Traditional Aptus International Show in Helsinki

Another wonderful show in the steaming hot sunshine.
Right away when we heard that the judge was going to be mr. Glenway Dymock, we decided to enter this show. The entry was numerous, 30. And here is how it went:

Rocky was the winner of intermediate class and finally 3rd best male with a res-cc, a lovely result for our handsome boy!

Here is Rocky's beautiful movement and him stacked on the ground:





Rocky's half brother Robbe, the son of our Timon, was excellent 2 :)

Then Maisa won the ch class with a cq. Tuuli was shown in veterans for the first time and won her class with a cq, as well! There were 14 bitches and our lovely veteran was handled by her co-owner Tiina as "5th best bitch" and daughter Maisa won best bitch! Tuuli was also the BOB-veteran, photo here:




Maisa was looking really beautiful and was given the BOB-prize :) We are extremely happy and proud!

Here are photos of Maisa stacked and BOB-photo. BOS-dog is Kanibaru Jalo Vitari.







Also Maisa's brothers did great; I handled Karma in ch class and he won that big class finishing as 2nd best male. Bro Rene was 3rd with a cq in champion class, so a great day we all had!! Thank you judge mr. Dymock!

Here a lovely photo of handsome Rocky with Granny-Tuuli, such beautiful heads!! Thanks Laura for your help!



Maisa gaiting in the group final:





Congrats Tiina @ Bulldobas, also for other success this weekend. Our Timon son Bulldobas Blockbuster won the Czech Specialty under judge mrs. Anneli Pukkila of Sternhimmels Basenjis!! Great job Marcel and congratulations also for Liina's BOS-title.
Mr. Rene was also shown in Kotka the next day, and he was nothing less than BIG-2 <3

All these photos taken by Katja Lappalainen or Pauliina Ylitörmä, thank you!

Finnish Specialty show - amazing weekend!

Again, we went to the Specialty show of Basenjis here in Finland. The judge this year was mr. Christian Jouanchicot from France, the breeder of Out of Africa basenjis.

The whole weekend was great! First in the ring we had little boy Raisu, Hi-Lite Smooth Operator. It was his first time! There were 13 male puppies in his class and Raisu was being the very cute himself that he is and he was placed 2nd!!! We were very proud of this happy and lovely guy and can't wait for the future of this boy... :)



He is still very much developing, a tall boy that he is, but we are certain he will look fab when adult. Photo by Rami Niva:



So Raisu is a son of our and Tiina Taavitsainen's Kimwitu's Duke E. Also other 3 kiddos of him , bred by Bulldobas/Safeguard, were shown great, all with great critique and Penni being nothing less than BIS-puppy out of 26 pups!!! We are so proud and very happy for Tiina, Marita and Rami :)

We showed our handsome Rocky, Hi-Lite Hot Rod, in the intermediate class and he was exc-1 with a cq and a winner of Aatu Trophy. In the best male competition he did marvellous job and was 4th best male with a res-cc out of 39 males!! We were thrilled of this achievement.

Here Rocky being examined on the table:



And here is Rocky's beautiful side gait:



On Sunday it was time to judge the bitches. Rocky's beautiful sister Hertta, Hi-Lite Hula Hoops, was also the winner of a tough class of intermediate bitches with excellent and a cq. This is how she looked on the table:



Maisa-the-momma, Bulldobas Crown Jewel, looked stunning and was "5th" with a cq in a ch class of 16. Maisa stacked:



In the best bitch competition Hertta repeated her brother's placement being 4th best bitch with a res-cc out of 44 bitches!! We are still on cloud 9 :)



So a great weekend it was and sooooo much fun with all our dear friends, we are already waiting for the next year's Specialty! Thank you Laura for taking such good care of our little boys Rocky and Raisu and special thanks to Mari for driving Hertta to the show. It was so lovely to have a class of bubbling with you all <3

Timon and thyroids

Timon is now 6,5 years and has been tested for thyroids 4 times if I remember correct. The results have always been good or excellent and tested him couple of weeks back again. The resulsta were:

Test Result Refer: Min Max
-------- ----- ------- ------
S-T4 23,8 nmol/l (*--) 17 53
S-TSH 0,1 ng/ml (*--) 0 0,5
S-T4/ TSH 238 >30

Testi Result Min Max
-------- ----- ------- ------ ------
S-T4A 11 % 0 20
S-T3A 4 % 0 10
S-TGA 6 % 0 35


So very good values once again. Now we are happily waiting for the fall the come and for his girlfriend Tiltu, ch Hanishan Reveal The Mystery :))

Here is a lovely shot of our darling guy, taken by Katja L.

Nikke BOB at Joensuu International show

I only had Nikke (ch Hi-Lite Dashing Bulldobas) with me at this show as I knew the judge mr. Esko Nummijärvi has loved him before, as a puppy.
He did also this time as Nikke was BOB with cacib and he was also shortlisted later in the group! Well done our sweet boy :)

Many new updates!

A while since we last time updated our blog. But let's start with the results from Tampere int show, one of the biggest in Finland. The judge was mr. Juha Putkonen from Finland.
Rocky was for the last time in junior class and we were pleased with his behaviour. He was the winner in junior class and finally 2nd best male to his uncle Karma, and Rocky got another cc with a pleasing critique <3



Sister Hertta was also behaving well and was excellent 2nd in junior class, with a cq. Very pleased!
Janne also showed our Timon son Yulara Quickthorn "Robbe" and he won the res-cc!



Later in May Robbe took part to Kemiö group show and was BOS with a cc under judge mrs. Leila Kärkäs! Congrats all :)



Here a nice "shot" of Robbe:

Then happy news from Sweden, where our Swedish export Aske (Hi-Lite Hillbilly) went to his first show ever with his clever owner Magnus. We are extremely proud of them both, as Aske got Excellent from the judge mr. Kenneth Edh. Congrats!

Here a photo of Aske taken by Mia Löwbeer:

Also Timon's other Yulara son, Yulara Querqus, has been shown in Sweden and latest results give him 2 x res-cc!

We are thankful to everyone, keep up the great work!