21 November -- We finally managed to get our Adoption Questionnaire online!
16 October -- Congratulations to Melar's Wild By Nature, "Star", and Melar's Wild for Speed,
"Smoke", on their recent show ring successes! In the past two and a half weekends, Star has
earned 6 points and Smoke has earned 3 points toward their AKC championships. Both kids
have multiple BOB and BOS wins from the classes! Star & Smoke were co-bred by me and
their "mom" Melody Falcone of Melar basenjis. The "kids" are sired by my boy, Firbi --
SunDiata Dahabu Firimbi, and out of my first homebred champion, Talon -- CH Echelon
Noble Eagle at Melar.
11 August -- We're thrilled to announce our newest addition and future junior handler!
Caitlin Marie Ervin was born August 11 at 3:23 a.m. Caitlin weighed in at 7 lbs, 2 oz and was
21" long!
4 May -- We've done a little bit of minor tweaking to the website, adding links and picture
updates as needed. We've also added a Past Litters page in addition to updating our
Upcoming Litters page.
25 April -- A sad day as we had to help our red dobie girl, Gillian, cross the Rainbow Bridge.
11 April -- Congratulations to Melissa Pickens of Sperry, MO on her recent acquisition of
Riley. Gidget, Gadget and Gunner have updated pictures on their pages. Gidget and Gadget
are still looking for their own homes. More information about these girls are on their pages.
9 February -- New pages: Finding a Responsible Breeder and our FAQ page is up!
6 February -- Updated pages for Gidget and Gadget. Both girls are currently available to
new homes.
22 January -- Our first show of the year. Unfortunately bad weather kept us from the
Saturday show, but on Sunday Mise was Winner's Bitch/Best of Opposite at the Central Iowa
KC show in Des Moines for another point. Judge was Dr. Daniel Dowling. What a nice way
to start the year!
19 January -- 7.5 week old stacked pictures of the puppies are up. I also finally added a
guestbook! Please feel free to leave us a message!
13 January -- We lost a family member today. Salem, our cat, was the best puppy sitter you
could ask for. Today he crossed the bridge, suffering from kidney failure. You can read
more about him on our In Memory page.
9 January -- 6 week old stacked pictures of the babies are up.
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30 December -- The first "stacked" pictures of the babies are up.
29 December -- Finally -- updated puppy pictures! The babies are 4.5 weeks old, and have
call names now. Girl #1 is Gidget, Girl #2 is Gadget and the Boy is Gunner. Gunner and
Gadget both have their ears completely up and Gidget's are very nearly up! This is the
earliest I've ever had puppy ears up. Tails are up and starting to curl, and they are getting
cuter by the moment! Thanks to our new digital camera (YEA!!!) pictures will be updated
much more regularly!
2 December -- We finally have the puppy pictures up. Click here to see them.
28 November -- More Firbi babies! Talon had 4 puppies this afternoon -- three red girls
and one red boy. So much for that blood test! Congrats to first-time puppy whelper Melody
on her first litter!
26 November -- Puppies are here!! Kinsey had her babies this morning. We have two red
girls and one red boy. More information about these babies can be found here.
17 November -- I'm starting to get some individual pages launched for the dogs! Carlie,
Mkodi and Reno's pages are up and ready.
2 November -- New pages introducing our Horses.
30 October -- Litter updates! According to blood tests, Talon is NOT pregnant. We plan
on trying this breeding again next year. Kinsey is either pregnant or going through one
whopper of a false pregnancy! She is due on Thanksgiving.
25 September -- Talon has been bred to Firbi. Puppies expected around November 27.
Contact Melody Falcone for more information on this litter.
22 September -- Kinsey has been bred to Firbi. Puppies expected around November 24!
13 September -- Update to our breeding plans. Kinsey will be bred to our 1/4 African boy,
Firbi. Puppies are expected in November.
12 July -- New pages added -- About Us and Breeding Philosophy & Puppy Placement
Procedures.
11 June -- Firbi attended the AKC sanctioned match in conjunction with the Moberly, MO
KC all breed show to gain some more ring experience. He showed WONDERFULLY and
ended up going BEST IN MATCH over an entry of 100+ dogs!
9 June -- Some more site updates. New page for Kinsey. I also color coded the pedigrees
on the dogs' pages to indicate multiple occurrences of a dog within the 4 generation pedigree.
5 June -- It wasn't until I checked the show results at Onofrio.com, that I noticed that despite
throwing a tantrum in the ring <g>, Cooper was RWD to the major again. Judge Mr. Jon
Cole
4 June -- Cooper is RWD to the major, again handled by Shannon. Judge Mr. Eugene
Blake.
3 June -- WE HAVE OUR FIRST HOMEBRED CHAMPION!! CH Echelon Noble Eagle
of Melar. Talon picked up that final major going WB/BOW/BOB! Talon was exclusively
handled by her co-owner Melody Falcone, Melar Basenjis. I am so proud of them both!!
AND -- Cooper picks up his first major handled by 13 year old Shannon Hall. Shannon is an
amazing handler and she and Cooper are making a great team!! Judge was Mr. Robert Stein.
1 June -- Upon suggestion from a friend, we've changed the pedigrees to 4 generations
instead of just 3 <g>
31 May -- New pages added -- Cooper, Firbi and Mise. Upcoming Litters page updated.
18 May -- New pages added -- Available dogs and Upcoming Litters.
05 May -- New pages up. Boys and Girls. Links to individual pages aren't up quite yet.
04 May -- A new domain name and a revamped website! Stay tuned for more updates and
changes.
20 February -- Another good day at the shows. At the Keomah KC show in Des Moines,
Firbi picked up his first point going WD/BOS. Cooper was RWD. Talon was
WB/BOW/BOB for 1 pt. This brings her point total to 12 and singles her out. She just needs
that last major to become a champion! Mise, Talon's littermate, was RWB.
7 February -- Some more sad news. Last week, Tia strip tested positive for glucose in her
urine -- one of the initial warning signs of fanconi. At this time, her bloodwork is
inconclusive. After consulting with my vet and Dr. Gonto (author of the Fanconi protocol),
we've decided to start Tia on a mild version of the Fanconi protocol, and redo the lab work
when her sugar spilling becomes more consistent (right now, she is spilling sugar about 60%
of the time). The good news is that we have caught whatever the problem is early. Updates
will appear here as they become available.