A great show weekend!!

July has been a very busy month for us, show wise ;)
On Saturday we went all the way to Helsinki to the Annual show of the Finnish Sight Hound Specialty. The judge was mr Jarmo Vuorinen.
First it was Lilja's turn and she ended up being BOB puppy out of 8 puppies. Very very happy about that!



Raisu looked fabulous again, and got an excellent:




Rocky, being the wonderful dog he is, won Best of Breed! Have I ever told you that I love him to bits? This was his 3rd time in a row to win best male at this Specialty show. Year 2011 he was only 9 months old to win best male and BOS, last year he was in intermediate class and BOS and now this..



In the finals there was no success for Rocky, but sweet Lilja went all the way as Best In Show puppy under Estonian judge mrs. Kristin Kemer!!



The pics above by Katja Lappalainen, the one here by Kerttu Haaslahti.




On Sunday we were still thrilled but the good news continued even if we weren't in a show ourselves! Our super puppy owners and friends were kind enough to take Lilja, Tico and Hertta to the International show of Ylivieska. The judge was mr. Markku Kipinä.
Lilja was BOB puppy again, and the one week old new CIB Tico BOB with another cacib!!! Hertta was 2nd best bitch!

Here Tico is pictured by Rami Niva one week ago at Oulu Int show, I can't believe how lovely all this H-litter is??



Also Aske, Hi-Lite Hillbilly, went to a show in Sweden and got and excellent with a lovely critique! Well done Magnus!

Thank you so much everyone involved, love you guys!

The black beauty is gone....

Our super sweet girl Alli, Kingwanas Greatest Story Of All, is dead. And the sadest thing is that we don't know why....
I am so sorry Alli, you deserved so much more <3 I hope you can forgive me black princess.....

The first CIB bred by Hi-Lite is true!

Went to the double Int show in Oulu this weekend. We had only one adult entered plus two puppies :)

On Saturday Seti (Hi-Lite Bulldobas Wise Guy) won BOB puppy over his sister Lilja. They both got loads of praises from the judge mr. Erdös!
We are very proud of course, specially of Seti's owner Tiia, they have trained very hard and this is the result:



On Sunday, it was the other way round, Lilja winning BOB-puppy! The judge was mr. Vitor Veiga.




In adults we had high hopes on Tico (Hi-Lite Honky Tonk), wishing him to finish his International Ch title... and it happened right away on his first try out!
On Saturday he won BOB and on Sunday BOS with cacibs!! So very proud of him and his owner Niina..









All pics by Rami Niva, congrats to Rami and Marita for beautiful Penni's success as well! It was greeeeaaat to see you!

Super Saturday the 6th July 2013

Who would have thought we would gain 2 x bis-4 today? Not me at least :)

Puppy Lilja went to Sweden again, as it is very close to where she lives with her co-owner Mervi. This time it was an International show in Piteå and the judge was from Lithuania, mrs. Kornelija Butrimova.
She gave Lilja an excellent critique with BOB-puppy!



In the finals she was BIS-4 puppy, congrats dear girls Lilja and Mervi!



These photos by Jaana Annala.


At the same time I went myself to Mikkeli with Ruuti and his owner Tuija. In the breed ring under judge mrs. Pylvänäinen-Suorsa, he was being a bit naughty, gaining BOB and another cc anyway.
In the finals he was back to himself, being a marvellous dog to stack and to move. I suppose this was also noticed by the group judge mr. Esa Ruotsalainen... the result was BIG-1!!

I was almost scared to stand in such tough company in the bis final, but Ruuti convinced mrs. Leni Finne and got his BIS-4 placement :)) Soooo happy we were, it was Ruuti's another group win in one month!

Thanks Tuija for keeping me company and congratulations one more time!



Pic by Juulia Salonen.

Gällivare show gave us great success!!

Again, it was time to make a looooong trip abroad, this time to Swedish Lapland, Gällivare. It was me with syblings Hertta and Tico plus Mervi, who co-owns puppy Lilja and her American Akita Ellsa.

The weather was NOT on our side, because it was raining heavily in the night and the show ground was everything but good for basenjis...
The breed judge was mrs. Liliane de Ridder-Onghena from Belgium and she gave it "all" for our basenjis :)
Lilja "Wow Factor" was BOB-puppy, Tico "Honky Tonk" was BOB and Hertta "Hula Hoops" BOS!! Both adult dogs got cc and cacib gaining their Nordic & Swedish titles!!

But it wasn't quite the end of the day... Firstly, Lilja was chosen as BIS-2 puppy by mrs. Anita Whitmarsh!! She is such a cutie <3 Here Lilja is pictured couple of weeks back at our Specialty.





Photo by Helena Sarpola.


The judge for group 5 was mrs. Nina Karlsdotter and she gave Tico BEST IN GROUP!



Photo by Pirjo Hostikka-Vuokare.

Sooo happy about it! Mr. Harry Tast was the judge of BIS final and Tico was finally BIS-4, what a great feeling :)


Also Mervi's Akita Ellsa was Group-3, what else could we have hoped for?? Nothing. The trip went very well. Congrats to Niina and Mari and hugssss for loving Hertta and Tico. Mervi, you know, we had a great time. Thanks for loving Lilja.