good story.

Short dogs usually have the Napoleon syndrome.

Basenjis are known for not barking. But, they do make some vocalizations. Some people refer to it as a yodel, but I don't know why. I have never heard anything that sounds like a yodel. Some people call it a roo sound. It does have a little more of a roo sound. Sort of like a Beagle's baying sound, but not nearly as loud and more pleasant sounding than a Beagle (IMO). My dogs never really get much louder than average human conversation noise levels.

I have two. My female rarely makes much noise of any kind. She is very quite.
My male will often greet us when we come home and sometimes he likes to greet visitors when they first arrive. That is about all the "roo" type noise our two Basenjis make.

Our two Basenjis will wrestle sometimes. They growl when they wrestle.

They do whine sometimes. But, not that often. Usually, when they want to chase something, but can't. They get a little wound up and frustrated. But, even then, they don't whine that much or routinely. I imagine it varies per Basenji. Mine might whine about once a week or so about something.

If you go to You Tube, there are a few Basenjis that sort of sing. A few that seem fairly noisy - much more vocal and even louder than I am used to hearing. I don't believe it is common to have Basenjis make noise for any extended periods. So, Basenjis vocalizing" for more than 20 - 60 seconds seems rare.














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yeah.
i knew there was something about like...how quiet they are.
they seem like good dogs, the breed began in like...what like brazil or something?
they're like pack dogs right?

Generally acknowledged to have come from Africa.

.... although, there is a small group who believe they may have come from China or something prior to that (?????) - I don't see the connection (????)

They are pretty much pack dogs and have a pretty strong hunting instinct.
They are known for bonding very well with their owners. Ours are noticably strongly bonded to us. But, Basenjis are known to be "aloof" with strangers.
I see this when out in public. We used to make it to dog parks a lot. A lot of people are always wanting to pet our dogs. But, our dogs don't tend to get that close to strangers. They might get close enough to satisfy their own curiosities, but not close enough to be petted. If they get close enough to be petted by strangers, they usually just walk off anyway.
But, if we have guests inside our house, our dogs are very different and can be very social. They will sometimes sit/lay next to guests if our guests are giving proper attention.
My dogs don't seem to care for "rowdy" kids. My wife and I don't have children. But, have neices, nephews and friends with kids that come over. They seem fine with "calm" kids and will socialize and let "calm" kids pet them. But, rowdy and loud kids make my dogs edgy.

Most dogs have a reasonably dominant sense for hunting - either sight or smell.

Basenjis are known to have pretty strong senses for both sight and smell.

As a result, when we go walking in the neighborhood, my dogs look like they are constantly getting sensory over-load. They run all over the place if I give them a lot of lead. My walks are more sane looking if I keep them on a short leash and in the middle of the street.

Walking them is ..... interesting. ... and a little challenging. I have had other breeds that were much easier to leash train. Ours are four now. They still can be a little challenging on a leash, but they are getting better.

If they see another dog, they want to go "greet".
If they see a cat, they want to chase.
If given enough leash, they have to run around and smell everything.

But, they love to walk and love to run. They "expect" an evening walk now and go through "antics" to get us to take them. They can be fairly humourous dogs.

They are "extremely" easy to potty train. They instinctively (as a breed apparently) don't like to use the rest-room in "their space. - .... Partly, why they expect walks in the evening so much. I don't think they even like to potty in our yard. They like to potty in "other" yards. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

They are usually about 22-25 pounds in weight. Just a little large for lap dogs, but they really like to sit with us in the evenings. So, are are very much lap dogs. My male (black) is actually sitting behind me in my desk chair. He does that a lot. Probably likes to stay warm.

But, they are also very out-doorsy and like to go for hikes and such.

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yeah africa thats it! you can see that they look like african wild dogs..kind of.
they sound like good dogs.
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Glad everything worked out Willie. Dog fights can be tough to break up.