Our Breed Council organises breed seminars in the UK for aspiring judges which they have to pass to progress up the judging lists (I was an assessor at the last one and am a KC approved judge for Basenjis). The colours are definitely gone through thoroughly and we try to have representatives of at least the main four colours, though the brindles and especially blacks are very thin on the ground and Ruby and Bryn have done sterling service as colour reps! At the last seminar there were examples of both regular and barred tris. At the moment we have no recessive blacks in the show ring and rarely do, but the colour is mentioned in the presentation with an explanation of how it tends to change with age. There has not been a trindle shown here to the best of my knowledge so we have yet to tackle that thorny issue. The BC presentation emphasises clear, rich, well-demarcated colours.
Naturally some judges see colour as more of a priority than others. I do try to ensure that there is a b/w at the seminars if at all possible, as many upcoming judges may never have seen one and probably never gone over one.
Basenji Club of Northern California Puppy Match
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Will be held June 6th at Robertson Park in Livermore Ca. It will be a fun day of Basenji activities. In the morning will be the Puppy Match, with classes for Adults and Veterans. Some time for puppy introduction to lure coursing (and any other Basenjis that have not coursed in the past)… There will be a Rally Obedience course set up with some club members as instructors and some demonstrations. AKC and ASFA Basenji only Lure trials along with AKC JC test will also take place in the afternoon.
There will be a pot luck lunch (lunch theme will be Tacos!)... and a General Membership meeting. All guests are very welcome to join in the lunch and meeting!
For more information go to www.norcalbasenjis.org
Hope to see some of you from the Forum there… Dan? Are you and Buddy going to come!!!! Would love to see both of you again.
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Should be a fun day! And if we're lucky the weather will be mild like today.
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Should be a fun day! And if we're lucky the weather will be mild like today.
I agree, I take that to mean you and Buddy are coming??
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