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Past Dogs of Khadijah
Anubis
Anubis was my 1st Basenji, whom I obtained from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter while I was attending school at the University of New Mexico.
It's a long story, but basically I was in the market for a Greyhound, and ended up with this affectionate little black and white Basenji.
When I started to obtain more Basenjis, we quickly learned he was NOT a multi-dog dog. He was very unhappy and we had many fights. A close friend fell in love with
him and offered to take him. The rest is history. He died a few years ago of Fanconi complications.
Manny (aka Manly)
Dragnquest Kazor Stand By Me
Manny was a littermate to Demetri that Jackie & Terry Jones and I rescued (instead of returning him to his breeder, they contacted the local rescue...guess who!?! It happened to be the breeder. What a nightmare.). He was only 14 lbs, and very weak, poor coat, etc.
I quickly learned he was Fanconi afflicted. We spent several months trying to bring him back to health, but after numorous crashes we finally said goodbye.
He was only 4 years old. He was very sweet and I miss him dearly.
Ripley
BIF Khadijah's Believe It Or Not, JC, SC, CGC
We adopted this track Greyhound shortly after we adopted Anubis. Ripley was a very mild-mannered boy. Very sweet and the perfect embassador for his breed.
I can name a dozen people that adopted Greyhound's because of Ripley. He was a very rare GH that could be allowed off-leash. He never left our sides.
I excelled in coursing, but never finished due to lack of competition at the time.
He died at age 9 from congestive heart failure, which is fairly common in track dogs.
He died several years ago, but we still get very sad when we see other track dogs.
He is dearly missed.
Anushka, aka Anu
Khani's Khadijah Backtafunk, JC
Anu was a cute little b/w bitch we got from Kathy Britton. I have always admired her b/w's and jumped on the opportunity for one.
Unfortunately, she just didn't turn out what we had hoped for. After showing her for 2.5 years with zero success, Kathy and I discussed breeding her despite her not finishing.
She had a BEAUTIFUL head, but a strange coat (very fuzzy, never changed regarless of diet changes and hundreds of dollars worth of coat supplements). She passed every health test available, including her OFA Thryoid.
I finally had to (reluctantly) return her to Kathy because she and Ruthie stopped being best friends and started fighting. They only fought at home. I could crate them together at shows and trials,
but the MINUTE they walked into the house they would fight viciously. I do not have runs. My dogs all run loose in my house, so trying
to seperate dogs was impossible and stressful, and my husband REFUSES to "play that game".
I talked to behaviorists and breeders and tried everything to get them to like each other again. Nothing worked.
So kathy took her back, where she was very happy.
I cried my eyes out for a month. But it was for the best. I understand now she is in a pet home and very happy.
I have heard many rumors come back to me that Anu was treated poorly by me. That she was "skin and bones", that I abused her.
Those rumors are just that, rumors. It breaks my heart and makes me sick that anyone would THINK that I would treat a dog badly. All of
my dogs are fed either raw diets (Billinghurst) or a very high quality kibble such as Wellness or Timberwolf.
I watch their weights like a hawk (admittedly I perfer my dogs leaner...at a "race" weight).
The #1 reasons I returned Anu was because of the fighting. If she didn't fight with Ruthie, I would have kept her and bred her with Kathy. She was treated like a Princess here.
Turbo
Bakari Khadijah Full Throttle, CGC
This was our beloved Rhodesian Ridgeback whom we lost to an aggressive brain tumor June 2006. Over the period of a weekend he went from stumbling to a coma.
We did every test we could, and finally took him to a Veterinary Neurologist for a spinal tap and MRI. He died in their office at the age of 4.
He was a perfect house dog, and loved to show. We are still in shock that we lost him so young and so quickly.
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