Glad you are home and that your family is ok. Sounds like Hope is pleased to see her mum back 🙂
Miss Wheat at the 2010 BCOA National
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Yes, Miss Wheat is very nice to humans and other dogs. Small furry critters need to fear her however, laugh…
The village dogs have to be nice, or they are killed. So, sometimes it hard to get her to put her ears up, because she is being submissive to the humans around her.
Her biggest fault is that she is rough taking food from the hand. But we are working on that. She is better than she was..it was grab food when you can, where she came from.
The show folks were so very kind to her. They couldn't believe how they could just pick her up and carry her around. Course, they also had bait in their pockets, so Wheat fell in love with them instantly! -
Lovely pictures - she looks very calm arounf the other Basenji too. Is that one collar or two? I saw a kind of double collar like that on some Akita Inus last weekend that depending on whether they wanted control or just to walk they just changed from one to the other. Is it one of those? - I had never seen them before.
Thank you for keeping Miss Wheat's admirers up to date with pictures.
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We wanted to make sure we had outside I.D.'s on the dogs, they are all micro chipped
So, the one collar was for if she got loose, a contact number, the other was to keep her with us. Interesting to note, these african dogs don't really run off…they want to keep their humans in sight. Seems like once they have bonded to a food source, they want to keep tract of it. BUT leashes, when they are out, it the way to go. -
What a beautiful dog! She looks almost Basenji like. What breed is she?
Emm
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Emm. she is suspose to be a basenji but right now, I just call her my village dog . Hard to tell as she came from Africa just 8 months ago. When she was a puppy, she was p/u and brought to this country. She was imported to help expend the BCOA gene pool. However, she has some things that the basenji folks didn't like so she will be fixed and my pet.
However the other dogs were given a much different review, so they will most likely be
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they want to keep their humans in sight. Seems like once they have bonded to a food source, they want to keep tract of it.
And BCoA thinks she wasn't a true basenji? She sure sounds like one to me…
She'll make a great companion dog. How is she with other dogs? I'm sure that Rocky and Roxy would love to see her at the dog park one day, Sharron
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Do the African B's get judged in the same classes and by the same standards as "American" B's? If so, how did Miss Wheat do?
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I decided not to put Miss Wheat in. I want the focus of the club on the b's who will help the gene pool.
Steven, I am sure Wheat will love to play with your 2 b's…and other dogs as well.
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She really is beautiful. She has such a sweet, open expression, with just a little bit of mystery.
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Sharon, I was hoping the light color would be re-introduced. Isn't her color lost in the current gene pool? She such a lovely young 'un. Sorry to lose her in the pool.
But you sure have your self a cutie!!
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Steven, I am sure Wheat will love to play with your 2 b's…and other dogs as well.
Its my current boy basenji who doesn't play nice with others!When we were there this morning, there were other Basenji's there, two red & whites. There were probably more Basenjis in the dog park than any other breed.
Sharon, I was hoping the light color would be re-introduced. Isn't her color lost in the current gene pool?
Bongo and Bokoto of Blean produced cream Bs, but the cream colour was bred out in the late 1960s - see http://www.basenji.org/african/tudo7906.htm for a bit more information on the lighter colours.
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When we were there this morning, there were other Basenji's there, two red & whites. There were probably more Basenjis in the dog park than any other breed.
Bongo and Bokoto of Blean produced cream Bs, but the cream colour was bred out in the late 1960s - see http://www.basenji.org/african/tudo7906.htm for a bit more information on the lighter colours.
Miss Wheat is not a cream, I believe she is red according to color genetics testing - just a light red though. Sharron can correct me if I'm wrong. Bengi, another dog that they brought back in the same trip has a lighter red color as well. The Lukuru dogs brought back by Dr. Jo from a different region genetically are also red, it's just a light shade of red as well. I've got pictures of some of the other dogs so I'll put them them all in another album for comparison.
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Here is a link to an album with some different African imports that I've had the opportunity to see in person. I don't know the call names for the two darker red Ntomba dogs. I can add them if Sharron or someone else tells me. I think their names are Mosika (male) and Lokoso (female).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisenji/sets/72157624936600476/
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I think she looks stunning in her pale red coat. Does her tail curl more than in the pictures or is that it?
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Oh Sharron, she is turning into such a priceless little lady! I bet she had a lot of attention at the Nationals. So glad you took her there with you, and I hope you had a great time there.
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Fran the nationals were a blast..if anyone can ever make one, please do…
Petra, my girls tail is just like its shown.
Lisa Sabans, red girl no relation to Wheat has a tail that is curling more and more...
So, if I can get some photos of her red girl, I will share them...
You will be able to see how very different the dogs look.
Anyway, thank you all for the kind words..
Everyone who met Wheat started smiling as soon as she came close to them.
This little girl just is a people person, and her happiness just shines through.
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Sharron - what is the process for establishing the 'purity' of the imports? In what way did our beloved MissWheat fail to be accepted? Perhaps you don't want to say - just ignore the above if you don't.
I find her colour interesting as there used to be reds here which were described as "paper bag" coloured and I suppose that could describe MissWheat. This colour came from normal coloured red/white parents. I realise you won't be able to breed but I would think it possible that she would produce deeper reds! I stand to be corrected by those more knowledgeable in genetics than I.
Incidentally, there are creams fairly recently bred in the USA- I have seen a pedigree on Sally's website.
Some of the cream Basenjis bred in the early days here were certainly not albinoid in that they had fairly dark noses and eyes but obviously not as dark as other colours. The colour was barred by the Standard and members of the Basenji Club of Great Britain (the only club at that time) were forbidden to breed from them.
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Wheat has been color checked…and she is a "red". Some of the other dogs brought over are of light coloration, and they have been accepted.
Pre imports. There is quite a process that takes place when folks are bringing back dogs who are to be put up to the BCOA.
Several educated long term breeders/judges make statements re their impressions of the dogs, it goes to a committee and then is voted on by the BCOA membership. So its a big deal.
Wheat, as charming as she is has a couple of issues. Her eyes are yellow. I learned that is a very hard thing to breed out of any basenji line. Also, she is a carrier of fanconi. All the others are clear. I am hopeful the club will focus on the dogs who are more likely to pass and help the breed...
My Miss Wheat is as she should be...a pet.
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Here is the description of the process for approving Native Stock.
http://www.basenji.org/NativeStock/Application/ProceduresSubmittingNativeStock.pdf
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Thank you Sharron and Nemo for the information, it is very interesting. It iseems a stringent procedure but of course necessary..
