To avoid having your house trashed while you are gone (or sometimes when you are here...), Basenji-proof your house. Things which come to mind:
Put shoes up on top of
things or hang them on shoe-hanger bags in the closet-and make sure the closet
is firmly shut!!!! We have Houdinis in our midst!
Hide the tissues.
Hide anything plastic
such as ballpoint pens.
Pick up dirty underwear
(actually, clean underwear as well.) And make sure it is behind a firmly shut door.
Put the trash under the sink
in a cabinet or up on a sturdy stool.
Hide any cleanser,
antifreeze, rat poison or chemicals in high cabinets.
Don't OWN anything
that has foam rubber in it.
Put boxes on chairs so they don't use them as stepladders to
the table (or tilt the chairs up).
Keep the toilet seat
down and don't put chemicals in the toilet that could poison them. Or better still,
keep the bathroom door shut. This will keep them out of the toothpaste, or from
chewing the toothbrush, bath brush, towels or face cloths.
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