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  • I think that many of us have said… you could not have gotten your pup from a better breeder then Kevin and Therese.....

  • You all are so sweet and what a nice group to join.

    I'll look for photos of the turkey incident. While traveling to Nor Cal for a show with a junior handler and 12 basenjis in our motor home we met a wild turkey on I-80 at 70mph. A 25lb turkey that flushed from the center of the highway and came head first through our windshield.

    Replacing a windshiled on a 40' motorhome is quite a task and we were forced to drive the rest of the way to the fair grounds with no windshield (another story all its own).

    The best part was when we arrived at the gate to check in and Kevin slid open his toll window on the drivers side to hand them our reservation slip. The whole parking crew was in stitches.

    We still have a turkey crossing sign a neighbor at the show had made and posted on the front of our coach.

    Lucky for all of us the only injury was a broken neck on the turkey which was put out of her misery by a friends son who was following us in their car. I'm still picking turkey feathers out of corners of our motorhome.

    In the mean time here are two of my favorite photos to share. #1 is Kipawa's half brother "Baldar" (same mom) with his Dad "Odin" and #2 is Makena and Megan on the beach (the family who now also owns Baldar.
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  • Welcome Therese and Kevin. I just read your story and tribute to Ace, what a stressful year you have had. I lost my darling black boy on Nov 10 and hope someday to have another sweet black and white boy. Too bad we are on the other side of the country, I would beg to be on your waiting list for a pup(this from a person who has sworn never to take any basenji under 2 years old)!
    Your dogs are lovely and it does look like they live in basenji heaven (well, except for all that snow).

  • Welcome to the forum, Therese and Kevin from your Texas connection! (we were Sassy's breeders) Sharla's description of your wonderful home helped inspire us when we put up our dog building here…

    Great to have you here!

    Terry (and Bob)
    Illusion

  • Love your web site, welcome to the board.

  • Welcome to the forum

  • I don't know how I missed this earlier!! Welcome to the forum :) So glad to have your knowledge and experience available in this venue! And yes, I think of you and Kevin every time I see a wild turkey ;)

  • Welcome from Minnesota!

  • Welcome to the forum! So glad you are here now.

    -Nicole

  • Welcome to the forum!

  • Thank you everyone for your warm welcome. Thanks again for all the nice comments too. I have really enjoyed reading some of the previous posts and information you all share.
    Therese

  • Hello king DE,
    Our records indicate that you have never posted to our site before! Why not make your first post today by saying hello to our community in our Introductions forum.

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