Am&Can CH Calypso Grand Fantasy, JC
'Tasha'

AKC # HM 42586307 OFA: BJ-270G24F born Aug 25,1992, died Nov 27, 2006 (cancer) owners: Glenda & Myrl Galdeen, MI Tasha was one of my favorite Cruz daughters. Certainly she was the most gorgeous of the reds - her coat color and chiseled outlines and unbelievably fabulous feet (!!!) made her a standout in anyone's book. Typical of Calypso basenjis, in the small shows, she languished, seemingly ignored by the judges. Her novice owner/handler plugged away, however, working diligently to improve their performances. Finally, it reached the point in their quest for the AKC title that Tasha needed only her 'majors' to finish. Tasha was entered in the Chicago summer specialty, and her owners and I conferred and decided to request that Vogue's former handler be retained to show the bitch at the specialty, and an all-breed handler I'd used successfully for years be retained to handle Tash at the all-breed shows immediately following the specialty which are traditionally majors, as well. You'll see from the picture above how well Erin and Tasha did at the Chicago specialty. Bill Martin showed Tasha to her Winners Bitch awards at the all-breeds. Needless to say, she finished her title quite handily. And she finished her Canadian title in straight shows, as well. She lived a wonderful long life before succombing to cancer at age 14+, even making the trip from Michigan to Rhode Island for the week of the BCOA 2006 Nat'l Specialty show extravaganza. She didn't compete but she was in full attendance. At that point she was completely incontinent, but her devoted and indefatigable owners (Myrl & Glenda Galdeen) made sure she was always comfy, clean, and treated like the queen she was born to be. A typical Macho Man x Cruz daughter, she RULED. Truly it was a privilege to have bred her and I know the Galdeens felt the exact same way about sharing her life. We have three Tasha daughters here at Calypso: Glemyr Calypso Fantasia "Annie" (tri) (sire: Ch Calypso American Gigolo) Calypso Ode To Joy (tri) (sire: Reveille Calypso Trapper) Calypso Oshambe (red) "Ridley" who is nearly a duplicate of her mother. She was in a pet home and came home to us a number of years ago.

PEDIGREE:

Am Ch Bar-Bin's Macho Man of Papalote	Am Ch Matinee Idol of Papalote	Am Ch Fireworks of Papalote	Am Ch Shadowbye's Mitty
			Am Ch Fancy Fandango of Papalote
		Am Ch L's Fawn of Papalote	Am Ch Shadowbye's General Business
			Am Ch Shadowbye's Vamp of Tamarango
	Ketoctin's Little Brown Elf	Gemini Domino of Tarheel	Am Ch Valor's Kipa Kadet
			Lucky Charm of Woz
		Am Ch Kukuk's Midnight Tabu	Am Ch Kukuk's Colonel Bogie
			Khajah's Gay Amethyst
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