Adoption information
About Lottee
Lottee is a refined, petite lady who prefers to be the absolute center of her universe. She isn't a fan of other dogs invading her personal space, preferring to mingle out in the open.
While she takes a little bit of time to warm up to new faces, your patience will be rewarded tenfold. Once she officially accepts you, you will become her absolute center of attention.
Lottee is a 5 years old Basenji, red and white, desexed female. She is more suited to being an only dog, and it would be an advantage if her new owners have experience with Basenjis and understand the characteristics and temperament of the Basenji Breed.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ-๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ: Lottee's original family gave her lots of training, and her manners are nothing short of flawless.She is a massive fan of doggy doors! She loves having the independence to go in and out to use the potty whenever she pleases
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ: Lottee will do absolutely anything for a treat! Because she loves food so much, her future family will just need to help manage her portions so she can maintain her trim, petite figure.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ: Aside from food, her absolute favorite activity is going for walks to collect and inspect all the "sniff mail" left behind by the neighborhood dogs.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ป-๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ: Once you have been accepted, you must succumb to mandatory nighttime snuggles on the couch and is non-negotiable!
Lottee is available for adoption to an approved home in any state of Australia. Transport costs are the responsibility of the new owners. Contact details: ethel.blair@gmail.com / 0402580898
Medical notes
No known pre-existing conditions.
Adoption details
How does our Adoption and Rescue Programme work?
**Steps for our Program 1 - 4 **
Basenji owners contact us from anywhere in Australia and generally the situation is they are wanting to surrender their Basenji(s). Sometimes we also get a rescue situation where a Basenji is lost/abandon, or it has ended up in a pound or with a welfare group. Annually Basenjis that are surrender by their owners to BBNA make up approximately 90% of our cases and around 10% of cases are rescues.
The FIRST step that we do is to assess the safety and welfare of the Basenji. If it is determined that a Basenji needs to be removed from its current environment because the owner wonโt keep the dog anymore, or that its safety is at risk, then we will make arrangements to remove the Basenji to a safer environment. In such a case we will transport the Basenji to a Foster Carer who is available and/or to a carer who is the most suitable to take on the Basenji. In some circumstances the owner will continue to look after the dog until a home is found.
Basenjis that come into our care may have varying settling in, health and/or retraining requirements so the SECOND step is to conduct an assessment of the Basenji. A good understanding of the Basenjis in our care helps us to accurately match a Basenji with its future home/family and, it also helps us to understand what we need to do to specifically address the welfare of each Basenji.
The THIRD step is to ascertain what veterinary treatment the Basenji needs. In many cases Basenjis that come into our care will need their vaccinations brought up to date and desexing. Sometimes we will need to do testing and/or provide medical treatment to a Basenji.
The FOURTH step is to develop a profile of each Basenji and advertise the dog. We publish all our Basenji profiles with photos on Social Media, the BBNA website, Pet Rescue and Dogzonline. Our Basenji profile contains information for example on: temperament, behaviour, medical issues, vaccinations, and the location of the Basenji.
**Steps for Potential Adopters 5 - 6**
Contact the BBNA Rescue and Adoption Co-ordinator via email or mobile number and we will discuss your specific requirements. We will email you a detailed profile of the Basenji that is available for adoption.
Once we get suitable candidates that would like to adopt, our FIFTH step is to do further shortlisting and then we will arrange for an environment check with potential adopters. It is important that we carefully match the right adopter with the Basenji available for adoption. BBNA has a number of volunteers who are situated in every state of Australia who help us to do things like: transporting Basenjis, conducting environment checks, liaising with current and future owners, Foster Caring, and being available to advise/help the new owners. Without the involvement of these volunteers BBNA could NOT run its adoption and rescue programme so successfully.
Once we reach an agreement to proceed with a new owner then the SIXTH step is to organise our documentation and transportation to take the Basenji(s) to the new home. Prior to the Basenji being released for adoption, new owners are required to jointly sign an Adoption Agreement with BBNA and to transfer all adoption fees and any associated transport costs to BBNA's welfare account. Adopters are also automatically given 1 year free Associate membership with BBNA, which they can choose to renew if they would like to remain a member.