@donc - Not true that breeders traditionally breed for conformation only. Breeders (responsible breeders) breed for health, temperament and conformation. Health/temperament is at the top of the list. Breeders do of course look for certain conformation but that does not exclude Health & Temperament.
Breeding Plans
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Go figure…. that's a Basenji for ya'. Always pulling a "fast one". Predictable is NOT a Basenji trait for sure!!! Guess that goes the same when it comes to laboring... LOL;) I am looking forward to seeing these cuties, too!
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Go figure…. that's a Basenji for ya'. Always pulling a "fast one". Predictable is NOT a Basenji trait for sure!!! Guess that goes the same when it comes to laboring... LOL;) I am looking forward to seeing these cuties, too!
Ha! So true! I raced home from work, because they told me she was starting to nest and whining, so what does she do when I come home? GO TO SLEEP, ALL NIGHT! Nothing yet, I'm sorry to say. I hope to have something soon. Lisa if she doesn't go by Friday, I will take her in. Unless the puppies stop moving before then, or I don't hear heartbeats. Although last night at least three were rolling around separately. It's funny to see heads and feet stuck out an inch past the girls' ribs. Oh, the joys! I will keep you updated!
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Arlene,
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I believe so Robyn. She had them today-2 red boys, 1 red girl, and 1 tri girl. Here are pics'
http://s540.photobucket.com/albums/gg329/shadow_brat/
Sorry, didn't have time to post them as I have to go to work, but I will later. And I will give more detailed description as well.
Arlene
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congrats to Sugar and Arlene (and Robyn as co-breeder), Looks like by the birth times she had a pretty easy time of it…. all done in a little more then a hour!!!!
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Congrats! I love 4 puppy litters.
Here are the individual pics of the pups while Arlene is working.
Tri Girl
Red Girl
Red Boy 1
Red Boy 2
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Congrats! What a nice color-balanced litter
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Yes, my favorite number too, 4 pups…
There is a breeder on the East Coast who's bitch just had 10, yes I said 10... Basenji puppies.... DOUBLE AND TRIPLE YIKES!!!!!
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Congratulations!! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.
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Woohoo! happy dance What a lovely litter. I can't wait to watch them grow!
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Congrats on the beautiful pups!
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Congratulations, they look so sweet… born innocent! This too shall pass, LOL, soon they will be cute little beasties and we will still love them anyways!!!
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Congrats Arlene!!! Glad the waiting is finally over and everyone can relax. Enjoy them now while they're "easy". lol And don't forget to share lots of pics!
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Congrats!!! Beautiful pups!!! I love the boy!
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Congratulations!!!!! Your babies are beautiful!
Pat
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Thank you everyone. Thank you Lisa for posting the pics, along with my roadkill pics! Aren't they lovely? So here's how it went.
She started at about 10:50 am with the water, it took her about 15 min to pass it through the canal, and she did break it herself (good girl). I was on tenterhooks as I hadn't done this in about 20 years or so. Sue got there just as the action was starting. Tri girl #1, 8 oz, was very tight. Sugar thrashed a bit, tried to bite (typical, it hurts), but once we got a hand on the puppy and got it over the belly she was okay (all were feet first). While we were cleaning up #1, she was in the box having #2 red girl, 8 oz. then she took a little rest, the puppies nursed a bit, and then we returned to having more puppies. #3 red boy, 9 oz, took a little bit more from her, and then #4 red boy 8 oz. was the final. It went pretty quick. After we tied the cord on the one boy, she went back and chewed it a little closer, should be okay though. She's definitely a cleaner. She pretty much stays with them in the whelping box. They all seem to be nicely marked, but one #4 has a small dot of colour inside his white collar.
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The most amazing thing that I find with the white, is that it stays the same size… so when you think that you have a blaze on the face... turns out to be nothing but a thin strip or nothing at all.... same with the collar.....
So that "dot" inside the white collar will get bigger...ggg
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They all seem to be nicely marked, but one #4 has a small dot of colour inside his white collar.
There are lots of basenjis with spots of color in their collars. Most owners find them endearing. Arubmec's Sweet Spot got his name because of the spot in his collar. Nicky has a large spot of color in his collar, we call it his Georgia Peach.
I thought the "road kill" pictures were cute.
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I really do like them all. The markings are nice on all of them, pretty uniform for the most part. It will be hard deciding which one to keep. I know the tri girl is gone, but I have some others that wanted a tri as well. I know I wanted a red, but now I don't know boy or girl! His spot is pretty big now in comparison to his size, so I'm not sure if it will get bigger or the white will overtake most of it. The have some pretty interesting faces as well. At the end of the week, I will post pics of them and their faces too.
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The white stays the same size, the colored spot will get bigger.
