Ch AB-SS Money
to Burn at Shernazar
26/12/2002
Am Ch Escapade's High Five x
Am Ch AB Princess ChinyaMarindi JC FCh
Breeders: Wanda Pooley & Ruth Trunita Miller
CC & BOB Manchester 04 Mr
B Reynolds Frost
CC & BOB East of England 04 Mr R
Sadler
CC & BOB Blackpool 05 Mr C K Thornton
CC Welsh KC 05 Ms R Lane
CC Bournemouth 06 Mr C Gardiner
RCC & BP LKA
03 Ms R Lane
RCC
WELKS 04 Mrs C Wright
Bryn at 2 1/2 years old (photo by C. Frost)
HEALTH
Eyes: PPM,
Clear
Haemolytic Anaemia: Clear, by DNA test
Hips: BVA/KC 4:4 (equivalent to OFA Good)
Fanconi Syndrome: Probable Carrier, DNA marker *see below*
Bryn is the Dog World/Royal
Canin
TOP STUD DOG
for 2007! (with just 3 offspring in the ring in the
UK). Sire of:
Ch. Zordia's Jawara
Ch. Zordia's Indiana Jones
Am. Ch. AB Come See About Me
Ir. Ch. Zordia's Shooting Star over Mossbawnhill
Am. Ch. Tammen's Take Me On
Am. Ch. Tammen's Tri n'Top This
and several other pointed/RCC winning kids.
Bryn is the first black and white UK champion for ten years, and only the sixth in the history of the breed here. He is also the only American bred male to finish his title here in the UK.
I have wanted a black and white Basenji for years, and the idea of Bryn was born when I first saw his dam and four of his champion half-siblings on the video of the 2001 Basenji Club of America National Specialty. It was reinforced when I travelled to the US in 2002 and saw three of them in person, and five of their year younger full siblings from their dam's second litter, and was deeply impressed with their overall quality. It began to seem like a possibility when Kalema was confirmed in whelp with her third litter, and then came even closer when the UK Government kept their promise and extended the Pet Passport scheme to the US. I was so excited to get the email from his co-breeder, Wanda Pooley, that the pups had arrived, and that among them was a beautifully marked BW male. The photos soon started to arrive, and I was able to watch him mature from a stunning puppy into a young male to be proud of.
Bryn's dam 'Kalema' is one of the top producers in the US today; from her first two litters (by Am Ch Jerlin's General Patton) she is dam of nine American champions, with Bryn the first from her third litter to achieve his title. His littermates, AB-SS Follow the Money and AB-SS Worth Every Cent have now finished their titles, to give their dam a total of twelve US champions (five of them black) in addition to Bryn's English title; one more has both majors. 'MacGyver' is to date the sire of 23 champions, putting him well up on the stud dog honour roll.
Bryn was not seriously campaigned
in the US, as we felt he was not physically or mentally ready and anyway
the main aim was the English title. However, he won most of his classes, took his first BOB at 9 months and made the cut in the Group. I had the privilege to handle him on his last US
outing at Chicago Goldcoast KC on 26th October 2003, where he took a major
reserve to a new champion.
He arrived in the UK in October 2003, and made his UK Championship debut at LKA
in December;
he won his crown 18 months later at a memorable Blackpool
show, and now holds the joint record for his colour and gender.
He has two BIS, one RBIS and
two RBD at
breed club specialty open shows, all under breeder judges. He has
attended very few all-breed open shows, but has two Group wins and
one Group 4, all from hound specialists.
Bryn at his last show in the
US aged 10 months
(photo Booth)
Bryn's first three offspring to be hip scored have received OFA Good and Excellent and BVA 2:2 respectively. He carries both red and tri genes. He is already making a great contribution to the breed in the UK, with his CORRECT angulation and construction, super movement and his 'long' pedigree. Just as importantly, he has an extremely laid-back, un-snarky temperament that doesn't know what a lip curl is (except for the benefit of other male Basenjis!) and is a pleasure to live with. His first grandchildren will hit the ring in 2007!
*As Bryn has tested PROBABLY CARRIER
FOR FANCONI SYNDROME via DNA marker, as of August 2007 he will only be
available to bitches who have been tested PROBABLY CLEAR/NORMAL via the
same test*. This will ensure that no Fanconi affected puppies are
produced whilst still enabling this exceptional stud dog to do what we
already know he can to improve our breed.
My heartfelt thanks go to Wanda for taking such wonderful care in his rearing and training , and putting up with my fussing for so many months! It takes a special kind of person to raise and train a dog as part of the family for ten months when it is known from the first that he will be leaving, but what a wonderful job she has made of it, and I am so thrilled to own this magnificent boy.
Mini Me! Bryn with his granddaughter, Ezri.
