Calypso Holiday Hot Caramel, JC
'Tyger'

    

AKC # HP 03856202 CERF: BJ-1102/2003-11 born Dec 28, 2002 1 point toward AKC title; 15 pts toward ASFA field championship Tyger is our stripey princess from the 2003 litter out of Ch.Calypso Kilimanjaro + Calypso Butter Brickle. It combined old-old American lines with African import, Australian and Finnish. We got 4 great gals with wonderful temperaments  and throw-back looks to a time when 'senji girls were ma petite cheries and stole hearts with no effort. These girls may be sweethearts, but they are tomboys! They do love to run and to play very hard - to borrow a phrase from an Aretha Franklin song, these "...sisters are doin' it for themselves!" They might enjoy briefly alighting on couch or bed, but these girls like to GO.  Tyger occasionally gets to go out and 'chase the bunny' which she dearly loves. We hope to continue to give her chances to run. She is tiny, but her desire is mighty!   Tyger is scheduled to be bred in autumn 2007 to Elijah of Esenjo, a lovely African male at home in Massachusetts. There should be truly lovely personalities in a blending of the Esenji, Avongara, and American & international bloodlines. Please check with us if you are interested. Tyger is certified to compete in ASFA & AKC lure coursing, and LGRA racing. She is cousin Lila's field pal, and is stretching her own legs as practice and conditioning are lending more speed to little "Stumpy"'s drive. She doesn't give up behind the dogs with much more leg, and it's nice to see a dog so intent and so driven...and having so much FUN.  Tyger dearly loves to run! She completed her AKC Junior Courser title on June 18, handled by Lila's owner, Carol Redden of Cary, NC. Thanks, Carol! Tyger's litter was a golden opportunity to add the proven-clean bloodlines of Kilimanjaro to our present bloodstock. Kili is an old-style, wonderfully square and balanced red dog who is reminiscent of the 60's when most of the basenjis were of moderate angulation and without extremes in type or style. Although I would have liked more angulation than I got in the litter, I can work with the genetics very very nicely in our overall breeding program, and the temperaments CANNOT be faulted. The girls in this litter have fantastic personalities and strength of character. We are showing a couple bitches ahead of Tyger right now, which is why she is having fun on the field with cousin Lila. Her time in the ring will come shortly, however. She's too CUTE to keep 'down on the farm' forever! Tyger used to relax by visiting with our chameleons who camp out on the sunny blocks just outside her kennel run all day. The lizards used to be all over the kennels and follow me around during the day until Tyger came on the scene. Now, the little green buddies pretty much 'hang' with their new friend, Miss Stripey Princess, Tigerlene. :) Tyger is now home with her new co-owner, Adrian Catalano in Raleigh, North Carolina. Adrian once served as "Stormy", the mascot of the Stanley Cup-winning Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey franchise. Now is he willing slave and doggy daddy to a stripey princess (not that this is his only job, just his most important one!).

PEDIGREE:

Am Ch Calypso Kilimanjaro	Am Ch Calypso Evening Shade	Am Ch Calypso American Gigolo	Am&Can Ch Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu
			Am Ch Calypso Flair of Papalote
		Am Ch Calypso Bossanova	Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight
			Am Ch Calypso American Express
	Am Ch Calypso Blaze of Glory	Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight	Am Ch Sirius Halfback
			Am Ch Caucasian Ruffles
		Am Ch Calypso American Express	Am&Can Ch Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu
			Am Ch Calypso Flair of Papalote
Calypso Butter Brickle	BISS Int&Fin&S&N Ch Bulldobas Whipper-Snapper	Int&Fin&Dk&Est Ch, NordW-96, BaltW-98 Bulldobas Wee Woodstock	Jaswyn Perseus
			Fin Ch Bulldobas Bajja
		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
			Afrika Born Free
	Calypso Midnight Sun	Kibushi Get Sirius	Avongara Gangura
			Am Ch Kibushi Flashback
		Am Ch Calypso Blaze of Glory	Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight
			Am Ch Calypso American Express