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Congratulations 🙂

What lovely dogs!

Over the weekend we competed in the Iron Dog ASFA trial with forum member Kirsten and Ariel. Our girls did excellent, both picked up their last placement. Sat tempest earned BOB, and Sun Ariel won the stake, we left for home before breed runoffs so did not hear I she or Searaha took BOB. Trog enjoyed running with his family as Susan and karen came to the trial Sat with the entire Apu paw pack. Great entry of 12 that day.

What a nice turnout!

Jennifer

Good Job Lisa and congrats!!!!!

Congrats! It has been wet in my area and the backyard is getting muddy. It does not help that the dogs are chasing the squirrels! It is supposed to be dry for a few days and I hope the sun is out for the yard to dry.

Jennifer

Congrats! The weather has been so up and down this winter in the Midwest. Good luck at Indy.

Jennifer

@lisastewart:

It still amazes me how many web sites out there make no mention of the dogs real registered names, are they afraid people might actually research the dogs health testing status or other records before commiting to a puppy.

I agree. It is very common for less-than-reputable breeders to not only keep their dog's registered names a secret but many don't even post call names of the dogs. Many do not post pictures of their dogs. Or they post pictures of some of their dogs but list puppies from dogs that are not found on their website. This makes me wonder just how many dogs they actually have. What else do they have to hide? Responsible breeders are proud of their dogs and are always happy to show them off and share information about them.

Would anyone else care to share with the newbies what their web sites looks like so that prospective owners can learn to tell the difference between a puppy mill website and a breeders site?:

My website is www.sherwoodbasenjis.com. It needs a few minor updates but is generally kept up pretty well.

Lovely picture - but looks a very fierce Santa.

My wishes too you all and your Basenjis to have a very enjoyable holiday and all your special wishes for 2012.

@lisastewart:

Thats true, I guesss I could get my carrier retested now. Not sure there is a reason to retest the clear as the parents were clear and carrier.

Yes there is a reason to retest clears, if you read Dr Johnson's write up from the Nationals, he clearly says that even pClear to pClear could produce Carriers, so a pClear to pCarrier could make that pup a Carrier or even Affected if that pClear turned out to be a Carrier.

It is recommended that all potential breeding stock be retested with the direct test. And if I had a pClear to pCarrier regardless if I were considering breeding, I would retest.

Congratulations!! They're both beautiful girls!

Wow - they are gorgeous girls - you must be so proud!

Lisa,

They are beautiful girls! 🙂

Joe is quick with the shutter, I love the Floating Gambit! "Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee"!

@agilebasenji:

what she said.

At my house a valid excuse for not getting up is, "But I'd have to disturb the dog."

My husband is delighted that Shaye's and Gemma's favorite place to take a nap while we are watching TV is on his lap. Sometimes it works, sometimes Shaye won't let Gemma up there. But the deal is - when a snack is called for, or my husband's thirsty or the phone rings, someone's at the door, whatever, his constant cry is "But I have DOL!" which, of course is "dog on lap" so it falls to me to get up and tend to everything. Grrrrrrrr. Occasionally, Gemma will sit on my lap when Shaye is snarky with her - then, of course, I have the larger DOL, so he has to get up. It's a game with us. I usually lose.:p

Wonderful photo. Glad to hear they did well in class!

Only my two tris have used me for teething. My toes were never safe from Trog. They are not bad on puddles but I have to be 100% sure they are empty when I crate them or I come home to brindles

That last picture is priceless, made me laugh out loud. Great that they enjoy playing in the water.

What cuties!! GL with them:) I would have chosen Tempest for Ariel's call name, but it was too close to our labradoodles name, Tessie.

Congratulations on your wins. Gambit looks as though she was born to it!

I also have a Verizon air card USB - the video may use it all up. Also, instead of using the laptop with the air card, I used my home computer to call it up and found you have to subscribe to something in order to watch - it's my policy not to do that. So, even though the video may be great, you do have to sign up with something to do so.