November 15, 1989

Dear Mr. Curby:

This concerns the request submitted on behalf of the Basenji Club of America for the registration of additional foundation stock for Basenjis in the American Kennel Club's stud book.

The Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club, at its recent meeting, acted favorably upon the above request. In order to implement this, we will need the specific information on the dogs that are to be included in this action.

The African imports, with no pedigrees, will be entered directly as foundation stock. If the progeny and get resulting from breedings between these African imports with registered Basenjis are also to be included, any pedigree information available would be needed for these dogs.

The Board wishes to emphasize that this is a one-time action, and no assurance can be given that any parallel action might be taken at some future date. Once the dogs in question have actually been issued AKC registration numbers, they would be eligible to compete in AKC events, and any litters sired or whelped by these would be eligible for registration with the American Kennel Club. However, while any brindle dogs may participate in obedience trials immediately after the issuance of registration numbers, they should be withheld from breed competition until final approval is obtained for the standard with a provision for the brindle color.

Mr. James Crowley, Director of Dog Events, has been assigned the task of coordinating the registration of this new foundation stock. Therefore, the information on the dogs to be included should be submitted directly to his attention.

Yours truly,
James E. Dearinger
Secretary, The American Kennel Club