News from Mikkeli International show

We showed 4 of our dogs to mrs. Pirjo Aaltonen from Finland.

In males Rocky was 2nd best with cc number 9 :)

Maisa won the bitches with cacib and was finally BOS and her mother Tuuli was BOB-veteran and BB-4. So very nice results and all our dogs got very flattering critiques.

But most proud we are of our 7 month + few days old Raisu (Hi-Lite Smooth Operator), who was BOB-puppy out of 4 and he was behaving sooo nicely.

Our beautiful baby boy Raisu here in the pics taken by Pauliina Y. Thank you so much Laura for taking good care of the "little boys"! :DDD

Aske in Sweden

Have to share the news of Hi-Lite Hillbilly "Aske" who lives in Sweden with his magnificent young master Magnus.

We were very upset last fall when Aske, who was exported to Sweden, had to look for a new home BUT luckily he managed to find the best new owner and we are soooo grateful to him! So thank you Magnus for taking such great care of our little one.

Aske has been able to attend a few shows as well. By now he has been to 4 shows gaining excellent every time and last weekend we feel he hit the jackpot by winning best male on Saturday with a cc and on Sunday he repeated the same result PLUS a cacib!!!
So proud of the boys!

Here he is pictured with the BOB bitch Faraoland Flower By Kenzo. Photo by Bruno K:

Finnish Sighthound Specialty 2012

It was a loooovely day in sunshine at Helsinki Sighthound course for us all sighthound people. Basenjis were judged by mr. Martin Sanders (GBR). There were 11 puppies and 29 adults.

Our super sweet bayboy Raisu entered the ring first and won his class with hp and a nice critique. We are sooo proud of him!

Then Rocky was shown, and he won his class and in the end was chosen as the best male! Soooo very proud of him <3

In bitches both Maisa and Tuuli were exc-3 in their classes.
Rocky was finally BOS and we want to thank Laura for owning and loving our precious puppies!

All the photos above are taken by Katja Lappalainen, thank you!

Success for Tico!

Hi-Lite Honky Tonk "Tico" attended Kokkola International show, and the weather there was really hot and sunny.
The judge was mr. Markku Kipinä and he gave our youngster BOB with a cc and the first cacib! It was Tico's first time to compete in intermediate class so a first change to receive a cacib and he took it!
Tico also got a nice placement in the group finals, he was 4th under judge mr. Pekka Teini.

Tico was shown 4 times in puppy class and was 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS-puppy. This was his 5th time in official classes and his 2nd Group placement! We cannot wait to see what the future will bring to him....
Thank you judges Kipinä and Teini!

Tico was perfectly handled by her owner Niina and we are so thankful that she and Petri gave such a great home to our "baby" and that they sometimes will take him to shows - our sincere thank you!!