had never heard of this problem in this pup until now. It sounds like a developmental problem in the womb not a genetic one. The health website she linked to was for humans not animals/dogs!
Jennifer