Am CH Calypso Blaze Of Glory
'Gloria'

AKC # HD 748626 OFA: BJ-108G50F, CERF: BJ-431/96-90 born Dec 22,1988   died May 1, 2004 4 generations of Calypso Ladies Nov'03 From left to right: Gloria 15 yrs, her great-granddaughter Tyger 11 mths, daughter Sunny 8,5 yrs and granddaughter Toffee 3,5 yrs! Gloria 15 yrs 4 months old .. IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND: Dear Gloria succombed to cancer on May 1, 2004. It was a long, protracted fight on her part, and it was amazing how much "insult" her body absorbed before her heart and mind accepted defeat. She weighed less than 10 lbs at her death, and to watch this skeleton trotting around the property, still the 'queen' in her every diminished fiber was a lesson in Character. And, oh, boy - she was a CHARACTER !!!       I will always be thankful that Gloria waited for me to come home from work before she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. After 15 years + 4 months together, I would have hated to be denied the chance to say goodbye. As well, I was there to immediately begin cleaning her up as her systems loosed themselves. To have had her lying in her own fluids for ANY length of time would have broken my heart. I was honored to be able to perform this last, modest task on her behalf. She always had loved being clean. "Farewell,'Cape'!"  (she was nicknamed 'Caped Crusader' around here due to her appearance in her doggy coats which were always bigger than was she!) 'Gloria' has been the kennel's premier escape artist. She never goes away, just explores the property and sniffs 'the news'. Even at age 15, she is like greased lightening, although her path is rather zig-zaggy now, but speed is undiminished! Our two favorite Gloria stories: while w/her professional handler, the following sight was witnessed - Gloria attached to the flew(side of the muzzle) of one of their Great Danes while the Dane whirled around on its haunches in a circle, repeatedly.... building up enough force so that as Gloria releases her hold...... she SAILS over their fence into the ajoining pasture = freedom! Until they caught this 'act', the handlers had been wondering how Gloria was always getting loose...! story 2: Gloria was traveling with the owners of the stud to whom she was being bred and the most opportune dates fell on a dog show weekend. The honeymooners accompany the show retinue, and one morning during a breakfast stop at McDonald's, Gloria scoots past her 'keepers' and effects yet another escape. Paniced at the thought of losing someone else's dog for them, the man of the pair takes off in hot pursuit. Well, as hot as he could make it. Gloria is cruising far ahead of him, her lead not threatened in the least. She cuts around and actually heads back to the van where she is happily allows herself to be nabbed and crated, while Man-on-verge-of-heart-attack unknowingly continues his now unnecessary pursuit... Man still talks of this incident nearly a decade later. Guess he was kind of upset! Gloria produced puppies known for their wonderful temperaments, and so far, none inherited her escape artist tendencies. CH Calypso Kilmanjaro is a successful stud, and one of the stars of the Animal Planet's basenji Breed All About It video. Kili bears an astonishing likeness to his 5 x great granddam, CH Reveille Ruffles of Rose-bay, herself on the American brood bitch honor roll. She was born and showed in the 1960's. Kili's owner is a horsewoman, and Kili was raised around hunter-jumpers, and has sat calmly in the bleachers and watched the US Olympic equestrian trials. No Jack Russells allowed! Kili's brother, Kryptonite, while sold as a show puppy, was never shown, but he, too, has been used at stud. He and Kili are very similar in looks and temperament. Gloria was bred to half-African brindle, Kibushi Get Sirius, 'Chris' and gave us our brindle girl, Calypso Midnight Sun. That african tail kept her out of the show ring, but my, has she produced beautifully for us! What Gloria did not possess in her own looks, the genetics of her parentage certainly seemed to catch up to themselves in later breedings, and certainly now in further generations.

PEDIGREE:

Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight	Am Ch Sirius Half-Back	Am Ch Reveille Re-Up	Am Ch Reveille Recruit
			Am Ch Reveille Ruffles of Rose-Bay
		Am Ch Makila Motane Moke	Orion's Fula Andante
			Am Ch Sashalia Fair Sharon
	Am Ch Caucasian Ruffles	Am Ch Reveille Re-Up	Am Ch Reveille Recruit
			Am Ch Reveille Ruffles of Rose-Bay
		Am Ch Russell's Mkewe Mfalme	Am Ch Lihu's Kidogo Kifungo
			Congo Fatima
Am Ch Calypso American Express	Am&Can Ch Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu	Am Ch Flower Power of Woz	Am Ch The Eclipser of Woz
			Am Ch Black-Eyed Susan of Woz, CD
		Lihu's Susu Yumdrum	Khajah's Different Drummer
			Am Ch Lihu's Yumba of Wilbarrie
	Am Ch Calypso Flair of Papalote	Am Ch Shadowbye's Mitty	Am Ch Reveille Re-Up
			Am Ch Lihu's Si-Kitu of Flambeau
		Am Ch Fancy Fandango of Papalote	Am Ch Shadowbye's General Business
			Am Ch Happy Pagan