Fin CH
Calypso Double Dares Bulldobas
'Barbi'

AKC # HM 93283901, FKK#: FIN-30684/01A hiptested A (excellent), CERF: #BJ-804/2001-5 Thyroid Tested: Normal & TGAA negative born Dec 14, 2000 owner: Sanna-Maija Virtanen, Finland Best brindle&white in Finnish Basenji Specialties 2002 & 2003 **Barbi now has 2 champion offspring in Finland** Barbi came to Finland in May 2001 for Tiina Taavitsainen (kennel Bulldobas) who then placed this wonderful girl to live with me. I was SO lucky to get Barbi!! I can never say 'thank you' enough to Katja & Tiina for sending daddy Aatu to USA and to Susan & Kevin for sending this Stripey Princess back to Finland. Barbi is, of all my dogs, the most loved one. I love her temperament (she is both very outgoing and social, and steady w/strangers), and her physical qualities, as well. Barbi has sensitive soul and big warm heart, but she can still be stubborn and demanding basenji when she wants to :-) She just loves everyone and wants to be loved by everyone! Barbi is proud mom for Bulldobas A-litter (born 12th Dec. 2002). After puppies were born ownership of Barbi was transferred to me. I hope Barbi will leave her unique temperament & physical qualities also in her future breedings. Barbi will be mated in autumn 2004. Barbi really is 'once in a lifetime dog' for me!! - Sanna-Maija Here at Calypso we were extra-excited about the coming of the 2nd Aatu x Sunny litter since one of those pups, if a brindle girl, was destined for exportation to Finland to Tiina's BULLDOBAS kennel. As luck & nature would have it, the boys were all reds and the girls in the litter were brindles. Many, many pictures were emailed and surface mailed to Finland for Tiina to choose from. In the meantime, the girls were called 'Barbi' and 'Cocoa'...we were sure Tiina would pick the girl we called Barbi, but then she decided on Cocoa! To this day, when we discuss Barbi at our Vet's office, we call her Cocoa-Barbi because we had to change all the vet records re: the litter, AND we had to change the puppies' names! During that time, both girls had two names... the "old" Barbi's new owner picked the name "Ajali", and so we had 'Barbi-'jali' and 'cocoa-Barbi' running around. When I call Finland to talk to Barbi (well, Sanna-maija, but of COURSE I am calling to talk to my grandbaby!!!), I still call her Cocoa-Barbi and she knows right away GRANDMA!!! is on the phone! sigh. My baby! What's great about Barbi?? she has beautiful brindle patterning. For those who do not know, 'BRINDLE' is NOT a color, brindle is a color PATTERN, so its inheritance is complex. Good breeders will try and simplify this process by using red basenjis with exceptional quality of the base color. Beautiful pigmentation, and great color behind the dog's genetics are a must. The brindle being used should also have an exceptional quality to its base red. Personally, I like the ORANGE base as I think it imparts the most striking background to the striping. And then there is the striping: we want them DISTINCT, NOT SMUTTY. It's very hard to get, but try we must. Although Barbi's chocolate lines are somewhat smeared around her face, on the rest of her body, they are exceptionally distinct and clear. They form a chevron pattern down her back. I think S-M has this picture that we took down at our pond in beautiful afternoon lighting on Barbi's own website. Barbi is put together exactly right - so right that in looking at her movement picture, included here, you can see that her topline is exactly level, and her paws are exactly meeting, toe-to-toe underneath her in the flying trot. You cannot get this without all angles being together, just so. The 45-degree shoulder layback has to be present, an ideal rarely achieved. And the configuration of the hips must be equally as perfect. And she is certifed as "A" (excellent) in Finland. Barbi's importance to me is that she brings so much to the table as a brood bitch, with a truly international pedigree. Her first litter of all boys/all reds (ooops! Grandma forgot to phone and tell Barbi to paint some of her children!) out of the fantastic "Phoebus" show her incredible potential for future Finnish basenjis. Her 2nd litter, at Dakarai, out of Bulldobas Phantom produced 4 fabulous pups, including 2 brindle girls. We brought the red boy home to Calypso = Dakarai Tikal Calypso. Thank you, Barbi! And now we have a little piece of our beautiful girl back home with us! ***correct physical attributes and sweet temperament combine to bring only good things to the table. She is and should produce: "Beautiful Is As Beautiful Does" for years to come! - Susan Visit Barbi's own homepages here! Barbi's 2004 fantastic brindle daughter, Dakarai Tingeling (called Tiuku) is on her way to her Finnish championship. This beautiful young lady can be viewed on her own home page: http://www.dakarai.com/tiuku.htm

PEDIGREE:

BISS Int&Fin&S&N Ch Bulldobas Whipper-Snapper	Int&Fin&Dk&Est Ch, NordW-96, BaltW-98 Bulldobas Wee Woodstock	Jaswyn Perseus	GB Ch Jaswyn Trigo
			BISS GB Ch Adoram Anukis of Jaswyn
		Fin Ch Bulldobas Bajja	Fin Ch, FinW-92 Visakoivun Winnie The Pooh
			Fin Ch Furahan Ibenga
	MBIS/MBISS Int&Fin&S&Dk Ch, FinW-97, EuW-97, KBHW-97, NordW-97 Borasus Juel of the Sun	Aust Ch Afrika Moon Over Morocco	Aust Ch Borasus Tiger Supreme
			Aust Ch Afrika Masterpiece
		Afrika Born Free	Aust Ch Afrika The Omen
			Afrika Back In Black
Calypso Midnight Sun	Kibushi Get Sirius	Avongara Gangura	unknown African (Gongosi)
			unknown African (Funa)
		Am Ch Kibushi Flashback	Am Ch Kibushi Quixote of Bravos
			Am Ch Kibushi Omega
	Am Ch Calypso Blaze of Glory	Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight	Am Ch Sirius Half-Back
			Am Ch Caucasian Ruffles
		Am Ch Calypso American Express	Am&Can Ch Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu
			Am Ch Calypso Flair of Papalote