Vol.48 | No.2 | Apr May Jun | 2013 the official publication of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. CO NTENTS GREAT DANE PHOTOS DANE GREAT BCOA BULLETIN On the cover a PR, maY, JUN 2013 Max, 2012 AKC/Eukanuba Agility Invitational Top Basenji flying high DEP ARTMENTS Agility Basenjis are shaped not born. Alyce Sumita shares what she has learned about training for agility F07 rom the President STORY PAGE 18 08 About this Issue 09 Contributors O 22 UT OF THE BOX AD brEAK OWN OF STRAIGHT anD OVAL TRACK racING 10 Letters BY PARRY TaLLMADGE 12 Junior Eye View 14 Points of View 24 ASFA JUDGES’ BREED RANKING SURVEY J RUDGING FO EXCELLENCE IN brEED TYPE 17 A Note BY SuSAN WEINKEIN UDP ATES 26 OBEDIENCE & BASENJIS BEJ AS N IS LEARN WHEN WE pay ATTENTION 46 Committee Reports BY SANDI ATKINSON 47 Club columns H30 W at it takes TO be OBEDIENT CLRF A I YING THE CLASSES Ta LLIES, TITLES & REPORTS BY BRENDA PHILLIPS 51 Conformation Honor Rolls 32 A TRACKER’S JOURNEY 56 Performance Honor Rolls OR U HOUNDS TURN THEIR SIGHT on SCENT 57 OFA Reports BY TERRY COX FIEDLER 60 New AKC Titles 36 A BASENJI DRAFT ODYSSEY 64 2013 Standings BEJ AS N IS PULL THEIR WEIGHT 63 New ASFA, LGRA, NOTRA Titles BY RENEE MERIauX 0 4 K9 NOSE WORK Sc ENT SEEKING MISSILES WITH CINDY SmITH OF THE RIGHT STEPS 66 BCOA & BHE Financials NT42 SA É SupporI T NG THE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH RESEARCH BY LEEBETH CRANMER BCOA Bulletin (APR/MAY/JUN ’13) 1 The Official Publication of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. 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Pat Bird 303-452-4380 Oakley [email protected] Jasiri-Sukari Bronco Busting Annie rn jc oap ojp Oakley is starting her career off with a bang. At two she is already in the Excellent Preferred Agility Classes! She is carving her way into the record books as a future Novice Draft Dog. See page 36 for more on Oakley. home to multi-skilled Berners & Basenjis 4 BCOA Bulletin (APR/MAY/JUN ’13) visit us online at www.basenji.org FROM THE PRESIDENT ZUNI #4 Basenji, LGRA 2012 Astarte’s Zuni Breeze at Sun River, CGC, GRC, JOR BARBARA SAUCEDA A good a tired Basenji is Basenji elcome to the latest issue of the bcoa Bulletin— The National Specialty is just around the corner now— WI can honestly say that I never expected to be writing the please make your plans to join fellow Basenji enthusiasts at “Letter from the President,” but here it is anyway. As you the Argus Ranch in Auburn, Washington for the week of July are all aware now, Carrie did resign as President, due to 12 – 17. The Pacific Northwest is beautiful that time of year personal time commitments that were no longer conducive and everyone’s been working very hard to be sure you have a to continuing on as President.