In Memoriam May 2022

In Memoriam

R.I.P. Little Ones.

Nefertiti ~ (The last of Cherry's pits)

Apu Tri to Be Good
(January 2006 ~ March 2022)

Our condolences to Cailltlin Kenny and Tom Elliot.

Scarlet

FC Apu PiNache RN OA OAJ OF TKA VSWB RS-N SC THD FCh SGRC2 SORC JOR CGC TDIA VBE.
11 January 2008 ~ 4 April 2022

Scarlet left me, us, on 4 April 2022, at around 8:30, while in my arms.
She had an awful anal gland/rectal carcinoma, that she could not beat.
What a good girl, sweetheart, she was. I've been looking at videos of her and me doing agility.
She was so fun. I loved her too much. Scarlet was my rock. Just 14 1/4 years old. Too young.

I think she was the first ever Basenji Club of America Versatile Basenji Elite.

Here we are in AKC Open Standard agility. 2015
.https://youtu.be/l4VMFBYHHKE

My Scarlet Letter

In Days Gone By, in times of Yore

A Scarlet Letter was a thing to abhor

It was designed to shame and bring one pain

A public symbol that encouraged disdain.

But My Scarlet letter was never that

She brought a smile even when being a brat

A lovely Senji girlie of red and white

A beautiful soul that shone oh so bright

Each day with her brought so much love

I knew for certain she was a gift from above

When people saw her they would stop and stare

Amazed at the beauty and grace with the world she did share

For years we enjoyed our wonderful ride

No challenge too great when we stood side by side

On the Agility Field we’d weave and race the clock

My sweetheart, my good girl, my curly tailed rock.

Cuddles often always given and even some joyous bunny runs

And bestest, she’d tell you, lovely snoozes under the sun.

She wrote her letter of life in my soul and my heart

She only brought pain on the day we had to part

“Dear Mother A nasty Cancer has me tight in its grip.

So across the Rainbow Bridge I must reluctantly slip.

Oh the story we’ve written as we journeyed together

Adventures aplenty, watching sports in all types of weather.

I know that my leaving will bring tears to your eye

I hate that I do that, but I must say Good bye.

With the Apus, now Rainbow, I’ll frisk and I’ll chase

Forever held dearly in your heart’s warm embrace

Please know that I love you so do not feel sad

You gave me everything, all the love that you had.

Please think of me fondly, perhaps with a smile

What a wonderful journey, I enjoyed every mile.”

Poem by Joe Stewart

Scarlet learning a trick.

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Bluto

Apu Pi Queno passed on 11 November 2021,

"It was 4 months to the day since we lost Rich. We lost Louie the previous month (she was 16yrs). This is the 1st time in 26 years we have not had a basenji to love. Such a hole in my heart. I lost both parents in Jan, Rich in July, Louie in Oct and Bluto in Nov. 2021 was the WORST year for our family."

"They have made such a mark on our hearts and souls."

Our hearts go out to Susie Rizzo.

Tiger Lily

Dragon House Tiger Lily CD BN RE NAP TDN CGC ~ 03/23/10 - 02/08/22

Tiger Lily passed at home, way too young.
" I gave her all the love and focus she needed. It’s grateful she died at home with me in her own time."

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