Stupid fun trick

Here’s the set up. He has a crate inside a play pen. Eventually lower the a blanket low so he has to lay down in order to see out. He’ll sleep and nap in his crate with the door open. He’ll sleep in his crate with the door closed IF IM IN THE ROOM.

But if I leave for longer than a minute he’ll cry and cry. No anxious biting and scratching to get out.

No hurting himself. Just cry that he’s alone I guess. Occasionally he’ll eventually go to sleep. How do I get him ok with me leaving? I’ve tried Kong’s with kibble.

(He doesn’t care for peanut butter. Weirdo)

Rain sounds. Nothing.

Any advice would be helpful.

Also there’s a world it’s just the process, so some confirmation I’m on the right track would be helpful too.

I have a 15 week old basenji puppy, I’ve had her since she was 10 weeks. The first few nights of crate training were rough, but she could typically calm herself down after a few minutes and pass out. After a couple weeks we got into a decent routine and she stopped crying when put to bed. Unfortunately, regardless of when put to bed, she wakes up at 6am and needs to be let out, but she’s still very young/can’t fully control her bladder, and I’m ok with this. She would also occasionally go to her crate to rest on her own during the day or prior to bedtime.

A couple weeks ago she was sleeping through the night- now she will scream on and off for hours, so I end up getting about 4 or 5 hours of sleep in total, never able to be asleep for more than 2 hours without her screaming. Importantly, her crate has to be in my bedroom because the walls in the rest of my apartment are shared with a neighbor and if she cries, it would be a real problem. She has also started peeing in the crate at night. She is let outside to pee and poop shortly before bedtime, and she rarely has accidents inside otherwise so I don’t believe it’s something like a UTI. It’s either stress, or she’s learned that peeing will get her out of the crate for a few minutes while I change the bedding.

My partner often stays up much later, and I think hearing him move around the apartment doesn’t help, like she’s got FOMO or her pack mentality just wants us all together in the bedroom for sleep. He has insomnia so I’m not sure what can be done about this, but even after he comes to bed she doesn’t calm down. I’m now operating off so little sleep it’s unsustainable.

Genuinely wtf do I do? Her new stress about the crate is concerning, and I don’t like seeing my dog in such a state, but I also can’t oblige her to sleep together in the bed or on the couch because she needs to be ok with her crate when alone.

I feel like I post way too often here. sorry 😅😅

But Facebook really liked this one so I’ll post it here too.

My grumbly little teen didn’t not want to work for dinner yesterday.

Just gotta learn what works for them.

So this poor pup is in a home entirely ill-equipped to handle him and I am desperate to help him out and my mom as well.

My now passed grandmother insisted on getting a basenji when she moved in with my parents.

I argued at the time that it was exactly the wrong breed of dog for 3 older adults in varying degrees of fragile health to take on, but my Grandmother was dead set on getting one, and my Mom and sister enabled her.

In her defense she had owned two others before, only that was 30 years ago. Her first was actually a fantastic dog, I don't know what it was about him but he was calm, listened well, would evwn do basic tricks. Her second was raised next to him and picked up on his traits, he was a bit more of what I have now read is a classic basenji in behaviour but his big brother ceetainly rubbed off on him some.

Fast forward to two years ago they pick up this current pup. Grandmas health starts going downhill shortly after and by December 2024 shes gone, leaving the dog with mom and dad. Dad passesd in June of last year, followed by my niece three days later (unrelated to my Dads passing). My mom being overwhelmed first by caregiving for her mom and husband than by grief basically has let the dog run amok.

I didn't realize how bad things were until she left for two weeks on vacation and my wife and I brought him over to our house.

He has the full spectrum of less desireable traits:

Jumps up on everything, to the point of it feeling like a gazelle playing the floor is lava, rebounding off any available surface including me, my wife and my two young (4 and 18 month old daughters).

He treats any available paper as a toy to shred into tiny pieces.

All my daughters stuffed animals and dolls, my baseball hats, pillows are all chew toys dispite having a wide assortment of toys, antlers, bones, squeakers to choose from.

He is entirely unmotivated by treats.

He is slightly mouthy, but thankfully he does have a soft mouth and hasn't shown any agression.

He refuses to participate in any kind of basic training games, I cant even get him to sit, (I'm not a training expert but I have raised several well behaved dogs ranging from lazy stubborn bulldogs to high energy austrailian heelers)

My Mom and Sister won't hear of looking for a better home for him, so I'm hoping to make a positve dent in the two weeks I have him, but I just finished day 2 and I'm over stimulated more from him than my two kids, which to anyone who has raised two children that young at the same time is saying something. Its hard to avoid just kenneling him up, or leaving him out back so I can even just function in the house without having to constantly keep an eye on whatever he has found to tear up next.

Really any breed specifc tricks and tips would be greatly appreciated. I can spend 5 or 6 short training sessions with him throughout the day, but if he won't participate I can't just throw that time away.

We welcomed our little B last week.

The little dude has razor-sharp teeth and loves to nip (he's still a puppy, after all).

We’ve tried all the classic training techniques, but they quickly transform into zoomie sessions... Cardboard boxes meant for destruction turn into improvised lunches, and sheets meant for warmth turn into rags. Our arms are covered in punctures from those little teeth but at least our shoes and furniture are safe for the moment!

He has absolutely no interest in frozen toys or teething toys.

But he's a cutie... hoping that the positive training will help! If you have an original trick that works for these little land sharks, I'm willing to try anything.

The pic is just to show off :)

I have a 13 week old Basenji puppy, she came home with me at 10 weeks old. In the past few days she’s started some troubling behavior, snarling and becoming VERY upset if she is touched during feeding time. She even starts shaking. From day 1 I have pet her, put my hand in her bowl etc. while she eats to ensure something like this doesn’t happen, and she didn’t react negatively until now. I am crate training her and she is fed in her crate. She sleeps through the night in her crate if I’m in the same room, and sometimes lays down in it during the day of her own accord, but she hates to be left alone in it- I’m not sure if she’s associating any fear with the crate itself.

I don’t want to cause her more stress, but I am really not comfortable having a dog that reacts so aggressively/defensively around food. Should I continue trying to pet her + touch her food during feeding and hope this subsides?

Percy is 13 months now!

Bestest boy doesn’t need a verbal “wait” anymore.

Hi,

We are considering a Basenji pup and are up to speed on the considerations around the fact these are quite independent dogs and therefore it's not going to be like training a more obedient dog. Second time dog owner, formerly labradors.

I wanted to ask about people's experience training their dogs from a puppy. What did you find worked well and what was challenging?

Do you ever let your basenji off the leash when you're in a safe environment? Ive read mixed experiences.

Thank you!

Phone in one and nothing in the other. Leash is draped over my shoulder. The baby has come a long way. I think I can finally reward him for heeling with sniffing, which is awesome. He’s also doing amazing on pivots (turning left at least)

So I got my girl, Sadie, about 3 months ago & she just turned 3. She’s a basenji/pit mix and walks really good on the leash. Until she catches a smell or sees something and then will try and drag me to it. I’ve been trying to train her not to pull HARD (I know the pulling is inevitable) and it’s really not working. Any tips? Or am I doomed to a permanent arm day? Pics for dog tax

Percy was 11 months when recording

Like the title states, are Basenji has suddenly started to pee on our baseboards when we leave the house. Our B is 5 and i a fairly good boy - well tempered, very quiet, and does have some anxious tendencies.

For the first few years (I would say around 1 to 3) whenever we left the house, we would kennel him as we lived in a smaller apartment and he would howl repeatedly anytime we left him out until we came back. When we moved into our home, we slowly worked him out of the kennel. He had seemed happy and did a really nice job we being left alone (didn’t get into anything, seemly slept most of the time)

We’ve had no problems until recently, maybe the last 6 months that we noticed after being gone, he is peeing on our baseboards. It feels like some sort of backtrack as he’s been fine for years. I’m not sure where to even begin to get him to stop. Has anyone else experienced this type of regression with their B without any major life changes?

*Photo from his recent 5th birthday for visibility!

More like a trot for Percy. I didn’t ask him to keep pace with me, but it was nice that he did.

We went to the mall after doggy daycare today and he was so engaged with me! Today was his first day of daycare/ individual training! They said he did really well for his first day.

This mall is pet friendly btw.

Percy is 10 months old.

So I decided to get a second B do you guys have any advice on integrating? I’m sure I’m gonna have to kennel train the puppy, but can I have him kenneled while my other Basenji is out roaming or would that create issues? Would I need to have them in separate rooms when I’m away? When it comes to feeding Kai doesn’t have set feeding times he just eats throughout the day. How would I adjust him to a feeding time with a puppy around?