I agree, I think it is difficult in some areas of the country to find a good front. That front assembely being too far foward seems to be the most common fault in Basenji fronts…would you agree?
I would agree, but also that there is no shoulder lay back…. and they are so very straight
While the Duara kennel does have one of my bitches - I don't think that Ubora Wili is from that line - I think she only breed Kiri once - unless as a 7 year old he falls off the back of the pedigree. : 0
Sorry Diana, I keep looking at Wili and for some reason equate him with Kiri, don't know why! I love Kiri-she's a lot of Diva attitude! And yes Kiri has only been bred once-to Kero I believe.
I agree with Tanza that the shoulder is not enough laid back and the front leg?s seem to grow out of the neck which is faulty(as someone said front assembly is far too forward) that is part of the problem with the cathedral front looks hollow when seen from the front.Also several dog?s are too high on the hock and too straight of course no one want?s dog?s that are overly angulated but that straight makes bad movements.And I do not like the bullterrier heads were the muzzle is longer then the head with no stoop and I certainly don?t like yellow eye?s or Pharao hound ears…hah and list goes on and on....
We have a judge here in sweden who?s judged a lot in america too Dr.G?ran Bodeg?rd he said once that the front is so damn easy to loose but so damn difficult to breed in once you lost it.He also said that in the old day?s when he was young in 1950?s a lot of the old breeders for example in the UK had kennels (he was talking dog?s in general) with 30-50 dog?s and were able to keep several until the age of 6 months before they were sold and thus managed to keep the best maybe not how we want to keep our dog?s in this day and age but with us having to decide often in less then 12 weeks which one to keep errors do occur.
So atleast for me anatomy and mentality always come first also health is of utmost importance last will come the markings.
How funny that you mentioned Dr Goran Bodegard, he awarded my girl Rally her first point back in 2001. I really enjoyed showing under him and he had a good sense of humor about my goofy puppy who did a somersault trying to get her collar off on our first attempt at the down and back.
He has a good hand with dog?s and is extremely knowledgeble he with several of the swedish kennel club have put their foot down when it comes to breeds that have gone to far like the Basset Hound,Mastino Napoletano etc… So our judges have now gotten order not to award these extreme bred dog?s so that the breeders will start to breed back to more sound looking dog?s.So far we have avoided any silly trends with the Basenji although a whippet kinda dog has been trying to emerge in to the show circuit hopefully that won?t be a success.One dog that I really like she has such a basenji expression is Fula Of The Congo dead but not forgotten:)
