UKC Ch. Calypso Butter Brickle
'Toffee'
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AKC # HM 87411601 OFA: BJ-1323G40F-PI, CERF: BJ 1022/2003-40 born Dec 23,1999 AKC championship points owners: Kim Noel & Dixon Lee Charlotte, NC Toffee was our keeper brindle girl from the Aatu x Sunny breedngs. She was been very slow to mature, but our set up here affords us the luxury of being able to give dogs all the time they need to 'become' without getting impatient ourselves and giving up on them. We have found that Toffee is completely her Daddy's girl when it comes to showing and it's no use for us to enter her unless Kevin can be on the lead so she can flirt and prance for him. However, since marrying in April 2006, Kevin is mostly retired from showing for awhile, and Kim Byrd of DeWitt,VA has become Toffee's new 'gal pal'. I really thought that Toffee was going to make it hard for Kim to win her over, but apparently she decided that Kim is "worthy" and thinks it quite a fine thing to spend the weekends together, along with those Min Pin things (including #3 in the U.S., "Aces") she also shows. These dogs never fail to surprise me - just when you think you know them SO well, they show you a 'new wrinkle'. Gotta love 'em! Kim's first time in the ring with Toffee, she put a 1 pt win on her. Way to go, ladies! With the lack of time here for showing, I changed my focus for Toffee to getting her UKC title and then retiring her. We started off at the Carolina Classic down in Hickory in March, and then finished her at shows held the beginning of May in Chesterfield, VA. Toffee has been adopted by Kim Noel & Dixon Lee of Charlotte, NC who are also the owners of Tyger & Shooter's pick-of-the-litter male puppy, 'Bix' (Calypso N'kiru's Night Out). Toffee will mentor her nephew/grandson (depends on which side of his pedigree you're looking at!) while he grows up to become a show boy. I know this is a great retirement home for her - two people to love and cherish her, and a baby 'senji boy to keep her young at heart (and on her toes!). ========================== Toffee presented us with her first litter -all girls- in December 2002. Their personalities are beyond reproach and they are much-loved members of their families. We kept one for Calypso, "Tyger", who turned out to be another slow-to-mature basenji, and just not competitive enough for the show ring. She does love to course and race, though! The sire of the litter was our own Ch.Calypso Kilimanjaro, whose dam is Toffee's maternal granddam, so it was a nice linebreeding despite all the African,Australian and Finnish imports in the pedigree. Toffee has one of the most exquisite heads I have ever seen. From the front, the angles are just perfect and her dark eyes are liquid pools of melted chocolate. She is as sweet as candy as well, living up to both her registered and call names! She is a Daddy's girl who groomed Kevin until his skin fell off! She will be sure and do the same to new daddy Dixon. |
PEDIGREE:
Int&Fin&S&N Ch
Bulldobas Whipper-Snapper
NordW-96, BaltW-98
Bulldobas Wee Woodstock
Jaswyn Trigo
Adoram Anukis of Jaswyn
Bulldobas Bajja
Visakoivun Winnie The Pooh
Furahan Ibenga
Borasus Juel of the Sun
Afrika Moon Over Morocco
Borasus Tiger Supreme
Afrika Masterpiece
Afrika The Omen
Kibushi Flashback
Kibushi Quixote of Bravos
Kibushi Omega
Calypso Blaze of Glory
Djakomba's Spotlight
Sirius Half-Back
Caucasian Ruffles
Calypso American Express
Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu
Calypso Flair of Papalote
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