Am&Can CH Calypso Indiana Jones O'Glemyr
'Indy'

AKC # HM 50728102 OFA: BJ-456G30M born Jan 27,1994; died Sept 7, 2005 owners: Glenda & Myrl Galdeen, MI Indy was out of Macho Man and Cruz's last litter, the 'I's. He won an Award of Merit at the Wisconsin 1996 BCOA Nat'l Specialty from breeder judge Robert House. It was a special thrill as the only ones in the ring 'left standing', so to speak, were most of the biggest names in American basenjis. No one knew who Glenda was, including the judge - Indy won that award truly on Merit alone, no face recognition or reputation driving the selection at all!  When good friends Myrl and Glenda had come to visit Cruz's latest litter out of Macho, and full siblings to their own bitch, Am/Can Ch Calypso Grand Fantasy, JC, Glenda and baby Indy made some sort of cosmic connection on the spot. Glenda insisted on purchasing the puppy. I assured Myrl I would not be taking his money anytime soon, since no breeding program needed full siblings for a basis. Case closed. Not. Glenda is not easily dissuaded when she makes up her mind about something. So began a short campaign to change my mind, with me lah-de-dah'ing and refusing to seriously entertain  her entreaties otherwise.  Then I get a phone call from Myrl in which he informs me that I WILL be selling Indy to them and that it is ok with him and I definitely got the impression that I might be saving his life if I got off my high horse and cooperated. And thus began a great love affair, Glenda and her "Baby".  How fitting that she showed him herself to that lovely Award of Merit at the National Specialty, justification for her faith in that tiny pupster, and her devotion to him his whole life.  Indy had a wonderful and friendly personality. He never forgot his friends, and was devoted to his family. Even as a baby, he was a calm and reasonable little pup. I think he was a counterbalance to one of his tri litter brothers, Calypso It's Elvis at Terrarust. "Elvis" was the Al Capone of basenjidom ( a thief who also directed his henchmen basenjis to thieve for him!). As babies, Elvis was always perched at the top of the pen fence, expecting to be plucked off and up into my arms (and of course he was) for kissing. Faithful alcolyte brother, Chief, imitating his Fearless Leader, clamoring for more of the same right behind him. Sitting peacefully in the corner and awaiting their turns were the two red littermates: Indy and his sister, (soon-to-be) Am/Can Ch Calypso Ingenue. They knew their time would come, but it was useless to attempt to get between Elvis and whatever it was that Elvis wanted. Once away from home, Ingenue ("Style") became her own sort of diva as was befiitting all the Macho/Cruz female offspring, but Indy remained a center-of-the-storm sort of dog - unflappable, fun, but never frivolous or prone to hysterics for the sake of drama.  If one could have just one near-perfect dog in life, good looking AND good doing, then Indy was pretty close to that kind of dog.

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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