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!
Florida Basenji, 1958
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Came across this Basenji from a 1958 picture in the State Archives of Florida
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/48586"Nick Fallier's dog Bink"
Photographed by Harvey E. SladeNeat!
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Wow, a Basenji right up there with political figures-go figure! interesting, been to Monroe St. in Tall. and did see Slade's name mentioned here and there…
(Slade's was the major portrait studio in Tallahassee for many years, and most major figures in political and social circles were photographed there, including Governors Claude Kirk, Farris Bryant, Leroy Collins, Charles Johns, Fuller Warren, and Spessard Holland and their families; Lieutenant Governor Tom Adams; Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo; Senator Claude Pepper; and Supreme Court justices and circuit court judges)
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Way kewl! !!!!!!!
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Very interesting! And, just like all of them, this basenji decided his seat was "wherever he damn well wanted to sit."
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Neat photo to bad we don't know the dogs registered name.
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Buddys Pal, interesting info about the photographer! There is a brief obituary for the owner online:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=134250176
I guess he was a WWII vet, and aide to the President of the Florida Senate, and just present in those circles. Mostly, I am curious why and how he got this particular breed of dog back in the day…
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I saw that Obit also. I think the reason why he got that breed is the same reasons some of use have gotten into Basenjis he red about them and fell in love.
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@Shaye's:
Very interesting! And, just like all of them, this basenji decided his seat was "wherever he damn well wanted to sit."
LOL– so true! You know what they say-- "For the best seat in the house, please move the dog."
Very cool pic!