Early Basenjis

I get more and more facsinated by the early Basenjis,
those who made way for The Basenji and the place it has in the dog society today.
I look for old pictures and it is just fantatstic to see the great expressions and the lovely small almond shaped eyes they have
and they are only a few generations from the first basenjis who came from Africa.

Christmas Carol, one of the first basenjis born in Sweden, in a litter of three, 1951.....

.........and father to one of the first Swedish champions

Ch Christmas Candy

These lovely pictures I found in a book from 1936.
Barbara Woodhouse was a legend in her time and she had the TV-show
Training Dogs The Woodhouse Way

In this book The Basenji is still under terriers.

Kwango and Kasui of the Congo

BOS and BOB at the Stockholm show 1962
Ch Lilli and Ch Black Fuladandy of the Congo

Pansy of Rossanty and Lilli 1964

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This basenji was imported to Denmark 1961
Pinokio of the Congo