Basenji kare ne na farauta, don haka manyan abubuwan da ke cikin yanayinsa shine makamashi da kuma shirye-shiryen aiki akai-akai.
Har ila yau, aminci yana da halayyar waɗannan dabbobi: ko da yake ba shi da sauƙi don samun amincewar "bassi", idan kare ya riga ya gane ku, to yana da wuya a yi tunanin aboki mafi aminci. Amma dabbar za ta kasance koyaushe kula da baƙi tare da taka tsantsan, kodayake na farko ba zai taɓa nuna tashin hankali ba.
An rarraba Basenji a matsayin karnuka na farko - mutane ba su taɓa yin wani gyara ga nau'in ba. Ƙarfin daidaitawa ga kowane yanayi, basira, basirar dabi'a, 'yancin kai, har ma da wasu amincewa da kai duk sakamakon zaɓin yanayi ne.