@tanza I don't believe there was a limit to the number of letters, though I wasn't paying much attention to whether the field stopped me from continuing. Tanza is nice! I was actually surprised no one has claimed the name 😃
Need some Sluthing done…
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Good points Tanza. I think Ill end up getting her spayed. I would like to breed to help improve the breed…and Ill probably look into a puppy with a good background. Id like to find one relatively local. And true about the oops litter. My boy is of good health so id like to use him for my stud and his background is known. Im interested in finding a female puppy from a good breeder who is relatively close by to breed with. I think Nikita will be spayed in the next few weeks. Ill be calling my vet.
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I am aware of the costs to raise a happy healthy litter and Im prepared for it. I have an amazing vet who is pretty familiar with the breed also. Id hate to use a bitch who could make the breed worse not better. So Id like to find a good female to use who would improve the breed.
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Has your male been health tested for all the test noted (Fanconi, hips, elbows, eye exam, thyroid, patellas)? Do you know the health status of his siblings?, Sire, Dam? All health tested?
If we go back to your first posts about your male, it was noted that his sire and dam are not in the OFA data base, neither is he and even the breeder you got him from said that the sire and dam were nothing special…. And looking at the pedigree of the sire and dam, they are both from Back Yard Breeders with no health testing. Were his sire and dam DNA tested for Fanconi? And looking at his pictures, I can see a number of conformation faults, not that it would automatically make him undesirable for breeding, but judging by the sire and dam's names, his breeding is not from quality Basenjis. When you consider breeding you really have to be honest about your dog(s) and what they have to offer the breed and what are their faults. The same comments about finding a mentor were expressed when you first joined the forum.
That is the reason that responsible breeders show their dogs or do performance events. Shows what they have to offer the breed... along with their temperaments.
This all may sound "mean", but it is the truth.... Even many finished champions shouldn't be bred and are not...
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Oh I dont take it as mean. I was TOLD the parents had been tested but if they aren't in the data base I will be doing an OFA test myself. Ive put an order in for the $65 test for my girl…though shes to be spayed I want to make sure she wont have issues with Fanconi in the future. Ill be putting another order in for one for him.
Just curious about his faults? What do you see? I may look back on past posts and re-read what some people have said to me. I really do want to be responsible about it all. Which is why Im here posting and taking everyone's advice.
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I would prefer to do that kind of thing privately. However, go to the standard for the Basenji and compare how he measures up…
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Tanza, Ill check that and im also curious what you see. ou.girl.liz09@gmail.com is my email addy. I dont mind showing my addy here.
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You can find my email on my website
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Do you really have a good idea of what it costs when things go wrong? Even with a healthy bitch where you have taken excellent care to do everything right, things can go wrong. Rally's breach puppy in her second litter got stuck and required an emergency c-section, $1200, and we lost the puppy, though she had 3 other health pups.
Our singleton not only had to be delivered via c-section his mom rejected for 3 weeks and he needed to be hand raised. That meant feedings every 2 hours. Not so bad with two of us to share the work and only 1 puppy, it is a whole other story if it is just you by yourself and it is an entire litter.
You need to have a nice nest egg for emergency and a plan A, B, C, D, and E if you are planning a litter.
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I have a good savings already set aside for any emergency…whether it be pet or myself. I am also self employed so I am home all the time
So should I have to be around to care for a pup or mom or both I can be. My vet is always on call and I can call him any time of day as well as my sister who is right down the road from me. I appreciate all the info -
If anyone manages to come across the name of my Nikita's suspected breeder let me know
Though she's not to be bred I'd still like to speak with them if I can about her and maybe find out who her parents are. -
I wish you luck in finding the breeder.
Saying that a full collar is not show quality sounds like the commercial breeders I would talk to at the dog auctions. For them a full collar supposedly brings more money and also brindles-those African dogs. The tris sell for less than other colors although black was rare at the auctions. Females sell for more than males and especially the ones that have larger litters. These kind of breeders are just plain crazy and after I would talk to them, I would just shake my head in amazement! Of course, no talk about health issues, only money made.
There were some breeders in East Texas but I do not know if they were still breeding in 2011. I would have the following health tests done-Fanconi DNA test, a thorough eye exam done by an opthalmologist-hopefully one who is experienced with Basenjis, a complete thyroid test, and a hip x-ray for hip dysplasia. I would also have the vet check for luxating patellas as there was a line in TX that had these.
I have had more rescues have eye problems and low thyroid than be Fanconi affected and these are/were not elderly dogs either. My rescues are almost always former breeding dogs for the pet stores or internet or their offspring.
Jennifer
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Thank you Jennifer! I really hope I can. Id love to know more of her background. Backgrounds of this breed always fascinate me lol. Does kinda sound like a commercial breeder doesnt it? I love my girls markings. She's very beautiful
I posted a few pics with this reply.
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There is a person in East TX who is selling Basenji/Lab mix puppies on Craigslist. Mom is Lab so dad must be Basenji. The location is Whitehouse TX just South of Tyler TX. This is approximately 100 miles SE of Dallas. I do not know if they ever bred Basenjis though.
Here is the ad:
http://easttexas.craigslist.org/pet/3155462061.html
Jennifer
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There is/was a breeder in Wichita Falls TX. Wichita Falls is approximately 140 miles NW of Dallas. I found an ad for a tri female older pup from late October 2011 that was for sale there.
Here is the ad:
http://www.domesticsale.com/classifieds/a604670.html
Jennifer
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Woh thats her!!!! Thats my girl!!!!!
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Her name was Zari before I changed it to Nikita. That "Becky" sold her to this lady Patty Meeke here in the Lawton area and thats who I got her from. Thats my girl. Now to call Becky….Weird though cuz she told me she got her in Dallas.
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Ugh not a working number. I was lied to obviously. Being told Nikita (Zari) was out of show stock…sold because she was mismarked etc...this ad says she belonged to an elderly couple.
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Would anyone know if the breeder in Graham TX is still breeding Basenjis? I know he had a lot of tris at one time as there was a picture with a lot of them in an ex-pen if I remember correctly. He used to show them too. The kennel was called Singing Dogg and his last name was Mahler. Graham TX is appoximately 60 miles directly South of Wichita Falls and 120 miles NW of Dallas.
Jennifer
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That is the one I was trying to remember, Jennifer…. he sold them based on markings... I remember that he went to one show that Brenda Cassell attended and she said the dogs were really poorly bred. He used to have a website, but seems it is gone now... Think that he must have stopped breeding and sold his stock.
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I could not remember his name, only the city where he lived and I had to do a search. There are too many former breeders to keep track of! I remember that he was an artist. I wonder when he stopped breeding Bs.
I believe someone in that area was dumping dogs at a shelter a few years ago (it may have been longer) but I do not know if it was him or someone else. I think BRAT was able to rescue them.
Jennifer