Kiki of Cryon
“Kiki”
Kiki, which means dog in one of the Liberian dialects, was born in the Standifer's bungalow on the Firestone Plantation at Harbel, Liberia. She was the only female in a litter of 3 which included one red/white and one black/white male. The red/white was given to a family in Monrovia and died within the year of distemper. The black/white male, called Blackie, was given to missionaries and eventually came to the U.S. with the help of Shirley Chambers. He was never registered and was a house pet. Dr. Standifer was quite interested in the background of his dog and made comments on the dogs appearing in the pedigree. Wheelers' Poor No Friend, for instance, was from "the Kru tribe and represented the larger type which they preferred." He was about 18 inches. Smokey was from the area of the Loma tribe and was "rather small, good conformation, excellent hunting dog." Wheeler's DuBarry "excellent conformation. Dam of many dogs in Liberian Kennel Club. Suspicious, unfriendly dog." Wheeler's Goa Gba had "somewhat more white on body than desirable, tail curl fair, very good hunting dog for guinea fowl." Pay Me, sire of Brown Brother, "fair conformation, small, lightly built, very fast... typical dog of the Kpelle tribe." Several of the dogs were described by their good hunting abilities. Several had docked tails which was not unusual for native hunting dogs of the area. Kiki was described by Shirley Chambers, Khajah Kennels, as having particularly good proportions and a well-curled tail. She also talked about what good hunting abilities Kiki and her descendants had.
Litters produced
June 14, 1962 - 1 black and white female - Breeder: Dr. Leon C. Standifer
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Sire: Gunn's Ramses
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Am. Ch. Firebird of the Congo
- Eng. Ch. Fleet of the Congo
- Camellia of the Congo
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Satin and Sheen of Horsley
- Eng. Ch. Pongo of the Congo
- Coral of Sin
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Am. Ch. Firebird of the Congo
Offspring. The black and white Black Diamond of Cryon (Miliku) was described by Shirley Chambers as good enough to rival anything, in any color, in the modern show ring. Black Diamond was then bred to Khajah's Black Fula Challenge (a Fula black). Because the American Kennel Club had closed its stud book to native stock, two from that litter, Sheen of Horsley and Satin of Horsley were exported from the US to England where the black color was then bred by Cdr. and Mrs. Stringer of Horsley Basenjis to obtain a pedigree acceptable to the American Kennel Club before the first from this line of black and whites was returned to the USA to be bred with American stock. In this way, this new stock was introduced both in Europe and the United States. Black Diamond of Cryon. Black Diamond of Cryon. Photo by Shirley Genth - 1964.
October 29, 1963 - 1 R/W male and 2 Bl/ W females - Breeder: Dr. Leon C. Standifer
- Sire: Chuckaluck of Curly Tail (R/W)
Offspring. Male: Kruba of Cryon (R/W) - Females: Sanokwele of Cryon (Bl/W) and Kpelle Princess of Cryon (Bl/W). The owner of the sire, Sandy Beaudoin, in June 2000 said, "Standifers bred Kiki to my male, Chuckaluck of Curly Tail, back in the 60's. She was the first black and white I had ever seen." Except one breeding of Kruba to his dam, these dogs were not used for breeding nor were they registered.
December 20, 1964 - 1 R/W and 1 Bl/W male and 1 Bl/W female - Breeder: Dr. Leon C. Standifer
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Sire: Kruba of Cryon (R/W)
- Chuckaluck of Curly Tail (R/W)
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Kiki of Cryon (Bl/W)
- Black Hunter of Duside (Bl/W)
- Wheeler's Gao Gba (R/W)
Offspring. Males: Salala of Cryon (Bl/W) and Fissabu of Cryon (Bl/W) - Female: Peppercorn of Cryon (R/W). Marie Standifier said August 2001, "All of these became house pets and were not registered or shown."