Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Basenji dog is one of the main protagonists of the novel August Magic by Veronica Anne Starbuck. Anubis, the barkless dog, is a Basenji dog featured in the horror movies Soulmate and Tales of Halloween. Yodels, Wails and Basenji Tails – the 1998 book that features a compilation of Basenji stories.
Rather than a bark, the dog has a yodel or laugh. The animal has keen senses, and they decide to train her for bird hunting. In time, Skeeter learns that an ad had been placed for a female Basenji which had been lost in their swamp months earlier.
The Basenji of central Africa produces a yodel-like sound due to its unusually shaped larynx. [25] This trait also gives the Basenji the nickname "Barkless Dog". [26]
Here's another cool fact from the AKC: Basenji’s African breed name, “M’bwa m’kube M’bwawamwitu,” translates to “the jumping-up-and-down dog,” and these dogs are known for how high ...
Tales abound of ignorant first time dog owners who buy into a story that their doodle will be “easy to take care of” because, I don’t know, I guess shedding is the worse thing a dog can do.
Veronica Tudor-Williams provided the Basenji, named My Lady of the Congo, who played Lady in the film, and also provided four additional dogs to serve as "doubles" for My Lady. After filming ended, My Lady was adopted by deWilde, and the other dogs were adopted by various members of the film crew. [2] The film version was released on 12 May 1956.
The New Guinea singing dog or New Guinea Highland dog [1] (Canis lupus hallstromi) is an ancient [a] lineage of dog [3] [4] [5] found in the New Guinea Highlands, on the island of New Guinea. Once considered to be a separate species in its own right, under the name Canis hallstromi , it is closely related to the Australian dingo .
Dogs are among the animals taking part in research to determine how much animals know about impending natural disasters