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Sire: Bulldobas Phantom (Finnish bred & born)
Dam: FIN Ch. Calypso Double Dares Bulldobas (American export to Finland)
d.o.b. December 9, 2004 AKC # : HP 161561-01 FKK #: FIN 13214-05
CERF: BJ 1295/2006-15
"TIKU" is our Finnish import of 2005
from kennel Dakarai in Salo, Finland. His mother is our very own
Finnish Ch.Calypso Double Dares Bulldobas ("Barbi"), who was exported to
kennel
Bulldobas several years ago, to be co-owned by Tiina Taavitsainen and
Sanna-Majia Virtanen. Her ownership has since reverted exclusively to
S-M. We had been looking forward to a puppy from our beloved Barbi, a
brindle whose quality matches those of our very own stellar "Vogue"
(Ch.Calypso Dressed To Kill)...hmmm, could there be some magic in those
letter "D" girls? At least in the case of those two girls we got what
we like to think are basenji girls of the highest caliber, possessing
great style.
Tiku's sire, Bulldobas Phantom, is a litter brother to the first
dog to whom Barbi was first bred (Fin.Ch. Bulldobas Phoebus). We
were hoping in Phantom to bring the size of the pups down some from the
first litter, and so far that is true. Tiku is the same size as the two
boys we kept from our in-home breedings this year, neither of whom come
from combinations that could ever be expected to produce oversized
dogs. We love the attributes that Phantom's bloodlines bring to ours,
and look forward to years of fun with Tiku's contributions to future
Calypso progeny.
Tiku has lovely wrinkle, including side wrinkle when he has his ears
positioned just right. His head is everything I could want... beautiful
little wedge of the just-right proportions. He is very square, and
old-fashioned in his architecture: moderate in all things. No extreme
angles, no swan neck, no whippet rear, no 'seats 8' tabletop stretching
out between the shoulders and hips. He's a tad short-stationed
right now, and might remain that way. If so, he comes by it honestly -
our own foundation bitch, Flair, had the same proportions which you can
compare for yourself by visiting her page. We use this
characteristic to good advantage as
it allows us to breed the basenjis with more leg, more length and still
have stock to blend back in order to keep our line from becoming
"extreme" - mile high fronts to make room for whippet rears...and
losing the essence of the little African bush dog that has been such a
successful athlete for thousands of years in his natural form. Why
'improve' on Nature's own design?
Sanna-Maija had
decided upon a fantasy or fairy tale theme for the names of her "T"
litter. Hmmmm, Susan toyed with a name from The Lord of the Rings
trilogy, but then one night, she remembered her trip to Guatemala with
Tux for FCI shows, and that the name of the hotel she'd stayed in was
based on Guatemala's most famous Mayan heritage site, the pyramids at
Tikal. Voila ! She had her name for Barbi's puppy. "Tiku" is the
Finnish nickname given to Tikal by Sanna-Maija, and it is the name he
goes by at home. A return trip to GUA is planned (just one???) for the
near future, and when Tiku is old enough to show internationally,
he will most certainly visit his Tante Maria Elisa Alvarez and
her Lazarus kennels, our dear friend in The Land of Eternal Spring.
[Special thanks to our own in-house designer, Kevin, for the FANTASTIC
logo he designed for Tiku. The logo is a stylistic representation of
the most famous of the pyramids at Tikal, El Grande Jaguar, pictured
above. Please note that the pyramid is FAR larger than our image
conveys because the superimposition of Tiku's photo on the pyramid
image destroys the real perspective. Of course, Tiku has not
really been to Guatemala yet, but he will be attending their
international shows some day when he is old enough.When he actually gets to visit
Tikal, he will be a teensy blip on any photos taken that manage to
include all of Grande Jaguar! In the meantime, perhaps some Mayan charm
will rub off on their unique little namesake...]
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Little
"Tiku" is shown to the left at
Helsinki before flying to N.Carolina
To
the right, Tiku shows off his best
feature, his lovely wrinkles!
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is pictured Tikal and his "peeps" (hee hee), cousins Calypso Jon Bon
Jovi (black/white) and Calypso KissKiss BangBang (brindle) with Daddy
Kevin. Tiku, Jon & Shooter are quite the Treasure Chest for us,
such wonderful pups in looks and personality. An embarrassment of
riches, to be sure. The boys get along fabulously and do Everything
together. We are delighted that they have found each other to be such
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