Nipper, my first Tri

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  • Thanks jys1011! Unfortunatly the kids hatred thing never resolved. If I remeber my mothers friend told me the kids of that family tried to push her in the toliet. Real tramatic! She nipped a few kids that tried to pet her. That's how she got the name Nipper. After the first year I never really had any problems with her. I never did any training with her either. Sounds like yours is a great one!


  • nobarkus - You're memories of your beloved furkids are so vivid and fun. I am so happy that Nipper spent his life with you. Keep on making memories - they last multiple life times.


  • Thanks Jill! I'm enjoying telling and remembering it. I'm really enjoying reading everybodys stories and info too.


  • Nobarkus that was a beautiful story I can tell you loved her very much. I hope my B will live to be 17 years old that is very impressive.


  • @nobarkus:

    Thanks Jill! I'm enjoying telling and remembering it. I'm really enjoying reading everybodys stories and info too.

    Where/who did you get your Basenjis from?


  • My first, as stated in my story came from my mothers friends niece. Now who the mother and father was or if they were registered I don't know. My blk/wht came from this couple in Redwood City in 1994. My exwife bought her and there's no papers only photos and call names of the parents. Ringo, the Red/wht I bought from a Basenji rescue breeder in Marin named Margaret Hoff. Ringo had AKC papers and was from a certified breeder in Texas that is no longer breeding. His name is Lord Ringo of Wacella.


  • Margaret was the jewel of all jewels!!!!! We totally miss her…. she did our rescue for BCONC for more years that we can count... she was the heart and soul of rescue for us and we have never been able to replace her.. Of course now we can't as a club do rescue do to insurance reasons, so BRAT is the official rescue for No. California....


  • Yes Pat a lot of people knew her. I knew the girl, I met at Fort Funston who took Margaret's Basenjis after she died. I saw this girl one day at the fort and her Basenjis were different. She said her 2 died from Fanconi and these were Margaret's dogs.


  • Yes, I knew about hers that passed from Fanconi, again why it is so important that people go to responsible breeders so that they know what is in the pedigrees of the dogs they are considering. And with any luck, by the fall of this year we will have a DNA test that will identify as an interim step marker-based tests used nearby DNA or markers, that are inherited with the mutation to indicate affected, carier or clear status. You can all read and keep up with health issues in our breed at www.basenjihealth.org (The Basenji Club of America Endowment)


  • Thanks Pat for the important info!


  • What a great remembrance of Nipper and it sounds like you gave her a wonderful life.

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