Hoppy 1st Birthday Malaika

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Shelley123

Malaika says thank you for your birthday wishes.
Velvet, her recall is very good for a Basenji, we have worked very hard on it with her, i think the group doggy get togethers have been so useful. Some people never let their Basenjis off lead, we of course do but are selective where and when we do it
I read in a book that you have to be commited to own a Basenji and it's quite true, although i'm not sure if it meant commited owners or commited to an asylum

I had heard their recall was not always the best and they were very stubborn, then again Boxers can be quite stubborn so that would not worry me Read on another thread you are hoping for a boy puppy - are you getting another Basenji?

Do you show Malaika ? How do you pronounce her name?

[Shelley123]

Velvet, Basenjis can be difficult to train as they are clever Dogs but are not neccesarily bothered about pleasing their owners. There has to be something in it for them, like food
Malaika has responded well to training, we are realy pleased with her.
We don't show her although we have entered her in fun/companion shows. We will have to have her spayed at some point this year.
We pronounce her name Malika, it's Swahili for Angel.

[dandysmom]

Thanks, Shelley, I've been mentally mispronouncing her name all along ... thought it was Ma-lie-ka. not Ma=lee-ka!

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Shelley123

Velvet, Basenjis can be difficult to train as they are clever Dogs but are not neccesarily bothered about pleasing their owners. There has to be something in it for them, like food
Malaika has responded well to training, we are realy pleased with her.
We don't show her although we have entered her in fun/companion shows. We will have to have her spayed at some point this year.
We pronounce her name Malika, it's Swahili for Angel.

I had also heard they were cat like! There used to be a man in Newtownards that had two, used to see him at shows but that was years ago

Her name has a lovely meaming, she looks like a little angel

You have done very well with her training. I think too many people give up too quickly or expect too much too soon from young pups & youngsters. After your success I will definitely keep Basenjis on my "wish" list tbough would need to get one from the mainland if it ever happened!

I will be keeping my fingers crossed that a little boy dog is born

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[Shelley123]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Thanks, Shelley, I've been mentally mispronouncing her name all along ... thought it was Ma-lie-ka. not Ma=lee-ka!

Eileen it is pronounced Ma-Lie-Ka ,so you were right all along

[Kazz]

So what name have you chosen for a dog pup? And is the pup from the same breeder??

[Shelley123]

Originally Posted by Kazz

So what name have you chosen for a dog pup? And is the pup from the same breeder??

We haven't chose a name yet but hopefuly we will be able to find an african name we both like. The deal was i could name Malaika and Howard gets to name the next. He is reluctant to think of names in case a boy isn't in the litter.
We are using a different breeder purely because we didn't realise our breeder would be breeding a litter with her other bitch. We met this breeder last year and put our names down with her last year.
I like the name Kwame.
Have only just noticed the title of this thread says Hoppy birthday