[Fai Mao]

The scariest dog I’ve ever run across was a basenji.

It wasn’t that big but boy was it fast and quiet. They don’t bark. So you don’t know they are there.

[Norski]

Years ago, I met and did some work for a couple who married late in life. He was a retired accountant, and she was - well - something. It appeared to be a case of “Jack Sprat and his wife”. They were both on the dog show circuit, and I believe that they were both judges at one time. He bred Papillions and Basenjis, and she and her daughter bred Old English Sheep Dogs.

They also kept cats, birds, and fish tanks. The puppy litters were kept in the kitchen, the cats and Paps had the run of the house, and the OEs were kept in 5x8 kennels in the garage and let out for relieving themselves - sometimes.

The dogs all traveled, showed and placed, but these persons were not clean. And the conditions for the OEs were appalling. I had never seen aggressive OEs before.

On the other hand, I know a bachelor electrician who has kept a Basenji for 6 years, and carries it like a baby everywhere. The dog is silent, and that can startle you, true.

Thank you for allowing a reminiscence.

[Tennessee Conservative]

I have three Feists that my Vet said if I didn't know for sure they were Feists that they would be Black Basenji's. :-) Two of mine bark like crazy but one is pretty much silent. She mostly makes coyote like sounds. One of the other Vet's said "no, they are too sweet to be Basenji's". LOL

[Peeps47]

The scariest dog I ever came in contact with was an adult male Neapolitan Mastiff. He was sitting down and his humongous head came up almost to my chest. There was a chain link kennel between us but he looked like he could walk right through it. I was at the kennel to buy the smaller mastiff called the Cane Corso. He was a great dog.