2-14-2011 Happy Valentines Day

We want to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day. Us dogs really don't know what that is, but mom told me to say it to everyone. 

This picture is of me (Zak) on the far left, with Dannii in the middle, and our friend Baree on the far right, with just the top of Jenna's head at the bottom.  Someone mom was talking to at "our picnic table" was taking pictures of us, and he emailed this one to her.  A good picture with what the park look's like from our back, instead of having the water behind us.






A nice head shot of Dannii.  Mom's battery went kaput after taking this photo, so she couldn't get shots of Jenna or I.






We hope you all have lots of love for this special day. As for us dogs, we get love everyday in the form of food, a warm place to sleep, and a mom who love's us very much.

       HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

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2-13-2011

 

 Okay, so we found out this Salugi's name.  It is Battu.  His owner still will not let him off leash yet, as his recall remains something to be desired. whatever that means.

 We came across Lola again today. Boy, I tell you, she growls worse than Jenna does!  Her owners says she only does this to other basenji's, as I stated the last time.  She is looking at Dannii here, but she's not growling at him. She would get near me (mom didn't get any pictures of that, wish she did), and she would just growl and growl and growl.  I just ignored her as I get that at home from Jenna, so it didn't faze me at all.





 We got to see some Carolina dogs, but nobody can remember their names. Very nice dogs  The Carolina dogs are the real light colored one, standing back and behind me (Zak), and the other one is standing next to its owner. Mom forgot the dog's name that I'm trying to play with. She thought it was a pretty dog. so pretty, that she can't remember its name!





 This is the dog that I was checking out, in the above photo. We don't remember this dog's name either. Nobody has simple names anymore, and mom had a hard time trying to remember who was who.








 
 
 Now, isn't she cute?  This is 4 month old Madu. She is a Shiba Inu. Still getting used to people and strange dogs. They must have really walked the daylights out of her, as she just wanted to sit down, and not even move!

 This is the housemate to Madu, and his name is Chevea.  Only reason mom remembers these two dogs names' is because her friend put them into her phone, and then emailed it to herself.  Mom had to call and ask her what the names were again.

 We "think" this is Savannah", but not entirely sure.  A very nice Whippet, and friendly.  Just didn't like having 5 basenji's crowd her.

 This picture is out of sinc, as this should be a couple of pictures earlier.  This is what it looks like coming back across the footbridge, to head to the car. Which all the way, way down, and then around the bend. Quite a hike, but we get lots of people to stop and talk to mom and her friend and give us dogs all kinds of pats, and petting. Sometimes, we even get treats!





As you can see, it was a nice day. Foggy, as you could not see the Golden Gate Bridge or San Francisco, like last week.  But, now we hear its going to rain for the rest of the week.  Suppose to clear up by Saturday night, just partly cloudy on Sunday.

BoyCat is still here. He hasn't taken off again.  Mom thought he might have, but as soon as she asked her human son, if he has seen the cat, boycat come's in from the garage.  She has got to get that cat fixed!  She knows that, just need to get the appointment on her day off, so she can take him and then pick him up.

Well, I guess that's all there is for today. You all come back again, now hear?

2-8-2011 BoyCat returns, now what?

Boy Cat returned sometime during the night, or early morning.  Human son shut him up in the bathroom, just to make sure he didn't take off again.  When mom got up, boy cat was laying on a chair in the kitchen and the kitchen door was open a little bit, just so us dogs can go out and do our duty in the backyard.  Then boycat went into mom's bedroom (that's where she feeds boy & girl cat, so us dogs won't eat their food), along with his sister to be fed. After he ate, this is what he does best, curl up on the bed and sleep.  Now mom can't get him into the vet's till next week, so we don't know if he's going to take off again or not.  There is no way to shut him up in the house for a week.   Oh, you see that paw/leg up over boycats's side?  That's his sister girlcat, laying next to him, on his back side. that's all you can see of her.

I don't like talking about the cat's, but I know mom was worried about him, and now that he's back, we don't know what to do.

Boy Cat

Well, for whatever reason mom is not too happy.  Boy Cat still has not come home.  She figures he is eating with the other feral cats when our neighbor puts out food for them. So, its not like he is starving to death or anything.  To tell you the truth, I am kind of glad that he is gone......well, not in the house, anyway.  He didn't like to play with us dogs. Now, boycat's sister, girlcat, now she like's to play with us dogs. Course if we get too rowdy for her, she will run off, and then us dogs will chase her.  She doesn't like that though.

 Boy Cat

Mom would just like to have boycat come in the house, as she wants to get him to the vets, and get his "you know what" cut off!  She wants to fix his wagon, so he doesn't keep disappearing.  Course she figures that once all the feral female cats are no longer in heat, then he will come dragging his tail home.

That's all for tonight folks. Mom wants me off the computer so she can try and go to sleep.

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2-6-2011 Our favorite park

On a clear day, you can see San Francisco.  It was a tad bit windy, but not cold.  Must have been in the 70's. Though the temp thingie in mom's car, said it was 88 degrees, but we know it wasn't that warm.












You can also see the Golden Gate Bridge!  Course it doesn't look golden from here.  We are not actually this close. Zoom on the camera does a good job.

Ms. Lola who is five years old.  She loves to grumble at all of us. Surprising Jenna or Baree (who are both females), never growled back at her, also neither did any of us guys.
Its funny, cuz she would grumble at us, but kept coming after all of us to check us out.  Her slave said that she only does this to other basenji's, not to other dogs. Interesting.




 


 

This here is a (big) whippet, named Random.  He was a "owner returned."  He's a very nice and friendly dog, but he was pooped out and didn't want to run any more.  We saw him on his way out of the park.

When there is a mud puddle, for some reason we can't just resist checking it out.  Mom and Dale were screaming at us to get out of the mud.  Scout is looking right at the camera, and Dannii is just behind him. Look at the muddy paws!  Course they weren't too bad.  We had done worse, believe me.










Ok, so you have seen a bunch of these stupid pics of us on the picnic table............get over it, cuz there is another one.














Told ya!  You can even see the Golden Gate Bridge too.











What is it with the "butt" photos?  Can somebody explain that to us, please?  Don't ask me, but there was sure something interesting here.











Here's another one, Dannii is looking like he is waiting his turn to check things out.  Whatever it was, we all peed on it!

Since mom forgot to bring the water bottle with her, some kind stranger shared their water with us.  Now, wasn't that nice of them?

This is the footbridge we have to cross to get over to the open grassy area, and then we have to cross it again to get back to the car.  Not very wide, and the water is under that bridge.  People are going back and forth at the sametime. We just happened to be going back across, when nobody was coming across!

This the cafe that we always stop at (right at the dog park), so mom and Dale can get something to drink. Sometimes, (not many), their are a few people who will share their hotdogs!

 

As we got in the car, mom wanted to try and get a picture of us with our heads out the window.  Either Jenna or Dannii kept pulling their heads back in. So, mom had to get a treat in one hand and the camera in the other, and WAALAA, she got a picture with our heads out of the window.  Jenna, what is up with her, looking right at mom?  She is the one who got the treat!

I also want to report that our "boycat" went missing on Wednesday of this past week.  We have not seen him at all. We even asked his sister "girlcat" if she had seen her brother, but she would just walk away.  Well, we are happy to report that mom saw "boycat" today when we got home from the park, and before us dogs even had a chance to get out of the car.  See, he's not neutered "yet", and there are alot of feral female cats around, and yep you guessed it, that's what he was trying to do, but the feral male cats so far haven't given him a chance.  Mom says, that as soon as he come's back in the house, she's going to put him the carrier and take him to the vets to get "fixed"!


Well, that's it for now.  You all come back again, now hear?

We're cold and mom won't make a fire in the woodstove

Granted its cold for us basenji's here, but mom says its REALLY cold back east, with lots of snow and ice, and that we should have nothing to complain about.  Well, we don't know what snow is or ice is, so how could we not complain of the cold here?  Does that make sense to any of you?

Basenji's come from Africa where its always hot, granted we did not come (personally) from Africa, but some of our ancestors did, we have some of those genes. We like warm, we don't like being cold or wet.  Wet.........ewwwwwww.  We don't understand dogs that like to go in the water.  What is wrong with them anyways?

The days are semi warm as far as we are concerned. Not too bad, the sun is out and we try to find the sunbeams that hit the floor, so we can lay in the sun, but the nights are what is cold!  Dannii gets to sleep with mom in bed, while Jenna and I have to suffer in our chairs. Mom's human son put our sweaters on us last night, and boy did we like that, they kind of help to keep us warm, but mine and Jenna's are starting to fall apart, because I have chewed on them a few times. But, they still help in some small way.

We just hope from what mom says that spring is around the corner.  It can't get here fast enough for us basenji's.  We just don't do cold, and I don't care to hear about snow and ice, as we have no idea of what that stuff is, as we have never seen or smelled or tasted it......yet.

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Jan 30, 2011, the new dogs we met

This is a Sloughi. Don't confuse it with a Saluki. Still a sighthound.  Too bad mom forgot this puppy's name. He is only four months old, and very nice, and friendly. For some reason Jenna does not look too happy.







Do you see the Shiba Inu?  His name is Bowdu and his sister is right smack in front, Bowpi, the basenji.  We have met these two before, but we were the only one's who showed up for our Basenji meet-up, due to threatening rain.  wimps.




 






Last, but not least is this Bordeaux puppy, named Dozer. That's short for Bulldozer, folks.  Just look at his feet, and he too is only four months old!  He's going to be one big bulldozer! hehehehe.







Well, as I said mom had forgot her camera, but her friend that owns Bowdu and Bowpi took these pictures.
Thank you Mengshin.

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