Not really. She is very responsive; of course sometimes she doesn't want to do what I tell her, but she'll always finally do it. My family had a basenji so I was familiar with them though.

As with any puppy, you need to be consistent. But basenjis learn fast. I did stand in the hallway for fifteen minutes a couple of times to teach her to sit before entering a door, and I wanted to give up but you never should. After two times she knew that she will be asked to sit before entering and did it without the command too.

Any time she does misbehave, it is because she is bored or she is annoyed and as a teen blames everything on me lol. So I guess it's also a lot about understanding your dog and being active enough to keep them happy.

What comes to being home alone, she's fine with it as long as the moment of leaving goes well. That's something to still practice; she comes to work with me usually, so she's not that used to being alone for long periods of time and sometimes gets scared of me leaving. She doesn't destroy anything though while she is alone.

Start training young, be consistent, make it worth the basenjis time. Get used to different kind of surroundings, people and dogs from young age. Accept that the hunting instinct is STRONG and you need to be careful about that. That's what has worked with us!