HA! I don 't know, Shannon- Jack chases snowflakes outside like they are prey….lol

Thanks so much! It is really interesting to read the opinion and thought that goes in to all of your breeding plans.

I recently gott a squirt bottle, mainly because he has a terrible counter surfing habit. Now, when I a baking cookies, all I have to do it say his name, grab the squirt bottle, and he gets downs, no squirting needed. Praise, treat, finish cookies.

My friend had a squirt bottle with her dog (not a b) apparently it stopped working when the dog saw the squirt coming and just opened her mouth to catch the water.

Just out of curiosity….is temperament figured into a "line"? Or is that not something that is genetically handed down?

Where are you in PA? I got Jack from a puppy-mill rescue shelter in OH, while i was living in Pittsburgh. Apparently there is an Amish farm in the area with a couple of basenjis and the woman was able to rescue one from two consecutive litters that had both had their ears nibbled on. I found her on petfinder, so maybe you can find one through her as well….her shelter is called something like my young and old furbabies.

OH!!! She is so cute! That is so adorable!

I want to say that, from a purely selfish point of view, that people that leave their dogs tied outside make it harder for those of us that walk our dogs. There is a house down the street with a pom that is always tied outside, and everytime Jack and I walk by, the dog goes nuts barking and jumping around, and i have a hard time keeping Jack focused.

Me personally, Jack has pulled up the stake that his tie out is attached to more than once while I was outside (once while I was in my jammies…you should have seen me running down the street in my slippers, but I digress) so I won't leave him out there alone. Even on a nice quiet street like ours, there is too much at stake....pardon the pun...

That picture is soooooooo cute! It makes me giggle! Congrats!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it is time that a basenji came to the oval office. It is high time we stopped the scotties and labs from having control of the doggie issues. I fully support the motion of putting a basenji in the white house. Who do I write to?!?!?!

Hey- if you do end up coming up to Tufts, let me know, I work right down the street, and there is a dog park not far, if you want to grab a coffee before the drive home and tire the kids out a bit :-)

My folks are in St. Pete! They have what we think might be a b mix, but my parents just insist that she is a black and white curly tailed dog. Just out of curiosity- the lovelyships name caught me- are you a sailor?

Hope you find the perfect b for you!

Jack will paw at his water bowl, tip it over, grab and run with it into the living room, throw it around the kitchen….

And not only when it's empty- if he decides he wants fresh water, he'll knock water all over the kitchen floor.:mad:

I thought Jack was small for a b, but it sounds like he is about average- 24 pounds, and very muscular and trim- you can see his ribs when he moves. I recently took him to a new vet who asked how much I feed- about 3/4 c. to 1 cup twice a day, and she said wow- that is a lot for a 24 lb. dog. Which I guess it is, but Jack doesn't usually eat the whole bowl. He stops when he doesn't feel like eating anymore. Plus he gets a lot of exercise running from the couch to the bed and back.

Jack has been doing that in our backyard as well- it is a little hard for him, since he has to wear a tie-line, but he goes tearing around the yard in circles and figure eights. Luckily we don't have any flowers in our backyard. It is the funniest- and funnest- thing ever!

Hey- I'd love to know what pattern you used…i've been altering store bought coats....it hasn't been going well.

Jack pulls that stance on anyone and anything- me, DH, bones, his bed. Anything he has decided he wants to play with. It is usually accompanied by a huge grin. I love it!!!:D

Dude- Jack woke me up that way yesterday! Smack, right on the forehead!

I don't know about Dogs, but I know my DH has a heart murmur. He has it checked every year, but other than that, there isn't much they can do about it, outside of surgery. My Aunt has lived with a heart murmur her entire life. She is in her 80s now.

Jack will lick anything…..he loooooooooves licking cardboard. He has been known to lick the couch or me incessantly. I have gotten to where he understands "That's enough" and he stops. I think because I usually say "That's enough", which catches his attention, and then I distract him with something else.

There was a while, when we were living in the condo last year that all the dogs were getting sick, but nobody ever had them out at the same time. It seemed that by them riding in the same elevator, walking down the same halls, etc, they were all getting this little bug.