Foxy – an Update
08 Nov 2009 5 Comments
in Wonderful Animals Tags: Our Pet Dog, Shiba Inu, Update
I had posted a poem and a story about our dog Foxy. To read this post please open:
http://kiyanti2008.wordpress.com/tag/foxy/
UPDATE:
Foxy died on March 23, 2009. We had to put him down because he suffered from paralysis on both his hind legs. We didn’t want him to suffer….. He died in peace, and it was painless and very quick at the Vet clinic.
After he died, we looked at dog breeds online and we saw a particular breed that look the same as Foxy…. like we were seeing double….. and the breed is Shiba Inu, a Japanese dog. So there was a big possibility that Foxy was not a Basenji X afterall, and he could be a pure bred Shiba Inu.
Now Foxy is resting in our backyard surrounded by my bonsay trees………..
These are images of Shiba Inu Dogs and Foxy. There are 9 photos of Foxy…. Can you tell the difference? Yes He was our Shiba dog 
When we bought Foxy in 1996 from Keysborough Animal Shelter, Melbourne (Australia), they told us that he was a Basenji X. That was why we always believed that he was a Basenji X…. not until later after he died and we saw images of Shiba Inu breed.
When we bought Foxy he was already a 10 years old dog. The lady at the animal shelter told my young son to pick another dog which was younger, but our son didn’t want to listen and he was determined to have the dog which later on we called him Foxy.
Facts about Shiba Inu breed:
Foxy
09 Nov 2008 1 Comment
in Poems, Wonderful Animals Tags: Foxy, Our Pet Dog, Poem
Foxy
Sad and forlorn in the pen alone
A small dog reddish brown colour tone
Short curled-up tail enticingly cute
He was ten years old but a beaut
People said too old to be adopted
But he was the dog our son selected
Foxy is a dog, not a cat or a rabbit
But he eats carrots and licks his feet
Being a Basenji cross he barks rarely
Always up and about he rests lightly
Very agile, intelligent and playful
He enjoys his new life to the full
He used to be obsessed with ball
He kicked it up and down the hall
Fetched it as quickly as a blast
Barked if it was not thrown as fast
Up to the air he jumped and twisted
And caught the ball hardly missed it
He was as good as Pele or Maradona
Though his passion at times went too far
With a ball near his mouth he would tease
Would you play ‘get it if you can, please?’
To get the ball off him was not an easy trick
It was very hard because he was very quick
Going for a walk is another thing
Foxy still enjoys doing besides eating
He stops and sniffs at the base of trees
A sprinkle of piss to mark off territories
He is friendly and makes people happy
Many kids think he‘s still a puppy
Written by Lois B.
Basenji is an ancient dog breed from Central Africa. They were originally bred for hunting. Though these dogs are considered barkless, it doesn’t mean that they are completely soundless, instead they chortle, chatter, and yodell if they are bored or restless. They look more like a small gazelle with a curled up tail and are very neat both in shape and appearance, always groom themselves and lack doggy odour. They have very short and smooth coat which can be sable or black in colour with some white markings. Some mistakenly name this breed “The Egyptian Dogs” because of the carving on steles in the tombs of Egytian Pharaohs. Just like how they look today, basenji carvings with alert pricked up ears and tightly curled up tails can be seen sitting near their master’s feet.
Being very alert, fast runners and good climbers, basenjis must be kept in a secure backyard with reasonably high fence. They are very intelligence, playful, beguiling and can be a bit stubborn in nature. A medium size breed and weigh around 10 – 12 kg, very sleek with beautiful long and shapely legs. The crinkle forehead gives them an impression of a sad or thoughtful look.
Note:
After Foxy died March 23, 2009… we were not so sure that he was actually a basenji x. He looked more like a shiba inu:
