In the Bahr-el-Ghazal region (South Sudan), in the Niam-Niam or Azande tribes, this breed lives in independent herds in villages, feeding itself and following hunters to spot animals. forest, shooing them into the nets they had set up earlier.
In the early 1900s, Basenji dogs were brought to Europe and raised for the purpose of protecting their owners when encountering wild animals in the forest.
Due to his origin as a hunting dog, the Basenji is extremely agile, alert, independent, has durable health and loves to climb.
Its long legs help it run faster, and can perform powerful sprints, when hunting, and especially its running posture resembles that of a running horse.
This dog is also characterized by extremely clean, almost no odor.
