BCOA Bulletin January-February-March 2007 - the Basenji Club of ...

The Offi cial 

B ULLETIN 

of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. 

(USPS 707-210) 

ISSN 1077-808X 

Is Published Quarterly 

March, June, September & December 

By the Basenji Club of America, Inc. 

8050 Old River Road, Rockford, IL 61103-8736 

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POSTMASTER: 

Send address changes to: 

Basenji Club of America, Inc. 

Wanda Pooley 

8050 Old River Road 

Rockford, Il 61103-8736 

Copyright © 2006 

by the Basenji Club of America Inc. 

All Rights Reserved. 

Material may be reprinted without written 

permission in publications 

of BCOA Affi liate Clubs only. 

Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual 

authors. Articles & opinions do not necessarily express 

or represent the policies & opinions of the Basenji 

Club of America, Inc. Advertising does not constitute 

endorsement by the Basenji Club of America Inc. and 

under no circumstance does publication of advertising 

guarantee services or products of its advertisers. The 

Editor, under the jurisdiction of the Club Offi cers & 

Board of Directors, reserves the right to reasonably 

edit or refuse to print all material submitted, including 

advertising. 

Editor 

Wanda Pooley 

Copy Editors 

Soraya Jenkins 

Karlene Schoonover 

Lisa Marshall 

Copy Coordinator 

Susan Chuvala 

Advertising Managing Editor 

Melody Falcone 

ON THE COVER 

BCOA Business 

President’s Message .........................2 

Treasurer’s Reports .......................5-6 

Editor’s Message ..............................4 

Departments 

Breeders: 

Sally & Kari Wuornos Handler: 

Brenda Cassell 

Dawn Honaker 

The Basenji Club of America, Inc. BULLETIN - 1 

AKC Delegate Report ................................. 14 

Club & Publication Information ................. 59 

Health Clinics, upcoming .......................... 28 

Junior Views .............................................. 36 

LGRA/NOTRA Rankings ............................ 53 

New Titles ................................................. 57 

Obedience Tally ........................................ 53 

OFA Reports .............................................. 54 

Perpetual Specialty Calendar ..................... 37 

Display Layouts & Commercial Advertising: 

AdventureLand Basenjis ...................... 15 

Ankhu Basenjis ...................................... 9 

Cumback ............................................. FC 

Djakomba Basenjis .............................. 27 

Gana Basenjis ..................................... 21 

GCBC Specialty .............................. 46-47 

Jerlin Basenjis ...................................... 25 

Kenset Basenjis ............................... 30-31 

Ketz, Janet ........................................... 23 

Mountain View ................................... 12 

Ch. Sonbar’s Phoolish Pleasure at Cumback 

Owners: Joe & Cathy Tomey 

Cumback Dobermans & Basenjis 

812-683-4012 

joencathy@insightbb 

Questions 

about the 

Test? Check 

out the facts 

by reading 

the FAQ 

covering 

the Indirect 

Marker test 

for Fanconi 

Pg. 10 

Basenji 

Conservation 

Learn about 

basenji ancestry 

in this issue’s 

POINT OF 

VIEW 

- beginning 

on pg. 29 

“Derby” 

AKC Parent 

Club 

Conference 

Report 

Pg. 22 

Our Affi liate 

Clubs have 

been busy. 

Read 

what’s been 

happening 

- beginning 

on pg. 41. 

Is your Club 

sending 

news? 

(Ch Nyanga Signet Sweet William, JC x Ch Sonbar’s Brite WildIrishRose) 

We are pround to announce Derby tested Probable Clear for Fanconi. 

Make your 

plans now! 

October 13-19, 2007 

Pleasanton, CA 

Regular Columns & Features 

Basenjis as Medical Assistance Dogs .......... 8 

Letter to the Editor ...................................... 8 

FAQ on Fanconi Testing ........................... 10 

Insect Repellent ........................................ 14 

AKC Conditional Registry ......................... 16 

Native Stock Report .................................. 20 

AKC Parent Club Conference ................... 22 

Daydreaming of an Obedience Basenji .... 26 

Health Committee Report ......................... 28 

Point of View, Dr. Jo Thompson ............... 29 

AKC Press Releases................................... 38 

Kennels from the Past ............................... 39 

Affi liate Club Columns ............................. 41 

Club Specialty Results .............................. 50 

Reveille Basenjis .................................. 13 

Serengeti Basenjis ........................... 18-19 

Sinbaje ................................................BC 

Sinbaje ................................................ 60 

Simmons, Mary .................................. IFC 

Sirobe Basenjis ...................................IBC 

Sonbar Basenjis ..................................... 7 

TotalBasenji ........................................ 33 

UnderCover Basenjis ............................. 3

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

What an exciting time this is for 

Basenji breeders! 

The announcement of the availability 

of a linked marker DNA test for Fanconi 

Syndrome marks a big turning point 

in the battle against this devastating 

disease. Our thanks go out to Dr. Gary 

Johnson and his team at the University 

of Missouri, the Basenji Health Endowment, the American Kennel 

Club Canine Health Foundation, and each and every individual 

who contributed funds and submitted blood samples in support of 

this research. 

Find out more about this exciting news and how you can order 

the test for your dogs elsewhere in this Bulletin. 

For those of you who have internet access, this is not new 

information. However, some of our members do not have internet 

access, and for them, this may be the first they have heard of our 

test. Please feel free to call me for information on how to get your 

dogs tested. You can find my phone number in the roster and leave 

me a message. 

Several have asked for an explanation of how to work with 

these test results to prevent producing pups with Fanconi. 

Below are tables to help you figure out how this all works. ‘F’ 

(caps) represents the normal unaffected gene, and ‘f’ (lower case) 

represents the mutant, affected gene for Fanconi. The letters at the 

top of the table represent the genes for one parent; along the side of 

the tables (column to the left) are the genes for the other parent. 

Each parent has two genes at the Fanconi site, either ‘F,’ or, 

‘f’ , or any combination of the two. Each parent contributes one 

gene to a pup. The squares that have two letters in them are the 

offspring, getting one gene from each parent. 

If the resulting pup has FF, it is clear of Fanconi. If that animal 

has Ff, then it is a carrier, having one of the defective genes that 

produce Fanconi. Those dogs will not develop the disease, but can 

pass on the gene. The combination of ‘ff’ represents an affected 

animal. 

The mating of a carrier to a clear animal: 

F f 

F FF Ff 

F FF Ff 

Mating a carrier to a carrier: 

F f 

F FF Ff 

f Ff ff 

Carrier to Affected 

F f 

f Ff ff 

f Ff ff 

by Sally Wuornos 

This mating produces two clear pups and two 

carrier pups. Each pup in this litter has a 50% 

chance of being clear and a 50% chance of 

being a carrier. 

This breeding produces one clear, two carriers 

and one affected. Each pup in this litter has 

a 25% chance of being clear, 25% chance of 

being affected and 50% chance of being a 

carrier. 

This breeding produces two carriers and two 

affected, that is, each pup has a 50% chance 

of being carrier and a 50% chance of being 

affected. 

Clear to Affected 

f f 

F Ff Ff 

F Ff Ff 

Now for Clear to Clear: 

F F 

F FF FF 

F FF FF 

Affected to Affected: 

f f 

f ff ff 

f ff ff 


This produces a litter of all carriers. 

This produces all clears. 

This breeding produces all affected. 

I must remind everyone that statistics work in such a way 

that over the long run these results will take place. It’s generally 

accepted that it takes 30 trials or more for the statistics to sort 

out exactly. Not every litter (in the first 3 tables) will produce the 

exact number of clear, carrier or affected. So, it may be possible 

for one litter of carrier to carrier to produce an entire litter that is 

affected, while another entire litter of carrier to carrier would all be 

clear, but over the long run the above examples will apply. In other 

words, over the long run, a carrier to carrier breeding will produce 

25% clear, 25% affected and 50% carriers. 

Now, we all agree that our goal should be to produce no puppies 

that are affected. In order to achieve that goal the following should 

be done: 

Clears can be breed to any others - clear, carrier or affected 

Carriers and affected need to be bred to only clear animals. 

In other news, a committee has been formed to look into 

the possibility of the AKC opening the stud book to the newest 

African imports. If the AKC is receptive to this idea, the club and 

every member of the club who has a viewpoint or wants to add 

information will then discuss the issues involved and have the 

opportunity to vote on the matter. For the stud book to be opened 

a 2/3 majority of voting BCOA members must approve the idea. 

The Avongara dogs which were admitted to the Stud Book 

in 1990 were brought here in the interests of health and genetic 

diversity. They did not have Fanconi Syndrome, IPSID or PRA 

and never produced these problems. Their contributions to the 

health of our breed have been well documented. 

In recent years, several other trips to Africa have brought back 

more native dogs. The Basenji fanciers who made these difficult 

trips did so at their own considerable expense, with no expectation 

of personal gain. We thank them all for their efforts on our behalf. 

Our breed’s small gene pool continues to present a challenge 

to breeders. Geneticists tell us that a minimum of 50 original 

founders that are well represented in the gene pool are necessary 

for the breed’s long term survival. Opening the stud book to 

approved recent imports would be a step in that direction. 

The marker test for Fanconi Syndrome and the African imports 

are not really two separate stories, but rather, two parts of the same 

story, the story of dedicated, generous people making important 

contributions to the welfare of our breed. Bravo to all involved.

~ SUPPORT FANCONI TESTING ~ 

In the past three weeks, I have paid to have the new Fanconi test performed on sixteen UnderCover dogs and 

bitches. I am thrilled to report that none of the dogs tested were affected. While this certainly does not mean that there 

are no Fanconi affected UnderCover dogs, it does mean that I will never produce another. Because of this, I look forward 

to this breeding season as I have not done before in the 21 years I’ve been owned by basenjis. UnderCover results are: 

CLEAR 

RBIMBS UKC Ch/BIF Am Ch Undercover Meisterhaus Valentino RN SC FCh GRC NA NAJ AOM CGC TDI VBX {Red & 

White M} HM988182/04 USA 26 Nov 2001 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR x Am Ch Undercover 'Mbuti' Madame Gucc BBHR (Tested by Kelli Harmon) 

Undercover Yippie Kiyay {Brindle & White M} HP029905/01 USA 12 Nov 2002 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR x Undercover Escapade's Whoopee 

Am Ch Undercover Jr Swamp Legend {Black Tan & White M} HP194854/04 USA 30 Nov 2005 005 

DC Sinful's Swamp Legend SC x Am Ch Undercover Bella The Ball 

Am Ch Undercover Legend of Jezabel {Black Tan & White F} HP194854/01 USA 30 Nov 2005 


Undercover Dark Jedi Legend {Black & White M} HP194854/02 USA 30 Nov 2005 


Undercover-Meisterhaus Kirbee {Red & White M} HP244353/04 USA 28 Nov 2006 

Am Ch Tamsala Hot Onya Heels x Am Ch Undercover-Meisterhaus Cleah 

INDETERMINATE 

Am Ch Undercover -Escapade Freida JC {Red & White F} HP080351/01 USA 24 Nov 2003 

Am Ch Escapade's High Five SDHR x Am Ch Undercover Shady Lady Sadie 

Kiroja Undercover Legend JC {Brindle & White F} HP196470/02 USA 31 Dec 2005 

RBIMBS UKC Ch/BIF Am Ch Undercover Meisterhaus Valentino RN SC FCh GRC NA NAJ AOM CGC TDI VBX x 

UKC/Am Ch Meisterhaus Kiroja Kiss N Tell RN JC GRC JOR NA NAJ CGC TDI VB 

CARRIER 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR {Red & White M} HM420476/01 USA 20 Jul 1992 

Am Ch Kissi's Hershey of Centaurus x Am Ch Bojak Abbai Malaika 

Am Ch Undercover Veni Vidi Vici {Red & White M} HM988182/02 USA 26 Nov 2001 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR x Am Ch Undercover 'Mbuti' Madame Gucci BBHR 

Am Ch Undercover-Meisterhaus Cleah {Red & White F} HN010543/01 USA 25 Nov 2002 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR x Am Ch Undercover Meistrhaus Breeze 

Am Ch Meisterhaus Undercover Kyndl {Brindle & White F} HN010603/02 USA 25 Nov 2002 

Am Ch Meisterhaus Jokuba F Lee Brindle x Am Ch Meisterhaus Eternal Flame BBHR 

Am Ch Undercover Beloved Robert E Lee {Red and White M} HP030521/03 USA 24 Nov 2002 

Am Ch Undercover Lighthorse Harry x Am Ch Undercover Daydream Believer BBHR 

Undercover Yukon Jack {Brindle & White M} HP029905/02 USA 12 Nov 2002 

DC Bojak's Undercover Kojak SC FCh TT SDHR x Undercover Escapade's Whoopee 

Undercover Legend of Jacen {Black Tan & White M} HP194854/03 USA 30 Nov 2005 


Undercover-Meisterhaus Karlee { Red & White F} HP244353/01 USA 28 Nov 2006 

Am Ch Tamsala Hot Onya Heels x Am Ch Undercover-Meisterhaus Cleah 

The fi nal UnderCover bitch that will be tested by me this breeding season is: Am Ch Undercover Bella The Ball 

{Black & White F} HP029915/01 USA 21 Nov 2002 Am Ch Escapade's High Five SDHR x Am Ch Undercover Jokuba 

Isabella 

In the fi rst weeks of 2008, every effort will be made to test all UnderCover dogs and bitches not owned by or living 

with me. I am determined never to produce more than a carrier again! 

UNDERCOVER DARK JEDI LEGEND Vader, is one of 

our versatile CLEAR boys. He needs one single to fi nish 

his AKC Championship and has points toward both his 

ASFA and AKC lure coursing titles. Vader will be bred to 

Ch. Meisterhaus UnderCover Kyndyl this fall. They should 

have beautiful puppies 

Gale Whitehurst 

UnderCover Basenjis 

The Basenji Club of America, Inc. BULLETIN - 3

FROM THE EDITOR 

by Wanda Pooley 

“I Can’t Help You If 

You Can’t Read…” 

That little shopping list brings me back to my opening 

statement, “I can’t help you if you can’t read.” The reality 

is that BCOA’s communication process is far from lacking. 

The problem seems to be an aversion on the part of a small 

This has become my new credo. It’s handful of members to reading and/or absorbing accurate 

true – “I can’t help you if you can’t read.” information. Let’s face it. All of us are inundated with junk 

This has nothing to do with literacy, and mail in our electronic inboxes, direct mail in our postal boxes, 

much to do with the matter of simply not and telephone solicitations. It’s no wonder we have learned to 

bothering to read the written word. 

tune out anything that doesn’t address the “Here and Now” in 

If ever there has been a time in the our lives. 

history of the BCOA of easy and readily available communication, Has anyone ever examined all the means used by the BCOA 

it is now. Today’s technology allows news to travel almost faster to impart information to its membership? Let’s review: 

than the speed of light. Yet, a few members continue to use words • The Bulletin Board Newsletter is distributed eight times a 

such as “secrecy, conspiracy, closed doors, concealment” with year. Published in these pages is every ballot voted by the 

regard to BCOA Board actions. 

Board; late breaking news on critical issues; and general 

One point I want to drive home regarding any business Club business. 

brought before the BCOA Board is this: The fi rst ballot of every • The Bulletin magazine is published quarterly. Within the 

year addresses the administrative rules that lay the groundwork pages of each issue you will fi nd articles covering every 

for all Board business. Moreover, these procedures are published facet of the breed, committee reports, health reports – you 

at the beginning of every year. In case any of you missed Ballot name it, it’s usually there. 

2007-01 as it was printed in the Bulletin Board Newsletter: 

• The BCOA website is available 24/7. Because a website is 

6. Matters under review or discussion by the Board and ballots more dynamic, when the need arises to “spread the word” 

in circulation may be discussed among any or all Board fast, this is the spot to visit. 

members, but such discussion shall not appear in public • The BCOA AnnounceList is used to send news quickly when 

forum of any sort, electronic or other. Occasionally non- material is time-sensitive. The downside to this method is 

Board members with pertinent information and/or experience when you change your email address and don’t notify the 

may be included in discussion of a specifi c ballot. 

Secretary, you don’t get the message. 

For those of you who think this particular procedure shouldn’t • Want to talk to a real person? The Offi cers and Board 

exist, let me just ask, “How willing would you be to bring a members’ contact information is printed in every Newsletter, 

sensitive matter to the Board if you knew it would be bandied Bulletin, and membership roster. I am stunned when I 

about in public?” The Board is the administrative body elected hear someone complain, “But I don’t know who the board 

by the general membership to carry out the terms of the by-laws, members are.” 

and the business affairs of the Club. It would be impossible to • To further share information on health, the Basenji Health 

hold an open forum on every topic up for review. Chaos would Endowment website was created to post all breaking news on 

ensue. BCOA’s by-laws, and the not for profi t corporation laws of health issues that concern our breed. Moreover, it contains 

the State of Texas, provide that a corporation’s Board of Directors important information about the differences between the 

controls all day-to-day business of the organization, with voting BCOA and the BHE. This is a critical distinction because 

members having only those voting rights expressly delineated in these are two entirely separate corporations, operating under 

the by-laws. This is how BCOA has operated, as a corporation, different goals and with different regulations. 

since its inception. 

Now, like all AKC parent clubs, BCOA is no exception when 

Recently, I received an email from an anonymous source who it comes to dealing with small splinter groups who just plain don’t 

declared in the fi rst sentence: “I've been a member for several years want to take the time to obtain accurate information. Besides, that’s 

and yes, I'm writing anonymously mainly because I'm not going to no fun. For some folks, it’s more fun to talk among themselves, 

be nice.” The writer proceeded to launch into a diatribe regarding speculate, and spread misinformation. I have heard some of these 

his/her opinion “that there are tons of politics within BCOA. people cry, “Nobody told us,” but had they just bothered to read 

Things aren't always open for the general membership to see.” the materials readily available to them, they’d have discovered 

I should have just hit the Delete key because when someone there are no secrets, conspiracies, or politics involved. To these 

has to hide behind bushes and take pot shots, it’s pretty obvious individuals I say, “I can’t help you if you can’t read.” 

nothing constructive is going to develop. Nonetheless, what Or -- and here’s a risky idea if reading is too much work – 

ensued was a short volley of emails in which I tried to explain 

various by-laws driven processes, and in which my new pen-pal 

ASK one of your elected Board members or Offi cers! 

refused to consider anything from a different light. The list of CORRECTION FOR DIANE COLEMAN 

complaints varied from - 

• board members with personal agendas 

• a conspiracy theory (a conspiracy to what end was never 

AWARD – DOG LISTING 

2003 should read 

mentioned) 

• an urgent need to “get new blood” onto the board. 

“DC Jasiri-Sukari The Illustrated Man, SC” 


BCOA BUSINESS Laura Hesse, Treasurer 


Profit & Loss Detail 

2nd Quarter 2007 

Actual 

Jan - Jun 07 

Annual % of Annual 

Budget Budget 

Ordinary Income/Expense 

Income 

Contributions 

Contributions to Rescue $ 10.00 

Contributions to Outreach $ - $ 40.00 0.00% 

Contributions - Other $ 52.00 $ 14.00 371.43% 

Total Contributions $ 62.00 $ 54.00 114.82% 

Dog Show Supported Entries $ - $ 26.00 0.00% 

African Stock Project $ 52.00 $ 152.00 34.21% 

Book Sales $ 197.00 $ 155.00 127.10% 

Membership (Income) 

Affiliated Club Dues $ 200.00 $ 200.00 100.00% 

Membership Dues $ 4,479.00 $ 4,479.00 100.00% 

Membership Application Fee/Dues $ 404.00 $ 942.00 42.89% 

Total Membership (Income) $ 5,083.00 $ 5,621.00 90.43% 

Breeders' Webpage $ 840.00 $ 760.00 110.53% 

National Specialty Income 

National Specialty Profit-2006 $ (12.42) $ - 100.00% 

National Specialty Profit-2005 $ - $ - 0.00% 

National Specialty Income - Other $ - $ 5,000.00 0.00% 

Total National Specialty Income $ (12.42) $ 5,000.00 -0.25% 

Miscellaneous Income $ 7.00 $ - 100.00% 

Publications (Income) 

BCOA Bulletin Subscriptions $ 135.00 

BCOA Bulletin Extra Copies $ 20.50 $ 20.00 102.50% 

BCOA Bulletin Ads $ 3,820.00 $ 7,200.00 53.06% 

Roster Advertising $ 605.00 $ 535.00 113.08% 

Total Publications (Income) $ 4,580.50 $ 7,755.00 59.07% 

Rescue Fund $ - $ 10.00 0.00% 

Total Income $ 10,809.08 $ 19,533.00 55.34% 

Expense 

ASFA Delegate $ 75.00 $ 75.00 100.00% 

African Stock Project Expenses $ - $ 204.23 0.00% 

Bank Service Charges $ 6.00 $ 19.52 30.74% 

Book Expense $ 79.78 $ 13.72 581.49% 

Breeders' Web Page Expense $ 10.97 $ 8.85 123.96% 

Contributions/Donations $ 2,404.97 

Corporation Filing Fees $ 5.00 $ 15.41 32.45% 

Dues and Subscriptions 

AKC Awards Subscription $ 89.00 $ 89.00 100.00% 

AKC Annual Dues $ - $ 25.00 0.00% 

ASFA Annual Dues $ 50.00 $ 50.00 100.00% 

CERF Annual Dues $ - $ 75.00 0.00% 

Total Dues and Subscriptions $ 139.00 $ 239.00 58.16% 

Elections $ 685.60 $ 576.33 118.96% 

Events/Breed Booth Coordinator $ 29.99 $ 83.37 35.97% 

Health & Research $ - $ - 0.00% 

Insurance 

Events Insurance $ 600.00 $ 600.00 100.00% 

Surety Bond $ - $ 300.00 0.00% 

Total Insurance $ 600.00 $ 900.00 66.67% 

Judges/Public Education $ 245.00 $ 1,250.00 19.60% 

Medallions $ - $ - 0.00% 

Membership (Expense) $ 8.59 $ 111.00 7.74% 

National Specialty Expense 

National Specialty Expns - 2009 $ 0.75 

Total National Specialty Expense $ 0.75 

Officers' Expenses 

Treasurer $ 36.96 $ 225.26 16.41% 

Total Officers' Expenses $ 36.96 $ 225.26 16.41% 

Outreach Program $ 498.84 $ 2,500.00 19.95% 

PayPal Fees $ 208.57 $ 279.58 74.60% 


Postage and Delivery $ (4.64) $ 31.46 -14.75% 

Professional Fees 

Accounting $ - $ 385.00 0.00% 

Consulting $ - $ 425.00 0.00% 

Total Professional Fees $ - $ 810.00 0.00% 

Publications (Expense) 

BCOA Bulletin $ 9,064.86 $ 10,500.00 86.33% 

BCOA Bulletin Board $ 1,136.01 $ 1,600.00 71.00% 

Roster Expense $ 2,195.20 $ 2,500.00 87.81% 

Total Publications (Expense) $ 12,396.07 $ 14,600.00 84.91% 

Rescue (Expense) $ - $ 264.00 0.00% 

Sunshine $ - $ 108.47 0.00% 

Website Maintenance $ 69.98 $ 209.94 33.33% 

Total Expense $ 17,496.43 $ 22,525.14 77.68% 

Net Ordinary Income $ (6,687.35) $ (2,992.14) 223.50% 

Other Income/Expense 

Other Income 

Interest Income $ 395.27 $ 642.76 61.50% 

Total Other Income $ 395.27 $ 642.76 61.50% 

Net Other Income $ 395.27 $ 642.76 61.50% 

Net Income $ (6,292.08) $ (2,349.38) 267.82% 


Balance Sheet June 30, 2007 

ASSETS 

Current Assets 

Checking/Savings 

AnchorBank-Checking 

AnchorBank-Market Yield Account 

$ 14,239.43 

African Stock Project $ 1,585.57 

Archive Maintenance $ 100.00 

Contingency Fund $ 155.45 

"Meet the Breed" Booth $ 221.85 

National Specialty Reserve $ 523.55 

Rescue Fund $ 15,296.74 

AnchorBank-Market Yield Account - Other $ 1,036.99 

Total AnchorBank-Market Yield Account 

AnchorBank-Savings 

$ 18,920.15 

Rescue Fund $ 134.73 

AnchorBank-Savings - Other $ 76.91 

Total AnchorBank-Savings $ 211.64 

Total Checking/Savings 

Other Current Assets 

$ 33,371.22 

PayPal Account $ 384.35 

Total Other Current Assets $ 384.35 

Total Current Assets 

Other Assets 

National Specialty Advance 

$ 33,755.57 

National Specialty Advance-2010 $ 400.00 

National Specialty Advance-2008 $ 2,270.00 

National Specialty Advance-2007 $ 6,000.00 

Total National Specialty Advance $ 8,670.00 

Total Other Assets $ 8,670.00 

TOTAL ASSETS 

LIABILITIES & EQUITY 

Liabilities 

Current Liabilities 

Other Current Liabilities 

Trophy/Award Programs 

$ 42,425.57 

Sonbar BOB/BBE Award $ 150.00 

Total Current Liabilities $ 150.00 

Total Liabilities 

Equity 

$ 150.00 

Opening Bal Equity $ 22,259.76 

Retained Earnings $ 26,307.89 

Net Income $ (6,292.08) 

Total Equity $ 42,275.57 

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY $ 42,425.57

The Basenji Health Endowment, Inc. 

Balance Sheet - as of June 30, 2007 

Jun 30, 07 

ASSETS 

Current Assets 

Checking/Savings 

AnchorBank-Money Market $ 43,868.10 

AnchorBank - CDARS $ 95,184.46 

AnchorBank - Checking $ 5,327.50 

Total Checking/Savings $ 144,380.06 

Total Current Assets $ 144,380.06 

TOTAL ASSETS 

LIABILITIES & EQUITY 

Equity 

$ 144,380.06 

Opening Bal Equity $ 150,615.81 

Unrestrict (retained earnings) $ (636.31) 

Net Income $ (5,599.44) 

Total Equity $ 144,380.06 

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY $ 144,380.06 

BCOA Contribution 

BCOA/BHE Board Mbr Contribution 

Indiv/business contribution 

Total Contributed Support 

Interest-savings/short-term inv 

Total Earned revenues 

Total Income 

Expense 

Grant & contract expense 

Grants to other organizations 

Total Grant & contract expense 

Misc expenses 

Bank Charges 

Total Misc expenses 

Non-personnel expenses 

Postage, shipping, delivery 

Website Maintenance 

Total Non-personnel expenses 

Total Expense 

Net Ordinary Income 

Net Income 


Basenji Health Endowment, Inc. 

Profi t & Loss - Jan - June 30, 2007 

Basenji Health Endowment Contributors 

2nd Quarter 2007 

Jan - Jun 07 

$ 2,404.97 

$ 250.00 

$ 4,135.07 

$ 6,790.04 

$ 2,773.95 

$ 2,773.95 

$ 9,563.99 

$ 15,000.00 

$ 15,000.00 

$ 5.00 

$ 5.00 

$ 4.64 

$ 153.79 

$ 158.43 

$ 15,163.43 

$ (5,599.44) 

$ (5,599.44) 

Garel, Lynn 

Globaldog Graphics (Lynn Jackson) - 3 T-shirts sold from www.theglobaldog.com 

Jenkins, Soraya 

Lange, Judith K. - "To my dear friends, Bryan & Laurie Gregory, in sympathy for the loss of their precious puppies.” 

Miller, Cheryl - "In memory of Jann DeLee" 

Pence, Linda S. - "In recognition of Vicki Perrine for her lovely puppy referral." 

Aiello, Alan & Gail - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Bird, Patricia A.- RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Bird, Patricia A. - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Crawford, J. - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Kingman, Denice L. & Joe D. - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Marsicano, Susan Kamen - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Mullin, Simone - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Phillips, Brenda S. - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

Rip Van Wrinkle Basenji Club - Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e & poster sales in memory of Jan DeLee 

Sahulka, Karen L. & Roy H. Schecter - RipVan Wrinkle Club/Susan Kamen Marsicano's Quilt raffl e in memory of Jan DeLee 

South Coast Basenji Fanciers - "Another tidbit for basenji health." 

Troyna, Donna - "Total basenji & other sight hounds" 

Wilmot, Georgiann

New Ch Sonbar's Photogenic Pick 

(Ch Nyanga Signet Sweet William JC x Ch Sonbar's Brite Wildirishrose) 

Ali is pictured going WB/WB at the Greater Chicagoland Basenji specialty. She is the 5th specialty winner for her 

dam, Irish. 

Her littermate Derby is on the cover. Ali is the 3rd from this litter of six to finish. The others are out showing and 

should finish this year. Sister Zora has both majors, Brother Nix has 1 major, and Brother Pen has seven points and is 

looking for his majors. 

Sally Wuornos 

Kari Wuornos-Winger 

Swuronos@aol.com North Branch, MN 


SONBAR BASENJIS

Basenjis as Medical Assistance Dogs? 

By Carrie Jones 

Whitney noticed a problem with Mike and she relentlessly alerted 

him to take action. She would not leave Mike’s side and would 

whine and lick him and followed him everywhere. After several 

whines, licks, and tail wiggles from Whitney, Mike finally realized 

December of 2006 was a difficult something was not right, prompting him to check his blood sugar. 

month for us, and we eagerly greeted Whitney stayed by Mike’s side through his entire hypoglycemic 

2007 after my husband, Mike, was episode, and she didn’t leave him unattended until after he ate 

hospitalized for nine days with something and his blood sugar gradually returned to normal. 

multiple health issues. One problem Mike was lucky that Whitney sensed a problem because his blood 

that demanded immediate attention was that his diet-controlled sugar dropped so gradually that before he could realize there was 

diabetes progressed due to noncompliance, and my husband was a problem, he was starting to feel confused, uncoordinated, and 

introduced to the world of self-administering insulin. Thanks to sweaty. Mike’s description of what it feels like to use his blood 

the course of events in December which included the assistance glucose monitor when in a hypoglycemic state is like trying to put 

of a down-to-earth Dietician and a savvy Endocrinologist, whose a square peg into a round hole, and these symptoms only worsen if 

bedside approach was brutally honest and sometimes abrasive, ignored. 

Mike has made positive and (hopefully) lifelong changes in his The next morning, Mike and I discussed the phone call 

life. As he puts it, he was scared straight. 

from the night before and he could not remember much of our 

After his discharge from the hospital, Mike became the conversation. Whitney has always had a very special place in my 

model patient, eating properly and incorporating more exercise heart, and she has once again proven that she possesses not only 

into his life resulting in 50 pounds quickly melting off of him, beauty, but also brains and she is worth more than her weight in 

and the sugar-free frosting on the cake was when he was allowed black gold. 

to discontinue his insulin injections! Now, he is able to control 

his blood sugar levels by continuing to eat a sensible diet, staying 

active, and taking oral anti-diabetic medications. 

While the risk of developing low blood sugar is not as likely 

with oral medications as opposed to insulin, the potential for a drop 

in blood sugar does still exist so Mike has to make a conscious 

effort to eat regularly. Unfortunately, he works as a salesman and 

meals are often difficult to eat at scheduled times so he has endured 

EDITOR’S FOOTNOTE: 

The first quarter 2007 Bulletin carried an interview with 

Mary Porter and her basenji service dog, Xena. 

Carrie’s bitch, Whitney, like Xena, has demonstrated this 

same skill in detecting the changes in blood sugar levels in 

humans, proving yet another valuable facet of this breed. 

a few episodes of low blood sugar. 

Dear Editor, BCOA Board and members, 

This past June, I was out of town for an overnight dog It is my understanding that the Board has submitted a request to 

show, the Greater Chicagoland Basenji Club’s specialty. I was the AKC to re-open the basenji stud book for registration. If that is the 

disappointed that I wasn’t able to bring my seven year-old girl, case, I am hopeful that it is the Board's intention to submit this matter 

Whitney, because this would have been the first specialty that I to the membership for discussion and approval. For myself, I would 

could have shown her as a Veteran. She stayed home with Mike want to be assured that a criteria for registration first be drafted and 

because I had just bred her and felt it best for her and her unborn 

pups to avoid unnecessary exposure to possible diseases that might 

be lurking at the show. Later, I learned that leaving Whitney at 

home was wise for my husband’s well-being, too. 

When I arrived at my destination the night before the 

specialty, I called Mike to check-in with him and his voice 

approved by the membership as a safeguard to the breed before any 

new registrations were authorized. 

I realize that a great deal of expense and effort to import 

basenjis from Africa has already been expended by some breeders, 

so I wonder then if the intention is to open registration to any and 

all basenjis, and what kind of time frame is being set forth for future 

registrations. This is really a matter to be studied and decided by the 

sounded odd. I questioned him multiple times regarding why his general membership. 

voice was dragging and sounded slightly slurred. He dismissed Our breed is not in danger of extinction. The gene pool has 

my observations by telling me he just awoke from a nap after already been invigorated by the last registration of imports. Fanconi 

doing a lot of yard work. He also said that he probably sounded 

different because we had a poor cell phone connection. I should 

have known to trust my gut instinct because I didn’t have a good 

feeling when we ended the phone call. I have been married to 

Mike for 19 years and have worked as a nurse for 13 years and can 

usually detect when something is not quite right with my husband. 

syndrome is here with us to stay until it can be eradicated by genetic 

mapping. With every new basenji entered into the gene pool, 

we introduce more genetic unknowns than we already have, and 

compound the breeder's ability to combat any adverse genes. Given 

the proliferation of Fanconi, PRA, et al I would think we already have 

enough to deal with. 

The rationale for opening the stud book eludes me, and causes 

For some crazy reason, I decided to trust his excuses for sounding me to fear that by doing so we will be opening a genetic Pandora's 

different on the phone. After all, I know my voice and mentation Box to the detriment of our breed. As it stands, breeding the carriers 

are not normal until I have been awake for a while and I was trying 

not to be an overbearing nurse-wife. 

Mike called me the next morning to report that his blood sugar 

had dropped below normal the evening before, which explains why 

he didn’t sound quite right on the telephone. Luckily, in my absence, 

of these traits is still a practice that needs to be seriously addressed and 

discouraged. My concern is that we proceed with caution and have 

carefully structured criteria in place before introducing any more new 

stock into the gene pool. 

Very sincerely, Margaret Sommer 


Ankhu eagerly awaits the arrival of summer puppies from our breeding of two stellar black and 

white Basenjis. Separately, Whitney and Joe have excelled in the show ring and we hope together they 

dazzle us even more! 

BISS Ch. Jerlin-Ankhu Patton Leather, JC 

“Whitney” 

Always owner/handled, “Whitney’s” career highlights are: 

• 2000 BCOA National: Best Puppy in Sweepstakes 

• 2001 GCBC Specialty: Best Puppy in Sweepstakes 

• 2001 GCBC Specialty: Best of Opposite Sex 

• 2001 BCOA National: Best of Opposite Sex 

• Multiple Hound Group placements 

• 2003 GCBC Specialty: Best of Breed, and fi rst black/white 

bitch to achieve a BISS honor 

BISS Ch. Platinum’s Fear is Not a Factor, JC 

“Joe” 

Always breeder/owner/handled, “Joe’s” career highlights thus far are: 

• 2005 BCOA National: Best of Opposite Sex in Sweepstakes 

• 2005 BCOA National: Reserve Winners Dog 

• 2007 June - BOB at GCBC Specialty 

• Multiple Group Wins and Multiple Group Placements 

• Number 1 Breeder/Owner/Handled Male Special 

• Number 6 in Basenji Breed Points and Number 4 Basenji in All- 

Breed Points as of 6/30/07 (CC) 

Joe’s breeder/owner/handler is MaryK Quinnett, Platinum Basenjis. 

Carrie & Mike Jones • http://ankhubasenjis.com • ankhu@kmwb.net 


**Whitney’s result for the linked marker Fanconi 

Syndrome test is PROBABLY CLEAR/NORMAL 

Ankhu Basenjis

On July 14, 2007, the Basenji Health 

Endowment proudly reported that Dr. Gary 

Johnson of the University of Missouri released the linked marker 

DNA test for Fanconi Syndrome in Basenjis. As the first predictive 

test available for Fanconi Syndrome, we are sure you all have 

many, many concerns and we've compiled this list of Frequently 

Asked Questions to help. 

About the Test 

BASENJI HEALTH ENDOWMENT - 

FAQ about the new Fanconi Test 

What is a linkage test? 

Answer: Linkage is the tendency for genes and other genetic 

markers to be inherited together because they are in close proximity 

to each other on the same chromosome. A linkage or linked marker 

test selects a segment (or segments) of DNA at a location on the 

chromosome and tracks their inheritance. Because DNA segments 

that lie near each other on a chromosome tend to be inherited 

together, these markers can be used to track the inheritance pattern 

of a gene that has not yet been identified but whose approximate 

location is known. 

How reliable are the results? 

Answer: This is a new test. We can report that all of the doubleblind 

samples used for validation fell into one of the four categories 

(normal, carrier, affected, indeterminate) and that approximately 

75% of the samples that tested affected were already known to be 

affected and none of the samples that tested normal were known to 

be affected, or had parents that were known to be affected. About 

10% of the samples tested returned an indeterminate result. 

A significantly larger data set is required to generate meaningful 

accuracy rates. 

Is it the same as a marker test? 

Answer: Yes, a linkage test uses marker(s) to identify conditions 

caused by an as yet unidentified defective gene. This is not the 

same as a direct test, which identifies the exact gene responsible 

for a condition. 

Why was the linkage test created? 

Answer: To reduce the risk of producing Fanconi afflicted puppies 

now while research continues on locating the actual gene. 

Was my dog used to develop the test? 

Answer: At this time, we do not have a final list of animals actually 

used for test development. 

My dog was used to develop the test- do I still have to pay $60? 

Answer: No. The 48 dogs that were actually used to develop the 

linked marker test will receive results at no charge. However, these 

results will not be available until after the breeding season backlog 

has been cleared and the research team has the manpower available 

to cross reference their double-blind samples; and if needed, re-run 

tests if a sample's results are unavailable. 


Why is the test so expensive? 

Answer: The $60.00 per dog fee is essentially a time & materials 

charge; covering the cost of reagents used in the test, sequencer 

time to run the test, OFA recording fee of results, and administrative 

time to process requests and log results. For comparison, the 

commercially available Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (HA) Test for 

Basenjis costs from $75.00 to $140.00 depending on the testing 

facility. 

Will the direct test be this expensive? 

Answer: We cannot predict the cost of the direct test, but our hope 

is that it will cost no more than the linkage test. 

When to Test 

To request the Fanconi Test, your dog must first be registered 

in the Canine Phenome Project (CPP) and complete the breed 

questionnaires. Print the DNA Sample Submission Form and the 

Linked Marker Test Form for each dog you are testing and follow 

the instructions for sample submission. 

Dogs that are known to have- or are suspected of having- 

Fanconi are encouraged to submit samples for the benefit of further 

research. Please indicate on the dog's health survey that they are 

afflicted prior to submitting samples or test requests. There is no 

charge for testing or recording of results for these dogs. 

I want to order a test, to whom do I send the form? 

Answer: If submitting a test request when you already have a 

sample in the CPP, send your Linked Marker Test Form and 

payment to: 

Liz Hansen 

321 Connaway Hall 

University of Missouri 

Columbia, MO 65211 

If you are shipping a blood sample at the same time, send your 

sample, DNA Sample Submission Form, Linked Marker Test 

Form and payment to: 

Dr. Gary Johnson 

Basenji DNA Research 

320 Connaway Hall 

University of Missouri 

Columbia, MO 65211 

If you have already sent paperwork to Dr. Johnson instead of Liz, 

don't be concerned- they'll figure it out. Don’t forget, all payments 

should be in US funds payable to the University of Missouri. 

I live overseas; can my dogs be tested? 

Answer: Any dog registered with the CPP that has submitted a 

blood sample can be tested. Instructions for shipping samples 

from outside the United States to the University of Missouri can 

be found at [http://www.canine-epilepsy.net/forms.html]. We 

strongly suggest you contact Liz Hansen in Dr. Johnson's office 

prior to starting the process.

I already bred this year, should I test the sire & dam? The 

puppies? 

Answer: While the results won't change the breeding you've 

already done; they will give you information about the parents. 

Puppies can be tested as soon as they can safely give at least 3mL 

of blood. 

I have a companion dog, should I test? When? 

Answer: We ask that people hold off testing dogs that aren't being 

considered for breeding in the 2007-2008 season. You may request 

a test, but it may be delayed until the backlog is cleared. Watch the 

BHE website for status reports on the backlog. 

I have frozen semen from a deceased dog who has blood stored 

in the CPP, when can I test? 

Answer: If you are planning to use the semen this season, by all 

means request a test now. Otherwise, it is probably best to wait 

until you are breeding because the direct test may be available. 

I have frozen semen from a deceased dog, without blood stored 

in the CPP; can I test? 

Answer: We suggest you wait until you are planning to breed as 

the direct test may be available. The University of Missouri can 

extract DNA from semen; however they require 2 straws and they 

may not get usable DNA. Download handling instructions for the 

University of Missouri at [http://www.canineepilepsy. net/forms. 

html]. We strongly suggest you contact Liz Hansen in Dr. Johnson's 

office prior to starting the process. 

Working with the Results 

Should carriers only be bred to normals? 

Answer: Fanconi can result if a carrier is bred to a carrier and if a 

carrier is bred to an affected; it is advisable that carriers only be 

bred to dogs that test normal. If your dog's result is indeterminate 

its safest to treat it as a carrier when breeding. You can read about 

Punnett Squares, used to determine the probability of an offspring 

having a particular gene, at Wikipedia.org 

Should I spay/neuter my dog based on the results? 

Answer: No. 

My dog came back affected, should I just euthanize it now? 

Answer: No. 

I've tested my puppies and some came back affected. What do I 

do? What do I tell buyers? 

Answer: Explain to buyers that the breeding was done prior to 

the availability of a Fanconi test. The buyers should be educated 

in providing a healthy environment for their dog; which includes 

avoiding unnecessary stress, a quality diet and plenty of drinking 

water. Buyers should be introduced to the Fanconi Protocol 

developed by Dr. Steve Gonto, taught the early signs of Fanconi, 

how to monitor urine for sugar, and be referred to a Veterinarian 

with Fanconi experience. 

My dog came back indeterminate, what does that mean? Should 

I re-test? 

Answer: Our linkage test uses 3 markers (for a total of 6 alleles) to 

predict Fanconi status and requires that all 3 be in agreement. An 


indeterminate result means the 3 markers are not in agreement (see 

Figure 1) and therefore cannot predict Fanconi status. This would 

not change with a re-test. It is our suggestion that people treat 

indeterminate results as carriers when making breeding decisions 

and continue routine strip testing of urine. 

I Still Have Questions 

Please email us at info@basenjihealth.org and we will make every 

attempt to get answers. 

References: 

Wikipedia is the largest public Encyclopedia on the web; the 

address is http://www.wikipedia.org 

Liz Hansen, or another appropriate person at University of 

Missouri can be reached via email at 

mizzou@basenjihealth.org 

The Canine Phenome Project website is 

http://www.CaninePhenome.org 

The Fanconi Protocol developed by Dr. Steve Gonto is available 

for download from the Basenji Health Endowment website. 

The Basenji Health Endowment website is http://www. 

BasenjiHealth.org 

Figure 1 – Sample Test Results 

where “1” represents a normal gene and “2” represents an 

affected gene. 

Marker A Marker B Marker C Conclusion 

1 1 1 1 1 1 NORMAL 

1 2 1 2 1 2 CARRIER 

2 2 2 2 2 2 AFFECTED 

1 1 1 2 2 2 INDETERMINATE 




1 1 1 1 2 2 INDETERMINATE

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BREEDER: DAMARA BOLTE’ 

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MOUNTAIN VIEW 

MTNVIEWKELLY13@AOL.COM

Reveille Tricycle Two 

by CH. C-Quest Just Push Play ex CH. Reveille Accord 

Judge Mr. William Barton 

Actually turned out he was a point shy but fi nished “again” at Upper Marlboro K.C. with another major - Judge E. Dean. 

5-point and Best Bred-By Exhibitor Basenji - Potomac Hound Show - Judge K. Wilson 

BREEDER/OWNER/HANDLER 

DAMARA BOLTE’ 

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41674 Browns Farm Lane 

Leesburg, VA 20176

AKC DELEGATE REPORT Jon Curby 

June 2007 

legislative agendas and the eligibility of a delegate that had been 

deemed to have confl icts of interest. On the legislative front, a 

AKC Delegates 

resolution was passed without dissent disapproving the California 

house bill AB 1634. All discussion of the bill and its consequences, 

Meeting 

of which there were very little, was withheld from the offi cial 

meeting and taken to executive session to avoid any chance of 

comments damaging to the defeat of the bill being in the transcript 

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA of the meeting. 

Committee meetings and forums The AKC board had disqualifi ed a delegate from Michigan 

ran from 7:30 am until 5:30 pm on on the grounds that her connection with the UKC as a consultant 

the day prior to the offi cial meeting. The day began with a two qualifi ed as a confl ict of interest. (Professional 

hour legislative forum where, as no surprise, the California House handlers and employees of competing registries, 

bill AB1634 was focus. There was much discussion of retaliatory etc. are included in the ineligible category) 

measures that should be taken by AKC in the beginning, but most The delegate body could have overturned 

were soon calmed and convinced that the process of making this the ruling with a two thirds vote, but after 

legislation the law was not nearly complete and the AKC should considerable discussion, affi rmed the board’s 

not do anything that would lessen its ability to infl uence the decision that the person was ineligible to be a 

process. Many in the fancy, including some BCOA members, have 

questioned keeping the AKC –Eukanuba show in Long Beach, but 

delegate. 

by the conclusion of the forum there was no discussion of making 

such drastic moves. Most agreed that the AKC should stay at the 

forefront of the dissent until the fi nal disposition of the bill and 

Make Your Own Insect Repellent 

then discuss any policy changes that might be warranted. 

Try these time tested ingredients to naturally repel insects 

I also attended the Health Committee and Parent Club 

Committee meetings. The Health Committee discussed the 

this summer. 

tremendous acceptance of the CHIC program and the impact on Like other health and herbal minded folk, chances are that 

health testing. There were also reports on the various Veterinary you are tired of using chemicals and DEET to repel insects 

Outreach programs that have been undertaken and the importance during the summertime. Making your own insect repellent 

of developing relationships between the AKC, CHF and the is easy, and much more natural than the insect repellents 

veterinary community. The AKC and CHF have been making commercially available. We have compiled the following 

presentations at Veterinary schools and professional meetings as recipes for you. The ingredients and oils used in the following 

well as offering scholarships to veterinary students. There is also recipes have been used for years as natural methods of 

consideration being given to providing fellowships for residencies 

in areas of particular interest to dog breeders. A new updated 

repelling insects. Here’s to a healthy and insect-free summer! 

breed chart is being sent to veterinarians as well. 

HERBAL INSECT REPELLENT 

The Parent Club Committee had Robin Stansell of the 1/2 teaspoon citronella essential oil 

AKC staff answer more questions concerning the new minimum 1/2 teaspoon eucalyptus essential oil 

requirements that must be met each year for a club to have a show. 1/2 teaspoon lavender essential oil 

There are some changes in the timing of show applications in order 4 ounces distilled witch hazel 

for a club to complete the requirements in time to have the required Mix ingredients in a 4-ounce spray bottle. Shake well. Spray 

six months between application and the show date. The fees onto exposed skin, avoiding eyes and mucous membranes. 

charged for each separate event (conformation, obedience, agility) 

that would take place at the same show are being reconsidered as 

Reapply every 2 hours, or as needed. 

well. Other than those minor changes, AKC is holding fi rm on the Recipe courtesy of Laurel Vukovic. 

other requirements such as ex pen numbers and size. The did say 

that ex pens do not have to be of a commercial type, they must just 

August 2004, Herbs for Health 

be reasonable for the site, breed and number of entries. 

NATURAL INSECT REPELLENT 

A couple of other interesting notes -- A delegate who is a 2 ounces vegetable oil or vodka 

former IRS employee and consults with dog clubs said IRS will 1/4 teaspoon each citronella and eucalyptus essential oils 

be sending forms to many non-profi ts at the end of the year where 1/8 teaspoon each cedar and rose geranium essential oils 

there is concern regarding their status. 

Combine ingredients and apply mixture directly to all exposed 

Another delegate said that her parent club was now including skin. Keep oil away from your eyes and mouth, and be careful 

a clause in the contracts they negotiate for specialty sites that not to rub your eyes right away after applying the repellent 

stipulates that if dog legislation is passed that restricts exhibitors 

ability to attend the show the contract becomes void. 

The offi cial meeting was concerned with two issues -- the 

with your fi ngers. 


Am/*Can CH AB Rafi ki The Icon Of Cool 

Handled exclusively by Erin Roberts 

Co-Breeder: Michelle Gahgan, Rafi ki Basenjis 

Owner: Kim Witt - Roscoe, IL 


ADVENTURELAND Basenjis 

Breeder/Co-owner: Wanda Pooley

CONDITIONAL REGISTRY 

The AKC’s DNA programs have resulted in an unprecedented approximately the same for breeders who register one or two litters 

level of accuracy to the AKC registry by evaluating the a year as it is for those who register 8 or 9 litters a year. (10+ are 

parentage of many AKC dogs and litters. However, for that 

slightly higher). So dogs, breeders, and puppy owners all 

very small percentage of registered dogs that are found, 

across our spectrum of customers are affected. 

often years after birth, to have an unknown ancestor, 

Another potential twist is the Pennsylvania style 

the AKC has canceled the registration. To maintain 

"Lemon Laws" that could require a breeder to refund 

genetic diversity, improve customer relations, and 

up to 50% of the purchase price if a registration 

still maintain the accuracy of the registry, the Board 

is cancelled. There are and will be many people, 

of Directors approved the concept to allow the issuing 

including innocent third parties, who will be most upset 

of Conditional registration certifi cates and pedigrees, 

with AKC, threatening to destroy all of our advances in 

rather than canceling the registrations of a dog, all of its 

littermates and all of their progeny in these cases. This concept 

credibility, image, and reputation. 

was discussed at the September 2005 Delegate Meeting where Potential Solutions: AKC staff has determined eight different 

AKC’s Consultant on DNA Science and Technology Dr. Elaine possible solutions to this dilemma, though all have some drawbacks. 

Ostrander recommended its implementation. 

They range from maintaining the status quo, which would continue 

the ever-increasing number of cancelled registrations, unhappy 

The Problem of the Pyramid Effect 

customers and decreased revenue, to ending the DNA programs all 

The AKC staff has identifi ed and informed the Board of a together, which would be a disaster for our message to the public 

growing problem related to the efforts to maintain the integrity and would seriously weaken the integrity of the studbook. 

of the AKC registration database and studbook. The situation is • One proposal for making better use of DNA suggests 

especially challenging because all of the solutions proposed so far collecting samples from all breeding stock, archiving them (such as 

have signifi cant drawbacks or side effects. 

with FTA paper), and processing the samples only when a question 

arises. This would also facilitate a random audit and processing 

The Problem: Current AKC policy is that whenever DNA to prove whatever level of studbook accuracy we desire. While 

testing indicates incorrect parentage of a purebred litter, all efforts a valuable theory, it does not solve the pyramid problem, as an 

are made to cooperate with the breeders to establish the correct incorrect registration could go undiscovered until a question had 

parentage, which is successful about 50% of the time. If the arisen, potentially many generations later. 

information needed to make the corrections is not available, the • Another proposal suggests the development of a "qualifi ed" 

litter registration will be cancelled. This applies to litters whelped pedigree, using an identifying marker on the pedigree or registration 

after January 1, 2000. 

number that would indicate that the parentage, at a certain point in 

This policy, along with other DNA identifi cation programs, has the pedigree, is uncertain or unverifi able. Potentially, after several 

led to a substantial improvement in the integrity of the studbook. subsequent generations of DNA proved registrations, or discovery 

However, much of the compliance audit testing, and all of the of other confi rmatory information, the marker could be removed 

Frequently Used Sires testing, is done on dogs who have already from further generations. While this would pose a different public 

produced litters, and whose progeny may have multiplied. Thus, relations challenge, admitting that there are some things that we do 

when that dog is excluded from the registry, ALL of the progeny not know actually strengthens the credibility of the information, 

are also excluded. While this works to ensure the integrity of our which we do know. 

database, it also works to make a large number of people very • A potentially effective solution would be to have a truly 

unhappy with AKC, and drives them away from us permanently. random audit of a certain number of sets of parents and offspring, 

Imagine that you get a letter from AKC informing you that with the DNA collected and processed at AKC expense. This is 

the grandsire of the stud dog you used last year has been found similar to the method the IRS uses with great success in keeping the 

to have incorrect parentage, and all of his progeny now have their "error rate" for income tax returns very low. This could eliminate 

registration permanently cancelled - including the young puppy the need for the Frequently Used Sires program, which would 

you kept out of the litter and have already shown successfully! substantially reduce the costs to high volume breeders, and show 

Although the total number of dogs excluded is still relatively that all breeders are treated equally. Those factors might bring 

small, it is growing at an exponential rate. Furthermore, those dogs some responsible high volume breeders back to AKC. The down 

will continue to reproduce, creating more and more dogs that are side is that there would be substantial costs for data collection and 

ineligible for AKC registration, and more and more people turned DNA processing (one estimate was more than $1 million dollars 

away from AKC. 

per yearly audit), and a certain percentage of registration errors 

While we believe we have a very high standard of integrity, we would still go through undetected. 

also know that there have always been some errors in our records, • Many people have urged AKC to move towards requiring 

caused by accident, inattention, carelessness, and occasionally by DNA collection and analysis of all breeding stock at the time of 

outright fraud. The data indicates that there is no single group of litter registration. This has the advantage of proving absolute 

breeders that cause all the problems - the litter exclusion rate is integrity of the registry, and eliminates the pyramid effect, as any 


error or misrepresentation (e.g. the DNA sample sent in for the 

sire was not really his) would be discovered at the first generation. 

The perennial argument against this requirement is the fear of 

the cost of DNA processing would lead to such a high price for 

registration that breeders would turn to other "registries", none of 

whom require DNA testing, thus robbing AKC of needed revenues 

and weakening our voice as the reliable canine experts. 

The Chosen Solution: The AKC Board has spent nearly a 

year facing the daunting challenge of analyzing the advantages 

and disadvantages of each of these proposals, searching for new 

and creative ideas, working with experts like Dr. Elaine Ostrander, 

and trying to develop a scheme which will do the most good and 

the least harm to our organization and to pure-bred dogs. The 

cost of DNA processing continues to be a major obstacle for 

implementation of some of the solutions, but the cost of not facing 

and fixing the problem is potentially even greater. 

• The optimum solution for the present time seems to be the 

qualified pedigree concept. When an error in parentage of a purebred 

dog is discovered that cannot be corrected, the registration 

status of all of the dogs in that litter and all of their progeny would 

be changed to "qualified", and their AKC number changed to show 

an X as the second character. They would be ineligible to compete 

How It Will Work: 

What is a Conditional Registration and Pedigree? 

When unknown parentage is indicated via DNA testing, the 

status of the registration will be downgraded to “conditional” 

until a three generation pedigree is established. “Unknown” 

will be noted on the registration or pedigree 

for the ancestor in question. This will only 

occur in cases where the dogs are believed 

to be purebred, but a registered parent is 

found to be incorrect. The documents will 

have a different colored border and will 

be clearly labeled as Conditional. Also, a 

new registration number will be issued so 

that people familiar with AKC registration 

numbers can tell at a glance that the 

registration is different. 

For example, a dog 

initially registered as 

TN123456/01 would 

be registered with 

Conditional registration 

as QT123456/01. 

Thus, these dogs will 

be clearly noted as 

Conditional by their 

registration number. 

In addition, the word 

“Conditional” will be 

boldly stated on the 

registration certificate 

which will have a 

yellow border (compared to purple for standard registrations or 

orange for limited). 


in any events and any titles earned would be removed, except 

those allowed for ILP dogs. The qualified pedigree would list as 

"unknown" the ancestors whose parentage is unverifiable. 

After three generations of DNA parentage verification, the 

qualified progeny would be returned to full registration status, 

which is consistent with the pedigree requirements for registering 

an imported dog. 

Future Steps: It will take several months of planning and 

preparation to implement the qualified pedigree concept. It will be 

important to explain the importance of this new approach of full 

disclosure, rather than total cancellation, to all of our breeders and 

constituents. The Board has given staff the go ahead to develop 

an implementation plan, to properly word the policies that will be 

enacted, and to design appropriate educational materials, with an 

expected start date of January 1, 2008. 

Clearly this does not solve all of our problems. We will need 

to continue to have innovative thoughts on how to best utilize 

the evolving DNA technologies to further improve the studbook 

integrity, our breeding practices, and the health of our dogs. 

As always, your comments and ideas are welcome. 

Permission to reprint this article granted by the American 

Kennel Club 

Will the registrations ever revert to Full? 

Current policy for introducing breeds into the AKC registry 

requires a three-generation pedigree on each dog. This policy 

will also apply to dogs when an “unknown” dog is found in its 

pedigree based on a failed DNA test. After three generations of 

DNA-profiled parents, the registrations will revert to Full for the 

litter in the fourth 

g e n e r a t i o n . 

Returning to full 

registration after 

three generations 

of verified 

parentage is 

also in line with 

the acceptance 

of imported 

dogs with three 

generation pedigrees from the country of 

origin. Can these dogs be bred? If both sire 

and dam have AKC DNA profiles, the litter 

may be registered. Litters already registered 

when the registration is converted will be 

changed to Conditional status. 

What about event participation? 

A dog with Conditional registration 

may participate in any event in which ILP dogs 

may participate. They may not participate in 

Conformation events or Field Trials, and 

titles previously earned in these events will be 

removed from the dog’s record. In the fourth 

generation of DNA-profiled parentage, the 

registration will revert to Full and the dog may participate in any 

AKC event.

SERENGETI (REG.) 

Bred and owned by Margaret Greenlee 

SERENGETI (Reg.) 

9030 SW 19 th Avenue Road 

CH. SERENGETI JACKPOT 

(Ch. Jerlin-SS Special Forces x Ch. Serengeti Copper Penny) 

Handled by Larry Cornelius 


•• POTTER •• 

Ocala, FL 34476 

(352) 237-3782 

acom.green1ee@worldnet.att.net

SERENGETI (REG.) 

SERENGETI'S "CLASS OF '07" 

“CARA” 

CH. SERENGETI REVEILLE 

BACCARAT 

(Ch. Serengeti Let's Roll Reveille x Ch. Serengeti Casino) 

Bred by Damara Bolte' and Margaret Greenlee 

Owned by Margaret Greenlee 

Handled by Larry Cornelius 

“TIPPER “ 


CH. SERENGETI HOT TIP 

(Ch. Jerlin-SS Special Forces x Ch. Serengeti Copper Penny) 

Bred and owned by Margaret Greenlee 

Handled by Larry Cornelius

Native Stock Committee Report 

THE BASENJI CLUB OF AMERICA 

NATIVE STOCK COMMITTEE has 

just begun communicating with the 

American Kennel Club about re-opening 

the Stud Book to new basenji foundation 

stock. The letter sent to AKC also appears in this 

issue of The Bulletin. 

The AKC has very specifi c procedures in place 

for opening the Stud Book. The request must come 

from the Parent Club (BCOA), and two thirds of the 

membership must vote in favor of opening the Stud 

Book before the application is made. 

If we receive a positive response to our fi rst letter, a membership 

vote will be taken as the next step in the procedure. 

Should two thirds of the voting membership vote in favor of 

opening the Stud Book, the submission to the BCOA Board of 

native dogs to be considered for registration will proceed. Each 

dog to be considered for admission to the Stud Book must be 

sponsored by two BCOA members who: 

(1) are not the owners/importers 

(2) who feel the dog has merit and is worthy of registration. 

about the African Stock Project is available online at the Club 

website. 

We will have regular updates in The Bulletin to keep you 

up to speed. 

Please feel free to contact any of us on the committee 

with your questions. 

Pamela A. Geoffroy 

Chair, BCOA Native Stock Committee 

AKC Board of Directors 

The American Kennel Club 

51 Madison Avenue 

New York, New York 10010 

Committee Members: 

Lisa Voss 

Andrew Sawler 

Linda Siekert 

Michael Work 

Dr. Jo Thompson 

Pamela Geoffroy 

197 Mt. Hope Street 

No. Attleboro, Ma 02760 

1-508-695-6573 

Additionally, the dog must also be sponsored by a BCOA 

Board member who is not the owner/importer. The BCOA Board 

will then consider each dog, examining photos, videos, and health 

I am writing this letter on behalf of the Basenji Club of America to ask that the AKC 

Stud Book be reopened for native bred Basenjis for a period of two to three years to 

allow trips to the Southern Sudan and other remote parts of Africa to search for native 

stock. 

information. Board members who own/imported a submitted dog 

will abstain from voting on that dog. The names of the approved 

dogs will then be sent to AKC for registration. 

The original Stud Book opened in 1944 and included just two native dogs and some 

dozen or so English dogs. This very small gene pool was further diminished when 

several dogs turned out to be unusable for various reasons. This limited gene pool 

The original AKC Studbook for basenjis opened in 1944 and 

included just two native dogs and some dozen or so English-bred 

has made it diffi cult for conscientious breeders to avoid the various health disorders, 

which have become prevalent since the breed’s introduction to the western world. 

dogs. This limited gene pool was further diminished when several As a response to this problem, American breeders visited Africa in 1987 and 1988 

of these dogs turned out to be unusable for various reasons. 

It has been approximately twenty years since two groups of 

American basenji breeders visited the Congo in search of native 

and returned with 14 native basenjis. In 1990 the AKC opened the Stud Book to these 

imports. These dogs have had a positive impact on the breed in this country, and, it 

should be noted, none has been diagnosed with any of the Basenji specifi c health 

disorders we are seeking to eradicate; Fanconi Syndrome, PRA or IPSID. None of 

stock. Thirteen of the dogs they found were admitted to the Stud 

Book in 1990, along with Esenjo, an earlier import. 

Basenji breeders face the ongoing challenge of addressing 

these imports has produced these problems in their offspring, even when bred to 

American lines known to produce these problems. Further, the direct descendants of 

these imports have also failed to produce Fanconi Syndrome, PRA or IPSID. 

serious health issues in a breed with a small gene pool. Geneticists 

recommend at least fi fty original founders, including previous 

imports, which are well represented in the gene pool. We are still a 

All native stock brought back from Africa will be examined by a BCOA Board member 

and two long time breeders to determine that they display Basenji breed type and 

that their inclusion in the gene pool would promote quality as set forth in the AKC 

Standard for the breed. 

long way short of that number of world-wide founders. Additional 

foundation stock would give the unique genotype of the basenji 

its best shot at long term viability. The importation of new African 

When the BCOA put this issue to vote when the Stud Book was last opened 75% of 

the membership voted in favor of the proposal. 

stock is meant to widen the gene pool. These dogs will be health 

tested and their progeny will be followed with interest. 

None of the 1987 and 1988 African imports were diagnosed 

Our Club and our breed are in a unique position. We have access to Basenjis living 

in their native land, as they have for centuries, still working with hunters using only 

spears and nets and their extraordinary dogs. That these dogs continue to thrive, 

living in a part of the world suffering the devastating effects of poverty and war speaks 

with Fanconi syndrome, IPSID or PRA. None of these dogs 

have produced these defects in their offspring, even when bred 

to their vigor and health as well as their great character. These dogs represent a living 

history of our ancient breed. We cannot afford to lose them. 

to American lines known to produce these problems. The Thank you for considering our request. 

descendants, with pedigrees of strictly these foundation animals, 

have likewise failed to produce Fanconi syndrome or PRA. 

Visit the Basenji Club of America website at www.basenji.org 

or the Basenji Health Endowment site, www.basenjihealth.org for 

information about health issues in our breed. Further information 

Pamela A. Geoffroy 

Chair 

BCOA Native Stock Committee 


NEW TITLE 

FC Gana Gaillardia RN CGC FCh - ‘Dart’ 

On 4/28/07, Dart & Nancy got their "moment in the sun" after deftly navigating through a 

muddy, straw-strewn rally ring. Judge Marilou McCloskey, later remarked "--that's a nice 

working Basenji". 

Many thanks to our teachers and supporters; Teresa Patton, Jane Johnson , Jeff and Scotti 

Slonaker and the Salisbury Kennel Club. 

GANA Basenjis 

Nancy Roisum 

Great Red, Black, Tan and White Hunters 


1035 Caravan Way 

Salisbury, MD 21804 

tel/cell 410-845-8347

2007 AKC 

Parent Club 

Conference 

IN AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE, SHARE, AND ASSIST 

member parent clubs, the AKC offers a Parent Club Conference 

every two to three years. These conferences are sponsored by 

AKC CAR and Eukanuba. Each breed club is invited to send two 

representatives to this valuable weekend conference. This year 

the event was held in Peachtree, GA at the Wyndham Peachtree 

Conference Center, beginning on July 20 th . 

Starting late Friday afternoon and lasting until mid-day on 

Sunday, sessions are offered on a vast array of topics. In addition, 

resource rooms for print and electronic media present sample 

materials from all the clubs, ranging from breed magazines and 

newsletters, illustrated standards, CDs fi lled with electronic fi les, 

Clubs’ bylaws, and specialty procedures. Computer labs are 

ongoing through the weekend for those who can squeeze in an hour 

or two for hands-on training. If this isn’t intense enough, attendees 

can also develop their own ‘break-out’ sessions after hours in some 

of the smaller meeting rooms to expand information on any topic. 

The Parent Club Committee provided a large announcement board 

for people to post notices of meetings along with a sign-up sheet. 

The Basenji Club of America was represented by Karla 

Schreiber, Vice-President, and Wanda Pooley, Board of Directors, 

Editor, & Chair of the National Specialty Oversight Committee. 

Peachtree City, GA 

July 20-22, 2007 

Since attendees can choose from a list of session topics, in 

addition to the general sessions, the BCOA representatives decided 

to split up to cover as many different subjects as possible. 

After dinner, the evening began with a choice of three topics. 

Both Karla and Wanda opted for the Club Offi cers Forum, an open 

discussion for offi cers to address club issues and how others in 

the group deal with these issues. From the largest clubs of over 

2000 members to the smallest ones at fewer than 100, we learned 

we all encounter the same challenges and opportunities. While 

clubs may address concerns taking different paths, all are trying 

to achieve the same results. The most common items discussed -- 

communications, recruiting new members, persuading members to 

run for a seat on the board, fi nding good specialty sites, encouraging 

volunteers to host a national specialty, and, of course, dealing with 

those political factions that can divide a club. 

Saturday morning came early. Before the start of each day’s 

sessions, beginning at 8:00 am, Karla and Wanda took advantage 

of the breakfast buffet and the opportunity to chat with other 

attendees about their clubs and breeds. In fact, every meal offered 

a chance to talk to different people, people who were happy to 

share how their clubs operate and how they handle the day-to-day 

affairs of their organization. 

By Wanda Pooley 

has been done; yet another requires applicants to put at least one 

prefi x title on their dogs before being eligible for membership. The 

Over the weekend, I covered an in- 

BCOA comes off as pretty tame compared to some clubs’ member 

depth session about national specialties. 

qualifi cations. 

The panelists discussed how to provide a 

In the general session, “Becoming an Effective Club 

successful National from selecting a site 

Spokesperson,” we learned about the Canine Ambassador 

to raising funds to addressing the benefi ts 

program. This is someone who acts on behalf of a club as the 

of a stand-alone event to combining it with 

public relations spokesperson. This person develops a press kit 

an all-breed cluster. Everyone involved 

that can be presented in the various media to answer questions or 

agreed on two things, though: (1) the importance of a budget and to bring their breed to the foreground of the public eye. 

why it is essential, and (2) the necessity for written procedures. After dinner, Karla and I attended a break-out session to 

The fund-raising topic brought forth an array of clever ideas. discuss the realigning of the breed groups. With great enthusiasm, 

Several clubs shared their success stories, and we talked about a all the attendees in the room were favorable to this idea. Since the 

couple of ideas that fell fl at. 

last realignment in the 1980’s, twenty-six more breeds have been 

The “How to Grow and Sustain Parent Club Membership” added to the list of AKC recognized breeds. These additions have 

session brought forth some interesting statistics. Did you know expanded every group. Statistics were presented to demonstrate 

that among the breed clubs, 63 percent have experienced an the future growth of each current group. For example, today the 

increase in the average age of their members? Today, like the Hound group is comprised of 26 breeds. In ten years this will likely 

general population, the average age span is 35-50 years old. Of grow to 39 breeds. Moreover, a desire exists among the hound 

the breed clubs, 85% have a membership dues range of $20-$45. folks to split the Hounds in to two groups: Scent and Sight. While 

We are also no different when it comes to volunteer workers. The this talk remains at a grass roots level, the consensus is to ask AKC 

majority of the breed clubs have a small percentage of active, to form a committee to analyze the best means for developing a 

working members. From the discussion came some fascinating new list of groups. Almost unanimously, people wanted to see the 

tidbits: The Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America accepts new Non-Sporting group eliminated and replaced with groups that more 

members only once a year; one club requires an essay from new meaningfully describe the function or structure of those breeds. 

applicants; others won’t approve a new member until a home visit Sunday morning brought more open discussion among the 


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OWNERS: 

Janet & Lou Ketz 

Wilmington, IL 

jlketz@aol.com 

Ch Rafi ki-Hackers Red White & Blue x BISS CH AB-SS Follow The Money, *BBHR 

Anyone can get credit, but judges like “CASH”! 

Thank you to Adventureland and Rafi kis Basenjis for trusting me with this sweet boy. 

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BREEDERS: 

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Michelle Gahgan - Rafi ki Basenjis

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attendees, and then more general and specialized sessions. AKC 

CAR offered an excellent overview of their new microchip and 

explained the strategy being used in disaster response efforts. 

They encouraged clubs to offer microchip clinics, and those that 

do will receive the incentive of low-cost chips. 

How does a club operate democratically? “The Governance 

of Parent Clubs” offered valuable information on this topic. First, 

and foremost, each club’s bylaws are the first line of defense when 

conflicts pop up. Mike Liosis, AKC Director of Club Relations, 

stressed the importance of clubs adhering to their bylaws when 

managing their affairs. As with our own club just recently, when 

bylaws are being revised, the AKC Club Relations department is 

the first stop before submitting a ballot to the membership. 

The last session I attended was exciting because the BCOA 

recently purchased the template for this program. Dr. Claudia 

Orlandi presented the current status of the University of Canine 

Education (UCE). She offered methods for parent clubs on how 

to develop and/or enhance their breed education programs. Dr. 

Orlandi explained the complete series of the Basset Hound 

University program and how other clubs can use that model as a 

template for their own University program. Envision the Basenji 

University. It’s coming to basenji fanciers everywhere. 

by Karla Schreiber 

While Wanda attended the Saturday 

session on National Specialties, I attended 

the Breed Standards session chaired by 

Mari-Beth O’Neill, AKC Assistant Vice 

President of Customer Service. This 

session reviewed AKC’s requirements for 

maintaining and modifying breed standards, 

and explored the ever-present question of how parent clubs 

determine the need for standard changes without compromising 

their breeds’ basic function and form. We had a lively discussion 

regarding these topics, including “tales from the front line” by 

several parent club officers whose clubs recently went through 

the Standards revision process. The session was followed by a 

question and answer period, during which I took the liberty of once 

again asking Ms. O’Neill, on behalf of BCOA, whether, in her 

opinion, BCOA should consider a standard revision to expressly 

include brindle pointed tri-colors. Ms. O’Neill responded exactly 

as she did when asked this question by then-BCOA President 

Midge Greenlee several years ago: No such change is necessary 

given the facts that a) our Standard has no disqualifications for 

color or pattern, and b) both tri-color and brindle are standard 

colors already. Ms. O’Neill, likewise again, expressed the opinion 

that if the fancy believes brindle pointed tri-colors are not viewed 

favorably by judges, the answer to that problem is better judge’s 

education, and not a standard revision. 

My second Saturday session was the Health Seminar. The 

primary presenter (and a very entertaining and knowledgeable one!) 

was Thomas Graves, DVM, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois - 

- who spoke to us regarding the topic “Canine Hypothyroidism: 

Fact or Fiction.” Dr. Graves’ presentation examined the medical 

evidence behind many commonly held beliefs about hypothyroidism 

in purebred dogs, and concluded that hypothyroidism is being 

over-diagnosed. Dr. Graves urged breeders not to rush to thyroid 


The AKC Parent Club Conference is a “shot-in-the-arm” as it 

seems to arrive at a point when it’s needed most. This is a very well 

prepared conference. It goes without saying that the sessions offer 

beneficial information and organized materials for everyone. The 

Parent Club Committee should be applauded for their hard work in 

putting together this event. More importantly, much informationgathering 

occurred outside the sessions. The break-out meetings, 

the clusters of people joined in sharing ideas, conversations across 

the dinner table, and even chats while waiting for the elevator 

yielded a fountain of knowledge. 

When I became involved in the world of dogs, I thought the 

AKC and its board members were an austere, unreachable group. 

Not so, I discovered! These are people no different than you or 

I, and they all have the same concerns and love for the canine 

world. They give as much time and dedication as we do, and they 

come from the same types of backgrounds. The chief operating 

officer of AKC is just as friendly and approachable as those I meet 

everyday at shows and functions. The AKC Board members who 

attended this conference never held themselves apart from the 

attendees. We are all working together for a common interest, and 

it has never been more apparent than at the 2007 AKC Parent Club 

supplementation when no confirmed, primary clinical signs of the 

disease are present (i.e. a diagnosis based strictly on thyroid “test 

numbers” alone), and cautioned that what we do not know about 

the practice of providing thyroid supplementation to otherwise 

healthy animals may come back to haunt us when more research 

has been conducted in this area. Other presenters at the Health 

Seminar included Erika Werne of the Canine Health Foundation 

– filling us in on CHF’s grant making process, and Eddie Dzuik of 

OFA, updating us about CHIC (Canine Health Information Center) 

and its DNA repository. 

Last. but not least, on Sunday afternoon I attended the 

session on Financial and Tax Aspects and Issues for Parent Clubs, 

hosted by attorney and former IRS agent Edmund Sledzik. I was 

pleased to find myself in the company of several other parent club 

attorneys, and as always, there were far more issues to discuss than 

could possibly be covered in the 1.5 hour time frame. However, 

we managed, with Ed’s able assistance, to review financial record 

keeping procedures for parent clubs, how to deal with IRS audit 

situations, choices of entity issues, lobbying by parent clubs and 

charitable subsidiaries, and the special challenges facing those 

organizations that operate federally tax exempt public charities 

like the Basenji Health Endowment. I wish this session could have 

lasted another hour or two! 

Like Wanda, I traveled home feeling like I suffered from 

profound information overload. On the plus side, there is so much 

that BCOA is doing right – we are way ahead of the curve in many 

areas of club governance. That being said, there are some areas in 

which we can definitely improve. After having a chance to review 

some of the beautiful and informative illustrated breed standards 

put together by other parent clubs, this is one area where I hope 

we can challenge ourselves - to create an illustrated standard truly 

worthy of our beautiful, natural dogs. Likewise, seeing what 

other clubs provide in terms of the judge’s education process and 

accompanying materials made me think long and hard about of 

how BCOA can step up to the plate in this area as well.

JERLIN BASENJIS 

PRESENT A NEW CHAMPION 

CH. JERLIN’S DOUBLE O SEVEN 

(Ch. Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff x Ch. Jerlin’s Airborne) 

“Bond” is shown finishing his championship under Judge Mrs. Edna Martin by going Best of 

Breed over a special for his fourth major win. 

Also featured in the picture is Jerlin Basenjis number one fan and my favorite granddaughter, 

Ms. Cagney Ehlers. 

Bond has been a fun dog to show with his wonderful personality and excellent movement. He will be available to 

approved bitches. Testing for Fanconi and hip dysplasia will be done. 

Linda Ehlers 

660 747-8552 

E-mail: jerlin@wcblue.com 


Daydreaming of an Obedience-Trained Basenji 

By Sally Ann Smith 

“Before the reality comes the dream.” 

- quote from Argus poster 

Daisy, my Basenji, and I attended enough conformation shows 

to finish her championship. For a number of reasons which I won’t 

bore you with, she is not yet (but soon, I promise, soon ) going to 

try her skill at the field trials. What to do? She hates staying home 

while the younger dogs get to go on trips. 

Daydream The First: I think my Daisy would look really good in 

the obedience ring, and how nice to have an excuse to bring her 

along to shows. As you have already guessed, Daisy is my special 

pet and bed dog. 

“Obedience is best:” 

-Sir Henry Newbolt 

performance in the obedience ring. As I recall, the words “Really 

frustrating for you”, “Maybe too independent”, “Well, if you really 

pour a lot of effort into it,” and other tactful phrases for “Forget 

it!” were used. 

Was I discouraged? Never. Cory was now even nicer to live 

with. He was a lot quicker to obey requests, and we had a 70 

percent chance he’d sit on command. Besides, Daisy was my ace 

in the hole. 

Daydream The Third: Daisy, CD. Me, modestly accepting the 

humble apologies of all who had laughed and offered to be catchers 

outside the ring. Besides, Daisy’s breeder has an outstanding line 

of multi-titled dogs going, and a number have made wonderful 

obedience dogs. 

“I once found myself saying that a masochist is a person who is 

training his or her second basenji.” 

- Vicki Hearne 

REALITY: At a show a couple years ago, a fellow Basenji owner 

just happened to mention he was entered in obedience later that REALITY: Kathy, the trainer, didn’t have an appropriate group 

day. Intrigued, a group of us stuck around to watch. The concepts available for Daisy, but did have a Dobe pup of her own she wanted 

of Basenji and obedience are not often linked, although we do to begin, and a second, already titled Dobe she wanted to polish 

have some in the breed with advanced titles. Lightning struck as for further competition. She suggested private lessons, with one 

we watched a very independent Basenji wander around the ring. of her Dobes as a second classmate. We had two private lessons. 

“Betcha I could do this!” Stupidly, I voiced this thought. My On Kathy’s turf. Daisy was a dream. She modeled her behavior 

companions stopped laughing after a couple minutes. The idea was after the titled Dobe, learned almost instantaneously, and Kathy, 

filed away for future reference. 

who naturally had taken my enthusiastic ravings about Daisy’s 

background and potential with a large grain of salt, actually said 

Daydream the Second: My super little dogs will really shine in she was beginning to get excited about the possibility of my girl 

an obedience class. 

making it into competition. I reminded her of all the other Basenjis 

out there that are doing just great, and said they really did earn 

“Observe the opportunity.” 

titles. I even gave her a tattered copy of a Dog World Magazine 

- Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 

feature I’d pored over in which a Basenji named Wassail tells all in 

the area of training humans. 

REALITY: A new ad appeared about six months later in our Daisy hasn’t been worked much lately. It seems our garage has 

small weekly Mountain County, GA newspaper. It read, in part: two black and white kittens in residence. Daisy has spent the last 

“Dog trainer with more than 25 years experience in obedience, four months incredulous that we haven’t cleared the varmints out 

police, and narcotic dog training work will be forming a class for of there. The kittens, in turn, delight in teasing Daisy outside her 

beginners......” 

run. Daisy’s first move as she comes into the house is to tear to the 

I was second on the list. The trainer owned up to having worked door leading to the garage, and look at us inquiringly. “Don’t you 

with sighthounds before and added she should likely charge me know our garage is infested?” She seems to ask. “Here, let me help 

double! She said she was only quoting a common joke among you get them.” 

trainers..............” Not wishing to mess up Daisy on my first Yesterday, since we had a lesson scheduled soon, I called Kathy 

venture into this area, I enrolled male Basenji that really belonged and pleaded for advice. Daisy would do her Sits, she would Heel, 

to my son, who was away at college. 

but there was no hope for any progress in Stay – not with two kittens 

Cory did seem to look forward to our classes, after he got over 40 yards away in the woods sniggering at her. Seven thousand 

his initial disdain at being asked to do servile things like “Sit”. As years of genes said, “Forget the food rewards, turn off the ears, and 

a matter of fact – small brag here – Cory was a quick student. At the concentrate on kittens.” Kathy offered several sensible suggestions 

head of the class in grasping what was wanted. Also, for the first involving crating the kittens safely and gradually desensitizing 

10 minutes, at the head of the class in performance. It’s downhill Daisy, etc., and did drop a hint that maybe I’d like to reconsider an 

from there, as any Basenji person will happily tell you. This dog is obedience career for her if she was so intent on hunting. Picture the 

from a breed that has spent more than 7,000 years as independent, problem if the next ring had a class of longhaired Chihuahuas, for 

quick-witted hunters. Cory saw no particular reason to “Stay” with example. (This actually happened to a fellow Basenji lover once. 

those big hairy beasts -Goldens, Labs, Dobes, and a Rottweiler- That’s another story. But no, there was no bloodshed.) 

when there were things to do and smells to be investigated. 

Last night, Daisy’s obedience career came to a temporary halt. 

Nevertheless, we more or less graduated. Our instructor, Kathy, One of the black and white kittens almost came to a permanent halt. 

gently suggested that maybe I wouldn’t be too happy with Cory’s It was dark, my “obedience-trained” graduate, Cory, and my star 



CH. DJAKOMBA'S TRICK OR TREAT 

OWNERS 

QUINCY finished easily in limited 

showing with 3 majors and a Best of 

Breed over top Specials. 

Judy & Ed Kessler 

Paolie, PA 

(Ch. Penda Taji's TriUmphant One x Djakomba's Trifle) 


Even more important than 

that, QUINCY is a wonderful 

dog to live with. His even 

disposition, amusing antics, 

and affectionate nature have 

made him a beloved member 

of our family. 

Quincy’s test results came back a Probable Clear for Fanconi Syndrome 

BREEDER/HANDLER 

Doris Daniels 

DJAKOMBA 

Brick, NJ

BCOA Health Committee 

From Lisa Auerbach, Chair 

As everyone probably knows by now, the interim version of 

the Fanconi syndrome DNA test, a linkage marker test, has been 

released and is available through the Canine Phenome Project. 

www.caninephenome.org. A set of frequently asked questions 

is included elsewhere in this issue. The FAQ will be maintained 

and updated on the Basenji Health Endowment web site www. 

basenjihealth.org. 

Work will continue on the direct test, but the linkage marker 

test is an extremely valuable tool in the interim. I plan on using it, 

and I hope you will too. 

A CPP blood draw clinic will be held at the 2007 Nationals in 

California on Tuesday the 16th. Judy Schettler and Chris O'Rear 

have offered to help. If you're willing to help, please let me know. 

For more information or to volunteer, contact me at itzyu@prodigy. 

net. 

Dr. Gary Johnson is also planning to speak at this year’s 

National. The tentative schedule for the talk is prior to the annual 

meeting. Jon Curby is helping organize Dr. Johnson's trip and 

may be contacted for more information at jcurby@offa.org 

Please take advantage of this breakthrough and use the test 

to insure that all 2007 breedings have at least one tested clear 

parent. 

Finally, I'd like to add my voice to the many of us thanking 

everyone who has helped with research, providing samples, 

fundraising, and otherwise making this long-anticipated test a 

reality. Thank you all, so much. 


student, Daisy, were the first out of the runs. I didn’t know there 

was an intruder in the shadows inside the enclosed safety area near 

our door until the kitten lived up to her name – Screaming Mimi. 

Did I shout “Sit?” Did I shout “Stay”? Ha! I said another fourletter 

“S” word and grabbed both dogs while said kitten made a 

frantic escape over the fence. 

As the dogs settled in for the night, my spouse wandered into the 

room and innocently asked, “What was all the shouting about, and 

by the way, which of the dogs is doing all that sneezing?” 

“The one with the mouth full of cat hair,” I snarled. 

Daydream the Fourth: Tomorrow I will take Daisy out and work 

with her. We will have a wonderful time, and she will ignore all 

distractions. 

“Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to 

succeed.” 

- Montesquieu 

REALITY: It’s obvious I need to give the kittens a break and not 

let them get near a Basenji, even if they are safely crated. Already 

I’ve spent a few minutes with Cassie, our chocolate Lab, who is 

totally spoiled, set in her ways, and well into advanced middleage. 

She is also more motivated by food than kittens, and learned 

to perform the Sit, Heel, and Stay almost as fast as the Basenjis. 

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POINT OF VIEW 

Basenji Conservation 

by Dr. Jo Thompson 

As reported in the Basenji Club of 

America (BCOA) Bulletin Board Newsletter 

dated 15 May 2007, a committee was 

authorized by the 2006 ballot to petition the 

American Kennel Club (AKC) to open the 

basenji registry of the AKC studbook. This 

initial move to explore the possibility of 

adding new imported dogs from Africa into 

the basenji registry provides an opportunity 

to contemplate the concept of conservation 

as it applies to the preservation of basenjis. 

First of all, we need to define the 

“population” we are considering. All 

domesticated dogs are in the same species. 

The dog (Canis familiaris 


1 ) has evolved to 

become one of the most variable animal 

species associated with humans; with 

many various types forming separate 

breeds. The basenji has a lineage of 

distinguished ancestry and forms its own 

global ‘metapopulation’ with all individuals 

descending from the original native 

ancestral group in central Africa. The 

basenji is the second oldest distinct breed to 

diverge from the proto-dog/wolf common 

ancestor2 , making it one of the most ancient 

domesticated breeds in the world. In other 

words, as a group it has been isolated from 

other breed development longer than almost 

all other dogs, which ensured the distinct 

differentiation of the specific canid type we 

call basenji. This isolation was crucial in 

avoiding the exchange of genetic material 

from the general canine population. 

Archaeological evidence suggests that dogs 

were incorporated into the social structure 

of humans and domesticated away from 

the proto-dog/wolf ancestor about 14,000 

years ago3 Congo River. This geographic region is 

still the root source of the basenji ancestral 

stock and serves as the reservoir for the 

full complement of breed genotypic 

variation or genetic allele diversity. 

But, it is not the only home of basenjis. 

Basenjis are officially recognized through 

breed registries throughout many parts 

of the world outside their traditional 

home. When viewed globally, the basenji 

metapopulation has a fragmented populace; 

those inside their native home in central 

Africa, here called the source population 

and those outside, here called the modern 

population. The source population is 

genetically diverse resulting in a low chance 

that any two negative genes will combine 

and individuals have a very high chance 

of being healthy. Conversely, the modern 

population is not genetically diverse and 

the chance of two negative recessive genes 

combining rises in direct relationship to the 

degree of homogeneity. The evidence that 

the source population appears to be "clean" 

is indicative that it is still diverse enough 

that negative genes are not yet combining. 

So, how do the concerns of population 

conservation apply to preservation of the 

basenji? Population geneticists insist 

that populations under artificial selection, 

subjected to high levels of inbreeding, tight 

line breeding, non-random mating, genetic 

drift, popular sire syndrome, inbreeding 

depression, directional selection within a 

closed registry, or small gene pool dynamics 

simply cannot maintain genetic viability 

and breed vigor in the long term without 

the introduction of new genetic material. 

Historic records tell us that the first 

basenjis to be brought out of Africa were 

a pair whose origin was the rainforests 

of Congo in central Africa (modern day 

. That may provide some idea of Democratic Republic of Congo; formerly 

the length of time that the breed, we have known as Zaire, the Belgian Congo or 

known for about a century, has actually Congo). They arrived in London in 1895. 

been reproducing within its own typology, These first native imports were brought 

thus fixing the desired physical traits that from the Congo by a British explorer 

distinguish it as unique. The word primitive during a time when Britain was first 

is sometimes used to describe the basenji penetrating up the Congo River system and 

because it is one of the breeds of dog that is making first contact between Westerners 

believed to still remain close in morphology and indigenous people. The breed was 

(appearance) and behavior (hunting style) introduced to Europeans when the pair 

to that earliest ancestral canine. 

were exhibited at the Cruft’s Dog show 

The basenji is a natural breed found that same year; although shortly after both 

within the milieu of equatorial Africa, died of distemper 

principally the Congo Basin forest block 

corresponding to the watershed of the 

4 dogs onto the international scene did not 

go unnoticed. Over the following years 

many more attempts were made to export 

foundation stock from the Congo Basin 

(the Congo and southern Sudan) for the dog 

show fanciers. Most private efforts were 

unsuccessful 

. During the heyday 

of large English kennels, the entrance of 

these unique barkless (but vocal) hunting 

5 until three basenjis from 

southwestern Congo [Bokoto of Blean, 

Bongo of Blean, and Bereke of Blean] 

established the foundation of the breed 

when they were successfully imported to 

the United Kingdom in 1936 and bred. 

Over the course of the following five 

years an additional four native imports 

contributed to the registered foundation 

stock of basenjis and its descendants 

recognized by the Basenji Club of Great 

Britain (BCGB) and registered under 

The Kennel Club of the United Kingdom 

[Bashele of Blean, Bungwa of Blean, 

Amatangazig of the Congo, and Simolo of 

the Congo] 6 . The breed was then developed 

in Great Britain with these seven (7) as the 

foundation stock outside of their native 

homeland; this is known as the founder 

event7 . 

The Basenji Club of Great Britain was 

formed in 1939. Early breeders worked 

to “achieve the desired improvements of 

daintiness, soundness and short backs” 

(Basenjis: The Barkless Dogs. by Veronica 

Tudor-Williams, 1946, page 70) wanted 

by the fancy. The breed standard was 

written for the first time in February 1939 

as an unofficial archetype defining the 

breed based on a phenotypic description 

and distinguishing all breed members 

separate from other breeds by this 

typology identification. Then, with some 

modifications to include more details, on 

June 24, 1942 the official Basenji breed 

Standard was approved. The breed Standard 

has been revised a number of times since 

its original form but always with the goal 

to promote breed improvement, advancing 

from the ancestral form. Over the years of 

breed development the basenji “has been 

improved anatomically by careful breeding 

in order to fit [the] present- day Standard” 

(The Complete Basenji. By Elspet Ford, 

1993, page 33). The word modern is used 

here to describe the basenji that has been 

selectively bred and modified to achieve 

the breed Standard theoretical ideals. 

Conformation dog shows award dogs that 

most closely express the breed Standard. 

The goal of the conformation show is 




conformity and, where winning guides 

the breeding programs, the gene selection 

criterion are narrowed. 

Basenjis first arrived in the United 

States in 1937; one native import from the 

Congo [Bakuma of Blean aka Phemister’s 

Bois] and two descendants of British 

breeding. The only one to contribute to 

the modern line was Phemister’s Bois. In 

February 1938 two British bred basenjis 

[Bakuma of Blean and Basashi of Blean] 

were exhibited at The Westminster Kennel 

Club. Soon thereafter, in 1941 Phemister’s 

Congo was found on a ship trapped with 

cargo that had been loaded at the port 

of Monrovia, Liberia. Mr. Alexander 

Phemister, based on his knowledge of the 

breed, proclaimed the castaway to be a 

basenji. The breed was again presented to 

the USA dog fancy community at the 1941 

Morris and Essex Kennel Club dog show. 

The ‘Morris and Essex’ was considered 

to be the most prestigious of shows in its 

era; the name Morris & Essex is linked 

to Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge. Shortly 

thereafter, the Basenji Club of America 

was formed in 1942; the original board of 

directors included Mr. Alexander Phemister, 

President; Miss. Ethelwyn Harrison and Dr. 

Eloise Gerry, Vice Presidents; Mr. George 

L. Gilkey, Treasurer; and Mr. George E. 

Richards, Secretary. They agreed to accept 

the breed Standard approved by the BCGB. 

After exchanged communications 


8 with 

board members, the American Kennel Club 

officially accepted the breed in 1943. Once 

the breed was accepted, a basenji registry 

in the AKC studbook9 was opened. A 

total of 39 basenjis were enrolled during 

that initial registration in June of 1944 (14 

dogs and 25 bitches) as the first American 

basenjis. Table 1 identifies those original 

AKC registered basenjis. Note that except 

for Phemister’s Bois and Phemister’s 

Congo, they are all the descendants of dogs 

from The Kennel Club of the UK. Thus, 

the AKC foundation stock for the breed 

was started from 9 dogs who contributed 

descendants: the original 7 native import 

foundation dogs registered in The Kennel 

Club of the UK and the two Phemister10 registered and subsequently Kindu and 

Kasenyi were also registered in 1946. Thus, 

these 2 were added to the native import 

foundation stock for a total of 11 founders 

(the original progenitors from the source 

population) to produce the major basenji 

breeding lines. Also, diverse genes were 

added to the modern pool from dogs that 

were not imported into the USA. A number 

of dogs contributed limited genetic diversity 

through the export of their descendants 

from continental Africa. Tex of Alexandria 

(southern Sudan), Miliku and Kogi 

(Liberia), and Binza of Laughing Brook 

(southern Sudan) were bred from Africa and 

their descendants were then exported and 

added to the modern gene pool outside the 

USA. Others were imported from Africa to 

the U.K. and their descendants contributed 

significantly to the modern population gene 

pool {Wau of the Congo and Fula of the 

Congo). Kiki of Cryon was imported to the 

USA from Liberia but was not registered. 

Her genes contributed to American registry 

stock through breeding with U.K. lines. 

Therefore, the basenji modern population 

was derived from 18 original progenitors, 

with varying degrees of gene representation. 

As a result of this very small pool of 

founders, some more heavily represented 

than others, the modern population of 

the basenji suffered indiscriminate loss 

of genetic diversity. In response to the 

high degree of inbreeding and the lethal 

expression of some health related recessive 

traits, in 1990 the basenji registry was 

opened to allow additional new founders 

(those whose genes contributed to future 

generations, leaving aside those which 

did not reproduce) imported from the 

source population in the Congo (Zaire). An 

additional eight dogs [Avongara Diagba, 

Avongara Gangura, Avongara K’Posi, 

Avongara M’Bliki, Avongara N’Gola, 

Avongara N’Gondi 

native imports. 

Other foundation stock registered in 

the AKC included Kindu and Kasenyi. 

Kindu and Kasenyi were imported in 1941 

from the Republic of Congo, at the western 

limit of the traditionally accepted range of 

the pure basenji. Their appearance was 

notably different from the standard type. 

They produced a litter in 1945 that were 

11 Continued from Page 29 

Y chromosomes (the Y chromosome is 

passed exclusively from stud male to male 

progeny) in the modern population gene 

pool. Compounding this, several of the 

lines have died out in recent years, further 

limiting the genetic diversity of the modern 

basenji. Since 1936 when the basenji was 

successfully established outside of Africa, 

all the modern population descended from 

these few original imports and all are 

related at some point in their lineage once 

the pedigree is taken back far enough. 

One of the most basic factors affecting 

the genetic makeup of a small population is 

the number of unrelated original progenitors 

(the founders). In the science of population 

genetics, the concept of “effective 

population size” (the minimum number of 

animals to constitute the foundation stock) 

is concerned with the number of breeding 

individuals in an “ideal population.” It is 

assumed that these ideal breeding founders 

(the original progenitors) show the same 

amount of dispersion of allele frequencies 

under the effects of small population and 

are equally unrelated to any other basenji 

in the population except their descendants 

according to their pedigree representation. 

This is important to note because many of the 

modern population lines result from founders 

that originated from defined geographic 

areas in the Congo and individuals from each 

grouping are certainly more closely related 

to each other than to other basenjis in the 

population. 

The effective population size is always 

smaller than the absolute population size 

or the census, often by several orders of 

magnitude. The gene pool is the complete 

set of unique alleles found by including 

all the genetic material of every living 

member of the breed at its origin or source. 

Levels of genetic variation are intimately 

connected to the fitness of a population. 

, Avongara Zamee, The source population contains the most 

and Esenjo] contributed to the gene pool extensive genetic diversity found in the 

rescue effort at that time. It was a good native reservoir and exhibits vigorous/ 

first start, but it was not enough. This robust biological fitness. Meanwhile, the 

brought the founder number for the AKC modern population is a subset of the genes 

registered modern population up to 26 available to the breed and exhibits reduced 

contributors (see Table 2); however, some biological fitness. The large assemblage of 

of them have made a limited contribution alleles available in the source population 

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breeding programs and not incorporated diversity and heterogeneity with multiple 

into the modern population pool. It is alleles at many gene loci. The reduced 

important to realize that these founders assemblage of alleles found in the modern 

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pool. It has been suggested that the stud result in narrow genetic diversity and 

dogs Bongo of Blean, Wau of the Congo, homogeneity. 

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here?” Pp. 175-183 in: Viable Population 

for Conservation, 1987) calculated a 

minimum requirement of 50 individuals 

with a generation interval 


12 of greater than 

10 years for the healthy persistence of a 

population for up to 100 years, allowing 

for continual attrition of genetic variation 

over time. However, FW Allendorf and N 

Ryman (“The role of genetics in population 

viability analysis.” Pps 50-85 in: Population 

Viability Analysis, S.R. Beissinger and 

D.R. McCullough, eds. 2002) determined 

that populations with shorter generation 

intervals require larger effective population 

sizes. So, when adjusting for the basenji 

generation interval of approximately 3 years, 

the effective population size required for 

the modern basenji population then jumps 

to more than 300 individuals in order to 

have a population large enough to maintain 

‘normal’ amounts of additive genes to 

retain 95 % heterozygosity for 100 years. 

But, remember that this recommendation 

is for an “ideal population” where all 

variables are controlled. This does not 

take into account deviations from the ideal 

conditions which occur in real populations, 

as illustrated with the scenario above. To 

use a relevant real life example, according 

to the US Fish and Wildlife Services 

guidelines, the Idaho wolf population needs 

to stay above 100 founder individuals for 

the isolated population to remain viable and 

self sustaining. With basenjis, it is clear 

that new stock is required to augment the 

modern gene pool. Another factor which 

makes a great difference is the sex ratio of 

reproductively successful founders. The 

effective breeding population can never 

be greater than four times the number of 

males, no matter how numerous the females 

may be, since gametes13 is fortunate in that it is a natural breed. At may be introduced into the derived modern 

the moment they still have a limited source population. As a breed club, our strategy 

population of autochthonous (indigenous must aim at preserving genetic variability by 

or native) dogs to draw from where the increasing the effective population size 

full compliment of breed specific genetic through recruitment of additional founders. 

variation exists. Due to dramatic moves When it comes to the health and future 

to develop the remote forests of the Congo of the basenji, conservation requires 

Basin, this small window of opportunity is that typological thinking will have to be 

quickly closing. Rather than out crossing tempered with population thinking; the 

to a different breed for genetic diversity, ultimate goal is to expand the modern 

individuals from the source population population gene pool. 

Table 1. Original cohort of AKC registered basenjis. (source: American Kennel 

Club Stud Book Registrations, Group No. 2 – Hounds, Basenjis, June 1944, pgs. 

68-69) 

Name: 

Alan of Glen-Ho 

Alverna of Glen-Ho 

Andy of Glen-Ho 

Annabelle of Glen-Ho 

Sex: 

Dog 

Bitch 

Dog 

Bitch 

Sire: 

Kwillo of the Congo 




Dam: 

June of Windrush 




Antonio of Glen-Ho Dog Kwillo of the Congo June of Windrush 

Armina of Glen-Ho Bitch Kwillo of the Congo June of Windrush 

Bongheli Dog Jinga Rosemary of Windrush 

Gayety of Sirrah Crest Bitch Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Ho Hum of Sirrah Crest Dog Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Jokund of Sirrah Crest Dog Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Joy of Sirrah Crest Bitch Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Jinga* Dog Kwillo of the congo Juliana of Windrush 

Juliana of Windrush Bitch Koodoo of the Congo Kiteve of the Congo 

June of Windrush Bitch Koodoo of the Congo Kiteve of the Congo 

Kano of Rhosenji Bitch Pistol Pete Tanya of Windrush 

Keffi of Rhosenji Bitch Pistol Pete Tanya of Windrush 

must come from 

both sexes. Thus anything that limits the 

number of males in use drastically restricts 

Kita of Rhosenji 

Kong of Rhosenji 

Koro of Rhosenji 

Koodoo of the Congo 

Makwa of Windrush 

Merry Ha Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Mofwe 

Mokima of Windrush 

Penelope of Windrush 

Phemister’s Berecke* 

Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest* 

Phemister’s Kabero* 

Phemister’s La Petite* 

Bitch 

Dog 

Bitch 

Dog 

Bitch 

Bitch 

Bitch 

Bitch 

Bitch 

Dog 

Dog 

Dog 

Bitch 

Pistol Pete 

Pistol Pete 

Pistol Pete 

Kobbi of the Congo 


Phemister’s Ho of Sirrah Crest 

Jinga 







Tanya of Windrush 



Senji of the Congo 

Kikuyu of the Congo 

Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest 

Rosemary of Windrush 

Kiteve of the Congo 

Kikuyu of the Congo 

Juliana of Windrush 




the effective breeding population. Overuse Phemisters Masabu * Bitch Kwillo of the Congo Juliana of Windrush 

of popular sires is a tremendous deleterious Phemister’s Bois** ++ Dog unknown unknown 

factor in genetic impoverishment. 

Phemister’s Congo** Bitch unknown unknown 

Following the thinking of Soulé from Phemister’s Ha of Sirrah Crest Bitch Phemister’s Bois Phemister’s Naida 

1987, the question must be where do we Phemister’s Naida* Bitch Koodoo of the Congo Phemister’s Congo 

go from here when we consider the small Pistol Pete Dog Koodoo of the Congo Kiteve of the Congo 

number of founders used to constitute the Rosemary of Windrush Bitch Koodoo of the Congo Kikuyu of the Congo 

modern stock? In the modern population Rwanda Bitch Jinga Rosemary of Windrush 

of today we have 26 founders, those whose Zingili Bitch Jinga Rosemary of Windrush 

genes contributed to future generations, Tanya of Windrush Bitch Koodoo of the Congo Kikuyu of the Congo 

with varying degrees of representation. 

We require a minimum of at least 50-300, 

* Bred in Canada, whelped in USA. 

** Foundation Stock 

probably more like 100. The answer must 

be to outcross to dogs entirely outside the 

modern gene pool, to unrelated dogs from 

the source population. The basenji breed 

++ aka Bakuma of Blean ; originally imported to the United Kingdom in 1937 and registered under TKC as Bakuma 

of Blean while in quarantine but then exported to the USA and sometime later reregistered under AKC as 

Phemister’s Bois.

Table 2. Modern population founder stock. 

Registered Name Country of Origin Sex 

Bokoto of Blean Congo/Zaire Female 

Bongo of Blean Congo/Zaire Male 

Bereke of Blean Congo/Zaire Female 

Bashele of Blean Congo/Zaire Male 

Bungwa of Blean Congo/Zaire Female 

Amatangazig of the Congo Southern Sudan Female 

Simolo of the Congo Southern Sudan Male 

Bakuma of Blean aka Phemister’s Bois Congo/Zaire Male 

Phemister’s Congo Liberia Female 

Kindu Republic of Congo Male 

Kasenyi Republic of Congo Female 

Tex of Alexandria Southern Sudan Male 

Miliku Liberia Female 

Kogi Liberia Male 

Binza of Laughing Brook Southern Sudan Male 

Wau of the Congo Southern Sudan Male 

Fula of the Congo Southern Sudan Female 

Kiki of Cryon Liberia Female 

Avongara Diagba Northeast Congo/Zaire Male 

Avongara Gangura Northeast Congo/Zaire Male 

Avongara K’Posi Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

Avongara M’Bliki Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

Avongara N’Gola Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

Avongara N’Gondi ** Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

Avongara Zamee Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

Esenjo Northeast Congo/Zaire Female 

** Avongara N’Gondi whelped a litter of 6 puppies. Three of those puppies [Avongara Elly, Avongara Nabodio, and 

Avongara Renzi] were registered in the AKC basenji breed registry. 

(Footnotes) 

1 The BCOA website says that the club is, 

“dedicated to the preservation and improvement 

of Canis basenji.” In fact, there is no such 

species; Canis basenji is simply an imaginative 

term coined to emphasize the uniqueness of the 

Basenji breed for literary purposes and for fun. 

2 Phylogenetic analysis suggests that ancient 

dog breeds first bifurcated into a clade of Asian 

breeds (with the Chinese Shar-Pei to diverge into 

the first distinct breed) and a clade of all others; 

the second bifurcation was the split between 

Basenjis, as a distinct breed, and all others. 

3 Canine genome research suggests that the 

dog branch (the origin of Canis familiaris) of 

the canine tree diverged from the wolf branch 

somewhere between 135,000-60,000 years ago 

followed by numerous episodes of admixture 

(repeated genetic exchange) between wolves 

and dogs. However, the dating of domestication 

and those behavioral traits (influenced by genetic 

change) that promoted the permanent association 

and companionship of dogs with humans will 

here be based on archaeological evidence 

which demonstrates the ritual burying of dogs as 

indicative of the social relationship between dogs 

and humans [“Burying key evidence: the social 

bond between dogs and people” in the Journal of 

Archaeological Science (2006)]. 

in France in 1905. After distemper swept through 

several hunt kennels in the United Kingdom in 

1923, `The Field Distemper Fund` was set up 

by The Field magazine, the largest field sports 

publication in the U.K. The money raised was 

used to initiate a vaccine development project. 

After years of work, a vaccine was developed 

that produced attenuated virulency for foxes -- 

i.e. the strain was so weak that it would not kill 

the fox, but it would provide the fox with immunity. 

After additional experimentation, a modified livevirus 

strain was developed which was believed 

to cause only "a slight malaise" in dogs. In 1939 

widely administered trials began to immunize 

healthy dogs against distemper as an extra 

precaution. Due to quality control problems, the 

vaccine was not always effective. Many dogs 

died because of the non-perfected vaccine. 

World War II stopped all research into distemper, 

but after the War ended, improved culturing 

methods enabled even more attenuated strains 

of the distemper virus to be created, and by the 

early 1950s distemper vaccine was available on 

the market. 

5 The Berlin Zoo exhibited and bred ‘Native Dogs 

of the Congo’ in the early 1900s.and the Paris 

Zoological Garden exhibited Basenjis under the 

colloquial nomenclature “Congo Terriers” in the 

1890s. 

6 Basanga of Blean was also imported at this 

4 The viral cause of distemper was first described time but she was deemed to be untypical and the are eggs. 


two puppies from her only litter were placed in 

pet homes, “not to be bred from” … she did not 

contribute to the foundation of the breed. 

7 When a finite number of individuals “found” 

(start) a new population group, the genome of 

the new group will necessarily reflect the genes 

brought to it by the founder animals; gene 

frequencies within that population will reflect 

the gene frequencies within the limited founder 

group rather than that of the source population. 

In this way, when a founder event occurs, a gene 

quite rare in the source population may have a 

much higher frequency in the new population; 

conversely, genes common in the source 

population may be infrequent or even absent 

from the new population. 

8 Those critical exchanges between BCOA and 

AKC are not in the AKC archives – they were 

private communications. 

9 According to the AKC, there is only one 

studbook; each breed represents a different 

“chapter” (term used by AKC) in the studbook. 

Each professional registry (such as the KC, UKC, 

CKC, and others) holds its own studbook for its 

recognized breeds. 

10 In 1964 George Gilkey (one of the original 

BCOA board members) wrote, Phemister’s 

“Congo was bred but once and had three pups, 

two of which were later bred to other stock. I 

have a record of the first 1,500 dogs registerd 

by the American Kennel club and my studies 

indicate that the oldest living dog carrying this 

bitch’s blood has today less than one percent 

of the same. As she is no longer a factor in our 

bloodlines I will drop her from consideration.” 

(“Our First Basenjis” in The Basenji Vol. 1, No. 1, 

May 1964. Pgs. 4-5.) 

11 Avongara N’Gondi whelped a litter of 6 puppies. 

Three of those puppies [Avongara Elly, Avongara 

Nabodio, and Avongara Renzi] were registered in 

the AKC Basenji breed registry. 

12 In limited, genetically isolated populations 

such as our modern population, a certain amount 

of unique genetic diversity is diluted with each 

reproductive event through the action of genetic 

drift, inbreeding and artificial selection. Thus, the 

number of generations away from the founder 

becomes an issue of concern. Genetic material 

can be rapidly narrowed, each generation 

carrying a reduced level of heterozygosity as it 

is permanently linked by the horizontal pedigree. 

The average time between one generation and 

the next is a convenient yardstick to help us 

realize the relative rate of genetic attrition. 

13 Gametes are the specialized cells involved in 

sexual reproduction; when mature each has a 

single set of unpaired chromosomes, or half the 

genetic information that its parent cell possessed. 

Male gametes are sperm and female gametes

JUNIOR VIEW 

"Journey's Journey" 

By Ciara Cassell 

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the any other shows for a while because we wanted to continue to 

result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent 

direction and skillful execution; it represents 

upgrade his conditioning and try to get a much better coat on him. 

In mid-August a show in Topeka, Kansas came up, and my 

mom was entering Journey in the breed again. When we got to the 

the wise choice of many alternatives." 

- William A. Foster 

show, I was dead-set on showing this dog in Juniors. I had never 

taken him into the ring before, but that did not discourage me. The 

first day Juniors and breed were on top of each other. The rings 

were across from each other, but they, of course, were in the middle 

Even though I'm not expected to have a perfect performance of the showsite. I figured I wouldn't show in Juniors, and just skip 

in every ring I enter, 

it to help with the breed ring. Besides, I 

that is what I strive 

had my own 6-9 month old puppy to show 

for. I want a flawless 

for the first time. 

performance from my 

While we were waiting for basenjis to 

dog, with breathtaking 

go in, I decided that I could make Juniors. 

free stacks, powerful, 

We didn't know if I would have to rush 

controlled, and correct 

out early to make the breed ring, but it was 

gaiting, along with 

worth a shot. As I stepped into the ring, the 

a rock-solid hand- 

main thing I remember is "Wow. This dog 

stack, and a perfect 

is totally different than what I'm used to." I 

table examination. 

was used to showing my 'non-basenji-like', 

None of that can be 

really easy, super trained dog in Juniors. 

achieved without 

I realized that Journey wasn't going 

a lot of work and 

to be easy. He was really powerful and 

dedication, especially 

wanted to show. Neither of us knew what 

with a basenji, but I 

to think of each other. He trusted me, but 

am determined to do 

we both were a little uncomfortable with 

it. 

each other. I wasn't used to him; he wasn't 

Before my mom 

used to me, but the good thing was his 

started 'specialing' 

presence had continued to 

Journey he had been 

progress! Journey was so 

with a handler, and 

much better then the first 

was received back in a far from show-ring 

time my mom showed 

condition. Normal conditioning was bad; 

him. I knew I would have 

coat was horrible, attitude and presence… 

to work hard to pull off a 

gone. He had no desire to show; he wanted 

placement. 

to just stand in the corner -- ‘grumbling' 

Journey wouldn't 

to himself and at other dogs and wasn't 

stand still the whole 

happy. When we got him back he had been 

time like my other dog, 

in our kennel for a few months, getting his 

because he hadn't been 

coat back and conditioning up, before my 

through enough training. 

mom started showing him again. As he 

Neither of us really knew 

progressed, his attitude and basenji-like 

what a good gaiting 

presence started coming back. His first 

speed was. I didn't feel 

show with us was the beginning of July 

the actual performance 

2006. My mom showed him in the breed 

was that great. I'm not 

ring and he was a completely different 

sure how many kids 

dog. He didn't love to show, but he was 

were in the class, but it 

there and he knew it was his job to show. 

was fairly large. I made 

I wasn't allowed to show him in Juniors, 

the cut, and remember 

because we didn't want to wear him out, 

looking up and seeing 

but it was fine by me; I had no real desire 

bitches were already in 

to show him anyway; if I was given the opportunity, sure I would the basenji ring. I almost asked the judge if I could leave, but he 

show him, but it didn't bother me if I didn't. He wasn't entered in had been watching me, and I was hoping for a placement… so I 


didn't. I ended up winning the class. Apparently, the performance 

that I thought wasn't so great ended up being really good. 

While the judge was getting armband numbers, I was looking 

at the breed ring. The steward was calling in the Winners Bitch 

class. I started talking to my judge, telling him that I would have 

to go straight to the breed ring, and I might miss Best Junior. He 

said that was all right, told me to never miss breed for Juniors, 

especially with such a nice dog as the one I had, handed me my 

ribbon, and let me run off. As I got to the basenji ring, I noticed 

my brother had my puppy, and my mom had our class bitch. So 

that meant that I got to show Journey, again in the breed ring! I 

was really excited. I don't remember how well we did -- if we won 

or not -- but I was really excited because I realized that this dog 

was so different to handle than what I was used to. After breed 

judging was over, I remember looking back to the Juniors ring to 

see if I could make Best, and the judge had just pointed to the Best 

Junior. So I missed Juniors, but won the class with a dog that I had 

never shown before! Success continued throughout the weekend. 

We obtained our fi rst two Best Juniors together. It was the starting 

point of a long and successful journey in the dog show world. 

Since that weekend I've become hooked on this dog, Journey. 

We've been entered in various shows and have won multiple Best 

Juniors, collected enough points to be number one Basenji Junior, 

Top 20 Hound Junior, Top 20 Texas and Oklahoma Junior, as 

well as obtaining enough wins to compete in both Eukanuba and 

Westminster. 

I have now reached the point where I get my fl awless 

performance that I've wanted every time. Journey now has the 

best personality, loves other dogs, breeds and people. He plays 

with other dogs, runs and plays with the puppies and is overall, 

a very happy dog. Most importantly, he now has a unique bond 

with me and absolutely loves to show. Journey is a completely 

different dog in the ring now then he ever was before. His 

personality seems to spark as soon as we step into the ring. He 

seems to know that it’s competition time. We're there for fun, 

yes, but we didn't pay to lose. We are there to win. We seem to 

communicate with each other without really realizing it. This dog 

very quickly seems to fi gure out exactly what kind performance I'm 

wanting from him. And every time I ask for it, he gives it to me. 

My dog now stands strong at the end of his lead, neck arched, 

head slightly titled and downward, all four feet placed correctly, 

with obvious presence sincere, attitude, and a simple, yet plain 

sighted expression. Journey is not only a great Juniors dog, but 

he represents his breed well and has multiple group placements. 

Judges are pointing at us more and more often, in breed, groups 

and Juniors. What more can I ask for? 


Up Coming 

Basenji Booster & 

Supported Entry 

A basenji booster will be held on Sunday, Oct.28th, 

2007 at Canada's Largest dog show, "Lower Mainland Dog 

Fanciers (LMDF), Travel The World" in Abbotsford, BC at 

the renowned Tradex Exhibition Center. 

Oct. 25th: Group 2 Hound Specialty - Ricardo 

Simoes-Brazil (supported entry) 

Oct. 26th: Marja Talvitie-Breed-Finland and 

Ekarat Sangkunakup-Group - Thailand 

Oct. 27th: Elina Haapaniemi-Breed-Finland and 

Greg Eva - Group-South Africa 

Oct. 28th: Sergio Pizzorno-Breed & Group 

– Uruguay (booster) 

The Booster Judge is Mr. Sergio Pizzorno of Uruguay. Mr. 

Pizzorno is a former all breed handler, who has traveled all 

over the world. 

BCOC Medallions will go to the winners of Best of Breed, 

Best of Opposite Sex, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch and Best 

Puppy in Breed. Additional prizes will be awarded for: BOB, 

BOS, BW, WD, WB, BP, Best Brace and First in each class. 

Ray & Judy Bohnert, of Equinox Perm ® Dobermans, basenji 

admirer, web and graphic designer, has graciously donated 

beautiful Lead Crystal pieces -- pinwheel design, for BOB, 

BOS, BW, WD, WB and BP 

A supported entry for basenjis will be held on Oct. 25 th 

under judge Ricardo Simoes of Brazil. 

Prizes will be offered for: BOB, BOS, BW, WD, WB, BP, Best 

Veteran in Breed, Best Brace, AOM (if applicable) and First 

in each class. An additional prize is offered for the Basenji 

that places in Group, Best Basenji Veteran in Specialty, 

Basenji going BPISS and for the Basenji Brace winning the 

Best Brace in specialty. 

If you would like to donate a prize, sponsor a class or 

need more information, please contact Simone Mullin at 604 

501 0489 or beaubri@telus.net 

Show secretary is Western Dog Shows Ltd. Contact 

information: 

Web Site: www.westerndogshows.com 

Email: info@westerndogshows.com 

Phone: 1 250 573 3944. 

Fax: 1 250 573 3574 (24 hours) 

Hope to see you there, 

Simone Mullin 

Basenji Club of Canadas, BC Director

PRESS RELEASES FROM AKC 

AKC Introduces Online Record Keeping 

-- Free, Web-based Service Helps Breeders 

Manage Dog and Litter Records -- 

New York, NY – The American Kennel Club ® is pleased to 

announce that Online Record Keeping, a new service for breeders 

of AKC ® registered litters and dogs, is now available. Any breeder 

with a My AKC account now has access to this free service, which 

provides a centralized area to manage and maintain dog and litter 

records online. 

“We are pleased to offer breeders of AKC dogs this new 

complimentary online feature to help them manage their dog and 

litter information,” said David Roberts, Assistant Vice President 

of Registration and Customer Service. “Breeders can access their 

personalized breeding, ownership, and registration records from any 

computer with internet access at any time. This service is only the 

beginning of a variety of online features planned for the future.” 

With the new Online Record Keeping service, breeders can 

record mating and birth information for litters and view offi cial AKC 

litter registration information including dog registration status for 

all puppies in a litter. There is also a handy address book function 

that gives breeders an easy place to store contact information for coowners 

and puppy buyers. And the AKC’s secure, password protected 

breeder record service keeps your information secure and private. 

In addition to being able to record and view information, 

breeders can also quickly print AKC Dog Ownership, Breeding, 

and Litter records. If the breeder completes the necessary fi elds in 

the record-keeping system, all of the information required for AKC 

record-keeping rules and regulations will be pre-populated on these 

forms. 

This new service also allows a breeder to record sale and 

ownership information for the puppies and to manage puppy records 

by adding notes about breeding and whelping. 

For those breeders that have already taken advantage of online dog 

registration to record sale and new ownership information for their 

puppies, this information has been moved to the Online Record 

Keeping section of My AKC for easier access. 

If you have an authenticated My AKC account (or want to start 

one - just go to the home page on the upper right hand box and start 

the quick process), maintaining your dog and litter records online is 

just a click away. 

AKC Companion Animal Recovery 

Introduces Revolutionary Microchip 

New chip to provide more affordable alternative for veterinarians 

and animal shelters 

Raleigh, NC – In its continuing effort to improve the pet recovery 

process in America, the American Kennel Club’s Companion 

Animal Recovery (AKC CAR) announced that it is introducing a 

revolutionary new microchip identifi cation system to the market. 

The new AKC Companion Animal Recovery ID System microchip 

is technologically superior and more affordable than microchips 

currently on the market. 

AKC CAR and Electronic ID Devices, Ltd. (EID) have entered 

a distribution agreement, where AKC CAR has become the exclusive 

distributor of TROVAN microchips in the United States companion 

animal market. TROVAN transponders have been in production and 

used in a variety of applications since 1991, using the most modern 

operational and manufacturing technologies available. 

The new AKC Companion Animal Recovery ID System 

microchips are part of the American standard, complying with the 

installed reader base used for identifying lost microchipped animals 

in most animals shelters throughout the United States. 

This new system will provide veterinarians, animal shelters, 

breeders and pet owners an alternative to the more expensive 

microchips currently being offered in the market,” said Dr. Carmen 

Battaglia, President and CEO of AKC CAR. “Our commitment is 

to increase the number of pets microchipped and enrolled in our 

recovery service in order to increase the number of lost pets that we 

recover.” 

Through a newly-designed delivery system, the AKC CAR 

microchip is implanted between the shoulder blades just below the 

skin of the pet. The two-piece, patented delivery system places the 

microchip in the pet while the lancet is simply retracted, leaving the 

chip in the precise location intended. Other applicators push the 

microchip out of a needle into the skin creating a risk of breakage 

and imprecise placement. Additionally, the AKC CAR microchip is 

smaller than other microchips and less likely to migrate. 

There are many reasons to support the AKC Companion Animal 

Recovery ID System. AKC CAR: 

Is the nation’s largest not-for-profi t recovery service 

Provides a live operator, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 

Has enrolled over 3.5 million animals and recovered over 

320,000 

Has a long-term commitment to the pets in the database 

Funds veterinary student scholarships, search and rescue teams, 

and disaster relief 

Continues to offer free updates to the pet’s record 

Follow these easy steps to get started: 

Upon enrollment, every pet owner receives a FREE metal collar 

tag containing the pet’s microchip number and the AKC CAR recovery 

hotline (1-800-252-7894). The tag is a critical part of the recovery 

1. Login to your My AKC account. 

process, particularly if the pet is found by an ordinary citizen without 

2. Sign up for Online Record Keeping services from the main page. a microchip scanner. 

3. Go to the My Dogs and Litters section. 

“AKC CAR has worked diligently to identify and distribute 

4. Click Breeder Records to view, create and maintain breeder a superior microchipping system,” continued Dr. Battaglia. “We 

records, view AKC litter and puppy registration information, and are confi dent that this new microchip will lead to even more pet 

manage puppy records. 

recoveries.” 

For more information on the AKC Companion Animal Recovery 

For more information go to: http://www.akc.org/services/breeder_ ID System, visit www.akccar.org/microchip or call 1-800-252records.cfm 

7894. 


KENNELS FROM THE PAST 

Taysenji Kennels 

Elspet Ford 

I have often been asked how I started with basenjis. In the 

had something you wanted to take away from him. It was sudden 

death to try to dislodge him from your favorite chair, and he would 

fight to the end anything that was male with four legs, which, as we 

ran a boarding kennel and always had strange dogs about the place, 

hope that some may find my story of some interest I will now delve was a bit awkward to say the least. This dislike of his own sex was 

into history. 

the end of poor Zambi as he tried to finish off one of our Alsatian 

In 1950, when I got married, my husband & I decided that we boarders one day. 

would buy a smooth fox terrier and show it. Little did we guess Strange to say, he was badly missed as he was a dog of great 

the pleasure and enjoyment that action would entail. To this day I character, hardly any of it good, but like all basenjis, a great charmer 

don’t know why we wanted to go to dog shows. I had always gone in spite of his failings. I can remember him benched at dog shows 

to look at the New Year’s Day show in my hometown of Aberdeen, howling the place down & other exhibitors shouting over the noise 

but only as a horse & dog-mad teenage spectator. In those days that they had always thought that basenjis were noiseless. 

they really did hold the show on January 1st, which must have Before he met his unfortunate end, we had mated him to Mrs. 

been a bit rough on Scottish exhibitors after a hectic Hogmanay. Sadler’s black bitch, Miliku, from whom we got a litter of four 

Now they have learned their lesson, and hold it on the 1st Saturday pups. 

in January. 

At this stage Mrs. Sadler and I went into partnership and the 

The choice of dog was much easier to understand. I had a “Taysenji” prefix was born. “Tay” being Loma for black and the 

dearly beloved fox terrier, called Bobby, for most of my childhood “senji” part is self explanatory. 

so what other breed could it possibly be? 

The best of the black dogs that Zambi sired was booked to go 

We had varying successes with Jenny, nothing very much, but to South Africa to Mr. Bert Blewett of the Bessemer Basenjis. In 

enough to get Henry and me well and truly bitten by the show exchange I was to get a red bitch of his breeding. As often seems to 

bug. 

happen, the black dog, Taysenji Dopa, had an accident just before 

In 1953 we went out to Northern Rhodesia accompanied by he was due to leave for the Union. He ran into a thorn bush and 

two small sons and of course Jenny. The story of our life in Africa badly injured one of his eyes. As he was the very best of the litter 

with Jenny and all the other fox terriers doesn’t really come into in spite of his injury we decided to go ahead and send him down 

the story of the Taysenji Kennels, so I will skip over that part. to Mr. Blewett. He was badly needed as a stud dog. The basenji 

One day whilst walking the Main Street of Kitwe I met an population of South Africa was very small and a great deal of 

American lady with two little dogs, one red & white, the other inbreeding had, of necessity, taken place. 

black & white. Though I had never seen a basenji in the flesh, I Mr. Blewett did very well with Dopa (means Hunter) and only 

knew immediately what these two prick eared curly-tailed dogs needed one C.C. for his championship when the judges decided 

were. We got talking and Mrs. Sadler told me that she was a that he had lost the sight of the injured eye and withheld the award. 

missionary’s wife and how the tribe they had been connected with A lot of the South African dogs being shown today are descended 

in Liberia used basenjis for hunting and as meat. On hindsight I from Dopa, a Coptokin bitch who was litter sister to my Coptokin 

don’t remember knowing much about the breed at that time, but I Copper Beautique, and a couple of Fula dogs that were imported 

must have read something about them somewhere, at least enough by an American couple who were employed on the first American 

to create a fair degree of interest in them. I was fascinated by Mrs. satellite tracking project. 

Sadler’s stories and the dogs. Then just after that meeting there In return for Dopa I got back a little red bitch, Timsha of 

was an advertisement in the local paper “basenji dog looking for Bessemer, who mated to Mrs. Sadler’s red male, Kogi, gave me my 

good home.” I couldn’t get to the address quickly enough and first ever Champion, South African Champion Taysenji Titema. 

brought Zambi home with me. 

Kogi means Stomach in Loma, and if ever a dog was well 

Zambi of Andersley was I think bred in Africa by the sister named that one was. He loved his stomach and the things that went 

of our Mrs. Anderson of Andersley fame, but unfortunately I no into it. He was a really fat basenji. Roslyn tells a lovely story of how 

longer have his pedigree. It seems to have got mislaid sometime when they got him first in the Liberian village where the Sadlers 

during our travels. Anyway, he was a very handsome tricolor dog, were missionaries, Kogi was a really fat little puppy and one day 

and I now realize that he was a very good specimen indeed. His he went missing. Roslyn feared that he might end up in someone’s 

previous owner’s reason for getting rid of him was that he would cooking pot as the Loma people were one of the tribes that ate 

lie in the middle of a busy crossroads and let the cars find their way basenjis for meat. So she called the local witch doctor, threatened 

around him. That may well have been the truth, but it was only him with a lot more magic than he was capable of if anything 

half the story because it didn’t take us long to find out that he had should happen to the pups and sent him to warn the villagers. In 

every evil habit that a basenji ever thought of and a few more that due course the pup was returned home and ever after that there was 

belonged to himself. 

a very bewildered puppy in the village. He couldn’t understand 

He would tear the curtains, doors, walls, and house to shreds why nobody wanted to talk to him when he went visiting their 

if anyone was stupid enough to shut him in. As for kennels, they fires. The Africans were taking no chances. 

were demolished in a night in between the screams and howls of Around this time Roslyn and I decided it was time we got 

rage and loneliness. He would have your hand as a tasty extra more basenjis, so arranged to get two dog puppies from Miss Mary 

snack should you put it near his food whilst he was eating or if he Miller in Monrovia. The two dogs that arrived were Tahzu, the 


lack one, and a red brother, Kopagi. Tahzu went on to become the to four boys and we did not consider that Zambia was the right 

first black basenji dog champion in the Southern Hemisphere. He place for us any longer. I mated Beauty to Taysenji Tigee, a black 

obtained his championship on August 4th, 1963. 

son of Tahzu and Titema, and sent Tahzu, Beauty, and Titema 

Miss Miller, who is attached to the Lutheran Mission in back to England and their stint in quarantine. Beauty’s pups were 

Liberia, has been interested in the little native dog for many years allowed to leave the kennels at ten weeks old. That was the litter 

and had been breeding them for some time. Though the dogs were that produced Samogi and Miss Campbell’s Tuyey. The two blacks 

not registered with any kennel club she did keep pedigrees. She in the litter went to Gwen Stanich in the States. 

kept basenjis because she loved them. 

The rest of the story involves a ship in the Highlands, the boys 

About a year after Tahzu’s arrival we had his father, Fisibu, growing up, my husband’s death, the dogs and dog shows, and lots 

flown down to us. Tahzu had impressed us so much with all his 

good qualities, temperament, coat, length of leg and his wonderful 

of fun, as always, with basenjis. 

independent nature that we had thoughts of breeding Fisibu to one 

of our bitches. But, as things turned out, that was not to be. Fisibu 

was a small, stocky little red dog with a beautiful coat and nature. 

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CLUB COLUMNS 

Summertime and the Livin’ is 

Easy…In Illinois at the BCOSW 

breaks for Pat and her teeter. Oops! We had the teeter, a tire jump, 

weaves, several stand-alone jumps and a tunnel. I commented 

that 20 years ago when I got my first basenji, I would not have 

imagined doing agility off-leash in an unfenced yard surrounded 

by other people and their basenjis and a table full of food! All the 

basenjis who participated in the agility practice did well – the only 

Fun Day 

escapee was Aubrey, owned by Susan Cook, who high-tailed it 

from the agility course out to the field where coursing was going 

on. By the way, see Aubrey’s brag at the end of the column! 

I hate to sound like such a cheerleader for the BCOSW, but we I really enjoyed the fun day coursing practice. Karla and 

just had our annual club fun day on Saturday, July 14, and it was Andy tailored each practice to the dog whether it was out there 

the most fun ever. This year 

Wanda and Fred Pooley invited 

for fun like my retired courser, Casey, or a 

brand new puppy just seeing the lure for the 

us to their Adventureland Farm 

first time. It is very relaxed with time for 

outside Rockford, Illinois as a 

new people to ask questions and learn the 

change from our usual site at 

ins and outs of coursing. One of our most 

South Beloit City Park in South 

avid coursers was a mixed breed, perhaps 

Beloit, Illinois. It was a perfect 

mixed basenji and perhaps not, who would 

Midwest summer afternoon 

have run herself into the ground if we had 

to sit in the shade of the trees 

let her. She was keen! 

in the yard. We had a good 

Our 12 

turnout of club members and 

some special guests too. 

If you recall our basenji 

rescue Abby and her mixed 

litter of five rescued, 

whelped and placed 

by BCOSW, you’ll 

remember that cute 

red and white boy, 

now named Cooper. 

He is enjoying life 

with his owners, 

Brad and Anna 

Bates of Madison, 

Wisconsin. Cooper 

and Anna came 

to play and what 

a handsome boy 

he has grown up 

to be -- very 

basenji-looking 

in the head and 

markings, but 

taller, longer and 

heavier. Cooper 

made friends 

with the other 

basenjis, but 

seemed to really 

enjoy a basenji 

wrestling match 

with Terry and 

Lisa Lemberger’s 

boy, Zeke. 

Karla Schreiber and Andy Hayek set up a lure course 

in the field, while some of us agility enthusiasts set up an 

agility course in the yard. The ever intrepid Pat Wand volunteered 

to bring her teeter, and I hear that she broke her mini van windshield 

transporting it for us – I think that is two-for-two windshield 


th By Lisa Marshall 

BCOSW PLAYDAY 

2007 

annual specialty is coming 

up on Friday, July 27 at the Western 

Waukesha County Dog Training Club in 

Ixonia, Wisconsin. We have everything 

in readiness 

for Judges A. 

Anna & Cooper 

Tad Brooks 

(sweepstakes) 

and Kent 

D e l a n e y , 

regular and 

n o n - r e g u l a r 

conformation, 

Best Bred 

By Exhibitor 

and Junior 

Showmanship. 

Saturday, July 

28 BCOSW 

supports the 

entry at the 

W a u k e s h a 

Kennel Club, 

and this year 

offers an 

independent 

puppy and 

v e t e r a n 

sweepstakes 

judged by 

Mrs. Cecelia 

W o z n i a k , 

Land of Woz 

Basenjis. 

We had a 

short breather 

after placing 

Abby and her five mixed pups earlier this year, but by Mother’s 

Day we had two additional rescue basenjis in foster care with rescue 

committee chair, Shawn Smith. Jazz was surrendered to the Wisconsin

Humane Society facility in Milwaukee and released to BCOSW 

rescue on 

Mother’s 

Day to 

S h a w n 

Smith and 

me. Jazz 

is a yearold 

tri girl 

who was 

r e p o r t e d 

to be 

aloof and 

unable to 

bond with 

her family. 

Squirt is a 

4 - m o n t h 

old red 

and white 

boy who 

came from 

Iowa to 

Wuornos and Brenda Cassell, won the hound group last weekend. 

Derby was handled by Dawn Pearson. We are proud of Blade, 

Derby and the other basenjis out in the group and best in show 

rings around the country this year! Good luck to all! 

I mentioned Susan Cook and Aubrey above. Well, Susan 

called me yesterday to report that Aubrey double Q’ed at an agility 

trial yesterday in novice jumpers and novice standard with scores 

of 94 each and a 1 st and a 2 nd placement. This makes Aubrey’s 

second Q in jumpers and fi rst Q in standard. Aubrey is really an 

all-around hound. Bred by Michelle Gahgan, and in the capable 

hands of Susan, Aubrey has earned titles in conformation, ASFA 

lure coursing, LGRA straight line racing, Novice Rally and now 

she is working on agility. This girl never sits still it seems! 

On a sad note, we mourn the passing of Leo, Sonbar’s Magic 

Leonardo, 

CD JC MX 

MXP MXJ 

AJP, bred, 

owned, and 

exhibited by 

Pat Wand 

and loved 

by Pat, 

her family 

and many 

friends and 

admirers. 

Pat & Leo 

our rescue 

p r o g r a m . 

Shawn took 

both dogs to 

Basenji Fanciers of Greater 

Phoenix 

foster and 

after a few 

days reported 

by Arnieta Kurtz 

to us that So far, 2007 has seen the BF of GP 

Jazz was involved in several new projects. In 

very friendly February we held a blood blood draw for the 

and not at Canine Phenome Project, where blood was collected from 77 

all like the basenjis. On Easter Sunday, we held two AKC Junior Courser 

shelter staff tests. The fi rst test had an entry of nineteen with ten passing. The 

described her. Squirt was just a typical basenji boy who is friendly second test had an entry of twelve with seven passing. Then, on 

and active. We had a slow period with few inquiries for a while. May 5th we had our fi rst ever all-breed lure coursing trial, plus 

We began to imagine how great it would be for a home to come another JC test. There were fi ve breeds competing, with a major 

along that would be looking for two rescues – wishful thinking for the winner of each. 

we knew. Or maybe not! Shawn was contacted by a couple in The beginning of June brought two more events. The fi rst was 

Racine who had lost their 18-year old basenji, and wondered if a microchipping clinic. AKC, which had promoted Home Again® 

Jazz or Squirt – or both – would be a good fi t for their home. They chips for many years, now has their own chip, which is smaller 

visited the dogs at Shawn’s, we visited their house, and a few days than the others. We have been told that Home Again® will begin 

later Squirt and Jazz were placed together in their new home with charging a yearly fee for registration. AKC CAR offers a lifetime 

experienced basenji people – what a dream come true! 

registration. As part of their introduction of the new chip we were 

Now for some brags! Ch AB Rafi ki The Icon of Cool, aka able to offer the implanting of the chip and the lifetime registration 

Blade, is out on the show circuit with Erin Roberts. We are rooting for a fee of only $15. Twenty-nine dogs were implanted that day. 

for our local boy, bred by Wanda Pooley and Michelle Gahgan and The club arranged to send in the registrations to AKC CAR. 

co owned by Wanda and Kim Witt. In just a few short months We were able to offer such a reasonable fee because, once 

of showing Blade has already become a multiple group winner again, Linda Siekert and Katy Scott drove up from Tucson to help 

– you go, Blade! And there is another member-bred group winner us out. They held dogs and implanted the chips while we collected 

in the BCOSW, too. Joe and Cathy Tomey’s Derby, Ch. Sonbar’s the paperwork. For that many dogs, with many being youngsters, 

Phoolish Pleasure at Cumback, bred by Sally Wuornos, Kari there was very little fussing. It all proceeded very effi ciently. 

The next day we held our annual Awards Party. Participants 


enjoyed a great lunch and congenial company. Junior Handler, 

Jocelyn Brody, and FC Nowata’s I Did It Again received awards. 

Plans for the fall include our Specialty and Sweepstakes. It will be 

held on Friday, September 14, in Chino Valley, AZ. That is the day 

before two days of the Prescott all-breed shows. Premiums can be 

obtained from Show Secretary, Flo Havens. Our trophies for this 

year are all elephant themed. To go along with the trophies we 

have commissioned Mike McCartney to do an elephant & basenji 

caricature for us. 

Various 

items—shirts, 

totes, mouse 

pads, etc. will be 

available from 

BF of GP. 

After the 

specialty, our 

next project 

will be another 

AKC lure 

coursing trial on 

September 30, followed by one more on November 11. 

That should take us into puppy season and the holidays! 

INDIAN NATIONS 

BASENJI CLUB 

By Sandy Beaudoin 

INBC won “Best Meet the 

Breed Booth!” There are a 

number of people to thank 

for that: Linda Stilwell and 

her sister, Shirley Watkins, 

for providing appropriate 

material, artifacts and 

support structure. Sherry 

Brisco, Sandy Beaudoin 

and Peggi Welker also 

added to the decorations. 

Tom and Elda Rae Cross 

“booth sat.” Dogs were 

fundraiser of the year. 

Toward the end of 

June at the Oklahoma City 

Cluster, we found a little 

ray of fi gurative sunshine 

(certainly not the real deal 

as OKC was suffering 

through 19 consecutive 

days of, you guessed it, 

measurable rainfall. The 

old record was 15). 

You know the old saying, be 

careful what you wish for? Well, be 

careful what you wish for! Oklahoma 

has been in a two-year drought. This 

provided by 

fall and winter it became quite serious with farm ponds going 

Linda, Peggi 

dry, wheat dying in the fi eld (or not coming up at all), city water 

and, most 

supplies rationed, etc. Well, sometime in May it fi nally started 

specially, non- 

raining, really raining, and it only stopped mid-July. The farm 

members Eva 

ponds are running over, what wheat that did live has drowned, the 

& Larry Birch 

rivers fl ooded, the lakes fl ooded, several cities fl ooded and our lure 

who “loaned” 

coursing fi eld fl ooded. The rain let up enough that we managed to 

us Presley so 

get in one day, but, believe me, when I tell you there was a lot of that we might have a brindle representative, and Denise Dang who 

dog bathing going on that night. (INBC offers coursing as part of a hung out with her neat black and white pup, Cody, to complete our 

four-day show cluster in Shawnee, OK, and we have a lot of dual 4-color line-up. 

purpose dogs running.) 

Oklahoma City also brought us the news that inactive, but 

That night it started raining – again! It never stopped but still, longtime member Thelma Cobb, who passed away recently, had 

in the rain, the next morning we gave it a try. All we succeeded in “willed” the club several boxes of Basenji gee-gaws and collectibles 

doing was burning out our best motor trying to stay ahead of Junior to do with as we needed. Well, what we needed was money due to 

Coursers. The 

the rain-out at Shawnee. EBay to the rescue! Thanks to Thelma’s 

entire fi eld was 

thoughtful generosity, Linda Stilwell’s time and eBay expertise, 

under at least 

and the participation of basenji enthusiasts from several countries, 

three inches 

the auctions were a rousing success. We are already in possession 

of water at any 

of new state-of-the-art coursing equipment which we will fi eld test 

given place 

in Chickasha this November. Our sincere thanks to all those who 

and much 

participated in this venture. 

deeper in most 

Those clubs needing fundraisers should really explore the 

spots. We 

possibilities of eBay. It is the modern rummage sale, but no need 

packed it in 

to get together or haul things to and fro. If your group has anyone 

and refunded 

familiar with the procedure, you should give it a try. Set up a club 

entries. So 

account with both eBay and PayPal and go for it. Remember, it 

much for 

doesn’t even have to be dog stuff, anything of value (and some 

our major 

worthless things also) will sell on eBay. 


DALLAS-FT.WORTH 

BASENJI CLUB 

By Fran Medley 

The DFWBC recently held its annual elections. The following 

are the offi cers for the 2007-2008 fi scal year: (July 1 - June 30) 

President: Rob Talley 

Vice President: Anita White 

Secretary: Martha Lee 

Treasurer: Linda Coker 

Board Members: 

Carol Talley 

Fran Medley 

(Outgoing President) Karlene Schoonover 

BCOA liaison: Fran Medley 

We also have another milestone to report - we became 

incorporated as a club by the state of Texas offi cially on February 

16, 2007. So, we are now the Dallas-Ft Worth Basenji Club, Inc. 

As well as being the offi cial liaison, I will again be the Specialty 

Show Chair and wondered when the letter approving us will be 

available. Believe it or not - I have already received the paperwork 

from the Fort Worth Kennel Club inviting us to participate again 

and also the paperwork from AKC. FWKC would like theirs fi lled 

out and sent in July and AKC soon after that. Please let me know. 

RIP VAN WRINKLE 

BASENJI CLUB. 

By Susan Kamen-Marsiscano 

Our club sent almost $1800 to the Basenji Health Endowment 

this month. The quilt raffl e earned $1410, and the rest was from 

poster sales. 

Club member, Hanneke Bjiker, (www.africanmysterys.com), 

in the Netherlands, who bought $100 worth of tickets, won the 

quilt. 

Brenda Phillips won one of the pillows, and Simone Mullin 

won the other. Brenda said, "As a hobby quilter myself I so 

appreciate the quality of work in the pillow that I won in the raffl e. 

My thanks to the RVW club for sponsoring the fund-raiser." 

Simone was so excited, having, she says, "Never won anything, 

before." 

Also, there were fi ve bracelets,and a necklace, handmade by 

Jacquie Cookingham. The necklace was won by Tamara Allen. 

Bracelets: 

1. Marianne Klinkowski 

2. Debbie Mayer 

3. Bob Matthai and Mary Lou Casey 

4. Karen Christensen 

5. Deb Tipton 

There now is a limited edition poster of the quilt. It will make 

a nice Xmas present. It'll soon appear on www.apubasenjis.com. 

Club member, Tamara Allen, when told we had the Linked 

Marker Test for Fanconi, said, "I am sure our little club with a big 

heart helped hugely!" 

HI-COUNTRY BASENJI CLUB 

By Pat Bird 

Obedience Day in the Park 

Hanneke writes, 

We braved the heat and joined obedience instructor, Elaine 

"Hi Susan, 

Holt, for an obedience class at Adams County Fairgrounds on June 

16. There were nine or ten of us. We had dogs from 6-months of 

My scream of joy just made Martin and the dogs jump out age to 11 yrs old. 

of bed (they already were in, while I was checking my mail Elaine gave us instruction on how to work with our dogs on 

before shutting down the computer) !!!!!! I''m soooooooo the Sit, Down, Stay, in place (staying on an object like a blanket, 

excited !!!!!! Well, just tell the world: DONATING MONEY dog bed, etc. for an extended time) and Come commands. Elaine 

IS MONEY WELL SPENT !!!!!! Thanks to the Rip Van said that her German Shepherds can stay in place for up to 45 

Wrinkle Club, and of course to Jo Lunetta, who made the minutes. Someone mentioned that 45 minutes might be a long 

quilt !!!! 

time to expect our basenjis to ‘stay in place’. 

Let's hope that the money donated by everyone will 'speed- The session gave us some techniques to use in teaching these 

up' the marker-search for all our Babies to be and stay commands. Thankfully, there was a large shaded area for the 

healthy!!!!" 

class. After the class, we had a potluck lunch. There were some 


new basenji owners present, so we had to have the basenjis give a 

yodeling concert for the new people. It was a fun relaxing day. GREATER CHICAGOLAND 

BASENJI CLUB 

By Arnieta Kurtz 


The G.C.B.C. held its thirty-third 

Annual Specialty and Sweepstakes. We 

would like to thank all our exhibitors, supporters, workers, and 

judges. You can see the placements and judge’s comments in the 

following pages. 

Our Sweepstakes judge was Paul Gigous. He and his late wife, 

Una, owned and bred basenjis for many years. Our conformation 

and junior showmanship judge was Karen Dumke from Wisconsin. 

Once again, we were at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, 

IL. It was very hot and muggy. This is a big day for terrier specialties 

on the same grounds, so there are usually AKC reps around. Their 

only comments about our show had to do with the heat. 

It was very hot, but there is very little we can do about that. 

We are in a typical metal fairgrounds building. We are always glad 

to be in a building instead of outside in the sun, but it does get 

quite hot in there. 

Next year we hope to be in air-conditioned comfort. Due to the 

uncertainty about the sale of this fairgrounds, from year to year, we 

have been exploring other options. At this point, it looks as though 

we will give up our traditional June date to move to the middle 

of July. The Basenji Club of Southeastern Wisconsin will give up 

their end of July date and join us on the same weekend. AKC has 

given verbal approval that this is okay. Neither specialty club will 

be out of its area. However, until both clubs have closed out this 

year’s shows and sent applications for next summer, nothing is set 

in stone. 

We will be waiting for AKC and BCOA approval for this new 

weekend of specialties. We plan to both be on the same weekend, at 

the same place. The location is a training facility in a rural setting. 

There is parking, but no hook-ups. As mentioned before it is airconditioned, 

and it is fully matted. 

Both clubs will work together, but we will have two independent 

specialties, one by each club. Good chances for majors both days! 

For those inclined to visit the vacation playgrounds not too far 

away, you can stay over until the next weekend and attend the allbreed 

shows in Wisconsin. This will be something new for both 

clubs, but it should be a win-win situation -- a winning new place 

for both clubs and exhibitors. Just a little something different to get 

used to.

PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES 

Judge: Mr. Paul Gigous 

PUPPY DOGS - 6 MONTHS & UNDER 9 MONTHS 

1 KLASSIC'S DR MCDREAMY, Owners: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

2 TAJI'S ROMAN HOLIDAY AT TOKAJI, Owners: Katie Campbell, Trish Hallam & Dee Hardy. 

3 ROSEWOOD'S PUTT'N ON THE RITZ, Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm, Agent: Brad Phifer. 

4 FLUTESONG'S SOLDIER BOY, Owner: Nancy Craigie. 

PUPPY DOGS – BRED-BY EXHIBITOR 6 MOS. & UNDER 18 MOS. 

1 MEISTERHAUS BACKSTREET BOY, Owners: A. Tad Brooks & Joseph Hurt. 

PUPPY BITCHES - 6 MONTHS & UNDER 9 MONTHS 

1 RAFIKIS AMERICAN IDOL, Owner: Michelle Gahgan. 

2 KLASSIC'S DREAM GIRL, Owners: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

3 BARUH'S BATTERIES NOT NEEDED, Owner: John Siverson & Diana McCarty. 

4 WAYCONS SISCO SUGAR-N-SPICE, Owner: Connie Fry. 

PUPPY BITCHES – BRED-BY EXHIBITOR 6 MOS. & UNDER 18 MOS. 

1 TAJI'S KLASSIC LIL BLACK DRESS, Owner: Katie Campbell. 

2 LOKI'S KLASSIC SOPHIA, Owners: Sue Kite, Jeff Gillespie & Alex 

Guth. 

3 AB DELTA DAWN, Owner: Wanda Pooley 

BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES: RAFIKIS AMERICAN IDOL, Owner: 

Michelle Gahgan 

BEST OPPOSITE SEX TO BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES: 

KLASSIC'S DR MCDREAMY, Owners: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

VETERAN SWEEPSTAKES 

Judge: Mr. Paul Gigous 

VETERAN DOGS - 7 YEARS AND UNDER 9 YEARS 

1 CH Kargil's The Bark Stops Here, Owner: Gil Felsenfeld. 

2 CH Sonbar's Deliteful Deviation, Owners: Sally Wuornos & Pat 

Bright. 

VETERAN BITCHES - 7 YEARS 

AND UNDER 9 YEARS 

1 CH SIGNET HOOTENANNY. 

Owner: Beth Straub. 



1 CH SONBAR’S BRITE 

WILDIRISHROSE. Owner: 

Sally Wuornos & Kari 

Wuornos-Winger. 



1 CH RAFIKIS NOT A 

MOMENT TOO SOON, JC. 

Owner: Amy Marshall. 

2 CH KIBUSHI NEVERMINDS 

NEW WORLD, JC, Owner: 

Karla Schreiber. 

GREATER CHICAGOLAND BASENJI CLUB 

BEST OP SEX VETERAN 

SATURDAY - JUNE 16, 2007 

BEST VETERAN 

BEST VETERAN IN 

SWEEPSTAKES: CH RAFIKIS 

NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON, JC 

BEST OPPOSITE SEX TO BEST 

VETERAN IN SWEEPSTAKES: 

CH Kargil's The Bark Stops Here 

JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 

COMPETITION 

Judge: Ms. Karen Dumke 

NOVICE JUNIOR CLASS 

1 JACOB EDGERTON, CH 

Staples Edgie's Ella Enchanted, 

Breeders: D. & P.E. Staples, By: 

CH Edgie's Stacking The Deck, 

SC - Edgie's Staples Sydny 

Star, Owners: Jim, Dani, Jacob, 

Elizabeth & Serena 

Edgerton. 

OPEN SENIOR CLASS 

1 Mark Calandra, 

HACKER'S 

HOT 'N' SPICY 

DE RWANDA, 

Breeders: A. 

Harrison & J. 

Icenogle, By: 

Hacker's Rolling 

Stone - CH 

Hacker's Princess 

of Rwanda, 

Owners: Mark 

Calandra & Nicole 

Rodriguez 

BEST OP SEX PUPPY 


BEST JUNIOR HANDLER: Mark Calandra 

CONFORMATION: Judge:Ms. Karen Dumke 

PUPPY DOGS - 6 MONTHS & UNDER 9 MONTHS 

1 MEISTERHAUS BACKSTREET BOY, 

Breeders: A.T. Brooks and J. & K. Jones, By: CH 

Meisterhaus Tail of Intrigue - CH Jasiri-Sukari Etch- 

A-Sketch, Owners: A. Tad Brooks & Joseph Hurt. 

2 KLASSIC'S DR MCDREAMY, Breeders: S. Kite, 

J. Gillespie & K. Campbell, By: Ituri Klassic Basic 

Black - CH Taji's Go For Baroque, JC, Owners: Sue 

Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

3 ROSEWOOD'S PUTT'N ON THE RITZ, 

Breeder: Owner, By: CH Platinum's Fear Is Not 

A Factor, JC - CH Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse, Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm, Agent: Brad 

Phifer. 

4 TAJI'S ROMAN HOLIDAY AT TOKAJI, Breeders: K. Campbell, By: CH Taji's Shot 

O'Tabasco, SC - CH Taji's Klassic Beauty, JC, Owners: Katie Campbell, Trish Hallam & 

Dee Hardy. 

BRED BY EXHIBITOR DOGS 

1 RWD HACKER'S ROLLING STONE,Breeders: Owners, By: CH Hacker's This Bud's 

For You - CH Hacker-Rwanda's Evening Light, Owners: Dan & Ann Harrison. 

2 EDGIE'S BLUE GROTTO, Breeders: Owners, By: CH Edgie's Cat In The Hat - CH 

Edgie's Red Ginger, Owners: Jim, Dani, Jacob, Elizabeth & Serena Edgerton. 

3 SONBAR'S POWERFUL PACESETTER, Breeders: S. Wuornos & K. Wuornos- 

Winger & B. Cassell, By: CH Nyanga Signet Sweet William, JC - CH Sonbar's Brite 

Wildirishrose, Owners: Sally Wuornos & Kari Wuornos . 

4 RAFIKIS RECON SOUL MISSION, Breeder: Owner, By: CH C-Quest Soul Driver - CH 

Rafi kis Dawns Early Light, Owner: Michelle Gahgan. 

OPEN BLACK, TAN AND WHITE DOGS 

1 AB-RAFIKI COOL MILLION, Breeders: W. Pooley & M. Gahgan, By: CH Rafi ki- 

Hackers Red White & Blue - CH AB-SS Follow The Money, Owners: Janet & Lou Ketz. 

2 HACKER'S HOT 'N' SPICY DE RWANDA, Breeders: A. Harrison & J. Icenogle, By: 

Hacker's Rolling Stone - CH Hacker's Princess of Rwanda, Owners: Mark Calandra & 

Nicole Rodriguez 

3 ZANDE FERUZI. Breeder: M. & S. Wallis. By: Zande Weledi - Zande Dalji. Owner: 

Sylvia Lofrano. 

OPEN RED AND WHITE DOGS 

1 WD AB-SS WORTH EVERY CENT, JC, Breeders: W. Pooley & R. Miller, By: CH 

Escapade's High Five - CH AB Princess Chinyamarindi, JC, Owners: Sandra Tucker. 

2 AB-RAFIKI COOL UNDER FIRE, Breeders: W. Pooley & M. Gahgan, By: CH Rafi ki- 

Hackers Red White & Blue - CH AB-SS Follow The Money, Owner: Wanda Pooley. 

3 BARUH-HOO TAKES THE CAKE, Breeder: L. Pence, By: CH Schaumburg's That's 

Amoire - DC Baruh-Hoo Is A Rose Tattoo, SC, Owners: John Siverson & Diana 

McCarty. 

4 DAKARS WILY WIZARD, Breeder: Owner, By: CH Dakars Pinball Wizard - Dakars Flip 

Two Coins, Owner: Karen Kuchta. 

WINNERS DOG: AB-SS WORTH EVERY CENT, JC 

RESERVE DOG: HACKER'S ROLLING STONE 

BEST PUPPY

PUPPY BITCHES - 6 MONTHS & UNDER 9 MONTHS 

1 RWB ROSEWOOD'S MYSTIC ILLUSION, Breeder: Owner, By: CH Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor, JC - CH Jerlin's 

2 

Lunar Eclipse, Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm, Agent: Brad Phifer 

KLASSIC'S DREAM GIRL, Breeders: S. Kite, J. Gillespie & K. Campbell, By: Ituri Klasic Basic Black - CH Taji's Go For 

Baroque, Owners: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

3 RAFIKIS AMERICAN IDOL, Breeder: Owner, By: CH AB Rafikis Icon of Cool - CH Rafikis Dawns Early Light, Owner: 

Michelle Gahgan. 

4 AB DELTA DAWN, HP24741001, 12/14/2006, Breeder: Owner, By: CH AB-Rafikis The Icon Of Cool - CH AB Angela’s 

Ashes, JC, Owner: Wanda Pooley. 

BRED BY EXHIBITOR BITCHES 

1 RB/BOW SONBAR'S PHOTOGENIC PICK, Breeders: S. Wuornos & K. Wuornos-Winger & B. Cassell, By: CH Nyanga 

Signet Sweet William, JC - CH Sonbar's Brite Wildirishrose, Owners: Sally Wuornos & Kari Wuornos. 

2 RAFIKIS HEART AND SOUL, Breeder: Owner, By: CH C-Quest Soul Driver - CH Rafikis Dawns Early Light, Owner: 

Michelle Gahgan. 

3 MEISTERHAUS YOU HAD ME AT HELLO, Breeders: A.T. Brooks, J. Hurt & K. Winger, By: CH Meisterhaus Tail of 

Intrigue - CH Sonbar's Graceful Goddess, Owners: A. Tad Brooks & Joseph Hurt. 

4 EDGIE'S SERAPHINA, Breeders: Owners, By: CH Edgie's Stacking The Deck, SC - CH Edgie's Red Ginger, By: Jim, 

Dani, Jacob, Elizabeth & Serena Edgerton. 

OPEN BLACK AND WHITE BITCHES 

1 TAJI'S KLASSIC LIL BLACK DRESS, 

Breeders: S. Kite, J. Gillespie & K. Campbell, 

By: Ituri Klasic Basic Black - CH Taji's Go For 

Baroque, Owner: Katie Campbell. 

BEST OP SEX. 

2 AB I HEAR A SYMPHONY, Breeder: W. 

Pooley, By: AB-SS Money to Burn - CH AB 

Angela's Ashes, JC, Owners: Sandra Tucker & 

Wanda Pooley. 

3 DAKARS WHATSINANAME, Breeder: Owner, 

By: CH Dakars Pinball Wizard - Dakars Flip 

Two Coins, Owner: Karen Kuchta. 

OPEN BLACK, TAN AND WHITE BITCHES 

1 HACKER'S STAR OF RWANDA, Breeders: A. 

Harrison & J. Icenogle, By: Hacker's Rolling 

Stone - CH Hacker's Princess of Rwanda, 

Owners: Dan & Ann Harrison. 

2 AB RAFIKIS CALM COOL AND COLLECTED, 

Breeders: W. Pooley & M. Gahgan, By: CH 

Rafiki-Hackers Red White and Blue - CH 

AB SS Follow the Money, Owner: Michelle 

Gahgan 

3 TAMSALA PANDEMONIUM, Breeder: J. 

Robert, By: Tamsala Skulduggery - Tamsala 

Forget Me Not, Owners: A. Tad Brooks & 

Joseph Hurt & Dilys Blair-Bain. 

OPEN RED AND WHITE BITCHES 

1 Sonbar's Perfect Plan at Lacada, Breeders: 

S. Wuornos & K. Wuornos-Winger & B. Cassell, By: CH Nyanga Signet Sweet William, JC - CH Sonbar's Brite 

Wildirishrose, Owners: Dallas Hunt, Sally Wuornos & Darrell Pearson. 

2 New World Wild Age, HP083093/01, 1/23/2004, Breeder: Owner, By: CH AB Maverick Of Keltwyn, JC - New World 

Heart Like a Wheel, Owner: Karla Schreiber. 

3 HEARTFIRE TRUE GOSSIP OF A-C, Breeders: S. Lofrano & R. & J. Goodfellow, By: CH Alpha-Centauri's 

Speakeasy – CH Alpha-Centauri's Towncrier, Owner: Sylvia Lofrano. 

WINNERS BITCH: SONBAR'S PHOTOGENIC PICK 

RESERVE BITCH: ROSEWOOD'S MYSTIC 

ILLUSION 

VETERAN DOGS 

1 CH Sonbar's Deliteful Deviation, Breeder: 

Owners, By: CH Nyanga Signet Sweet William, 

JC - CH Sonbar's Brite Velvetslippers, Owners: 

Sally Wuornos & Pat Bright. 

2 CH Kargil's The Bark Stops Here, Breeders: 

G. & K. Felsenfeld and M. Dependahl, By: 

CH Zindika's Johnny Come Greatly, JC - CH 

Kargil's Roses Are Red, Owner: Gil Felsenfeld. 

VETERAN BITCHES 

1 CH SONBAR’S BRITE WILDIRISHROSE, 

Breeder: S. Wuornos & I. Allen, By: CH 

Reveille Hoo Wants Roses - CH Sonbar’s Brite 

Exoticredhead, Owner: Sally Wuornos & Kari 

Winger. 

2 CH RAFIKIS NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON, 

JC, Breeder: M. Gahgan, By: CH Jerlin's 

General Patton - CH Rafikis Unexpected 

Treasure, Owner: Amy Marshall. 

3 CH SIGNET HOOTENANNY. Breeders: B. 

Cassell & J. & J. Davis. By: CH Signet Incudos 

of Bedlam - CH Signet Serendipity. Owner: 

WINNERS DOG 


Beth Straub. 

BEST OF BREED 

BEST OF BREED COMPETITION 

BOB CH Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor, JC,Breeder: M. K. 

Quinnett, By: CH Berimo Taji Start Me Up - CH Klassic's 

Sweet Patootie, Owners: Mary K & Larry Quinnett. 

BOS CH Baruh Testament To Hoo, Breeder: L. Pence, By: CH 

Schaumburg's That's Amoire - DC Baruh-Hoo Is A Rose 

Tattoo, SC, Owners: Linda Pence & Brad Phifer. 

AOM CH AB-Rafiki The Icon of Cool, Breeders: W. Pooley & M. 

WINNERS BITCH/BOW 

Gahgan, By: CH Rafiki-Hacker Red White & Blue - CH AB- 

SS Follow The Money, Owners: Kim Witt & Wanda Pooley. 

AOM CH Rafikis Dawns Early Light, Breeder: Owner, CH Hacker- 

Rwanda Night Light - CH Rafikis If Tomorrow Comes, 

Owner: Michelle Gahgan. 

AOM CH Klassic's Yuara Hoot, Breeders: Owners, By: CH Kazor 

Bay-senji Yuara Natural - CH Klassic's Rooty Toot Toot, 

Owners: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

BEST PUPPY IN CLASSES: MEISTERHAUS BACKSTREET 

BOY 

STUD DOG 

1 CH Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor, JC, Owners: Mary K & 

Larry Quinnett. 

BROOD BITCH 

1 CH Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse, Owner: Bethany Redo.

From the Sweepstakes 

Judge at the Greater 

Chicagoland Basenji 

Club Specialty 

Paul Gigous 

I enjoyed the privilege 

of judging the basenji puppies. It 

brought back memories of litters and puppies of my own, years 

ago. All though I do not have a basenji right now in my life, they 

will always be in my heart. 

I thought the puppies overall were of good temperament and 

structure. The wrinkle patterns were very good. This pleased me 

as rumors had it that the breed was losing this trait. I was glad to 

see the wrinkles still there. 

There were a few basenjis lacking in shoulder layback and rear 

angulation. That could have been a little better on some. I thought 

the bitches' quality was more balanced than the boys. Again, I was 

well pleased with the quality of these puppies. 

I had fun judging the Veterans. Us old dogs have to stick 

together! They were all out there showing well. I fell in love with 

my vet bitch. She sure did not act like she was 11 1/2 years old. 

She moved like she was still a young girl. 

Congratulations to all the winners and to the club for a 

successful specialty. 

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Judge’s critique 

– Karen Dumke. 

during the Greater 

Chicagoland Basenji 

Club Specialty 


First of all, I'd like to thank 

the membership for inviting me 

to judge your Specialty. I was 

very honored to be your judge. 

The entry was overall very high 

quality with movement being a strong point. Obviously, the heat 

and humidity took its toll, since I'm sure there were dogs that were 

affected by the weather. However, in spite of this, the majority of 

the dogs moved very well. A few of the young dogs were soft in 

the rear when moving away, and a bit loose in front, but this was 

something I felt would improve with time and exercise. Expression, 

ear placement, and wrinkle were excellent in most of the exhibits. 

Temperament was also excellent. I had the handlers show the bites, 

not because I was worried about being bitten, but rather because 

of hygenic reasons. Everyone did a great job in showing the bites, 

something I frequently don't see, ie: people not sure what to do. 

Even though there was a variety of different "styles", the quality 

was wonderful. The puppy bitch class was a terrifi c class, with 

every one of them capable of fi nishing. I also loved my Bred-By 

Exhibitor dog and bitch classess. Breeders---keep up the good work! 

My Winners Dog was so correct in structure and had outstanding 

carriage and movement. I also loved my Reserve Winners 

Dog, who also had great style and movement. He wilted 

a bit at the end with the heat---but it was a very close call. 

My Winners Bitch was a moving fool. She screamed "BASENJI"! 

She was so correct in every way, and was hard to beat on that 

day. My Reserve Winners Bitch was a super black puppy, who 

gaited like a pro. There were other girls in the lineup who 

also could easily have won that day, but I had to split hairs. 

The Veterans were awesome. They all appeared so fi t, it was 

a joy to see. My only regret was having to award "placements". 

Too bad you don't just offer one fi rst place, then a ribbon for 

attending to the rest. I loved them all!!! I'm sure they were 

behind many of the younger dogs being shown that day. 

Finally, my Specials. All I can say is "WOW"!! All my winners 

and Awards of Merit excelled in type and movement. Just to clarify 

that my Awards of Merit were not in any particular order. They were 

all equal. In fact, I wish I would have been able to award more of 

them. I also would have liked to pull more for the fi nal cut, but due to 

the size of the ring, and the heat, I needed to keep the numbers down. 

Again, thank you all so much for your wonderful 

entry, your smiling faces, and your hospitality. A 

special thank you to Sue Joyner, and 

my ring Stewards Bill and Carol. 

The only complaint I had was the 

heat, which I'm sure affected some 

of the dogs’ attitude and movement. 

Good luck to you all!

Basenji Club of Northern 

California News 

By Pat Fragassi 

June 2, 2007 was our Annual Puppy 

Match. This year’s judge was Yvette 

Alley, who also judged our lure trial. This 

was one busy lady for two days, and a big thank you, Yvette,for a 

job well done. Also, on Saturday we had an oval track set up for 

practice! (and a test for the nationals). Sunday, June 3, 2007 was 

our All Breed AKC Test and Trial. 

Best Puppy in Match: Arubmec’s Morning Report, J. Tamagni, K. 

Collins, P. Cembura 

Best Opposite Puppy: Emerant FoPaw TriWizard At Tanze, A. Patterson- 

Hine, P. Fragassi 

4-6 Puppy Dogs 

1st Emerant FoPaw TriWizard At Tanza 

2nd Kinetic-Tanza Soul Delight, K. Argo & L. Voss 

3rd Shika's Tiger Moon, S&E Maddus, R. Smith & J. Boese 

4th Kinetic-Tanza Black Eyed Soul, M. Yanakakis, M. Packer & L. Voss 

6-9 Puppy Dogs 

1st Sinbaje's The Dharma Bom, A&D Bedingfeld & L. Siekert 

4-6 Puppy Bitches 

1st Arubmec's Morning Report 

2nd Shika's Maxine At Mariah, MJ Karas & J. Boese 

3rd Kinetic-Tanza Soul Music, L. Voss, S. Stump & P. Fragassi 

Best Adult In Match: FC Dharian’s Levi SC, D. Voss 

Best Opposite Adult : Kinetic Sourcery SC, L. Voss, S. Stump 

12-18 Month Dogs 

1st FC Dharian's Levi 

2nd Squawcreek’s Jahari Ti-Rafi ki JC C. O'Rear 

Open Bitches 

1st Kinetic Sourcery 

We offered some special event classes since we had so many 

lure coursers in attendance. 

Best Junior Veteran: Ch Zuri’s Mugabe JC, D. Troyna, M. Leighton 

Best Senior Veteran: DC Zuri’s Matuko SC, D. Troyna, M. 

Hutchinson, M. Leighton 

Best Field Champion: DC Kinetic’s Enchanted Knight, D. Voss, L. 

Voss 

Junior Vetern 7-10 

1st Ch Zuri's Mugabe,JC 

2nd DC Sherwood's In The Nick Of Time, L. Voss 

3rd Ch Zuri's Nassor Nantambu, D. Troyna & M. Leighton 

Senior Veteran 10 and over 

1st DC Zuri's Matuko 

Field Champions 

1st DC Kinetic's Enchanted Knight 

2nd DC Zuri's Shada LeChienne Nikita,SC,LCM2, D. Troyna, M. 

Hutchinson, M. Leighton 

3rd DC Sherwood's Shadow Of The Moon, L. Voss & S. Stump 

4th FC Svengali's Dark Beauty, D. Sehm 


Results from our Saturday Basenji Only Lure Test & Trial. 

Open A Stake (6) 

1st Voyuz Something Like Elvis SC – 5pt 

Major (T. Shadbolt) (Forfeit Breed runoff) 

2nd Zuri’s Rubii Sky – 3pts (P. Hoffer & D. Troynz) 

3rd Jamila’s Raptor at Sheudari SC – 2pts (J. Stahl) 

4th DC Zuri’s Ultimately Kia,SC (L. Baxter & M. Leighton) 

5th – Hugo’s Victorious Hurster (M&A Lindsay) 

Open B Stake (6) 

BOB & 1st Ch Arubmec’s Printed Report – 5pt Major (D&C Miclean) 

2nd Arubmec’s Tri-Bekka – 3pts (M.Madsen & P.Scanlon) 

3rd FC Kazor’s Tamu Kumani – 2pts (L.Baxter & C.Webb) (Forfeit Tie) 

4th Ch Meisterhaus Very Erin Barkovich (P.Hoffer & T. Brooks) 

5th Kinetic Sourcery (L.Voss & S. Stump) 

Specials Stake (7) 

1st FC Dharian’s Levi – 5pt (D.Voss) 

2nd FC Svengali’s Dark Beauty – 3pts (D.Sehm) 

3rd DC Kinetic’s Enchanted Knight – 2pts (D.Voss & L.Voss) 

4th FC Zuri’s Pennii (M.Madsen) 

5th FC Jumanji My Winifred (D.Sehm) 

Veterans (2) 

1st DC Sherwood’s Shadow of the Moon (L.Voss & S. Stump) 

2nd FC Bushbabies Louise Brooks,SC (E.Ockerman) 

Sunday All Breed Test & Trial (Basenji Results) 

Open Stake A (7) 

1st Voyuz Something Like Elvis SC – 5pt Major 

(T.Shadbolt) (forfeit Breed runoff) 

2nd Arubmec’s Tri-Bekka – 3pts (M.Masden & P.Scanlon) 

3rd Zuri’s Rubii Sky – 2pts – (P.Hoffer & D.Troyna) 

4th FC Svengalia’s Dark Beauty (D.Sehm) 

5th DC Sherwood’s Shadow of the Moon,SC (L.Voss & S.Stump) 

Open Stake B (6) (2 DQ) 

1st Ch Arubmec’s Printed Report – 5pt Major (D&C Miclean) 

2nd Kinetic Sourcery,SC – 3pts (L.Voss & S.Stump) 

3rd DC Zuri’s Le Cheinne Nikita – 2pts (D.Troyna & M.Leighton) 

Specials 

BOB & 1st FC Zuri’s Pennii (M.Masden) 

2nd DC Jumanii My Winifred (D.Selm) 

Veterans 

1 st DC Sherwood’s In The Nick Of Time,SC (L.Voss) (forfeit Breed 

Runoff) 

July 21, 2007 was our Annual Meeting and Awards dinner. 

This year held at Castle Rock Restaurant in Livermore, Ca. 

As usual, Donna Troyna put on a great fun event… with games and 

prizes for everyone!!!! 

Election for our 2007/2008 Offi cers & Directors: 

President: Pat Fragassi 

Vice President: Donna Troyna 

Secretary: Pat Hoffer 

Treasurer: Troy Shadbolt 

Directors: Lisa Voss, Chris O’Rear, Parry Tallmadge 

We are all looking forward to the Nationals in October and our 

October Specialty! It will be a fun time for all.

BASENJI CLUB OF CINCINNATI – 

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 

JUDGE: Mrs. Diana McCarty 

Puppy, 6 to 9 Months Dogs. 

1 ROSEWOOD'S PUTT'N ON THE RITZ. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 

Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse. Owner: Bethany Redo., Breeder: Bethany Redo. (Brad Phifer, 

Agent). 

2 VICTORY'S MEISTERHAUS HIT THE LIGHTS. By Ch Meisterhaus Politically 

Correct - Ch Meisterhaus No Doubt. Owner: Tim V Huff.,. Breeder: Tim V Huff & A Tad 

Brooks & Joseph A Hurt & Kathy L Caton. 

3 ROSEWOOD'S THE SOURCE.By Ch Taji's Klassic Architecture JC - Ch Klassic's Z Three 

At RoseWood. Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm.Breeder: Bethany A Redo. 

12 to 18 Months Dogs. 

1/W/BW JASIRI-SUKARI CONGARO POLITICIAN. By Ch Meisterhaus Politically Correct - Ch 

Jasiri-Sukari Party Lines. Owner: Veronica Predale & Catherine Ongaro., Breeder: Julie 

Jones & Kathleen Jones & Catherine Ongaro. 

2 BRIDEN'S SLINGIN' A STONE. By AB-SS Money To Burn - Ch Briden's Fit To Be Tried. 

Owner: Sharron Schmidgall & Denise Vertrees., Breeder: Brian Vetrees & Denise 

Vertrees. 

Bred by Exhibitor Dogs. 

1 BARUH-KUDABIN JUST A GIGOLO. By Avongara Imba Tena - Ch Baruh-Kudabin Devil In 

A Red Dress. Owner: Linda S Pence & John Donald., Breeder: Owners. 

2 TAMMEN'S TRI N TOP THIS. By AB SS Money To Burn - Ch Tammen's Whaz Up 

Pussycat. Owner: Dave & Sherry Genson & Laura Gilchrist., Breeder: Laura Gilchrist. 

Open, Black, Tan, and White Dogs. 

1 BLUE NOTES TAKE FIVE SC. By Ch Penda Tajis Tattletale - Jumoke Quita African Bibi. 

Owner: Holly Hamilton & Joell Coltrane., Breeder: Holly Hamilton & Joell Coltrane 

2 REVEILLE TRICYCLE TWO. By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord. 

Owner: Damara Bolte., Breeder: Damara Bolte. 

Open, Brindle and White Dogs. 

1 REVEILLE RAPSCALLION. By Ch Mysticals High Flyer Of Karnak - Reveille Headlines. 

Owner: L F & V L Steedle., Breeder: A & L King. 

Open, Red and White Dogs. 

1/R MEISTERHAUS VALIANT JOE LEE.By Meisterhaus Tail Of Intrigue - Ch Meisterhaus 

Material Girl.Owner: Roland Terrell & A Tad Brooks., Breeder: A Tad Brooks & Joseph A 

Hurt. (Steve Berry, Agent). 

2 KENSET MOTOR CITY SHAKEDOWN. By PJ's Kenset Back To The Future - Kalever 

Kenset Karma.Owner: Karen M Butler., Breeder: Mary Lou Kenworthy. 

3 REVEILLE PUSH BUTTON. By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord. 


4 KLASSIC'S GIT R DONE.By Ch Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Natural - Ch Klassic's Rooty Toot 

Toot. Owner: Pamela Peterson., Breeder: Sue Kite & Jeffrey Gillespie. 

Puppy, 6 to 9 Months Bitches. 

1/W LOKI'S KLASSIC SOPHIA. By Ch Sundiata's Pi R Squared - Ch Klassic's Lady In Red. 

Owner: Sue Kite & Alex Guth & Jeff Gillespie., Breeder: Sue Kite & Alex Guth & Chris 

Max. 

2 ROSEWOOD'S MYSTIC ILLUSION. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 

Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse. Owner: Bethany Redo., Breeder: Bethany Redo. 

12 to 18 Months Bitches. 

1 BARUH TESTAMENT TO HOO. By Ch Schaumburg's That's Amoire - DC Baruh-Hoo Is A 

Rose Tattoo SC. Owner: Linda Pence & Brad Phifer., Breeder: Linda S Pence. 

2 REVEILLE TRITON. By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord. Owner: 

Damara Bolte., Breeder: Damara Bolte. 

Bred by Exhibitor Bitches. 

1/R KUDABIN LADY BARUH'S D BLUES. By Ch Baruh's African Hunter - Ch Schaumburgs 

Kudabin Joy O'Baruh. Owner: Robert Ellis & John Donald., Breeder: Linda Pence & John 

Donald. 

2 EPIC'S SIMPLY IRRISTIBLE JC. By Ch Reveille Tried And True - Ch Epic's Simply 

Irristible JC. Owner: Becky Blansett., Breeder: Becky Blansett & Tracy Leonard DVM. 

3 QUERCUS SELECT INCANDESCENT. By Ch Select Quercus Rubra - Ch Select The 

Inchantress. Owner: Andrea & Tim Walters & Tracy Leonard DVM., Breeder: Tracy 

Leonard DVM & Andrea Walters. 

4 ROSEWOOD'S KEEPER OF THE TORCH. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 


Open, Black and White Bitches. 

1 MAKALIKA-JERLIN ONYX. By Ch Jerlin-SS General Powell - Ch Makalika Drop-Dead 

Redhead. Owner: Jan Bruner., Breeder: Margaret B Grundman. 

Open, Black, Tan, and White Bitches. 

1 STALLIAN-TANZA TRI THE OBVIOUS. By Ch Klassic's Rudy Toot Flutesong - Ch 

Stallians Blacken. Owner: Pat Fragassi & Jeff Gillespie & Sue Kite., Breeder: Jeffrey 

Gillespie. 

2 BRIDEN'S PINSTRIPED POSSUM. sBy Ch Briden's Guilty Pleasures - Ch Klassic's A Star 

In Stripes. Owner: Denise Vertrees & Carole Kirk., Breeder: Sue Kite & Mike Kite. 

Open, Red and White Bitches. 

1 KAZOR'S NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE. By Bushbabies Squawcreek Bet Me - Ch Kazor's 

Only Me. Owner: Sharron M Schmidgall & Carol A Webb., Breeder: Carol A Webb. 

2 TAJI-RENNEK-PLATINUM QUERCUS JC.By Ch Bulldobas Maximus Of Nyanga - Taji's 

Changa Platinum Queue. Owner: A & T Walters & K T Campbell., Breeder: K T Campbell& 


T Kenner & M K Quinnett. 

3 JUMOKE QUITA AFRICAN BIBI MC. By Ch Amuns Mr T Dark Starr Of Bordeaux - Ch 

Baru's Gabrielle Of Jumoke. Owner: Joell Coltrane & Holly Hamilton., Breeder: J K Lange 

& JoDee Funchess. 

Veteran, 7 Years & Over Dogs. 

1 FC BARUH'S IN CASE OF FIRE SC.By Ch Baruh's Hamitup Porky - Talisman Honne Bea 

Of Baruh. Owner: Pam Sweeney., Breeder: Linda Pence & Lola Jordan. 

Veteran, 7 Years & Over Bitches. 

1 CH RAFIKI'S MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT JC. By Ch Rafikis Three Ring Circus - Ch 

Rafikis Sense And Sensibility. Owner: Laura Gilchrist., Breeder: Michelle Gahgan. 

BASENJIS. Best of Breed Competition. 

BOB CH KLASSIC'S YUARA HOOT. By Ch Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Natural - Ch Klassic's Rooty 

Toot Toot. Bitch. Owner: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie., Breeder: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

BOS CH SONBAR'S PHOOLISH PLEASURE AT CUMBACK. By Ch Nyanga Signet Sweet 

William JC - Ch Sonbar's Brite Wildirishrose. Dog. Owner: Joseph R Tomey & Cathy 

Tomey., Breeder: Sally Wuornos & Kari Wuornos & Brenda J Cassell. 

Brood Bitch. 

1 CH JERLIN'S LUNAR ECLIPSE. By Ch Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff JC - Ch Jerlin's 

Airborne. Owner: Bethany Redo., Breeder: Linda Elhers. 

BASENJI CLUB OF CINCINNATI 

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2007 

SWEEPSTAKES - PUPPY 

JUDGE: Mrs. Judith Lange 


1 VICTORY'S MEISTERHAUS HIT THE LIGHTS. Owner: Tim V Huff., 

2 ROSEWOOD'S PUTT'N ON THE RITZ. Owner: Bethany Redo. 

3 ROSEWOOD'S THE SOURCE.Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm. 


1 TAMMEN'S TAKE ME ON.Owner: Laura Gilchrist., 

2 KANIBARU KHYBERS PRIDE. Owner: Dan & Donna Deflorio & Pamela Geoffroy., 

Junior, 12 to 18 Months Dogs. 

1/BSW JASIRI-SUKARI CONGARO POLITICIAN. Owner: Veronica Predale & Catherine 

Ongaro. 

2 REVEILLE PUSH BUTTON. Owner: Damara Bolte 

3 REVEILLE PUSHMI-PULLYU TOMJO. Owner: Ric Wright & Cherlyn Johnson 


1/BOSSW LOKI'S KLASSIC SOPHIA. Owner: Sue Kite & Alex Guth & Jeff Gillespie 

2 ROSEWOOD'S KEEPER OF THE TORCH. Owner: Bethany Redo. 

3 ROSEWOOD'S MYSTIC ILLUSION. Owner: Bethany Redo. 

4 KIDYS TROUBLE FOR GARRETT. Owner: Garrett Smith 

Junior, 12 to 18 Months Bitches. 

1 REVEILLE TRITON. Owner: Damara Bolte 

2 MAKALIKA-JERLIN ONYX. Owner: Jan Bruner. 

3 MOONLYTE MAYHEM. Owner: Wendy Lake. 

CONFORMATION: 

JUDGE: Mrs. Helen Lee James 


1 VICTORY'S MEISTERHAUS HIT THE LIGHTS. By Ch Meisterhaus Politically Correct - Ch 

Meisterhaus No Doubt. Owner: Tim V Huff., Breeder: Tim V Huff & A Tad Brooks & Joseph 

A Hurt & Kathy L Caton 

2 ROSEWOOD'S PUTT'N ON THE RITZ. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 

Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse. Owner: Bethany Redo., Breeder: Bethany Redo. (Brad Phifer, 

Agent). 

3 ROSEWOOD'S THE SOURCE. By Ch Taji's Klassic Architecture JC - Ch Klassic's Z 

Three At RoseWood. Owner: Bethany Redo-Rahm., Breeder: Bethany A Redo. 


1 KANIBARU KHYBERS PRIDE. By Wildela Star Lord - Kanibaru Visual Appeal. Owner: 

Dan & Donna Deflorio & Pamela Geoffroy., Breeder: Miss Davina Hopkins. (Sheila Lund, 

Agent). 

12 to 18 Months Dogs. 

1 REVEILLE PUSHMI-PULLYU TOMJO. By Ch C-Quests Just Push Play - Ch Reveille 

Accord. Owner: Ric Wright & Cherlyn Johnson., Breeder: Damara Bolte. 

2 BRIDEN'S SLINGIN' A STONE. By AB-SS Money To Burn - Ch Briden's Fit To Be Tried. 

Owner: Sharron Schmidgall & Denise Vertrees., Breeder: Brian Vetrees & Denise 

Vertrees. 

Bred by Exhibitor Dogs. 

1 TAMMEN'S TAKE ME ON. By AB-SS Money To Burn - Ch Tammen's Whaz Up Pussycat. 

Owner: Laura Gilchrist., Breeder: Laura Gilchrist. 

2 BARUH-KUDABIN JUST A GIGOLO. By Avongara Imba Tena - Ch Baruh-Kudabin Devil In 

A Red Dress. Owner: Linda S Pence & John Donald., Breeder: Owners. 

3 ITZYU TAARAKIAN ROUNDABOUT. By DC Berimo's Roustabout SC - Ch Serengeti 

Taarakian Wisteria. Owner: Jan Bruner., Breeder: Jan Bruner & Lisa Corell Auerbach. 

Open, Black, Tan, and White Dogs. 

1/R REVEILLE TRICYCLE TWO.By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord.


2 BLUE NOTES TAKE FIVE SC. By Ch Penda Tajis Tattletale - Jumoke Quita African Bibi. 

Owner: Holly Hamilton & Joell Coltrane., Breeder: Holly Hamilton & Joell Coltrane. 

Open, Brindle and White Dogs. 

1 REVEILLE RAPSCALLION. By Ch Mysticals High Flyer Of Karnak - Reveille Headlines. 

Owner: L F & V L Steedle., Breeder: A & L King. 

Open, Red and White Dogs. 

1/W/BW KLASSIC'S GIT R DONE. By Ch Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Natural - Ch Klassic's 

Rooty Toot Toot. Owner: Pamela Peterson., Breeder: Sue Kite & Jeffrey Gillespie. 

2 MEISTERHAUS VALIANT JOE LEE. By Meisterhaus Tail Of Intrigue - Ch Meisterhaus 

Material Girl. Owner: Roland Terrell & A Tad Brooks., Breeder: A Tad Brooks & Joseph A 

Hurt.(Steve Berry, Agent). 

3 KENSET MOTOR CITY SHAKEDOWN. By PJ's Kenset Back To The Future - Kalever 

Kenset Karma. Owner: Karen M Butler., Breeder: Mary Lou Kenworthy. 

4 REVEILLE PUSH BUTTON. By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord. 



1 ROSEWOOD'S MYSTIC ILLUSION. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 


2 LOKI'S KLASSIC SOPHIA. By Ch Sundiata's Pi R Squared - Ch Klassic's Lady In Red. 

Owner: Sue Kite & Alex Guth & Jeff Gillespie., Breeder: Sue Kite & Alex Guth & Chris 

Max. 

3 KIDYS TROUBLE FOR GARRETT. By Possum Creek's Lone Ranger - Briden's Grand 

Taboo At WC. Owner: Garrett Smith., Breeder: Leann Neiman & Denise A Vertrees. 

12 to 18 Months Bitches. 

1 BARUH TESTAMENT TO HOO. By Ch Schaumburg's That's Amoire - DC Baruh-Hoo Is A 

Rose Tattoo SC. Owner: Linda Pence & Brad Phifer., Breeder: Linda S Pence. 

2 REVEILLE TRITON. By Ch C-Quest's Just Push Play - Ch Reveille Accord. Owner: 

Damara Bolte, Breeder: Damara Bolte. 

Bred by Exhibitor Bitches. 

1/W KUDABIN LADY BARUH'S D BLUES. By Ch Baruh's African Hunter - Ch Schaumburgs 

Kudabin Joy O'Baruh. Owner: Robert Ellis & John Donald., Breeder: Linda Pence & John 

Donald. 

2 MEISTERHAUS WATCHEMSTOPNSTARE. By Ch Meisterhaus Tail Of Intrigue - Bedlam 

What's New Pussycat. Owner: A Tad Brooks & Joseph A Hurt. Breeder: A Tad Brooks & 

Joseph A Hurt & P Ramgage-Stewart MD. 

3 EPIC'S SIMPLY IRRISTIBLE JC. By Ch Reveille Tried And True - Ch Epic's Continuing 

Saga. Owner: Becky Blansett & Tracy Leonard DVM., Breeder: Becky Blansett & Tracy 

Leonard DVM. 

4 ROSEWOOD'S KEEPER OF THE TORCH. By Ch Platinum's Fear Is Not A Factor JC - Ch 


Open, Black and White Bitches. 

1 MAKALIKA-JERLIN ONYX By Ch Jerlin-SS General Powell - Ch Makalika Drop-Dead 

Redhead. Owner: Jan Bruner. Breeder: Margaret B Grundman. 

Open, Black, Tan, and White Bitches. 

1/R STALLIAN-TANZA TRI THE OBVIOUS. By Ch Klassic's Rudy Toot Flutesong - Ch 

Stallians Blacken. Owner: Pat Fragassi & Jeff Gillespie & Sue Kite Breeder: Jeffrey 

Gillespie. 

2 BRIDEN'S PINSTRIPED POSSUM. By Ch Briden's Guilty Pleasures - Ch Klassic's A Star 

In Stripes. Owner: Denise Vertrees & Carole Kirk., Breeder: Sue Kite & Mike Kite. 

Open, Brindle and White Bitches. 

1 MOONLYTE MAYHEM. By Klassic's Moonlyte N Motion - Ch Moonlyte's Ima Teenage 

Witch. Owner: Wendy Lake., Breeder: Donna & Barbara Trouten. 

2 REVEILLE LINE-UP FOR TOMJO.By Ch Bulldobas Maximusofnyanga - Ch Reveille 

Lexus. Owner: James E Berry & Ric Wright., Breeder: Ms Damara Bolte'. 

Open, Red and White Bitches. 

1 KAZOR'S NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE. By Bushbabies Squawcreek Bet Me - Ch Kazor's 

Only Me. Owner: Sharron M Schmidgall & Carol A Webb., Breeder: Carol A Webb. 

2 NEW WORLD WILD AGE. 4 By Ch AB Maverick Of Keltwyn JC - New World Heart Like A 

Wheel. Owner: Karla A Schreiber. Breeder: Karla A Schreiber. 

3 JUMOKE QUITA AFRICAN BIBI MC. By Ch Amuns Mr T Dark Starr Of Bordeaux - Ch 

Baru's Gabrielle Of Jumoke. Owner: Joell Coltrane & Holly Hamilton, Breeder: J K Lange 

& JoDee Funchess. 

Veteran, 7 Years & Over Dogs. 

1 FC CHUJOS ARAMIS NICK MC RN. By Chujos Ceasir Royale - Chujos Tribute To 

Xalmes. Owner: Holly Hamilton & Matt Monroe., Breeder: Molly Jo Larsen. 

Veteran, 7 Years & Over Bitches. 

1 CH RENEGADE'S OBSTINATE FOLLY. By Ch Moores Tri My Style - Ch Renegade's 

Ncorrigible Folly. Owner: Cherri & Len Johnsen., Breeder: Cherri & Len Johnsen. 

2 CH RAFIKI'S MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT JC. By Ch Rafikis Three Ring Circus - Ch 

Rafikis Sense And Sensibility. Owner: Laura Gilchrist., Breeder: Michelle Gahgan. 

BEST OF BREED COMPETITION. 

BOB CH SERENGETI LET'S ROLL REVEILLE. By Ch Serengeti Hartland C Basie - Ch 

Serengeti Caper. Dog. Owner: Margaret Greenlee., Breeder: Margaret Greenlee. (Ms 

Damara Bolte, Agent). 

BOS CH KLASSIC'S YUARA HOOT. By Ch Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Natural - Ch Klassic's Rooty 

Toot Toot. Bitch. Owner: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie., Breeder: Sue Kite & Jeff Gillespie. 

Brood Bitch. 

1 CH JERLIN'S LUNAR ECLIPSE. By Ch Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff JC - Ch Jerlin's 

Airborne. Owner: Bethany Redo., Breeder: Linda Elhers. 


WILLAMETTE VALLEY BASENJI CLUB 

JULY 13, 2007 

BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES Taji's Klassic Lil Black Dress 

BEST OPPOSITE SEX IN SWEEPSTAKES Khani's Goody Two Shoes 

PUPPY SWEEPSTAKES – Judge: Mr. A. Tad Brooks 

Puppy Dogs 6 mos & under 9 mos 

1 Khani's Goody Two Shoes Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

2 Karosel's No Deposit No Return Owner: Donna Lubbe & Terry Jones 

3 Sun Diata's Hanzi Mbili Owner: C & J Maxka 

4 Baruh Kudabin Platinum MVP, Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

Dogs 6-18 mos Bred-by Exhibitor 

1 Baraka Jumoke Storm Tracker Owner: Wm Bowlus, Paul Root, Bryan & Laurie Gregory 

2 Khani's Real Wild Child Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

Puppy Bitches 6 mos & under 9 mos 

1 Khani's Hear to Stay, Owner: Avery McLeod, Stephanie McLeod, & Kathy Britton 

2 Platinum Rosewood Super Girl, Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

3 Suddanly Avant's Coin Toss Owner: Vince Viet Nguyen, Dennis J McGlothin & Susan M 

Campeau 

4 Proudlaan Panda-Monium Owner: Laura Pond 

Bitches 6-18 mos Bred-by Exhibitor 

1 Taji's Klassic Lil Black Dress, Owner: Katie Campbell 

2 Khani's Starlight Starbright, Owner: Connie Paulsen, Jerry Paulsen, Kathy Britton 

3 Proudlaan Panda-Mime, Owner: Laura Pond 

VETERAN SWEEPSTAKES - Judge: Mr. A. Tad Brooks 

BEST JUNIOR VETERAN IN SWEEPSTAKES DC Jasiri-Sukari Juri Maguire MC LCX II 

BEST SENIOR VETERAN IN SWEEPSTAKES Ch Ali'is Petite Syrah JC OAP OJP RA 

JUNIOR VETERANS 

Veteran Dogs, Junior 7 yrs & under 9 yrs 

1 DC Jasiri-Sukari The Illustrated Man SC LCX, Owner: Julie & Kathy Jones & Pat & 

Richard Lopez 

2 Ch Karosel This Gun for Hire, Owner: Donna Lubbe & Douglas Bright 

3 Ch Moonlytes Call of the Wild9, Owner: Araya Gauthier 

Veteran Dogs, Junior 9 yrs & under 11 yrs 

1 DC Jasiri-Sukari Juri Maguire MC LCX II, Owner: Julie & Kathy Jones 

2 Ch Penda Taji's Triumphant One JC SDHR Owner: Katie Campbell, S Moberly, JD & BN 

Williams 

3 DC Khani's Benny N The Jets SC Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

Veteran Bitches, Junior 7 yrs & under 9 yrs 

1 DC Platinum's Charge It to Taji SC Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

2 Ch Atarasi Taji Berimo DotCom SC Owner: Jordan Reed 

3 Ch Tazamisha Unexpect'd Treasure JC Owner: Julie Leicht 

Veteran Bitches 9 yrs & under 11 yrs 

1 Karosel's Justa Twist of Fate Owner: Douglas G Bright & Connie L Bright 

2 Avongara Tribal Singer Owner: Donna J Lubbe 

SENIOR VETERANS 

Veteran Dogs, Senior 13 yrs & up27 

1 Ch Arubmec's Overdrive To My-Tym Owner: Darlene Y Lowit 

Veteran Bitches, Senior 11 yrs & under 13 yrs 

1 Ch Ali'is Petite Syrah JC OAP OJP RA Owner: Brenda Phillips, P Franon, D Bellaire 

CONFORMATION – Judge: Mr. Jon Curby 

PUPPY DOG 6 MOS & UNDER 9 MOS 

1 Sun Diata's Hanzi Mbili Breeder: C & J Maxka, Ch Sun Diata's Pi R Squared x Sun 

Diata's Chaminade, Owner: C & J Maxka 

2 Karosel's No Deposit No Return Breeder: Joni Boese, Donna Lubbe, E Boese & R Boese, 

Ch Shika's Piper Club x Sadiki's Tribute to Karosel, Owner: Donna Lubbe & Terry Jones 

3 Baraka Jumoke Storm Chaser Breeder: Wm Bowlus, Paul Root, Bryan & Laurie Gregory, 

Ch Jumoke Arazi Re x DC Jumoke-Quita Dream of Qena MC, Owner: Paul Root & 

William Bowlus 

4 Khani's Goody Two Shoes Breeder: K&E Britton, B&T Mills, Teazer's Ode to Nyanga JC x 

Ch Khani's U Should B Dancing JC, Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

BRED-BY EXHIBITOR DOG 

1 WD Atarasi About Face, Breeder: Jordan Reed, DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x Ch Atarasi Taji 

Berimo DotCom SC, Owner: Jordan Reed 

2 Baraka Jumoke Storm Tracker Breeder: Wm Bowlus, Paul Root, Bryan & Laurie Gregory, 

Ch Jumoke's Arazi Re x DC Jumoke-Quita Dream of Qena MC, Owner: Wm Bowlus, Paul 

Root, Bryan & Laurie Gregory 

3 Khani's Katoomba Breeder: Connie Paulsen, Jerry Paulsen, Kathy Britton, Makuba Te 

Kimbuka x DC Jasiri Sukari Khani Francis, Owner: Connie Paulsen, Jerry Paulsen, Kathy 

Britton 

4 FoPaw's Quiet Riot Breeder: Kevin & Therese Leimback, Ch Terrarust's My-Tym to Appeal 

JC x Atarasi FoPaws Believe In Me, Owner: Kevin & Therese Leimback 

OPEN BRINDLE/WHITE DOG

1 Jumoke's American Dream Breeder: Rob Hill, Ch Jumoke-Quita DreamCatcher JC x 

Jewel Hill of the Nile, Owner: Bryan & Laurie Gregory 

2 Itzyu Hunting Time at Karosel Breeder: Lisa Corell Auerbach, Itzyu Nick of Time x Itzyu 

Teel It Like It Is, Owner: Donna Lubbe & Lisa Corell Auerbach 

OPEN BLACK/WHITE DOG 

1 Fataki's Zeus Rule of Fire Breeder: Dana M MacDonald, Fly'n Hi's Choreographed Chaos 

x Fataki's Brandy Fire Water JC, Owner: Dana MacDonald 

2 Dharian's Lone Star Breeder: S Anne Humphreys & Bill Humphreys Jr, Dharian's Star Trek 

x Dharian's Obsidian JC, Owner: Charlotte Wenger & S Anne Humphreys 

OPEN BLACK/TAN/WHITE DOG 

1 Karosel's Colt FortyFive JC Breeder: Donna J Lubbe, Karosel's Yikes Its Stripes at My- 

Tym x Karosel's Politically Incorrect, Owner: Douglas Bright, Connie Bright & Donna 

Lubbe 

DOGS: OPEN RED/WHITE DOG 

1 RWD Kazor's Tailor Made for Taji Breeder: Carol Webb, Ch Taji's Klassic Architecture JC 

x Ch Kazor's Ima Lilytoo, Owner: Mark & Leslie Erikson, Katie Campbell 

DOGS: DUAL CHAMPIONS 

1 DC Tazamisha DP Maximum Illusion SC CGC, Breeder: Martina Cortez and Valerie 

Cortez, Ch DevilsPeak Whirligig Archangel JC x Ch Tazamisha Maximum Risk, Owner: 

Julie Leicht 

VETERAN DOGS 7 YRS & UNDER 10 YRS 

1 Ch Moonlytes Call of the Wild, Breeder: Donna Trouten, Ch Klassic's Eye of the Tiger x 

Ch Premier Moonlyte Klassical Gal, Owner: Araya Gauthier 

2 Ch Karosel This Gun for Hire, Breeder: Donna Lubbe, Ch Karosel's Voyuz TI BB-Gunn JC 

x Ch Karosel's Déjà Vu, Owner: Donna Lubbe & Douglas Bright 

VETERAN DOGS 10 YRS & UP 

1 Ch Arubmec's Overdrive To My-Tym Breeder: Randall E Nelson & Patricia E Cembura, 

Kibushi Spellbinder-Niger x Ch Arubmec's Precious Thisbe, Owner: Darlene Y Lowit 

2 Ch Penda Taji's Triumphant One JC, Breeder: Katie Campbell, S Moberly, JD & BN 

Williams, DC Berimo's Roustabout SC SDHR x Ch Taji's Cinnamon Swirl , Owner: Katie 

Campbell, S Moberly, JD & BN Williams 

PUPPY BITCH 6 MOS & UNDER 9 MOS 

1 FoPaws Emerant Mirandaz A Charmer Breeder: Lisa & Bryce Hart & Kevin & Therese 

Leimback, Ch FoPaws NBajoran After Hours x DC Zuri's Gracii SC, Owner: Robert & 

Janna Stamper & K&T Leimback 

2 Proudlaan Panda-Monium, Breeder: Laura Pond, Proudlaan Rockas Red Glare x Ch 

Taji's Berimo Final Judgment JC, Owner: Laura Pond 

3 Sun Diata's Taffanel, Breeder: C & J Maxka, Ch Sun Diata's Pi R Squared x Sun Diata's 

Chaminade, Owner: C & J Maxka 

4 Platinum Rosewood Super Girl Breeder: Beth Redo, Ch Platinum's Fear is Not A Factor 

JC x Ch Jerlin's Lunar Eclipse, Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

BRED-BY EXHIBITOR BITCH 

1-RWB/BBE Khani's Starlight Starbright Breeder: Connie Paulson, Jerry Paulson, Kathy Britton, 

Ch Khani's Kata Tjuta x Ch Khani's Written in the Stars, Owner: Connie Paulsen, Jerry 

Paulsen, Kathy Britton 

2 5Jumoke Sorhus Naliya Breeder: M Sorhus, S Sorhus, L Gregory & B Gregory, Ch 

Tamsala Hot Onya Heels x Ch Jumoke Quita Dream of India, Owner: Lisa Saban, Bryan 

Gregory & Laurie Gregory 

3 Samburu Sexy Sadie Breeder: Dilys E. Blair-Bain, Ch Reveille Hoo Wants Roses x Ch 

Tambuzi Kelele, Owner: Dilys E. Blair-Bain 

4 Emerant N FoPaws Sheza Seeker Breeder: Lisa R Hart, Bryce Hart, Kevin & Theresa 

Leimback, Ch FoPaws N Bajoran After Hours JC x DC Zuri's Gracii SC, Owner: Lisa and 

Bryce Hart 

BITCHES: AMERICAN BRED 

1 Taji's Absolut Intoxication Breeder: C Kleinke, K Campbell, J Wheeler, Ch Taji's Klassic 

Architecture JC x Taji's Olive Martini, Owner: Cynthia Jacobucci & Katie Campbell 

BITCHES: OPEN BRINDLE/WHITE 

1 Dragnquest My-Tym Grid Lock Breeder: Jacqueline C Jones & Darlene Y Lowit, Ch 

Arubmec's Overdrive to My-Tym x Ch Dragnquest My-Tym Xpres'Lines, Owner: 

Jacqueline C Jones & Darlene Y Lowit 

2 Karosel Itzyu Just Meant To Be Breeder: Donna Lubbe & Lisa Corell Auerbach, Itzyu 

Hunting Time at Karosel x Itzyu-Karosel Hot Promises, Owner: Donna Lubbe & Lisa 

Corell Auerbach 

BASENJI, BITCHES: OPEN BLACK/WHITE 

1-WB/BOW/AOM Taji's Klassic Lil Black Dress Breeder: Katie Campbell, Sue Kite & 

Jeffrey Gillespie, Ituri Klassic Basic Black x Ch Taji's Go For Baroque JC, Owner: Katie 

Campbell 

2 Bushbabies Fataki Black Velvet Breeder: Teresa B Gavaletz, Ch Marabasi Karosel Pied 

Piper x Ch Keyline Darkwing at Bushbabies, Owner: Dana MacDonald & Teresa Gavaletz 

BITCHES: OPEN BLACK/TAN/WHITE 

1 Karosel's Justa Twist of Fate Breeder: Donna Lubbe & Sandra S Anderson, Ch Karosel's 

My-Tym Traveler x Karosel's Legendary Lies, Owner: Douglas G Bright & Connie L Bright 

BITCHES: OPEN RED/WHITE 

1 Tazamisha Shasta Tiki Twist JC Breeder: V Cortez, M Cortez, N Cortez, C Austin, Ch 

Devils Peak TW Call of Duty JC x Karosel Courting Trouble at My-Tym, Owner: Jennifer & 

Shelby Miller, V Cortez 

2 PlatinumandNelson at Taji Breeder: Katie Campbell, Mary K Quinnett, June Young, Ch 

Bordeaux African Jumoke SC x Tajis Charga Platinum Queue, Owner: Larry Nelson, 

Debbie Nelson & Mary K Quinnett 

3 Jumoke's Gypsy Trance Breeder: Bryan Gregory, Laurie Gregory, & George Woodard, Ch 


Jumoke Khani Baru Paso Doble x Ch Baru's Gabrielle of Jumoke, Owner: Bryan & Laurie 

Gregory 

4 Sadaki's Tribute to Karosel Breeder: Rita Pontes, Elija of Esinjo x Ch Kivu Kalimba, 

Owner: Donna J Lubbe 

BITCHES: DUAL CHAMPIONS 

1 BDC DC Jumoke-Quita Dream of Qena MC Breeder: Bryan & Laurie Gregory, DC Jasiri- 

Sukari the Ilustrated Man SC x DC Akuaba's Quita Sizzler MC, Owner: Paul Root & 

William Bowlus 

2 DC Khani's Sweet Painted Lady Breeder: Connie Paulsen, Jerry Paulsen, Kathy 

Britton,Ch Candu's Rocket Man SC x DC Jasiri Sukari Khani Francis, Owner: Connie 

Paulsen, Jerry Paulsen, Kathy Britton 

3 DC My-Tym Khadijah LuvMe or LevMe SC Breeder: Joyce Hughes and Darlene Lowit, 

Ch My-Tym Waits For No One x Ch Karosel's Tisa My-Tym To Sing JC, Owner: Sandy 

Kernan, Darlene Lowit & Tracy Petsche 

VETERAN BITCHES 7 YRS & UNDER 10 YR 

1 Ch Tazamisha Unexpect'd Treasure JC Breeder: Martina Cortez and Valerie Cortez, Ch 

Karosel's My-Tym Code Blue x Ch Umbuji Tazamisha, Owner: Julie Leicht 

2 DC Platinum's Charge It to Taji SC Breeder: Mary K & Larry Quinnett, Ch Taji's Trinidad 

Tradewind x Ch Kibushi High Society O'Signet, Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

VETERAN BITCHES 10 YRS & UP 

1 Ch Ali'is Petite Syrah JC OAP OJP RA Breeder: Philip & Christina Iranon, Ch Gala All 

American JC x Ali'is Rainbow Jasmine SC, Owner: Brenda Phillips, P Franon, D Bellaire 

BASENJIS BEST OF BREED COMPETITION 

BOB Ch Jasiri-Sukari Congo-Leezza Rice JC Bitch, Breeder: Julie & Kathy Jones, Ch 

Meisterhaus Politically Correct x Ch Sukari-Jasiri Soda Pup, Owner: R&P Lopez, K 

Toohey, J&K Jones 

BOS Ch Platinum's Fear is Not A Factor JC Dog, Breeder: Mary K Quinnett, Ch Berimo Taji 

Start Me Up x Ch Klassics Sweet Patoote, Owner: Mary K Quinnett & Larry Quinnett 

AOM Ch Tailwind DP Rockets Red Glare JC Dog, Breeder: Julie Leicht, Martina Cortez and 

Cynthia Austin, Ch Arubmec's Printed Report JC x Ch Tazamisha Unexpect'd Treasure 

JC, Owner: Julie Leicht 

AOM Ch Khani's Mysterious Ways JC Dog, Breeder: Kathy & Emily Britton, Connie Paulson, 

DC Khani's Burn Down the Mission JC x Khani's Excalibur Island Girl JC, Owner: Ellen M 

Bramble, Kathy Britton, Connie Paulsen 

AOM Ch Sun Diata's Pi R Squared Dog, Breeder: C & J Maxka, Ch Sun Diata Sir Ochre Dutton 

x Sun Diata Kokopelli's Flute, Owner: C & J Maxka 

NON-REGULAR CLASSES 

BRACE 

1 Khani's Tribal Warrior Dog, Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

Khani's Tribal Spirit Dog, Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, Connie Paulsen 

2 Tazamisha Shasta Tiki Twist JC Bitch, Owner: Jennifer & Shelby Miller, V Cortez 

Ch Khani's Actung Baby SC Bitch, Owner: Jennifer & Shelby Miller, K Britton 

3 Dragnquest My-Tym Grid Lock Bitch, Owner: Jacqueline C Jones & Darlene Y Lowit, 

Ch Dragnquest My-Tym Xpress'Lines Bitch, Owner: Jacqueline C Jones & Darlene Y 

Lowit 

4 Karosel's Colt FortyFive JC Dog, Owner: Douglas Bright, Connie Bright & Donna Lubbe 

Karosel's Justa Twist of Fate Bitch, Owner: Douglas G Bright & Connie L Bright 

STUD DOG 

1 Ch Sun Diata's Pi R Squared Owner: C & J Maxka 

BROOD BITCH 

1 Ch Dragnquest My-Tym Xpress'Lines Owner: Jacqueline C Jones & Darlene Y Lowit 

JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP COMPETITION 

Judge: Ms. Dianne Kroll 

NOVICE JUNIOR 

1 Emily Britton Khani's Tribal Warrior, Dog, Breeder: K&E Britton & C Paulsen, DC Khani's 

Burn Down the Mission SC x Avongara Tribal Singer, Owner: Kathy Britton, Emily Britton, 

Connie Paulsen 

OPEN INTERMEDIATE 

1-BJ Shelby Miller Devils Peak TW Call of Duty JC, Dog, Breeder: Julie Leicht, M Cortez, C 

Austin, : Ch Arubmec's Printed Report JC x Ch Tazamisha Unexpect'd Treasure JC, 

Owner: Jennifer & Shelby Miller 

OPEN SENIOR 

1 Tracy Petsche DC My-Tym Khadijah Luvme or Levme SC, Breeder: Hughes and Darlene 

Lowit, Ch My-Tym Waits For No One X Ch Karosel's Tisa My-Tym To Sing JC, Owner: 

Sandy Kernan, Darlene Lowit & Tracy Petsche 

2 Kevin Stamper Ch FoPaw's Designated Driver JC Breeder: Kevin & Therese Leimback 

& David Davidson, Ch Bedlam's Fly Me to the Moon x Ch Palm Deserts Leading Lady, 

Owner: Kevin & Therese Leimback & Kevin Stamper

LGRA Standings as of 7/25/07 

Rank Call Name Reg Name Owner 

YTD 

LGRA 

1 Roxie Kiroja hart N Soul GRC Harmon 15.75 

2 Ian Apu the Answer SGRC2 Christensen 13.17 

3 Hijinx Kazor’s Autumn Hinjinx SGRC Sauceda 9.5 

3 Kunjo Apu Jay Dreamin Breeze SGRC Culver 9.5 

4 Opus Jazetta’s Fox in Sox GRC Dawson 8 

5 Cody Cody IV SGRCII Cook/Hayek 7.5 

6 Chilli Deepwood’s Hot Chilli Mamba Elliot/Cameron 7 

7 Nestle Nestle Sauceda 6.25 

8 Cleo Meisterhaus Kiroja Kiss N Tell GRC Harmon 5 

9 Cairo Baraka Crown Prince of Cairo Bowlus/Root 4 

10 Laser Apu Sir Laserlot GRC Christensen 3 

11 Jada Kiroja Loving Every Minute Cook/Hayek 2 

11 Luxor Jumoke Quita African Luxor Bowlus/Root 2 

11 Zuri Jerlin’s Our Zuri Pupin Colbert 2 

12 Tabasco Redjhinn Tabasco O’Bushbabies SGRC Sauceda 1.75 

13 Cole Kinetic’s Enchanted Knight Voss 1.5 

13 Lulu Bushbabies Louise Brooks GRC Ockerman 1.5 

14 Obike Apu Get the Helloutta Dodge GRC Culver 1.17 

15 Ryan Jasiri-Sukari Tri N Stop Me Rubin/Jones 1 

15 Rio-V Kinetic Sourcery Voss/Stump 1 

15 Tarzan Dharian Signet Sweet Deal Katayama/Cassell 1 

NOTRA Standings as of 7/27/07 

Rank Call Reg Name Owner 

YTD 

NORC 

1 Hijinx Kazor’s Autumn Hijinx SOR, ORC Sauceda 8.5 

2 Cairo Baraka Crown Prince of Cairo SOR, ORC Bowlus-Root 7 

3 Bruiser Tompkins Cruzin for a Bruzin SOR Tompkins 6.25 

3 Cody Cody IV SORC Cook/Hayek 6.25 

4 Obike Apu Get the Helloutta Dodge JOR Culver 6 

5 Chilli Deepwood’s Hot Chilli Mambo Cameron 4 

5 Ian Apu the Answer SOR Christensen 4 

6 Gracie Gracie Lou Freebush JOR, ORC Schubert 3 

7 Crash Crash Bandicoot O’Bushbabies SOR, SORC Sauceda 2.25 

7 Quinn Kibishi Jadaka’s Song of Meowl Brown-Thompson 2.25 

8 Rusty Vinaka’s XIV Karat Goldn Boy SOR, ORC Cook/Hayek 1.75 

9 Luxor Jumoke Quita African Luxor SOR Bowlus/Root 1.5 

10 Levi Dharian’s Levi Voss 1 

10 Zuri Jerlin’s Our Zuri Pupin Colbert 1 

11 Guy Noir Apu Guy Noir Marsicano 0.5 

11 Occhi Apu Occhi Belli JOR Marsicano 0.5 

11 Meeka Dragnquest Khadijah Meeka SOR, ORC Kanopasek/Kernen 0.5 

12 Keira Tompkins Karibbean Treasure JOR Tompkins 0.25 

12 Sydney Celebrity’s Notin My Movie JOR Schubert 0.25 

Dog/Owner 

OBEDIENCE TALLY 

NOVICE 

FC Eldorado's Yodeling Moon God RE SC NA NAJ 

Katy Scott 

Jaiye's Chanteya 

C Bunn & D Bunn 

OPEN 

Aljor's Back to Sonbar UD 

Mary & G Langois, Sally Wournos 

DC Sinbaje's Picture Perfect CD RE SC OA NAJ 

Linda Siekert 

C and J's Stripe Teaser At Kazor CD AX AXJ 

Cindy Griswold 

UTILITY 

Aljor's Back to Sonbar UD 

Mary & G Langois, Sally Wournos 

CH Akuaba's Singer at Lisanne VCD3 TDX AX AXJ 

Dolores Brigham 

Ave 

Score 

Points 

173 3 

175 2 

189.5 50 

189 6 

183.5 5 

189.5 46 

183 9 


BASENJI BRIEFS 

By Susan Chuvala 

Avocado, if consumed in signifi cant quantities, 

will cause gastrointestinal upset and can cause 

respiratory distress in dogs. The pit of the avocado 

contains persin, a toxic fatty acid which leaches into the 

fruit. Persin is also present in the leaves and other parts 

of the avocado plant. While a small sample of guacamole 

might not cause any harm to your basenji, it's probably best 

to avoid avocado products altogether so as not to encourage 

him to acquire a taste for this potentially poisonous fruit. 

Should the need arise to induce vomiting in 

your basenji, a reliable method is the use of 3% 

hydrogen peroxide. The correct dose for dogs 

is 1 ml per pound of body weight, not to exceed 

three tablespoons (45 ml). One teaspoon will usually do 

the trick for an average-sized basenji, and vomiting should 

occur after about ten minutes. If no results are forthcoming, 

repeat with another teaspoon. Shaking the bottle fi rst to 

activate the fi zz will help to stimulate regurgitation. Be sure 

to keep a fresh bottle on hand (it's also great for removing 

bloodstains!) 

Corneal abrasions can be caused by many things, 

such as sand or dirt in the eye, a collar or slip 

lead pulled carelessly over the head, or trauma 

from another animal. Signs of a scratched cornea 

include squinting, watery eye, and rubbing or pawing at the 

face. These injuries are very painful and left untreated can 

quickly turn into a corneal ulcer, which will have serious 

consequences for the eye. If you suspect that your basenji 

may have a corneal abrasion, seek veterinary treatment as 

soon as possible.

OFA REPORTS 

CARDIAC 

BJ-CA23/28F/P-PI KHADIJAH'S MY-TYM ALONE, JC 

ELBOWS 

BJ-EL177M28-PI EMERANT'S THE NAVIGATOR 

BJ-EL176M28-PI FOPAWS ATARASI MAKESUWONDER 

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BJ-FAC40/68F-PI FLY'N HI'S SHOOT'N FOR THE MOON 

BJ-FAC59/18M-PI FOPAW'S ROYAL FLUSH 

BJ-FAC42/67F-PI-CAR FURAHA NYEUSI OF WILMER 

BJ-FAC49/45M-PI-CAR FURAHA'S JOY-US NAFASI 

BJ-FAC148/92M-NOPI HACKER-RWANDA''S SPOTLIGHT 

BJ-FAC149/79F-NOPI HACKER''S SPRING LILY 

PROBABLY AFFECTED HACKER'S U DRIVE M'CRAZY 

BJ-FAC35/80M-PI-CAR ILLUSION'S TEX SON 

BJ-FAC55/43F-PI ITZYU A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC 

BJ-FAC33/79F-PI ITZYU JUST ONE LOOK 

BJ-FAC57/32M-PI ITZYU THE RED BARON 

BJ-FAC29/103F-PI-CAR IVGOTIA SECRET IDENTITY 

BJ-FAC125/42F-PI-CAR JANE SAYS DESOLEIL 

BJ-FAC58/31F-PI-CAR JASIRI-SUKARI CONGO-LEEZZA RICE 

BJ-FAC102/68M-PI JASIRI-SUKARI HR PUP N'STUFF 

BJ-FAC109/55M-PI-IND JASIRI-SUKARI JOHN TRI-VOLTA 

BJ-FAC1/115M-PI-CAR JASIRI-SUKARI JURI MAGUIRE 

BJ-FAC5/68F-PI-CAR JASIRI-SUKARI PARTY LINES 

BJ-FAC44/43F-PI-CAR JASIRI-SUKARI SURPRISE PARTY 

PROBABLY AFFECTED JASIRI-SUKARI THE ILLUSTRATED MAN 

BJ-FAC2/90F-PI JERLIN-ANKHU PATTON LEATHER 

BJ-FAC62/32M-PI JERLIN'S SONGSTER 

BJ-FAC38/76M-PI-CAR JOKUBA MEISTERHAUS E PLURIBUS UNUM 

BJ-FAC10/55M-PI-CAR JOKUBA-AISA'S THE REIGN OF FREEDOM 

BJ-FAC89/55F-PI-CAR JOKUBA-ASIA'S LET FREEDOM RING 

BJ-FAC155/19M-NOPI-CAR JOKUBA-KAZOR'S EVERYDAY I AM 

BJ-FAC114/79M-PI JUBLIE'S BLACK BANDIT 

BJ-FAC26/114M-PI KAZOR'S ALMASI AFRICANI FLY'N HI 

BJ-FAC138/21F-PI KENSET APEX SALLIE ANN 

BJ-FAC14/31F-PI KHADIJAH'S MY-TYM ALONE 

BJ-FAC74/68M-NOPI-CAR KHANI'S BURN DOWN THE MISSION 

BJ-FAC11/79M-PI-CAR KHANI'S CAPTAIN FANTASTIC 

BJ-FAC46/43F-PI-CAR KHANI'S DP POETRY IN MOTION 

PROBABLY AFFECTED KHANI'S JUMOKE BARU MACARENA 

BJ-FAC75/19M-NOPI-IND KHANI'S KATA TJUTA 

BJ-FAC76/19M-NOPI-CAR KHANI'S KATOOMBA 

PROBABLY AFFECTED KHANI'S MYSTERIOUS WAYS 

BJ-FAC51/68F-PI KHANI'S ROCK 'N' ROLL MADONNA 

BJ-FAC101/79F-PI-IND KHANI'S SWEET PAINTED LADY 

BJ-FAC144/43F-NOPI-CAR KHANI'S WRITTEN IN THE STARS 

BJ-FAC143/43F-NOPI-CAR KHANI'S YOU CAN MAKE HISTORY 

BJ-FAC22/139M-PI-IND KIBUSHI BOTTOM LINE 

BJ-FAC23/139M-PI-CAR KIBUSHI HOT TICKET 

BJ-FAC140/32M-PI KIBUSHI JADAKA'S SONG OF MEOWL 

BJ-FAC96/91F-PI KIBUSHI NYANGA CHA CHA 

BJ-FAC24/138M-PI-CAR KIBUSHI SUPERNATURAL 

BJ-FAC53/31F-PI-CAR KINETIC SOURCERY 

BJ-FAC54/31M-PI-CAR KINETIC'S ENCHANTED KNIGHT 

BJ-FAC48/55F-PI-CAR MEISTERHAUS MATERIAL GIRL 

PROBABLY AFFECTED MEISTERHAUS POETIC JUSTICE 

BJ-FAC47/55M-PI-CAR MEISTERHAUS POLITICALLY CORRECT 

BJ-FAC156/31F-NOPI-CAR MEISTERHAUS VERY ERIN BARKOVICH 

BJ-FAC36/67F-PI MY-TYM KHADIJAH LUVME OR LEVME 

BJ-FAC167/31M-NOPI NOWATA'S I DID IT AGAIN 

BJ-FAC119/55F-PI-CAR NOWATA'S LOVE KID 

BJ-FAC168/91M-NOPI-CAR NOWATA'S RED BUTTLER 

BJ-FAC12/31M-PI-CAR PLATINUM'S FEARISNOTAFACTOR 

BJ-FAC9/66F-PI PLATINUM'S SHOPPING SPREE 

BJ-FAC150/55M-NOPI-CAR REDMARSH NO WOMAN NO CRY 

BJ-FAC41/55F-PI REDMARSH THREE LITTLE BIRDS 

BJ-FAC133/43F-PI RUGOSA ROSE GARDEN 

BJ-FAC15/43F-PI-CAR RUGOSA ROSE PARADE 

BJ-FAC126/36M-PI RUGOSA ROSE TO THE OCCASION 

BJ-FAC94/116F-PI SASHALIA STARLET OF DHARIAN 

BJ-FAC95/103M-PI-CAR SELECT QUERCUS RUBRA 

BJ-FAC98/68F-PI SELECT RUGOSA ROSE BOUQET 


BJ-FAC28/115M-PI SHERWOOD'S IN THE NICK OF TIME 

BJ-FAC34/78F-PI SHERWOOD'S SHADOW OF THE MOON 

BJ-FAC7/79F-PI SIGNET FRENCH SILK 

BJ-FAC78/8F-NOPI-IND SINBAJE'S HOWL AT CITY LIGHTS 

BJ-FAC151/80M-NOPI-CAR SINBAJE'S PERFECT CONTENDER 

BJ-FAC6/79M-PI SINBAJE'S PICTURE PERFECT 

BJ-FAC152/8F-NOPI-CAR SINBAJE'S THAT'S WAVY GRAVY 

BJ-FAC81/8M-NOPI-IND SINBAJE'S THE DHARMA BUM 

BJ-FAC100/80F-PI-CAR SKYHI'S DEVIL MADE ME DO IT 

BJ-FAC111/67F-PI SKYHI'S DON'T YOU DARE 

BJ-FAC127/43M-PI-CAR SKYHI'S NATURL BORN THRILLER 

BJ-FAC103/80M-PI-CAR SKYHI'S POWER OUTAGE 

BJ-FAC153/19M-NOPI 

SONBAR’S PHOOLISH PLEASURE AT 

CUMBACK 

BJ-FAC8/68F-PI SONBAR'S GRACEFUL GODDESS 

BJ-FAC50/55F-PI SONBAR'S INCANDESCENT ICICLE 

BJ-FAC17/31M-PI-CAR SONBAR'S NOTEWORTHY NEWSMAN 

BJ-FAC27/115M-PI-CAR STARFYRE'S CISCO KID 

BJ-FAC110/67F-PI-CAR STARFYRE'S ROCK'N ROBYN 

BJ-FAC131/33M-PI-CAR STERNHIMMELS GENERIS SUI 

BJ-FAC141/32M-PI-CAR SUGARSHAQ THUNDER AT SUNRISE 

BJ-FAC83/19M-NOPI SUGRSHAQ-ANKHU NO HOLDS BARRED 

PROBABLY AFFECTED SUKARI-JASIRI MARY PUPPINS 

BJ-FAC3/91F-PI-CAR SUKARI-JASIRI SODA PUP 

BJ-FAC108/68M-PI SUN DIATA FAST FORWARD 

BJ-FAC87/139M-PI SUNDIATA SIR OCHRE DUTTON 

BJ-FAC124/37F-NOPI SUNDIATA TWISTED RIVER AOUI 

BJ-FAC90/41F-NOPI SUNDIATA'S CHAMINADE 

BJ-FAC123/32M-PI SUNDIATA'S DIFFERENT EQUATION 

BJ-FAC122/32M-PI SUNDIATA'S PI R SQUARED 

BJ-FAC128/30M-PI SUNDIATA'S UPLINK TO APEX 

BJ-FAC113/67F-PI-IND TAJI-RENNEK-PLATINUM QUERCUS 

BJ-FAC118/55F-PI TAJI'S CLOSING BELL AT QUERCUS 

BJ-FAC13/31M-PI TAJI'S KLASSIC ARCHITECTURE 

BJ-FAC134/43F-PI-IND TAJI'S MARGARITA WITH SALT 

BJ-FAC37/85F-PI TAMBUZI KELELE 

BJ-FAC25/126M-PI TANZA'S TEGO 

BJ-FAC97/91M-PI TERRARUST N AKUABA JAMBOREE 

BJ-FAC116/55F-PI TERRARUST N BEAUBRI 7TH HEAVEN 

BJ-FAC117/55M-PI TERRARUST N BEAUBRI MAKERSMARK 

BJ-FAC106/79F-PI TERRARUST N BEAUBRI SPECIAL FX 

BJ-FAC30/103M-PI TERRARUST'S MY-TYM TO APPEAL 

BJ-FAC169/114M-NOPI-CAR TERRARUST''S REMOTE CONTROL 

BJ-FAC163/14F-NOPI THOR'S ITZYU KIDEGE 

BJ-FAC164/32M-NOPI THOR'S JUKEBOX HERO 

BJ-FAC166/72M-NOPI THOR'S QUOTE THE RAVEN 

BJ-FAC162/72M-NOPI THOR'S ROOK 

BJ-FAC107/68M-PI UNDERCOVER MEISTERHAUS VALENTINO 

BJ-FAC61/67F-PI VINAKA'S DIAMONDS R FOREVER 

BJ-FAC60/33M-NOPI VINAKA'S THREE-D WORLD ATLAS 

BJ-FAC18/30M-NOPI-IND VOYUZ SOMETHING LIKE ELVIS 

BJ-FAC39/80M-PI-CAR WAKAN EQUULEUS 

BJ-FAC63/31F-PI-IND WAKAN EURYNOME 

BJ-FAC4/92M-PI WAKAN GOODGRIEF CHARLIEBROWN 

BJ-FAC154/19M-NOPI WAKAN IFWISHESWERE BULLFROGS 

BJ-FAC85/19F-NOPI WAKAN IFWISHESWERE BUTTERFLIES 

BJ-FAC16/56F-NOPI WAKAN JELLY BEAN 

BJ-FAC52/44M-PI WAKAN MIC COOKIE 

BJ-FAC56/44F-PI WAKAN SUGAR COOKIE 

BJ-FAC86/115M-NOPI-CAR WAKAN SUNSHINE SUPER NOVA 

BJ-FAC165/44F-NOPI ZURI'S RUBII SKY

CHAMPION 

AKC TITLES 

CHAMPIONS 

CH AB-Rafi ki Rebirth Of Cool D/R 

Title Earned: 05/05/07 

CH Rafi ki-Hackers Red White & Blue x CH AB-SS Follow The Money 

Owner: Wanda K Pooley 

Breeder: Wanda K Pooley & Michelle Gahgan 

CH Ahmahr Nahr's Son Of The Warrior D/R 


CH Ahmahr-Nhnp's Torquoise Warrior JC x CH Ahmahr Nahr's Lady In Red JC 

Owner/Breeder: Jennie D Behles & Robert J Walley 

CH Ahmahr-Nahr's Tears Of The Giraffe B/R 


CH Ahmahr-Nhnp's Torquoise Warrior JC x CH Ahmahr Nahr's Lady In Red JC 

Owner/Breeder: Jennie D Behles & Robert J Walley 

CH Baruh Testament To Hoo B/R 


CH Schaumburgs Thats Amoire x DC Baruh-Hoo Is A Rose Tattoo SC 

Owner: Linda Pence & Brad Phifer 

Breeder: Linda S Pence 

CH C-Quest Keep The Rhythm B/BR 


CH Eldorado's Ungaro x CH C-Quest's Perfect Timing 

Owner: Cindy Russell 

Breeder: Cindy Ayala & Victor Ayala 

CH D-Ann's Adina B/R 


CH Sonbar Brite Genuineoriginal x CH Dakars Adria Enchanted D-Ann 

Owner/Breeder: Dorothy Ann Collette 

CH Djakomba's Trick Or Treat D/T 


CH Penda Taji's Tri-Umphant One JC x Djakomba's Trifl e 

Owner: Judith Kessler & Doris Daniels 

Breeder: Jennifer Pruitt & Doris Daniels 

CH Eldorado's Echo Of Africa D/BR 


CH C-Quests Soul Driver x CH Eldorado's Ooh La La 

Owners/Breeders: Sheila M Lund & Pamela A Geoffrey 

CH Eldorado's Echo Of An Icon D/BR 


CH C-Quests Soul Driver x CH Eldorado's Ooh La La 

Owners/Breeders: Sheila M Lund & Pamela A Geoffrey 

CH Epic Tri My Best JC B/T 


CH Reveille Tried And True x CH Epic's Continuing Saga 

Owner: Rebecca Blansett & Elizabeth Wiley 

Breeder: Tracy Leonard D.V.M. & Rebecca C Blansett 

CH Jasiri-Sukari Congaro Politician D/R 


CH Meisterhaus Politically Correct x CH Jasiri-Sukari Party Lines 

Owner: Veronica Anne Predale & Catherine Ongaro 

Breeder: Julie Jones & Catherine Ongaro & Kathleen Jones 

CH Jerlin's Songster D/B 


CH C-Quests Point Blank x CH Jerlin's Lyric In Black 

Owner: Toni L Ackerman 

Breeder: Linda K Ehlers 

CH Jerlin's Double Impact D/R 


CH Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff JC x CH Jerlin's Airborne 

Owner: Grace Zimmerman & Joe D Zimmerman 

Breeder: Linda Ehlers 

CH Jerlin's Double O Seven D/T 


CH Jazzeta-Jerlin Double Stuff JC x CH Jerlin's Airborne 

Owner/Breeder: Linda Ehlers 

CH Jokuba-Kazor's The Way I Am D/R 


CH Jokuba-Aisa's The Reign Of Freedom SC x CH Kazor Bay-Senji Yuara Doll 

Owner: Teresa B Gavaletz & Kelly Shane 

Breeder: Russella S Bowen & Carol A Webb 

CH Jumoke's Jazzy Lady B/R 


CH Jumoke Khani Baru Paso Doble x CH Baru's Gabrielle Of Jumoke 

Owner: JoNell Turner 

Breeder: Bryan Gregory & George Woodard & Laurie Gregory 

CH Karnaks Mystical Moon Unit D/T 


CH Mysticals Higher Power Of Karnack x CH Karnaks Splendid Isolation 

Owner: Karen Hutchison 

Breeder: Michele Iverson & Karen J Hutchison 

CH Kasendo-Tutu Wildfi re Blaze'N D/R 


DC Ra-Shes Hollywood Of Tutu SC x CH Jerlin's Kubwa 

Kera Of Kasendo 

Owner/Breeder: Kathryn Boyd & Elda Cross 

CH Kazor's Niambi B/R 


CH Taji's Klassic Architecture JC x CH Kazor's Ima Lilytoo 

Owner/Breeder: Carol A Webb 

CH Kazor's Tribute To Zindika B/R 


CH Zindika's Johnny Come Greatly JC x CH Kazor's Only Me 

Owner: Carol A Wyatt & Erik Oberg & Cecily O Rappe 

Breeder: Carol A Webb & Cecily Rappe 

CH Kudabin Lady Baruhs D Blues B/R 


CH Baruh's African Hunter JC x CH Schaumburg Kudabin Joy O'Baruh 

Owner: Robert J Ellis & John Donald 

Breeder: Linda S Pence & John Donald 

CH Laurel Sashalia Tajiamiri D/R 


CH Laurel Lord Winston x CH Sashalia Sunlight JC 

Owner: Mary E Simmons & Laura Mae Hesse 

Breeder: Laura Mae Hesse 

CH Lots Of Laughter Alapocas B/R 


CH Mysticals High Flyer Of Karnak x Reveille Headlines 

Owner: Margaret Dugan & Edward Dugan & Julia Dugan 

Breeder: Lorraine N King & Alan C King 

CH Mardi Gras' Ramblin' Rose B/R 


CH Mardi Gras' Klassic Jazz x CH Mardi Gras' Cat Ballou 

Owner/Breeder: Michael L Graves & Christine L Graves 

CH Mardi Gras' William Wallace D/R 


CH Mardi Gras' Klassic Jazz x CH Mardi Gras' Cat Ballou 

Owner: Michael L Graves & Christine L Graves 

Breeder: Michael L Graves & Christine L Graves 

CH Meisterhaus Nutnbut Obsession B/R 


CH Meisterhaus Egoiste' x CH Undercover's Run For Cover 

Owner: A Tad Brooks & Janice O Harrison 

Breeder: Janice O Harrison & A Tad Brooks 

CH Queen Of Sheba B/BR 


Stonewalls Confederate Soldier x Scarletts Tara Fiddle-De-Dee 

Owner: Robin I Griswold & James Ott 

Breeder: William C Aycock & Jeffrey W Saunders 


CH Rafi kis Darkest Before Dawn B/T 


CH Rafi kis Three Ring Circus x CH Rafi kis Dawns Early Light 

Owner/Breeder: Michelle Gahgan 

CH Ra-She Juanagin D/R 


CH Jerlin-SS Special Forces x CH Ra-She Sundancer JC 

Owner/Breeder: Sherry Brisco 

CH Reveille Push The Limit To Mv D/R 


CH C-Quest's Just Push Play x CH Reveille Accord 

Owner: Kelly Wisch & Claire Wisch 

Breeder: Damara Bolte 

CH Reveille Rewind To Mata Hauri B/R 


CH C-Quest's Just Push Play x CH Reveille Accord 

Owner: Debbie Hauri 

Breeder: Damara Bolte 

CH Serengeti Hot Tip B/R 


CH Jerlin-SS Special Forces x CH Serengeti Copper Penny 

Owner/Breeder: Margaret Greenlee 

CH Sienna's Judgement Day D/R 


CH Sienna's Desert Oasis x CH Klassic Sienna's Nyte Skye 

Owner:/Breeder Loanne C Miller & Mike Miller & Michelle Miller 

CH Signet Starlight Starbright B/T 


CH Bedlam Bananas Foster x CH Signet Denim And Pearls 

Owner: Brenda J Cassell 

Breeder: Lisa L Myers & Brenda J Cassell 

CH Signet 'Tis-A Crown Jewel D/R 


CH Tis-A Arubmec's Thrills N' Chills JC x CH Tis-A My-Tym Lady Tango 

Owner: Ciara E Cassell & Joyce A Hughes & Brenda J Cassell 

Breeder: Thomas L Inwards & Joyce A Hughes & Fred 

Hughes & Robin G Inwards 

CH Signet Wakili Wild Thyme D/R 


CH Nyanga Signet Sweet William JC x CH Signet Explicit Runaround Sue 

Owner: Tonda L Curry & Brenda J Cassell 

Breeder: Bill Reeves & Brenda J Cassell 

CH Solivia's Tradebark D/T 


CH Calaz Abba Jabba Lost Ten x CH Solivia's Burn Baby Burn 

Owner & Breeder: Hayley Thompson & Susan Thompson 

CH Sonbar's Photogenic Pick B/R 


CH Nyanga Signet Sweet William JC x CH Sonbar's Brite Wildirishrose 

Owner: Sally Wuornos & Kari Wuornos 

Breeder: Sally Wuornos & Brenda J Cassell & Kari 

Wuornos 

CH Sugrshaq-Ankhu No Holds Barred D/R 


CH Jerlin's Braveheart x CH AB Princess Chinyamarindi JC 

Owner: Caryn J Jones & Michael P Jones 

Breeder: Ruth Trunita Miller 

CH Tailwind Dp Let Freedom Ring B/R 


CH Arubmec's Printed Report JC x CH Tazamisha Unexpectd Treasure JC 

Owner: Brenda Leicht & Martina M Cortez & Julie Leicht 

Breeder: Julie Leicht & Cynthia J Austin & Martina M Cortez 

CH Taji-Platinum One Day Sale JC B BR 


CH Bordeaux African Jumoke SC x Taji's Changa Platinum Queue 

Owner: Anesa Michalek & Katie Campbell & Alexander 

McKenzie Johnson & Mary K Quinnett 

Breeder: Katie Campbell & M Quinnett & June Young

CH Taji's Bacall Of The Wild B/R 


CH Jerlin-SS Special Forces x CH Taji's Go For Baroque JC 

Owner: Brian Deacon & Katie Campbell & Christopher Snyder 

Breeder: Katie Campbell 

CH Taji's Silent Comrade D/R 



Owner: Heather Lynch & Katie Campbell & Craig Lynch 


CH Taji's Tea For Two B/R 



Owner: Jung Kim & Katie Campbell & Mark Farnsworth 


CH Tazamisha's Restless One D/R 


CH Devils Peak Whirligig Archangel JC x CH Tazamisha Khani's Stolen Heart 

Owner: Cheryl Smith & Valerie Cortez & Nicholas Cortez 

Breeder: David A Cortez & Valerie Cortez & Nicholas P Cortez 

COMPANION DOG 

FC Eldorado's Yodeling Moon God CD RE SC NA NAJ D/BR 


CH Akuaba's Winds Of Change x Avongara Dinari 

Owner: Katherine Scott 

Breeder: Pamela Geoffroy & Sheila Lund & Susan Coe 

JUNIOR COURSER 

AB Easy Going Harrison JC D/R 


AB-SS Worth Every Cent JC x CH AB Prim 'N Proper 

Owner: Anne Harlan & Steven Harlan 

Breeder: Wanda K Pooley 

AB-Rafiki Cool Million JC D/T 


CH Rafiki-Hackers Red White & Blue x CH AB-SS Follow The Money 

Owner: Janet Ketz & Lou Ketz 

Breeder: Wanda K Pooley & Michelle Gahgan 

Amazing Nowata Sweet Daisy JC B/R 


CH Starfrye-Amazing Sun SC x CH Nowata's Love Kid 

Owner/Breeder: S Preedasuth 

Arubmec's Jackie O JC B/R 


CH Arubmec's Encore SC x DC Arubmec's Saturn Sattelite SC 

Owner: Dave Miclean & Carolyn Miclean 

Breeder: P E Cembura & Eric Poulson 

Bubalak It's Hi Time Kali JC B/R 


Bubalak Tri N Again JC x Bubalak Outrek Legacy 

Owner: Donna Smith & Mary Dewhitt 

Breeder: Mary Dewhitt 

Cash JC D/R 


Unknown x Unknown 

Owner: Anita Furtner 

Devils Peak Replicant W JC D/R 


CH Devils Peak Whirligig Archangel JC x CH Tazamisha Pratical Magic 

Owner/Breeder: Martina M Cortez & Cynthia J Austin 

Dharian's Evening Star JC B/B 


Dharian's Star Trek x Dharian's Obsidian JC 

Owner/Breeder: S Anne Humphreys & Bill Humphreys 

Dirty-Harry-Callahan JC D/R 



Owner: Joanne Callahan & Edward P. Callahan 

CH Here Comes Your Man Desoleil JC D/R 


DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x CH Soleils Anjolie Sunstag JC 

Owner: Holly Benton 

Breeder: Holly Benton & Sherry Stevens 

CH Illusionforess Hakuna Matata JC B/B 


DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x CH Ivgotta Secret Identity 

Owner: Sharla Bruce 

Breeder: Bob Reed & Terry Reed 

CH Jane Says Desoleil JC B/R 


DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x CH Soleils Anjolie Sunstag JC 

Owner: Holly Benton 

Breeder: Holly Benton & Sherry Stevens 

Jazzeta's I Was The One JC D/BR 


CH Jazzeta's Rolls Royce x CH Jazzeta's Chantilly Lace 

Owner: Eva Birch & Dawn Schultis 

Breeder: Bryan A Schultis & Dawn M Schultis 

Jerlin's I Am Sarai JC B/R 


CH Jerlin's You Talkin To Me x CH Jerlin's Airborne 

Owner: Dyan Baughan 

Breeder: Linda Ehlers 

CH Jerlin's Our Zuri Pupin JC D/R 


CH C-Quests Point Blank x CH Jerlin's Lyric In Black 

Owner: Mrs. Terry A. Colbert 

Breeder: Linda K Ehlers 

Joy-Us Fire On The Mountain JC D/R 


DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x CH Serengeti Joy-Us Pennyroyal JC 

Owner/Breeder: Susan Joyner 

Joy-Us Stella D'Oro JC B/B 


DC Berimo's Roustabout SC x CH Serengeti Joy-Us Pennyroyal JC 

Owner/Breeder: Susan Joyner 

Kibushi Jadaka's Song Of Meowl JC D/R 


Avongara Imba Tena x CH Signet French Silk JC 

Owner: Debbie Brown-Thompson & Mr. Jon Curby 

Breeder: Janice C Kahl & Mr. Jon Curby 

Kiroja Loving Every Minute JC B/BR 


CH Undercover Meisterhaus Valentino RN SC NA NAJ x CH Meisterhaus 

Kiroja Kiss N Tell RN JC NA NAJ 

Owner: Jan Cook & Kelli Harmon & Andy Hayek 

Breeder: Kelli Harmon 

Kiroja Undercover Legend JC B/BR 


CH Undercover Meisterhaus Valentino RN SC NA NAJ x CH Meisterhaus 

Kiroja Kiss N Tell RN JC NA NAJ 

Owner: Gale N Whitehurst & SUSAN L SCHROEDER 

Breeder: Kelli Harmon 

Sundiata's Chaminade JC B/R 


CH Sundiata Sir Ochre Dutton x Moyla J 

Owner: Chris Maxka & Jim Maxka 

Breeder: Bear J Ingram & Chris Maxka 


Sundiata's Neema Dearheart JC B/BR 


CH Sundiata Fast Forward x Sundiata Kokopelli's Flute 

Owner: Reuel Hesterman & Mariko Yamamoto 

Breeder: Chris Maxka & Jim Maxka 

CH Zindika's Curtain Call JC B/R 


Arubmec's Encore SC x CH Zindika's Definitely Danielle 

Owner: Margaret B Davis 

Breeder: Cecily D Rappe 

SENIOR COURSER 

Arubmec's Tri-Bekka SC B/T 


CH Arubmec's Encore SC x CH Arubmec's Final Mission JC 

Owner: Marilyn Madsen & Patricia Scanlon 

Breeder: Patricia E Cembura 

FC Dharian's Levi SC D/B 



Owner: Deborah Voss 

Breeder: S Anne Humphreys & Bill Humphreys Jr. 

Khadijah's My-Tym Alone SC B/R 


CH Devils Peak Whirligig Archangel JC x DC My-Tym Khadijah Luvme Or 

Levme SC 

Owner/Breeder: Darlene Y Lowit & Sandy J Kernen 

CH Serengeti Joy-Us Pennyroyal SC B/R 


CH Serengeti Chances Are x CH Serengeti Copper Penny 

Owner: Susan Joyner 

Breeder: Margaret Greenlee 

Sunbird Sudnly Follow The Lady SC B/B 


CH Suddanly Bets Ona Lady's Man SC x Sunbird Suddanly Sweet Sue SC 

Owner: Susan M Campeau & Carolyn Noll Gerics 

Breeder: Sue Campeau & Carolyn Gerics 

CH Tazamisha DP The Duce Is Wild SC D/R 


CH Devils Peak Whirligig Archangel JC x CH My-Tym Jato First Edition 

Owner: Valerie Cortez & David A Cortez 

Breeder: Martina M Cortez & Cynthia J Austin & Valerie Cortez 

Thor's Jukebox Hero SC D/BR 


Itzyu Nick Of Time x CH Thor's Kaleidoscope 

Owner/Breeder: Judy Brader 

FC Tompkins Karibbean Treasure SC B/R 


Hacker's Johnson's Sambo x Johnson's Matelda Mae 

Owner: Heather Tompkins & Mickey Tompkins 

Breeder: Mark R Johnson & Ruth Johnson 

Voyuz Something Like Elvis SC D/T 


CH Jerlin's Braveheart x CH Voyuz The Wretches Gone Awry 

Owner/Breeder: Troy J Shadbolt 

Zanzabar's Vivacious Violet SC NA NAJ B/R 


Albin's Big Red Dust Devil x Albin's Mystical Hystery 

Owner: Kiely Grundahl 

Breeder: Ellen J Albin 

MASTER COURSER 

DC Zuri's Matuko MC B/R 


CH Arubmec's Jon-Luke x CH Zuri's Sauti 

Owner: Marcia Hutchinson & Marilyn Leighton & Donna Troyna 

Breeder: Kenneth Leighton & Marilyn Leighton & Michael A Pine

DC Zuri's Shada La Chienne Nikita MC B/T 


CH Penda Taji's Tri-Umphant One JC x DC Zuri's Matuko MC 

Owner: Donna M Troyna & Marcia Hutchinson & Marilyn Leighton 

Breeder: Marilyn Leighton & Marcia Hutchinson & Donna Troyna 

DC Zuri's Ultimately Kia MC B/R 


Zuri's Abubakar Madu x CH Zuri's Okolo 

Owner: Lori J Baxter & Marilyn A Leighton 

Breeder: Kenneth Leighton & Marilyn Leighton 

LURE COURSER EXCELLENT 

DC Dark Skies Morgans Grace SC LCX B/R 


Mata Hauri Blockbuster x Mata Hauri Ambara C-Breeze 

Owner: Kenneth Morgan & Kate Morgan 

Breeder: Debbie Hauri & Gloria J Steiger 

DC Select Rugosa Alien Invader SC LCX D/R 


DC Zuri's Kazandu SC x Select's Rugosa Rubra SC 

Owner: Tracy Leonard Dvm & Veronica Perrine 

Breeder: Parry Tallmadge & Veronica Perrine & Tracy 

Leonard D.V.M. 

FIELD CHAMPION 

FC Apu Bella Di Cerignola SC B/T 


CH Osennji Tibouchina Of Apu x Apu Y U NV Me 

Owner: Karen P Christensen & Susan Marsicano 

Breeder: Susan Marsicano 

FC Dharian's Levi SC D/B 



Owner: Deborah Voss 

Breeder: S Anne Humphreys & Bill Humphreys Jr. 

DC Kinetic's Enchanted Knight SC D/B 


DC Tamsala Rocket Socks MC LCX x DC Sherwood's Shadow Of The 

Moon SC 

Owner: Deborah Voss & Lisa Voss 

Breeder: Lisa R Voss & Samuel H Stump & Robyn Dubbert 

FC Stilwell's Ok Redbud Of Zande SC D/R 


CH Zande Charaza SC x FC Stilwell's Callthewind Mariah SC 

Owner/Breeder: Linda Stilwell & Richard Stilwell 

FC Tompkins Karibbean Treasure SC B/R 


Hacker's Johnson's Sambo x Johnson's Matelda Mae 

Owner: Heather Tompkins & Mickey Tompkins 

Breeder: Mark R Johnson & Ruth Johnson 

FC Zuri's Shani Kamili SC B/R 


CH Bordeaux African Jumoke SC x DC Zuri's Ultimately Kia SC 

Owner/Breeder: Lori J Baxter & Marilyn A Leighton 

NOVICE AGILITY PREFERRED 

DC Lacada's Con Man K's Kaper CD RAE2 SC OA OAJ NAP NJP D/R 


CH Ronel's General Purpose Jerlin x Hadassa Windsong Of The Nile 

Owner: Belinda Kaufman 

Breeder: Dallas J Hunt 

NOVICE AGILITY JUMPER 

Apu Jay Dreamin' Breeze RN SC NAJ D/R 


DC Apu Must Be The Money SC x Tibah Antelopah 

Owner: Natalie R Culver 

Breeder: Eric Brennan & Chantal Brennan 

MASTER EXCELLENT JUMPER 

Calypso Windsor Joslin JC AX MXJ D/R 


Reveille Calypso Trapper x Calypso Lady In Red 

Owner: Deborah Joslin & Perry Joslin 

Breeder: Susan Patterson & Kevin Brothers 

RALLY NOVICE 

FC Gana Gaillardia RN SC B/R 


CH Kibushi Prime Target x FC Gana's Blushin' Coquette MC 

Owner:/Breeder Nancy A Roisum 

Hatikvah The Wild Dulcimer RN B/R 


Asil Da Qi Diamonds In The Ruff RA x CH Illusion Tikvah Tikvah 

Owner/Breeder: Laura Stadtmore 

CH Rafikis Twilights Last Gleaming RN SC B/R 


CH Hacker-Rwanda's Night Light x CH Rafiki's If Tomorrow Comes 

Owner: Susan Cook & Michelle Gahgan 

Breeder: Michelle Gahgan 

RALLY ADVANCED 

Asil Da Qi Diamonds In The Ruff RA D/BR 


CH Kazor's Tom Foolery x Regal-Fox Cheetah 

Owner: Dr. Laura Stadtmore 

Breeder: Beverly Riley 

Shona's African Sky RA B/T 



Owner: Laura Stadmore 

JOR 

NOTRA 

TITLES 

Tompkins Breezin Bayou JC, JOR B/T 

Titled earned: 05/19/07 

Owner Heather Tompkins 

FC Tompkins Karibbean Treasure SC, GRC, JOR B/R 



FC Apu Get the Helloutta Dodge SC, JOR, CGC, GRC D/R 


Owner Natalie Culver 

Apu Occhi Belli JOR D/R 


Owner Susan Marsicano 

Celebrity’s Not in My Movie JC, JOR B/T 


Owner Heather Schubert 

SOR 

FC Tompkins Cruzin for a Bruzin SC, FCh, GRC, SOR D/T 




SORC 

Kazor’s Autmn Hijinx SOR, SORC D/ 


Owner Barb Sauceda 

GRC 

FC Apu Get the Helloutta Dodge SC, JOR, CGC, GRC D/R 


Owner Natalie Culver 

Kiroja Hart N Soul CGC, TDI, GRC B/BR 


Owner Kelli Harmon 

SUPERIOR GRC II 

LGRA TITLES 

2007 

FC Apu the Answer SC, FCh, SGRC2, SOR D/R 


Owner Karen Christensen 

FIELD CHAMPION 

ASFA FIELD 

TITLES 

DC Jumoke's Saylah of Baraka, SC,JOR B/BR 

Title earned: 04/14/07 

Owner: Paul Root & William Bowlus 

FC Kazor's Tamu Kumani, SC B/R 

Title earned: 05/05/07 

Owner: Lori Baxter & Carol Webb 

LURE COURSER OF MERIT 

FC Mijokr's Once Not Enough, FCh B/BR 

Title earned 05/13/07 

Owner: John Siverson & Diana McCarty 

LURE COURSER OF MERIT 2 

FC Thor's Just a Little Wannabe, LCM,MC B/R 


Owner: Judy Brader 

FC Thor's Painter Passing Thru, LCM,MC B/BR 


Owner: Judy Brader 

CORRECTIONS-2ND QTR: 

In the LGRA Listing, owner’s name was listed 

incorrectly. 

Jazetta’s Fox in Sox GRC B/B 

Title Earned 04/28/07 

Owners: Mari & Jeff- Dawson 

In the Rally Excellent listings: 

Should read: Ch. Apu Little Red Lentil RE AX AXJ

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT ........................................... SALLY WUORNOS 

32051 Virgo St NE 

North Branch MN 55056 - swuornos@aol.com 

VICE PRESIDENT .................................. KARLA SCHREIBER 

15 N. Wheeling, 

Prospect Hts. IL 60070-1515 

newworldbasenjis@sbcglobal.net 

SECRETARY ................................................. ANNE GRAVES 

5102 Darnell 

Houston TX 77096 - rgraves@houston.rr.com 

TREASURER ..........................................LAURA MAE HESSE 

278 W Washington St. 

Poynette, WI 53955-9449 

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DIRECTORS 

LISA AUERBACH 

2500 Mill Rd., Powhatin VA 23139 

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DAMARA BOLTE’ 

41674 Browns Farm Lane, Leesburg VA 22075 

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JON CURBY 

1201 Rustic Rd., Columbia, MO 65201 

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MIDGE GREENLEE 

9030 W. 19th Avenue Rd, Ocala FL 34476 

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CARRIE JONES 

12701 65th St NE, Eyota, MN 55934-2105 

ankhu@kmwb.net 

WANDA POOLEY 

8050 Old River Road, Rockford IL 61103 

albasenji@rockriver.net 

LAURIE STARGELL 

36878 Gaylin Avenue, Windsor, CO 80550 

Laurie@SkyHiBasenjis.com 

LIFETIME MEMBERS 

Barbara Camp, TX 

Lucretia Dye, OH 

Dr. Steve Gonto, GA 

Robert Vavra, Spain 

Carol Webb, CA 

COMMITTEES 

African Stock Project ..............Linda Siekert, James Johannes 

AKC Delegate ....................................................... Jon Curby 

AKC Gazette Columnist ............................. Marcia Woodard 

AKC Legislative Liaison ....................................Vicky Jacobs 

Archives Action .................. Brenda Jones-Greenberg, Chair 

Breeder Referrals: 

Phone ..................................................... Sandy Beaudoin 

Web Site & E-Mail Tad Brooks, Iris Craven, Pat Marshall, 

Rick Christensen, Carol Webb, Sally Wuornos 

Breeders’ Education ......... Damara Bolte’, Chair, Iris Craven, 

Pat Marshall, Carol Webb, Carole Kirk 

Breed Standard .............................................. Damara Bolte’ 

By-Laws ............................ Iris Craven-Chair, Laurie Stargell, 

Pat Fragassi, Karen Hutchinson, Midge Greenlee, Linda 

Ehlers 

Editorial Committee .............. Damara Bolte’, Wanda Pooley 

Karla Schreiber 

Events Coordinator/Liaison ................................. Carole Kirk 

Health & Research ................ Lisa Auerbach, Carol Webb, 

Parry Talmadge, Lisa Hart, Jon Curby, Katy Scott, Robert 

Dean, Laurie Stargell, Sandy Kernen 

Internet Security .................................Carmella Troisi-Hoerr 

Judges Education .................................Marianne Klinkowski 

Junior Showmanship ....................................... Lisa Marshall 

Legal Review- & Advisory .......Karla Schreiber (Chair) Tonda 

Curry, Sid Sher 

Lure Coursing .....................................................Russ Jacobs 

Membership ......................................................Linda Ehlers 

National Specialty Oversight ............. Wanda Pooley, Chair 

Pat Fragassi, Michelle Gahgan, Laura Hesse, Russ Jacobs, 

Arnieta Kurtz, Lisa Marshall 

Obedience Tallier ....................................... Cindy Griswold 

Outreach ................................................. Pat Fragassi, Chair 

Lisa Corell Auerbach, Sandy Beaudoin, Bev Bland, Karla 

Schreiber, Cindy Griswold, Lisa Hart, Carrie Jones, Vickie 

Perrine, Lisa Voss, Andrea Walters, CarolAnn Worsham 

Performance Events .............Cindy Griswold, Suzanne Lacroix 

Public Education Coordinator ............................Carrie Jones 

Rescue ..................................................Shawn Smith, Chair 

........................................................ Cheryl Silver, Eva Allen 

Sunshine ...........................................................Linda Pence 

Web Site .................. Kevin Dragseth, Carmella Troisi-Hoerr 

EDITORS 

Membership Roster 

CARMELLA TROISI-HOERR 

515 E Carefree Hwy PMB 925, Phoenix, AZ 

85085 

Bulletin Board Newsletter 

LISA MARSHALL 

10611 S. Farmdale Dr., Oak Creek, WI 53154 

Bulletin Quarterly Magazine 

WANDA POOLEY 

8050 Old River Road 

Rockford, IL 61103 

AFFILIATE CLUBS 

Austin Basenji Club 

Diane Laue ..................................... 512-327-2160 

mlgraves@ev1.net 

Basenji Club of Cincinnati 

Carolann Worsham ........................ 614-456-0497 

cworsham@gmail.com 

Basenji Club of Greater Detroit 

Charles Hiller ................................. 313-563-8980 

chiller26@sbcglobal.net 

Basenji Club of Greater Houston 

Judi Glass ....................................... 713-895-8357 

GRBC28@aol.com 

Basenji Club of Northern California 

Pat Fragassi..................................... 925-846-9204 

tanzab@aol.com 

Basenji Club of Southeastern Wisconsin 

Lisa Marshall .................................. 414-571-1204 

brkls@wi.rr.com 

Basenji Fanciers of Greater Phoenix 

Ron Wilson .................................... 480-949-5389 

nancronw@aol.com 

Bay State Basenji Club 

Rita Pontes ..................................... 508-675-1666 

rpontes@comcast.net 

Central States Basenji Lure Coursing 

Wilma Bauer .................................. 309-699-7761 

wilmaB@npoint.net 

Dallas-Ft. Worth Basenji Club 

John Graves .................................... 972-768-3722 

webmaster@dfwbasenji.org 

Evergreen Basenji Club 

Katie Campbell ............................... 206-933-5798 

taji@ktcampbell.com 

Greater Chicagoland Basenji Club 

Janet Ketz ....................................... 815-476-5418 

jlketz@aol.com 

Hi-Country Basenji Club 

Pat Bird .......................................... 303-452-4380 

p.bird@comcast.net 

Hoosier Basenji Club 

Linda Pence ................................... 317-896-5849 

baruhlp@webtv.com 

Indian Nations Basenji Club 

Kathryn Boyd ................................. 918-749-5108 

kasendo@aol.com 

Mid-Atlantic Basenji Club 

Linda Lutman ................................. 410-256-4503 

solarkidzz@aol.com 

Rip Van Wrinkle Basenji Club 

Karen Sahulka ................................ 845-679-1155 

birdhorse8@msn.com 

South Coast Basenji Fanciers 

Jim Webb ....................................... 714-777-2256 

cwkazor@earthlink.net 

Show-Me Basenji Club 

Russ Jacobs .................................... 785-379-5430 

russjacobs4@aol.com 

Willamette Valley Basenji Club 

Kathy Britton .................................. 503-661-8020 

Bennyburnerbono@aol.com 

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Back Cover Story .... 

"DREW" 

DCh Sinbaje's Picture Perfect, CD, RE, SC, FCh, OA, OAJ, NAP, NJP, NAC 

Since losing his right eye to glaucoma, secondary to Valley Fever in 2005, Drew has accomplished the following 

titles/awards: Agility: Open Standard (OA) and JWW (OAJ), Novice Preferred Standard (NAP) and JWW (NJP) - all 

with placements. Lure coursing: ASFA Field Champion (FCh). Rally: Rally Excellent (RE) - highest score 99 out of 

100. Obedience: Companion Dog Excellent (COX) - has two legs; which includes winning a highly competitive Open 

class of 24 all breed entries. Once his COX is obtained, Drew will continue to enjoy himself in preferred agility as well 

as the occasional lure trial. 

Not to be outdone, his recently (August 2006) returned brother Clay (Sinbaje's Perfect Contender, JC) has been 

busy as well. He has his Junior Courser title, he is ASFA pointed, has two legs in AKC Novice agility and one leg 

towards his Companion Dog (CD) title with a third placement, in his first, and only, attempt. He has been a great, albeit 

unexpected, addition to our pack. 

Last, but certainly not least, pending AKC confirmation Sinbaje has another homebred champion. Shown 

intermittently throughout his six and one half years, Shaman (*Ch. Sinbaje's Perfect Spirit, JC) finished his bench 

Championship in his new home state of Florida. Thanks to Frank Jewett for those last two points. 

Like fine wine, Sage's (U-CD UCICB-CH Wakan African Sage Sinbaje UD, AX, OAJ, OA~ NJC, CGC) boys only get 

better with age. To read the latest on the greatest performance excelling hounds of silence© visit us at: www.sinbaje. 

com. 

Shaman @ 15 months - 

*New AKC Champion 

*AKC pending 

** Drew tested as a Probable Clear on the Fanconi test. ** 

Linda Seikert • SINBAJE • Tucson, AZ • Sinbaje@comcast.net 


Clay at 6 years old

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