Ntomba Lokoso
Call name: "Lokoso"
AKC
Number HP405430-01
Sex:
Female Color: Red
and White
Approximate
date of birth: December 1, 2009
Date
of importation to U.S.A.: March 5, 2010
Area discovered in Africa: GPS -
0.57982 N, 20.97975 (DD WGS
84) Bokelekila, Equateur Province, DR Congo
Sire: Unknown African
Dam:
Unknown African
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Importers: James E Johannes, Lisa Saban, Bryan Gregory, Laurie Gregory |
Owner: Lisa Saban |
Health testing and
history: BJ1654/2010-4 (cerf), BJ-FAC3205/4F-VPI (faconi
probably
clear), BJ-PKI126/5F-VPI (HA clear), BJ-PA231/12F/P-VPI (patella
normal, preliminary - elbow normal, preliminary - hips
excellent),
BJ-TH204/12F-VPI (thyroid normal)
Average Evaluation Score
(out of 5): 3.3 - good +
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Date of Death: |
Cause of Death: |
Comments: We
found Lokoso in small village inland form
the Maringa River. We specifically went inland to look for native dogs
that were used for hunting with minimal outside influence. We asked our
interepreter to ask the hunters to not go into the bush so members of
our team could examine their dogs. I was interested in a red girl. We
retrieved two pups from this village; these pups and the other adult
dogs were consistent Basenji type. Lokoso (named by the local the
"greedy one" in Lingala due to her strong desire to eat and steal food)
is a very lovely deep red color. Lokoso is a lovely gentle girl that is
playful, extremely intelligent, and has formed a very close attachment
to me. She has wonderful expression with good wrinkle, nice dark eye
rims and nose pigment and dark, "far-seeing" eyes. when she is alerted,
her ears are up and hooded which adds to her wrinkle and lovely
expression. Her coat is short, skin very pliant, and the coat color a
deep red (sh is genetically "true-for-red"; AyAy). She has good bone
and moderate layback of the shoulders (tightly knit shoulders) along
with a nice front assembly. she is moderately angulated in both front
and rear with a strong flexible loin. She has a perfect scissor bite.
She is quite the hunter and has taken a strong interest in lure
coursing. But her most endearing quality is her "baroo". she baroos out
of sheer joy and will light up the room with her baroo talk. She is a
pleasure to live with and a sacred treasure to me.
