Ntomba Mobengi

From the owner's application: Bengi was found in the hunting and farming village of Bokelekila (Bokele) in the DRC, which is 7 km inland and east of the Maringa River, by Kajju. Kajju is a Lomako Reserve park guard we asked to find Basenjis for us while we were in the Reserve. He selected seven puppies; Bengi was one of three we chose from this group. Mobengi means hunter in Lingala. Ntomba is the name of the Mongo people who live along the Maringa river between Basankusu and Djolu.

What drew me to Bengi when I first saw him was his head. He had such nice almond shaped eyes, dark eye rims and nose. Nicely hooded ears with good wrinkling between them when he has his ears up. He has correct proportion between the muzzle and skull and both are level with the other. Teeth even with scissors bite. He is slightly longer than tall. He has white feet, chest, and some white hairs on the tip of his tail. His coat is short with no undercoat and covers a pliant skin. His coat color is light but a genetic coat color test performed by Vetgen determined he was Ay/at, a tri factored red. His tail has dark marking on it also indicating he is tri factored and is set high. Neck is of good length and descends into a chest with good width. Level top line. Good moderate laid back shoulder with fine straight legs supported by small compact oval feet with well arched toes. Hindquarters are well muscled and moderately angulated with good length of second thigh.

His temperament is not aloof at all. He is not shy at approaching people but will focus more on a dog than humans if one is with them. He is friendly with most dogs except intact males. If he meets someone he has come to know and really like, then he greets them with a baroo and a furiously wagging tail. The few times he has had a chance to do practice lure coursing he has shown intensity and drive to follow the lure. At home he shows his interest in hunting by going after the squirrels who run along the fence. We have come to call him the Little Napoleon because he now thinks he is almost the top male dog in the pack.

Board Vote · Ballot 2013-08

BCOA Board Ballot 2012-18 (effective January 26, 2012): the board voted against submitting Ntomba Mobengi to the membership. Ballot and comments appear in the February 2012 Bulletin Board.

BCOA Board Ballot 2013-08 (effective January 24, 2013): resubmitted by the Native Stock Committee, he was approved to go to the membership for a vote by import region. Ballot and comments appear in the February 2013 Bulletin Board.

Membership Ballot 2013-01, final results after a board-ordered recount, published in the July 2013 Bulletin Board: Approve 190, Disapprove 121, from 311 valid ballots. 61.09% in favor, short of the required two-thirds (66.7%). The measure did not pass.