Tamsala Basenjis
Where health testing and excellent temperament are of equal importance.
HISTORY OF TAMSALA
My name is Jan Robert. I bought my first Basenji in New Zealand in 1968.He was KASPAR OF KARIBA (NZ Ch. Fula Kiwi of the Congo (Imp UK) X Belindii of Bulawayo). Kaspar was an education in himself, and I adored him.
Although he was often a trial to live with, and I had to be at least 10 steps ahead of him all the time, he instilled in me an undying love for the breed.Kaspar and I came to Australia the end of 1969, and I purchased my first tricolour bitch AZANDE BLACK LACE (Pharaoh Tri Tekeru X Wandra Samantha) as his companion.
I will always have tricolours in my breeding plan, as their colour is so spectacular, and their temperament is so easy to live with.
1974 Audrey de Little (SELVAS) and I began our partnership-(to purchase an American import)-and TAMSALA was born.
Audrey retired from Basenji breeding in the early 90"s, and I continued on my own.Because of work commitments managing boarding kennels, my dog showing became more sporadic. However, my best friend Heather Budd is a "showaholic", and she takes great delight in showing off the Tamsala team.
I prefer the study of bloodlines, and breeding, but do show more now that I am no longer involved in boarding kennels. As I am "semi-retired", I do dog clipping part-time at home, alternating that with gardening on our beautiful 50 acre property. Because of this, my Basenjis are very rarely on their own.
