What do Basenjis in Africa eat?
The dogs’ owners feed them part of whatever they have for themselves to eat. The Azande diet is mostly vegetables with occasional chicken, monkey, duiker antelope or bush pig. the dogs supplement their diet by hunting on their own for small animals and birds. How healthy are Basenjis in Africa? In general, adult dogs appear to be in excellent health and condition. All of the dogs have ticks, fleas and hookworms which must do some damage. Puppies are most affected by these pests and it appears that the period between weaning and six months of age may be critical to their survival. We saw many large litters of small puppies (5 & 6), but rarely more than two pups in litters older than 9 or 10 weeks of age. How well are they treated by their owners? I would classify their treatment as about average compared with the treatment received by family pets in this country. they share the owners house & food, and are very well socialized to people and other dogs. Mother dogs were allowed to keep t
