Do Tri's have an extra "evil" gene?

[MacPack]

Now you know why we say "Tris are trying"! My Nicky (tri) ate not one but 2 pairs of expensive glasses before I learned to put them in a kitchen cabinet at night. I am now a well trained human, pretty much. At 11, she will still steal my wallet out of my purse and demolish it, and any leather shoe I leave on the floor. She never touches anything of my husbands, of course. She isn't really Evil, but as Pat indicated, just full of mischief…at age 11! Maybe it's just girl tris, as my Eddie has never bothered anything, except little fluffy squeaky dogs at the park!

Bella is very cute, that is often all that keeps them from being murdered before their first birthday.

[Quercus]

Yes….the only answer is yes....

[nomrbddgs]

Yes, yes and yes!

[agilebasenji]

I often say "We call this color tri-ing in basenjis."

[nobarkus]

I don't know if they do. I've red ,blk and tri. My first B was a tri and she only had 1 bad incident. Pretty much a perfect dog for 17 years after that. My other 2 had their share of mischievous acts of damage. I'm getting a new tri in 3 weeks. I'll report in. (-:

[Schouiffy]

yepppers. our first was a tri… she was so trying my parents almost gave her uP! although at 16 years old now, it's a empty threat to her

[tanza]

@nobarkus:

I don't know if they do. I've red ,blk and tri. My first B was a tri and she only had 1 bad incident. Pretty much a perfect dog for 17 years after that. My other 2 had their share of mischievous acts of damage. I'm getting a new tri in 3 weeks. I'll report in. (-:

How fun…. were is your new tri coming from?....

[nobarkus]

@tanza:

How fun…. were is your new tri coming from?....

He'll be coming from Medfly Brigade in So Cal. He's a big male pup. I'm excited!
Do you know Karen Jones?

[Buana]

oooowww Well…. Maybe that's why we don't have a tri... hahaha

So not true... I want one from every colour so we can do the test

[renaultf1]

@Buana:

So not true… I want one from every colour so we can do the test

I'm with you…I want the whole colour set! :D:D

[Schouiffy]

speaking of the whole color set, I want one of the Creamy Basenjis they had WAYYY back when.. that would be tops for me .. The colour still exists in Africa right?? Lisa? Pat?

[renaultf1]

@Schouiffy:

speaking of the whole color set, I want one of the Creamy Basenjis they had WAYYY back when.. that would be tops for me .. The colour still exists in Africa right?? Lisa? Pat?

I think Lukuru Amisi (one of the dogs being voted on by the BCOA to be allowed into the Stud Book) is close to that colour you are talking about…love that colour (love that dog!!!)!!!! A very light red (or fawn) colour. So yes, it is still in Africa.

http://www.basenjiforums.com/showthread.php?t=4463&highlight=lukuru

[Quercus]

@renaultf1:

I think Lukuru Amisi (one of the dogs being voted on by the BCOA to be allowed into the Stud Book) is close to that colour you are talking about…love that colour (love that dog!!!)!!!! A very light red (or fawn) colour. So yes, it is still in Africa.

http://www.basenjiforums.com/showthread.php?t=4463&highlight=lukuru

But I am pretty sure that Amisi is genetcially a pale red…not a cream. As far as I have read, nobody has seen a cream in Africa or the US in the recent past.

[renaultf1]

@Quercus:

But I am pretty sure that Amisi is genetcially a pale red…not a cream.

Yes, you are right…he is genetically a pale red.

Wait...I just re-read what I wrote originally and I said "I thought he was CLOSE to the colour...a very light red"...

So "actual" cream must not have any red in it...I'd LOVE to see that.

[nomrbddgs]

I believe someone else was talking about the cream also. The were wondering if it was a real colour or a genetic blunder. They also had some pics of some recent dogs in the cream colour. Now, if I could only remember where…..

[lvoss]

There are no creams in the current basenji population. Amisi is a pale red. Avongara Siri of Brushy Run is a Blue Fawn but AKC would not allow that color designation when she was registered so she is registered as a cream though she is really a dilute red.

[lvoss]

Pics of creams can be found on this site, http://www.newworldbasenjis.net/OldAds.htm

You can see pics of Siri at, http://www.basenji.org/african/Siri.htm

Pics of Amisi can be seen at, http://www.fopawsbasenjipuppies.com/african_basenjis_and_dr_jo

[renaultf1]

@lvoss:

Pics of creams can be found on this site, http://www.newworldbasenjis.net/OldAds.htm

You can see pics of Siri at, http://www.basenji.org/african/Siri.htm

Pics of Amisi can be seen at, http://www.fopawsbasenjipuppies.com/african_basenjis_and_dr_jo

Thanks for those links…that cream colour in the first link looks cool!!!

[Schouiffy]

whhhhhy why no creamies?
Would it be possible with the genetic base we have between africa and our western Bs to have the cream colour reintroduced? I remember reading they were bred out because the breeders didn't like the colour, but does someone know the genetics behind what threw the creams in the first place?

[Quercus]

I don't totally understand the genetics behind it, but cream is a dilute of red…and I think you have to have the gene present that causes the dilute...and I am thinking it may have been completely bred out of the western population of Basenjis. The only thing that comes close that I have seen a pic of is Siri, but she is more like what we would describe as fawn in other breeds...and is genetically, supposedly not a cream.

Here is a link to her African Stock page :
http://www.basenji.org/african/Siri.htm

I am NO expert in color genetics or history…I am only repeating what I have heard other people say...but, personally, I doubt we will ever see cream, blue, or mahogany tris in Basenjis again, sadly....