Finnish Sighthound Specialty success

We had a long but lovely day in Tampere. There were 27 adult basenjis entered for mr. Stephen Wheeler from Sweden. And it was time for our kiddos Rocky and Hertta to compete against the adults at the age of just 9 months.
First out in the ring was Rocky, who's mom Laura was so kind to take him there :) Rocky was behaving quite nicely and he won the junior class with excellent and cq! Then we had to wait for the best male competition, and excited we were as Rocky won best male with the very first cc!! Great second was his half brother Jaro (Bulldobas Blockbuster), Timon's German living son visiting Finland for a while.

These photos are from the archives. Little showman Rocky about 3,5 moths:




Then it was Hertta's go, and I mean really a go-go ;) She took perhaps a few decent steps to charm the judge as she also won the junior bitch class of 4 with excellent and a cq! A great win for us after behaving... happy? LOL

We love Hertta <3 :



Momma Maisa was 2nd in ch class with a cq as well and in the best bitch competition both girl were placed; Maisa 3rd and daughter Hertta 4th with res-cc!

Then it was time for choosing Best of Breed and Rocky was BOS to beautiful Siiri (Bulldobas Cute As A Button) - congrats Ari and breeder Tiina!

While waiting pictures of the Specialty here a photo of Rocky couple of weeks back winning BOS-puppy, photo by AMI:



The day was more than perfect; thank you so much everyone for your company and taking such good care of our little babies :)

Vantaa show + puppy classes over

The fall is coming closer and the outside shows are almost over for us. At Vantaa national show there were almost 40 basenjis entered for mr. Augustin Ionescu from Romania. We had only boys with us this time, Rocky in the puppy class for the last time and champ Duke.
The day was split half when thinking about success for the boys; Duke was 4th in his class and Rocky was doing great also this time... winner of the class of 6 and finally BOS-puppy :)) He is our pride and joy! Hopefully also in the future...



We are extremely proud of Timon's sons, after Rocky there was 2nd his Swedish born son Robbe with hp of course. He looked marvellous with Janne and we are certain he will also have a bright future ahead of him :)


So now the puppy classes are over for our last winter's litter of Maisa x Timon. Hertta-the-only-girl won 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS-puppy, Tico-the-sweet-little-man entered 4 shows and resulted 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS as well, and Rocky went to 6 shows. First at the Specialty he won the baby class of 9 with hp, and then he went to 5 shows and was convincingly 3 x BOB and 2 x BOS-puppy. We cannot wait these puppies to enter the adult rings :)

And here are a couple of shots of gorgeous Duke moving, all photos taken by Katja :)