Rocky BIG-3

Travelled alone with 3 very dear dogs to Tervakoski International show.
There was again a change of the judge, so the new judge was mrs. Maija Mäkinen.

This was the last show, in puppy class for Raisu and he was looking lovely as always, placement was 2nd with honour prize.
I am soooo proud of our Smooth Operator, as he was shown 9 times in puppy class and was placed in each and every of them (including Basenji Specialty and Sighthound Specialty) with a hp every time! I guess that shows his class and that he is the most promising young dog - just waiting for him to grow up!

Then it was Rocky's turn. He won his class and then best male with a cc and a cacib!

In bitches there was Hertta, our very sweet dark faced girl. She presented herself beautifully and got the res-cc! The whole entry was 22 adults + 5 puppies.

I was thrilled when mrs. Mäkinen gave the BOB prize to Rocky. So very proud of our youngster! This photo is taken by our dear friend Helena, who has our Tuuli son Karma (Bulldobas Catch The Wind), placed bm-2 in Tervakoski:

I couldn't believe it when Rocky was also chosen as 3rd Best in Group by mr. Lazslo Erdös! The photo by Kaija Eerola:

It was very late when I finally got home, but the happy feeling got me safe home :)
Thank you Laura for loving Rocky and Raisu, and the same for Mari-my-dear-friend for loving Hertta <3

Beauty and brains = Hertta

Our "wild at heart girl" Hertta, Hula Hoops, entered her first ever LC-competition last Saturday with her great owner, Mari.

We were extremely excited about it, but it all went superbly. Hertta did 2 great runs and won the competition with her first LC cc!!
We were so happy and overwhelmed, may the success continue in the fields for her :)

Thank you Mari & co for giving the perfect home for Hertta!

This lovely photo of her was taken by Hanna Kaukola, thank you.

Here is the father of Hertta, our very own Timon. I can see the similarity in these 2, can you??

Kouvola/Heinola show weekend

Last weekend we did 2 shows with lovely results.
On Saturday it was time for Kouvola show, that we had never visited before. I was not supposed to enter Maisa to any shows this year, but as the judge was so interesting, we decided to enter her anyway.
It was ms. Sofie Lönn of Enigma Basenjis that did the judging for the first time, so we did show 3 dogs.

In puppy class Raisu kept on receiving honour prizes, this time he was 2nd :)

In males Rocky did well, once again, winning a cc with BM-3 placement.

Then Maisa, in champion class. She took it all winning BOB to her handsome brother Rene, so it is really STILL running in the family (of Bulldobas)!
I was very proud of our little girl's performance. And the day was lovely and sunny!

Here a pic of the best dogs, taken by Satu Seppälä-Ikonen:

On Sunday we continued to Heinola, where the judge was one of the most toughest in Finland, mrs. Elina Haapaniemi. I do respect her judging a lot, because she hands out also other prizes than excellents.
Raisu won BOB-puppy and we are very happy about it :))
Rocky was 2nd best male with a cc again!!
And Maisa, BOB again :) followed by Rene also this time.

Maisa was also shortlisted in the final in the afternoon. This was her last show this year, as now we can really start waiting for her season to come... Hopefully there will be supersweet Maisa x Duke puppies on the way later on this year!!

Thank you so much for your company during the weekend Tipi and Iinis and thank you dear Laura for having me overnight at your home with the gorgeous boys of yours, Rocky and Raisu <3

Kuopio triple international show

Every second year we are lucky to have a triple int shows in our hometown. We had a very busy, but lovely and also successful weekend!

Our big giant, CAO Faruk, won BOB with cacib every day! He got nothing but flattering critiques, to be proud of :) Thank you judges Sinko, Beare and Willberg.

Here Faruk is shown to judge mr. Stefan Sinko:

Here is also the best bitch in the photo:

On Friday basenjis were judged by mr. Zsolt Lokodi from Romania. There were 6 puppies and we were thrilled of the BOB title of our first timer Ruuti (Hi-Lite Saturday Night Fever)! He is such a handsome young boy with a bright future:

Brother Raisu was 3rd with hp!
In adults our boy from the north, Tico (Hi-Lite Honky Tonk) was nothing less than BOB and his sister Hertta (HL Hula Hoops) was BOS. Both were awarded with a cc and cacib!
Granny Tuuli was BOS-veteran and 2nd best bitch.

Saturday the judge was mrs. Saija Juutilainen. She liked our Raisu a lot this time, followed by his brother Ruuti. Both had honour prize and Raisu won BOS-puppy to his lovely half sister Penni!

Our girls did marvellous job again, Hertta best bitch with a cacib and Tuuli BOS-veteran and 2nd best bitch! Hertta stacked on the table:

Sunday was a great day again!
We had Rocky (HL Hot Rod) entered only for this day and he was 2nd best male with a cc and res-cacib (to be confirmed after his uncle Rene!!!)
The judge mr. Kurt Nilsson seemed to love him, at least the critique was nothing but excellent :)
Hertta and Tuuli repeated the same placements as before, but this time Tuuli was also BOB-veteran!

Here is Hertta with her BOB uncle ch Bulldobas Cream And Sugar:

The weekend was perfect; thank you all for making it so lovely and thank you for everyone taking such great care of our babies <3