Glad you are home and that your family is ok. Sounds like Hope is pleased to see her mum back 🙂
Miss Wheat
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Sharron, you are going to be Wheat's primary caregiver and as such, you will know her better than anyone else no matter what their level of expertise is. I agree with Pat that you should read up on what the BCOA process is because people are going to ask you since you are her owner. If you are a BCOA member then you do get a vote, literally, on whether these dogs get accepted.
I think ALL BCOA members should be take the time to read the petition to open the stud book, http://www.basenji.org/NativeStock/Application/BasenjiStudbookPetition.pdf Alot of hard work and research went into the petition in order to help provide a long term plan for the survival of our beloved breed.
PS: I have no problem posting the pics that you send.
I agree with Lisa. And this isn't a cricitism to you Sharron…I can understand your distance from the whole breeding question. But the fact that Wheat is straight out of Africa is going to be interesting to all kinds of people that you run into, and they are going to ask you lots of questions. Personally, I would want to be able to answer their questions about how or why (or why not) she would be included in the the studbook. Again, it goes to not just being an aficionado of our wonderful breed...but a steward of its history and its future. IMO, to take a full African into your home is an incredible honor, but it will come with a certain amount of responsibility to educate anyone who is willing to listen
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Pat, IF I was going to breed this girl, I would. BUT I am not. Her adding to the gene pool will not be anything I have a say in. Lisa Saban will decide if she thinks Ms Wheat can help b's…and there is lots of time and testing that has to go on, before they the whole group can be submitted to the BCOA.
If I had a vote in this, I would do my homework. As I don't, I leave it to those who are professionals. I will post to you privately more on this matter.
BUT I do appreciate your concern that someone with an intact dog isn't aware of the
proceedures re BCOA and AKC.It is still good to know and understand the process for anyone in the breed regardless if you breed or not… at least IMO. Has nothing to do with have intact dog/bitches at all, it has to do with the breed in general.
Especially since the members (as in NOT limited to just members that breed and/or show, etc.) have a "vote" when it comes to the final "judging" for acceptance into the stud books. It is every members responsibility to know the procedure before voting to accept or not accept.
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Pat and Lisa, your both correct and I wasn't thinking of educating the public, just my lack of knowledge re genetics, breeding and the like. I didn't want anyone to think I was
passing myself off on the above, as its not my interest.
BUT I do need to be educated and I will read up on the process.
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Lisa and Pat, I wanted to ask you, if you know… I was reading on the breeders list that shoulders and chests are an issue in our breed.
Do you know if any of the African's who were brought over before Miss Wheat and her group, were good with shoulder structure?
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hi everyone. is this basenji white?.
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Hi Pedro, no, this is a color that is not much seen in the US, but is in Africa.
When we first brought her into this country, she had many black hairs, most of those have gone…and her color is changing every day.
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Sharron, I think you are taking on quite a bit of responsibility in opening your home to Wheat, and you are doing really well. Read what you can and continue doing what you are doing. With both you and Lisa on board, Wheat has a wonderful future.
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hi everyone. is this basenji white?.
The puppy looks kind of white due to the bad lighting (notice the glowing eyes). It's not what her real coloring is.
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The puppy looks kind of white due to the bad lighting (notice the glowing eyes). It's not what her real coloring is.
This thread has a better example of what her coloring was earlier in April.
http://www.basenjiforums.com/showthread.php?t=8754
Note: oops, I'm obviously tired. I just quoted myself. lol.
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Thanks Fran for the nice words.
Lisa is doing a great job of making her a social girl…even taking her and her african sister to work with her!
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Sharron - thank you for the further news on Miss Wheat. I too will be looking up the procedure as although it doesn't apply over here it's always interesting to have that information. Once aain congratulations in having Miss Wheat in your home
