The Official ULLETIN TABLEof Contents of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. Hotel Name Change BCOA Business Now The Plaza President’s Message .................................................2 Go WEST! New Room Rates!! B (USPS 707-210) SEE WEBSITE FOR Editor’s Message .......................................................3 GREELEY, ISSN 1077-808X DETAILS Is Published Quarterly BCOA Treasurer’s Reports ....................................6 COLORADO March, June, September & December BHE Treasurer's Reports ........................................7 By the Basenji Club of America, Inc. Sept. 1 - Sept. 5, 2010 8050 Old River Road, Rockford, IL 61103-8736 Features Periodical Postage Paid at Rockford, Il Best In Show Hall of Fame, USA .......................................................................................................................14 POSTMASTER: Best in Show in Canada .......................................................................................................................................15 Send address changes to: Elements, an Education Exhibition on the Breed Standard at the 2010 National Spec. .......................16 Basenji Club of America, Inc. Wanda Pooley BCOA 2010 National Specialty .........................................................................................................................17 8050 Old River Road In Just a Few Moments Your Dog Can Die In A HOT CAR, Dr. J. Thompson .......................................20 Rockford, Il 61103-8736 Canine Health Foundation, AKC News Alert ................................................................................................23 Copyright © 2010 PETA - Do You Know The Real PETA & Humane Society of the United States? ...................................26 by the Basenji Club of America, Inc. Diane Coleman Memorial Hound Group Award.....................................................................................28-29 All Rights Reserved. Material may be reprinted without written Columns & Departments permission in publications of BCOA Affiliate Clubs only. Affiliate Club Specialties ........................................................................................................................................2 Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual Letters to the Editor ................................................................................................................................................4 authors. Articles & opinions do not necessarily express Perpetual Specialty Calendar ................................................................................................................................4 or represent the policies and opinions of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. Advertising does not constitute Law Bytes, K. Schreiber .......................................................................................................................................12 endorsement by the Basenji Club of America, Inc., and Committee Reports, Health Committee ....................................................................................................21-22 under no circumstance does publication of advertising guarantee services or products of its advertisers. The Specialty Results - Dallas-Ft. Worth Basenji Club .........................................................................................30 Editor, under the jurisdiction of the Club Officers and Affiliate Club Columns ..................................................................................................................................31-35 Board of Directors, reserves the right to reasonably Stud Dog Honor Roll .....................................................................................................................................36-37 edit or refuse to print all material submitted, includ- ing advertising. Brood Bitch Honor Roll ................................................................................................................................38-40 Editor OFA Health Statistics ...........................................................................................................................................41 Wanda Pooley Health Clinics, Upcoming ...................................................................................................................................41 Copy Editors Club & Publication Information ........................................................................................................................48 Patricia Bright, Maxine Elliott, Sue Joyner, Carol Kuna, Lisa Marshall, Linda Siekert Reports & Tallies Copy Coordinator Susan Chuvala OFA Reports ..........................................................................................................................................................42 Advertising Managing Editor Top 20 - Breed and All-Breed .............................................................................................................................44 Gale Whitehurst Performance - Obedience, Agility, Rally Tallies .............................................................................................45 New AKC Titles ....................................................................................................................................................46 New ASFA Titles .................................................................................................................................................. 47 Advertising: Fund Raising Idea, P. Bird ........................................35 AdventureLand Basenjis, W.Pooley ......................FC MiBre Basenjis, M.Smith-Barbour ......................IBC African Stock Project, BCOA ..................................13 Naughty By Nature, S. Smith ..............................C-25 Ahmahr Nahr, J.Behles .........................................C-24 Serengeti Basenjis.......................................................19 Basenji Club of SE Wisconsin Specialty ................23 Solid Gold ......................................................................5 BCOA 2010 National Specialty DVD Sets ...........18 UnderCover Basenjis, G.Whitehurst IFC, 8-11, BC ON THE COVER MBIS/MBISS Am/Can CH AB-Rafiki The Icon of Cool It's been a wonderful trip! Many, many thanks to Michael Jameson, Patrick Blade Allison and Sandra Middlebrooks who believed in the qualities of Blade and a special Thank You to Erin Roberts for bringing out all these attributes and for taking such great care of Blade. He could not be in better hands! It was a great honor for Blade to join the ranks of other excellent basenjis who have earned a spot on the Diane Coleman Hound Group "honor roll." Ever the career guy, Blade is enjoying a few more turns around the ring before joining us in Texas sometime after the "Big Move." Breeders: Owners: Wanda Pooley, Michael Jameson, Wanda Pooley, Adventureland Basenjis Patrick Allison, Sandra Middlebrooks Michelle Gahgan, Rafiki Basenjis Expertly Handled by: Erin Roberts Phoro by Missy Grooms The Basenji Club of America, Inc. BULLETIN - 1 From The President By Pam Geoffroy and research to identify the gene for PRA. Both are concrete, reachable goals. Both will require the same patient, concerted efforts that have Why I Am Hopeful brought us this far. Financial support for these and other projects will not be easy to come by, but is critical to the BCOA mission. Dog shows, and in some Dear Members, cases dog clubs, are shrinking even as costs continue to rise. That is The 2010 BCOA Board of Directors the reality. We need to be proactive in responding to this ever-changing has four new officers and two new board world in which we operate. members. How is that working out, you Online web communication offers the most opportunities for the ask? Let me tell you. dollars we spend. This technology saves time and money. For a six Jon Curby, Janet Ketz, Mike Graves, Sue hundred member national club that has to be ever mindful of its limited Joyner, Carole Kirk and I are the newly elected officers and members and precious financial resources, the savings in paper, printing and joining Lisa Auerbach, Damara Bolte, Brenda Phillips, Laurie Stargell postage alone are extremely attractive. and Carol Webb on the board. Online communication brings the club closer to our members. The Damara Bolte, Carol Webb and Jon Curby must surely rank among Bulletin Board has paved the way. Most members receive the online the most credentialed and most accomplished breeder-handlers and club version saving the club thousands of dollars per year. members. Their service to the breed and to the club has been making a In recent months we have added an online Message Board to positive difference for decades. Their service on the board in 2010 is an Basenji.org to keep us abreast of things that are going on like AKC enormous benefit for all of us. events and activities you might want to know about and participate in. Janet Ketz, our new Secretary has been a real trouper, producing We are also working on an online data base that can facilitate online and shepherding through all the ballots the board developed and reached polling and perhaps even online balloting by members. agreement on in the first quarter. She accomplished all this while getting We are beginning to build an online archive focused on the history up to speed in her new role. Likewise, our new Treasurer Mike Graves took of the BCOA. Can you help scan and catalog items for this important on