I-Basenji inomqondo othuthuke kakhulu wokuzingela. Ngisho nemidlwane isivele inelukuluku futhi inobuhlakani obusheshayo. I-Basenji ayikhonkothi, ingahhewula, ihayize futhi ihonqe. Abameleli bohlobo cishe abanaphunga futhi bahlanzeke kakhulu.
Lezi izinja ezisebenzayo ezinesimiso sezinzwa esihambayo. Bahlakaniphile, bayazethemba, kodwa bagxile kubanikazi. Banobuntu obulinganiselayo, bazivumelanisa kahle nokucindezeleka, abanamahloni, futhi bayabaxwaya abantu abangabazi.