I'm not a breeder, just a basenji lover, and while I care about the dog's health, the papers that are often included with a purebred offer peace of mind, and then they are shoved into the back of a desk drawer. Being a purebred with papers doesn't mean that the dog's health is 100% clear… as evident if you look up my Lola in the OFA database (her birth name is Halo, Dec 2008).
I'm still wanting pictures, because there's nothing more adorable than basenji puppies! 
The BCOA is behind in areas on familial disease particularly in the DLA area, ie genetic diversity, MHO. Some diseases are fairly common but not talked about unless someone asks specifically about it.
BCOA focuses on health issues for which it has data that there is a significant issue. The only way they have to know if a problem is significant in the breed is through self reporting on the CPP site or through the data reported to the club by OFA or CERF.
If you have data about the incidence of this familian disease please submit it. If it is statistically significant the BCOA health committee would be interested.
OFA okays breeding down to the FAIR level. That isnt very selective and includes almost every dog in the registry. We have small fit dogs with low likelihood of hip problems even in their inbred state, even if they score FAIR.
This is not a accurate summary of the OFA database and breeding recommendations. OFA's database is only semi-open. They only list abnormal results by request of the owner. It is also important to keep in mind that some people will not submit results that they feel will get an abnormal rating so with any test where the owner can see the result or guess at the result of the test prior to submission there may be some skewing of the data due to lack of submission of suspect results.
As for the OFA breeding recommendations, they recommend that breeders use vertical pedigrees to make breeding decisions and provides a link to the vertical pedigrees. It is there recommendation that it is better to breed to a FAIR from a family of mostly GOODs ands EXCELLENTs then it is to breed to a GOOD or EXCELLENT from a family of mostly FAIR and Dysplastic. Of course, this means that a breeder has to actually have vertical data instead of just horizontal data to make a decision.
No disrespect but no one has seen this evolve from the beginning the way I have. You werent in Africa with me. You dont know what I am thinking or what my goals are.
It finally occurred to me that I dont have to tell everybody everything on demand. My responsibility is to the dogs, the puppy people and the Avuvi project in that order. The AKC and show folks come last.
I certainly didn't say that I had seen or knew more about this project than you. I was simply making it clear that I am aware of the controversy surrounding your dogs and whether or not they are Basenjis. I wouldn't even pretend to know what you are thinking; but you do a pretty thorough job of defending your choices, even if nobody else agrees with your defense. I say "unorthodox" because you do exactly what you want to do, and don't give a damn what anybody else thinks, knows, or believes…I would call that unorthodox. That is really the kindest description I can come up with....
Health testing: Whatever I have done through OFA is on there. As for other tests and health issues, any serious potential buyer will get all the info I have to give.
Some diseases are fairly common but not talked about unless someone asks specifically about it. ..A full battery of tests doesnt guarantee against serious disease.The pups are almost ready to have their hips done, but I do question the idea of spending a lot of money on this test. OFA okays breeding down to the FAIR level. That isnt very selective and includes almost every dog in the registry. We have small fit dogs with low likelihood of hip problems even in their inbred state, even if they score FAIR.
I will verify that I am behind in Fanconi testing to be corrected as soon as the kits get here. I will tell you that all the imports are PK normal.
I wasn't going to wade in, but wtheck.
1. My experience is if you post an ad, either you post what is done or you don't post anything hoping for naive takers who won't know what to ask or where to look. Only people hiding things leave it out.
2. Tests don't guarantee, but if you test and things go bad, you did your job. If you don't test, then it's on you. Bottom line.
3. You really may want, as a breeder, to learn more about CHD. A FAIR DOG is no more likely to throw a puppy with CHD than an excellent. Period. In fact, the entire litter of each parent is far more predictive than the individual parent. According to OFA, a dog with a fair rating is LESS likely to produce CHD if their littermates had less than 25 percent chd than an EXCELLENT who has more than 25 percent CHD.
So when I look at a pup, I look at all the sire/dam litter mates. It is why I require puppy owners, even of pets, to do OFA. As a breeder, I need that information for my program. People who say "we don't have xyz" in our line, but really only test very few are blowing smoke. (Rottweilers btw, not basenji)
And while Basenji's are low, with 3.2 abnormal, only 2252 have ever been tested! I can't tell you the breeds who declare "not a problem" and then with routine testing found it was triple the early stats.
Behind in Fanconi testing on dogs you are breeding? If so, well… passing it back to the Basenji breeders.
Wow! Rose Marie, I must give you credit for stirring up the forum! I haven't been around this forum for years and years, so I don' know the history behind the African heritage… and truthfully, I don't think the controversy is worth re-hashing. If I'm that intersted, I can look up old posts.
I hope you can either post some pictures, or email them to me, so I can see your babies.
(Debbie, this better make you laugh, sister.... for this one is for someone who shares my sense of humor. In a whispering voice,
Rose Marie, if you want to get your dogs listed under the "Rescue and New Homes Wanted" topic, post them on your local Craig's List and I'll do it for you tomorrow.
BAAAHAAA HAAA! Again, that is a joke, to lighten up the tension here, my rooing friends! 
:);))
Patty
LOL Patty, don't call me Debbie, lol.
Actually the African project isn't related to this board but to the breed. You really should read up, it is incredible.
It is very very difficult for a dog to get into the AKC without the owner applying for consideration and so far no one has completed the process. We have time. We arent in a big hurry. Sorry.
This is a very misleading statement. The only process for getting a Native Stock dog accepted is by following the process that BCOA has gotten approved by AKC. Also, there are several Native Stock dogs that have completed the process just none from the Benin region. That is not the same as "no one has completed the process". There are also time constraints since the studbook will only be open for 5 years, the maximum length of time AKC would approve.
I feel lost. You chose to breed basenjis that are not recognized by the AKC and/or bred the dogs for a project to introduce more genetic diversity? Have they been tested for fanconi? It smells somewhat fishy that you aren't divulging their health info.
Doing rescue, my concern is that folks are buying dogs they think are "basenjis" and in fact they are have not been approved for this breed.
Rose Marie, you are breeding african village dogs. You might breed them with basenjis, but then they are mixes. No matter what you decide to call these dogs, they are not approved by any BCOA board, and are NOT basenjis. If you decided to breed and sell african village dogs, then NO one could take issue with you..because your calling these puppies what they are. Why do you need to do this??
Doing rescue, my concern is that folks are buying dogs they think are "basenjis" and in fact they are have not been approved for this breed.
Rose Marie, you are breeding african village dogs. You might breed them with basenjis, but then they are mixes. No matter what you decide to call these dogs, they are not approved by any BCOA board, and are NOT basenjis. If you decided to breed and sell african village dogs, then NO one could take issue with you..because your calling these puppies what they are. Why do you need to do this??
First, If my dogs are African Village dogs so is yours. You dont have any room to speak here.
Second, I am tired of repeating myself, but here goes:
Apollo is UKC. Others have been approved by the UKC and registration is pending getting my act together.
Third, what should I call them in the ads? The ads have specific categories. If I wanted an African basenji, registered or not, I would look under Basenji. And I would be interested in them if I didnt already have them
Fourth, are you saying that all AKC nonregistered basenjis arent basenjis?
Fifth, and MOST important, my BUYERS know EVERYTHING about their purchase. No one else needs to at this time. If I thought for one minute they would listen, i would tell everyone, but as my having to repeat and repeat this stuff, it doesnt matter how often I say it. so I stopped.
Wow! Rose Marie, I must give you credit for stirring up the forum! I haven't been around this forum for years and years, so I don' know the history behind the African heritage… and truthfully, I don't think the controversy is worth re-hashing. If I'm that intersted, I can look up old posts.
I hope you can either post some pictures, or email them to me, so I can see your babies.
(Debbie, this better make you laugh, sister.... for this one is for someone who shares my sense of humor. In a whispering voice,
Rose Marie, if you want to get your dogs listed under the "Rescue and New Homes Wanted" topic, post them on your local Craig's List and I'll do it for you tomorrow.
BAAAHAAA HAAA! Again, that is a joke, to lighten up the tension here, my rooing friends!Patty
He he this is wny I am usually a mere spectator or nonentity here. Sadly, no one has come up with a new idea on this for 4 years.
I guess I could get a big raincoat with pockets and hang out in Times Square.
Marie
I wasn't going to wade in, but wtheck.
1. My experience is if you post an ad, either you post what is done or you don't post anything hoping for naive takers who won't know what to ask or where to look. Only people hiding things leave it out.
Nobody who gets a dog has any secrets held back
2. Tests don't guarantee, but if you test and things go bad, you did your job. If you don't test, then it's on you. Bottom line.
3. You really may want, as a breeder, to learn more about CHD.
I dont know what else you want me to learn since you dont know what I know.
I sure dont want to hear excuses about CHD.
So when I look at a pup, I look at all the sire/dam litter mates. It is why I require puppy owners, even of pets, to do OFA.
As part of teh Avuvi project the pups get OFA on my dime
And while Basenji's are low, with 3.2 abnormal, only 2252 have ever been tested! I can't tell you the breeds who declare "not a problem" and then with routine testing found it was triple the early stats.
Behind in Fanconi testing on dogs you are breeding? If so, well… passing it back to the Basenji breeders.
Yeah I am. I know of highly regarded breeders who were a breeding season behind, not bc they got laid off and had a million things to do and had to scramble or bc they had oops litters but bc they didnt bother to look at the years of education that went on before the test was available. I made a mistake. NONE of the original Avongaras or Avuvis had alleles so I made a bet. THEN Congo dogs came home with it and I pushed it way up in priority.
I did not willfully ignore the knowledge that was out there. You wouldnt DARE call this other breeder irresponsible but I know more than one pet breeder who was MORE responsible.
This is a very misleading statement. The only process for getting a Native Stock dog accepted is by following the process that BCOA has gotten approved by AKC. Also, there are several Native Stock dogs that have completed the process just none from the Benin region. That is not the same as "no one has completed the process". There are also time constraints since the studbook will only be open for 5 years, the maximum length of time AKC would approve.
Are you serious?? or just been hit on the head? YOU arent submitting dogs so what so you know about how people go about submitting dogs? And we WERE talking about Avuvis, so dont change the subject and pretend I am ignoring the accepted dogs.
Where does it say that we have to do this the minute the dogs hit the ground? I am not going to speak for the others, but I have a life to live which is rather busy at this time. And why should I even get them in? I am 55 years old. I have what I want in dogs. Yes I want to help the AKC dogs but if people like you dog on me because I havent done it yet, when there is plenty of time and plenty of other AFricans, and the ability to go back and register their pus after registration, that's just ignorant. Thankfully for my view of people, some are being hepful. You on the other hand tried to tell me I couldnt get my dogs in the UKC which was a filthy lie.
BCOA wasnt interested in publishing a summary of mine of what is known about DLA in dogs. Unless they took this idea and are running with it and didnt tell me. They ran it by someone else who said something like "cool, what is this" and it died there.
I hope BCOA gets on the ball with this via someone if not me before it is too late.
If we dont look into it, we dont KNOW if it is statistically significant. There is a way to test the breed as a whole or people can test their own dogs. Right now I am at the observation stage where I look at a severely inbred dog and say holy cow no wonder she had hypothyroid and no wonder no one else in the reverse or nonreverse pedigree does.
I feel lost. You chose to breed basenjis that are not recognized by the AKC and/or bred the dogs for a project to introduce more genetic diversity? Have they been tested for fanconi? It smells somewhat fishy that you aren't divulging their health info.
If you are interested in a pup all your questions will be answered.
I have already given a treatise to someone who WASNT serious and it was a waste of my time.
Marie
Anyone who is interested in a pup can contact me. Anyone seriously interested in my dogs and their decrepit health and lousy type and questionable heritage can also contact me privately.
I thought Id give the forum another try. So that's done.
Ta.
Marie
Are you serious?? or just been hit on the head? YOU arent submitting dogs so what so you know about how people go about submitting dogs? And we WERE talking about Avuvis, so dont change the subject and pretend I am ignoring the accepted dogs.
I haven't been hit on the head. I just know the process that was submitted by BCOA and approved by AKC and is viewable by anyone who chooses to at http://www.basenji.org/NativeStock/Application/BasenjiStudbookPetition.pdf
Registration if any (AKC, Basenji Clubs, etc): sire UKC. dam African import
Price: $400 to the right person/family mainly to cover additional tests for pups of Africans. Routine puppy tests and treatments included.
As for people knowing we were only talking about Avuvis, I didn't think that was very clear because you never actually stated in your post, see above, that these dogs were from the Avuvi group of imports and only those of us who know who who your dogs are pointed out that information. So others may get the idea from your post that no native stock has been approved through the accepted process.
Where does it say that we have to do this the minute the dogs hit the ground?
Never said you did. You have a 5 year window which is now past the half way mark.
You on the other hand tried to tell me I couldnt get my dogs in the UKC which was a filthy lie.
It is not a dirty filthy lie, it is what their website, http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/WebPages/RegistrationLimitePrivilege, dogs without papers from another registry are not, according to their website eligible for full registration priviledges. There is NO published process for allowing Native Stock and no input from the fancy since basenjis do not currently have a parent club. If they do allow the registration of Native Stock it is only done through a process that noone in the fancy has any say and no one at UKC would ever confirm even existed.
I did not willfully ignore the knowledge that was out there. You wouldnt DARE call this other breeder irresponsible but I know more than one pet breeder who was MORE responsible.
You are almost incoherent sometimes so going to just use this quote and move on..
I would DARE call anyone irresponsible if I thought they were… you obviously don't know me.
As for your rantings... let us be real. Anyone KNOWLEDGEABLE wouldn't respond to your ad as they would already know what you are breeding. SO the unsuspected who would respond with the missing health info is what you hope for. Putting the testing isn't massive work, it is being left out for a reason ... obviously hoping no one asks the tough questions.
You are breeding dogs without doing the work first. No amt of dancing about "having time" covers it. Just say ... oh well I am breeding mutts and hope maybe one day I can get them accepted but if not, well I am happy to breed mutts. If these dogs could make it in, why wouldn't you do it before continuing to produce more dogs that may never be able to be registered? Just a thought. Doing things RIGHT means doing them right and you only fool yourself if you think this "I have plenty of time" is believed.
And for your crack about no new thoughts here... well honey you have no new thoughts either. Your crappola spewed about giving BUYERS the info is touted by puppymillers everywhere. Get over yourself that you are original. Original would be being forthright and upfront and transparent and (is there another way to say it?) whatever.
Say: I am breeding dogs that may not ever be registered stock, I am dragging my feet getting it done, I haven't done all the health testing, and I get offended and put down everyone else as idiots and unworthy of my time if they question me.
Now that would be original.
Rose Marie..you wrote to me..
First, If my dogs are African Village dogs so is yours. You dont have any room to speak here.
My post you to. Excuse me. I talked to folks at the national re my girl and her help with the basenji breed. They liked the other dogs brought over, but my Miss Wheat was NOT to their liking. Guess What Rose Marie. I didn't just go head and breed her. I got her fixed.
Let me repeat. My girl would NOT be an asset to the new breeding project so I got her fixed.
You on the otherhand, have just added to the "littering" of dogs across the US.
Shame on you!!!
Taking down anything Ive ever said.
