Basenjis doing well!

Just a fun update on Scottie and Neon...

My significant other had a family member pass, and the funeral was last week... he is one of 7 brothers, and the entire family arrived here from Chicago and Phoenix and a couple of other various places. After the funeral, we ended up having 29 people at his house, including young children.
It had been long enough for the doggies in their kennel, and I brought them over to his house... and they were great with everyone!
(Yes, there was one escape attempt, but she didn't get far...!)

I watched them closely with the children, including a 2 year old, and they didn't have any indication that they were different than anyone else, except for the fact that as the 2 year old sat down to pet them, Scottie discovered leftovers on his face and began to help clean it off by giving lots of kisses! :D

Scottie has also discovered the toilet paper roll, much to his joy and my chagrin.

Oh, and the pill taking... finally figured out that if I ball it up in cheese, put dog food around it, and offer it by hand before the meal, they eat it up without chewing and discovering the pill inside - victory!

Fostering - first Month

Well, it has now been one month since I have had the Basenji pair, and things are going just fine!

They are now listed on Petfinder.com and the BRAT website - check them out and forward to friends!

(photos in this post are taken with my phone... not the usual quality I take...)

The doggies are settling in, and starting to actually have some energy, so they are not sleeping all day any longer. They do have long bouts of sleep, but are usually awake when I am home, and are interested in taking more walks.

I would like to send a shout out to Dr. Ann at Remarkable Care in Rockwall - she is BRAT volunteer Arlene's chiropractor, and said she would see Neon about her back pain... so I made the 45 minute drive to Rockwall to see what could be done, and though Neon vocalized alot, it helped Dr. Ann find the spot and loosened some of the stiffness. That was a week ago, and since then, there was only ONE night Neon woke up screaming in pain - YAY! Please support her helping these rescues!

And that one night was probably because I was at my wits end with giving her meds, and so she didn't get them that day... I have tried everything, pill pockets, cheese, peanut butter, meat, cheese covered in wet dog food, even leftover mild chili meat and beans... this dog just has no interest in treats. And, when it is wet meat, she chews through it and spits out the pill. I have always had big dogs in the past, and they usually just swallow a meaty treat whole, but not this one. I am now trying to crush the pills and mix it with wet meat, but she is being a picky eater in the mornings, and I don't know if she is getting it all.

I have taken the pair out, once to my Mom's house where she has 3 other dogs (1 male Basenji), and they all got along fine, though Scottie marked inside the house 4 times that day. He did the same the first day I had them, and I was afraid they really weren't housebroken, but there hasn't been an issue until this day at Mom's. I have also had them at my boyfriend's house numerous times, but thank goodness, no marking there. After about an hour of sniffing around, they find a place to settle, or just follow me around wherever I go. Scottie took to Daniel right away... that male bonding thing, I guess... ;)

These 2 don't respond to their names, so I don't know if it really was their original names... again, I think she is mostly deaf, and he is either partially, or just stubborn. I think they are more like a Fred and Ginger kind of pair.

The other thing about Neon is she has started this grass eating thing, and it doesn't seem to be any certain time of day, so it is random, but she does throw it up right away, so we can at least accomplish that outside. There was vomiting before mealtimes, and I think I have curbed that by giving them a more regular time to eat, but the middle of the day is when the grass eating happens, and she doesn't like treats, so... grrr. They are on Nutro Natural Choice Senior food... maybe I need to try something else.

They are WONDERFUL and LOVING and CUDDLY!

Let's find them a forever home!