Mali,our beautiful foundation bitch is our pride and joy. Thankyou to Denise Doyle of Helios Basenjis for allowing Mali to come & join our family. She has taught us a great deal about the breed and has given us a great foundation on which to build our line. Mali is an absolute pleasure to have around the house. Mali is completely trustworthy with everything and everyone. She has never read the books that say Basenjis are an aloof breed. She absolutely adores & loves people and all visitors welcoming them with her spinning helicopter tail and makes herself at home on their laps as soon as they sit down. She is also a confirmed puppy lover! She takes over puppy feeding and cleaning duties at every opportunity, even when they're not her puppies. When her daughter Coco was unable to nurse her own puppies Mali produced milk for them and nursed and raised the litter at 10+ yrs of age.
At the Royal Melbourne Show 2002 Mali was the Basenji used for the "Wonderful World Of Pets" interactive display where she met alot of children who were patting, poking and prodding her. She was fantastic! All the noise, people children and other dogs in close proximity didn't faze her at all. In fact her tail didn't stop wagging the whole time! She is a marvellous ambassador for the breed.
Mali has also been a wonderful producer for us. She has passed on her beautiful short, fine coat, feet, head, gait, substance, soundness, style & carriage to her offspring. She has 6.5 Champion offspring from her 3 litters. From her 3rd & final litter; 4 of the pups are BEST EXHIBIT IN GROUP WINNERS & 1 of them is an All Breeds BEST IN SHOW winner / Multi BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW winner & broke the record for the youngest Grand Champion Basenji in Australian History at the time.
Mali has a beautiful head with lovely dark almond shaped eyes and excellent earset with small slightly hooded ears,dark pigmentation, short, fine and silky coat, excellent compact feet , lovely substance & soundness with an effortless gait with her head carried proudly on a beautifully arched neck.
Mali's favorite hobbies
Hunting
Running
Eating
Meeting new people
Sleeping late
Sunbaking
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 500+
winner of 46 CC's (BB-1)
BEST IN SHOW Victorian Basenji Open Specialty 2004 at 8.5 years
BEST IN SHOW Victorian Basenji Open Specialty 1999
BEST EXHIBIT IN GROUP/BEST OPEN IN GROUP 1998
2 x BEST GAIT IN SHOW Basenji Specialties
Best Dam & Progeny Victorian Specialty Champ. Show 2006 -
Best Dam & Progeny Basenji Club Of Vic. Champ. Show 2005
Vic. Basenji Specialty Champ. Show 2004..2nd State Bred Bitch
Vic Basenji Specialty Champ. Show 2001..2nd Open Bitch
Victorian Basenji Open Specailty 2001..Reserve Bitch (BB-2)
At Specialty Shows....Multiple Best Feet in Show
Multiple Shortlisted for Best Head in Show
Top Basenji - "Victorian Hound of The Year 1999 Point Score Comp."
Multiple BOB winner
Multiple Class In Group winner
Royal Melbourne - Reserve Challenge winner
Health Test Results;
Hips 2:2 Total= 4 (OFA equiv. Excellent), Thyroid (normal). Final Eye Clearance Certificate. Normal eyes, Normal Optic Nerves, Very fine ppm remnants, in left eye. Strip testing negative for Fanconi Syndrome at over 10 yrs.
Mali comes from a long lived healthy line and is the foundation bitch of Afrikenji.
Mali at 11 years
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