Basenjis

Rating:
Summary: BEAUTIFUL & EXOTIC
Review: Basenjis are beautiful, exotic African hounds who have a history that spans upward of 2,000 years. The basenji is a very unique breed of dog indeed. Basenjis can shed tears, they yodel instead of bark and run with the grace and speed of antelopes.

A beautiful, unusual dog, the basenji is singuarly distinct in having a wrinkled forehead, a tightly curled tail (usually the tail is a double curl) and long graceful limbs. Basenjis clean themselves like cats and female basenjis come into heat once a year.

This wonderful book gives a good overview of this very unusual dog. It is something all dog lovers, not just basenji lovers will treasure.

Rating:
Summary: Not very specific for Basenji owners...
Review: I will not ruminate about what the previous reviewer said. I will just say that they are absolutely correct when they say this is a "formula book" save a few pages specifically about this breed and most of the pictures are of basenjis.

I just wanted to add that if you have any doubt of what I speak, I will just say that pages 100-106 describe ways to "modify the behavior of your dog" and are about how to stop your dog from BARKING and waking up the neighbors!!!

I think that's enough said on that. If you have or have been around a basenji, you know that this is a preposterous thing to spend four pages on... :-)

Rating:
Summary: not my first choice
Review: This book has a very small section that talks specifically about Basenjis.
The rest of this book is a formula book. The remaining pages are
a standard text of average quality advice on dog care some of which
may be irrelevant to Basenjis.
The
publisher has one for many breeds and they are all exactly the same-save
a small section on the specific breed. If I had to choose only one
Basenji book it would not be this one. I would Choose Susan Coes
and Elspet Fords would be my second. I also own Stacked and Moving
A unique book worth owning, but perhaps only to one interested in the
showring.
So I would say that owning Basenjis by Jack Shafer, and R. Mankey
is nice, there are by the way nice color photos, but not if you need a definative text on the subject
of Basenjis.