Calypso Midnight Sun
'Sunny'

AKC # HM 579976-02 OFA: BJ-543G24F, CERF: BJ-820/2001-74 born Dec 6,1995 owners: Susan Patterson & Kevin Brothers, NC 'Sunny' was the pup we kept from our breeding of the pure-for-red bitch Ch Calypso Blaze of Glory to the 1/2 African brindle son of Avongara Gangura, Kibushi Get Sirius 'Chris'.      Kibushi Get Sirius "Chris" - Top-producing 1/2 African in the USA. Died age 15 years, 2004. Sunny was not the best quality pup in her litter - I kept her because of her reticent personality and my fear that an inexperienced basenji owner would not know how to get the most out of her, character-wise. In fact, the owners of one of her sisters failed to properly supervise and firmly lead the headstrong african, resulting in serious aggression that went undeterred. Such is the consequence that well-meaning but non-Alpha basenji owners visit upon their dogs.      Sunny autumn'2004 Sunny is a beautifully brindled gal with a loving personality. Her tail is the loose African variety which kept her from the show ring, and her tail set is also low, but Sunny has brought many positive qualities to her pups, not the least of which is her dominant genetics for that lovely brindle patterning. She is not capable, it seems, of producing striping that is not absolutely lovely! Sunny was bred 2x to our half-African M'Bliki son, Reveille Calypso Trapper. Two pups went to the Japanese home of Dr and Mrs Sato outside Tokyo in the Gumma prefecture. The male, Toranaga, was a TRUE tiger-striped brindle. Overall, the breedings with Trapper produced the best temperaments that Trappper's breedings ever produced. However, oversized males and males and females with loooong backs made them unsuitable for the show ring. Also, it became apparent that this combination brought out a genetic 'nic' for undershot bites. sigh. Sunny was bred 2x to Multi-Ch Bullodobas Whipper-Snapper of Finland. The first time was via artificial insemination using frozen semen. Of those total 9 pups, one undershot bite was produced, only. Full white or predominantly white collars on the brindles was produced. Interestingly, the brindles were all girls, the reds were all boys. How many actually make it into the show ring depends... two of the brindle girls inherited Sunny's African shyness around strangers. Like their jungle relatives, they prefer to meet folks on their own terms and in their own time. This is not possible in a show ring where a stranger strides up to your face, grabs your mouth and then proceeds to -sometimes- roughly poke and prod your body without permission! Needless to say, reactionary behavior on the part of these horrified ladies will not make them promising show dogs! What we have gotten from this Aatu/Sunny combination is a United Nations of a pedigree, combining the ancient African bloodlines with old, respected bloodlines from the US, Australia, England and Finland. So much can be built on such a combination pedigree! Interestingly, in the 8th generation are common American ancestors, so the 'twain DOES meet! This winter Sunny was bred last time, to CH Possum Creek's Just My Luck - and 8th December'04 four brindle puppies were born, 2 boys and 2 girls!

PEDIGREE:

Kibushi Get Sirius	Avongara Gangura	unknown African
		unknown African
	Am Ch Kibushi Flashback	Am Ch Kibushi Quixote of Bravos	Am Ch Kibushi Salutes Absinthe
			Bravos Sweet Gypsy Rose
		Am Ch Kibushi Omega	Am Ch Kibushi Trademark
			Absinthe Ava of Kibushi
Am Ch Calypso Blaze Of Glory	Am Ch Djakomba's Spotlight	Am Ch Sirius Half-Back	Am Ch Reveille Re-Up
			Am Ch Makila Motane Moke
		Am Ch Caucasian Ruffles	Am Ch Reveille Re-Up
			Am Ch Russell's Mkewe Mfalme
	Am Ch Calypso American Express	Am&Can Ch Tri-Tan's Uzuri Supow Lihu	Am Ch Flower Power of Woz
			Lihu's Susu Yumdrum
		Am Ch Calypso Flair of Papalote	Am Ch Shadowbye's Mitty
			Am Ch Fancy Fandango of Papalote