How to bring up a Bassenji puppy, you can talk about this for hours, introducing this wonderful breed of dogs, but first you need to note that it is far from easy to find a common language with these pets.
Puppies Bassengi by nature of their hunting dogs, the specialization of which is a game paddock in traps set. Therefore, it is necessary to bring up a puppy from an early age, accustoming to independence, without looking back at its master. Since being on the hunt, this dog, by its nature, is always at a distance, ahead of the owner, within two hundred meters. Educating a bassenji is not an easy task, because the dog is very vulnerable, especially to physical punishment. It is only once to strike, as the dog immediately escapes. If you do not want to destroy that established thread of the dog's trust towards you, then forget about corporal punishment.
Instincts of the dog.
By its nature, the Bassenji dog is a robber and a savage. Dog instincts of this breed do not have a subjunctive mood, they simply have an extreme position. If the pet rushed for someone after, it is necessary to catch up. If you are fooling, then all available free time. If a bone is buried, it is unlikely that someone will find it. After chasing the dove, then to the victorious end, that is, the destruction of the bird. Therefore, comprehending the basics of the initial education of his four-footed friend, this must be remembered. In the central cities of Russia, St. Petersburg and Moscow, there are special courses for the training of Bassenji puppies. Their recommendations and techniques will help you in the work of raising a pet.
The Bassenji breed has a natural timidity. Each unfamiliar rustle or an object that has not been seen before alarms them. In this case, you need to pretend that nothing happens, and you do not notice the reaction of the pet. Otherwise, such canine attention can be turned into the appearance of fear, and this will be a big problem.
Dogs Bassenji walk just can not calmly, in this respect they have increased activity. Running for them is a natural state. A two-hour walk for the pet is the minimum amount of time that they should spend in the fresh air, constantly frolicking and running at the speed of a racing car. If you have the opportunity to ride the city by bike, this will be what you need, in the absence of a large number of cars and other animals. Running for this dog in thirty kilometers, this is only the initial stage. As practice has shown, after seven-hour walks the Bassenji do not feel tired. Any active rest this dog is very happy, while remaining easy on the rise, active and active. At the end of long walks, at home they immediately become meek, at the first opportunity to bed. In the absence of active walks Bassenji turns into a robber, gutting home sofas, cushions, that is, the dog will turn into a real hurricane, sweeping away everything in its path. Because her unspent energy is breaking out. You can only console this by providing a normal and long-lasting paddock to the pet.
Dog training
I would like to remind you that breeds of Bassenji dogs have a natural persecution. In their role may be cyclists, runners, other escaping dogs, horses, cars and so on. For various applications of self-made devices that produce a strong and unpleasant sound, the dog, while in the excitement of the chase, may not react.
Doing daily obedience training, take into account those moments when the dog will get, it should be encouraged, just the same kindness. When other dogs or a bicyclist appear, your four-legged friend may fall and leave for a while training together with various cords and balls. An alternative, in the form of bait, can only be running or eating. To distract something else is difficult.
Conducting daily lessons with this breed of dogs, it is necessary to remember that the maximum physical loads and the variety of tricks that your puppy learns are playful, that's the key to success in raising a dog. Otherwise, he will find a job himself, but this is unlikely to please you.
Dogs Bassenji have a vicious aggressiveness, especially when it is defensive or protective aggression. Trying to make physical punishment, you drive the dog into a corner, he already has nothing to lose. You are inferior to him in agility, so you should never enter into a physical battle with this dog. You can get a serious injury and will never find a common language with your pet.
One of the important factors of upbringing is the socialization of the dog, starting from the earliest age, because you will not save your dog from other people's outstretched arms, whether adult or nursery. And the sooner you accustom yourself to calmly react to such a gesture, the better.
Games for the puppy
Not all other breeds of dogs can perceive the specific games of the Bassenji dog breed, since these games are somewhat peculiar in nature for this breed, among which the reaction has positive emotions. Other breeds of dogs can not calmly take a hard blow to the back of the body or conduct painful tweaking. A stretched leash for walking with a Bassenji dog is quite normal. Very important is a simple understanding of nature, while not confusing the game with another provocation of the fight.
It is necessary to learn in time to recognize the threatening growl of your pet, expressed, usually, in a compressed wheeze. If your dog does not injure an opponent, this is not a guarantee that your four-legged friend can not fail to defeat a stronger opponent.
One of the characteristic features of the Bassenji breed is obvious gluttony. These dogs eat everything in a row, whatever they are given, and a sense of proportion and saturation is completely absent. The picture of another begging cookies or other delicacies in the household is a common occurrence for these dogs. If you do not want your pet to get fat, it must be restricted in food.