@zande - So true Zande, the test is 65.00 and considering the heartbreak and cost of caring for a Fanconi Basenji (try shoving down 20+ pills a day) it is something that anyone breeding, even Back Yard Breeders or Puppymills should always do... Also if someone happens to get a puppy or is unsure about the breeder they did get a Basenji puppy from, spend the 65.00 and have the DNA Fanconi test done... again it is a cheek swab that you order from OFA.org
Need some Sluthing done…
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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
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@Anubis's:
I don't think I'd ever breed but I would at least like to know her heritage and such. …
then: I'd love to get into breeding but don't want to be classified as a back yard breeder myself. So I am going through all necessary steps to avoid that. I want to be responsible should I decide to breed. Both my dogs are cleared healthy from my vet and now Ill be doing the DNA test for Fanconi so I have record of it as well.
then: Very true. If I cant find her breeder Ill probably end up having her spayed. Is there any tests that can be done for any other issues she could have? I know Basenji's can have glaucoma issues as well as hip problems too.
Going to have to step out of this one after I say my piece, because it is obvious you got this bitch HOPING to breed. Instead of doing it RIGHT, finding a quality show breeder, waiting for a quality responsibly bred bitch, you bought a pig in a poke hoping you could get enough info to pretend you are not backyard breeding. You can't. Find the breeder, don't find the breeder– spay her now. The likelihood that she is well bred are close to zero and even if you found the breeder, even if she/he gave you papers, why would you breed a dog from someone like that? Most likely the bitch was on a limited registration or simply from nonregistered animals. But your intent is becoming clear and it makes me very sad.
You don't think you would ever breed, or breed HER? If you are interested in getting a mentor, learning genetics/lines/breeding, great. If for one millisecond you considered breeding this bitch, I am a bit shocked. That you even consider your male to be helping the breed-- a dog with no titles, sold to you obviously without a neuter contract or requirements to show before breeding, assuming because you have his pedigree that to YOU his line is known... well head shaking here for sure.
Reading names is meaningless. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCEPT about the health issues, progeny produced, genetics or ANYTHING on every single dog in that pedigree for at least 5 generations back? If not, you are not ready to breed. Do you understand basenji genetics in particular and dog genetics in general? Nope. Not ready. I don't care if you have $100,000 set aside for emergencies and raising a litter, it does not make YOU a responsible breeder and it does not make the litter worthy of having been produced. SPAY/NEUTER your PETS. Get a mentor, learn to show, learn genetics, learn Basenji lines, and then and only then, look for a bitch that has POTENTIAL (or be prepared to pay a lot for one who has proven it and a breeder willing to part with or share). Right now, you could not be doing it much more backwards if you were trying to write a guide book for how to do it wrong.
