If you have been around Basenjis, you know how smart they are. But Australian Shepherds have plenty of smarts themselves! Here is what happened when our Basenji Sunbeam wanted a toy that our Aussie had

These were our two dogs, some years ago. At the time we took the photos, the Basenji was young and the Aussie elderly. I was on a Basenji email list which had the motto “Where it takes 100 people to outsmart one Basenji.”