Our 2nd time at Turku show ever

And the result could not have been any better :)
The judge was mrs. Jill Peak (GBR) and she gave Ruuti a marvellous critique with a BOB and CACIB prizes!
Our juniors Luna and Vilho got lovely critiques as well, but both need time so the result for them was vg.

Our day went on to be even more perfect as the Group judge Soile Bister placed Ruuti as 2nd best in this huge group 5!!

Here a BOB-BOS picture with Ruuti and BOS bitch Faraoland La Vie En Rose, thank you Helena Sarpola for the photo.

Fun show at Lahti International

It has been a long time since the basenji entry has been as high as it was in Lahti, 29. The judge was mr. Arne Foss from Norway. The day was so much fun with many basenji people around the ring :)

First we got to show our junior boy Rommi, Hi-Lite Candy Cane, and he was excellent-3 in his class with a lovely critique! I was very pleased of the way how he showed!

Then Janne showed Ruuti, and the result was best male 1 with a cacib! In junior bitches Luna looked beautiful and lost only to her cousin Mimmi, gaining excellent with a cq!
It was Lilja's first time to enter the champion class with Mervi, and they won bb1 with a cacib!! So once again it was Ruuti vs Lilja competing for the best of breed - this time the winner was Ruuti!

Our breeder's group won BOB out of 2 :)

The day became even more perfect when Ruuti won the extremely tough group 5 under judge Leni Finne! We were so thrilled!!! Congrats all the owners of our lovely babies and thank you for all the hard work you have done with them - love you!!

Under you can find mixed photos from the show, taken by Ida Huttunen, Maarit Haavisto, Pasada Ky and Texterri.

HI-Lite on the top year 2014!

Last year was unbelievable in many ways. It included so many happy moments and memories e.g. Ruuti winning the Finnish Specialty and BOB at the World Winner show and Lilja winning BOB at the Estonian Specialty and Nordic Winner show.

All the great success resulted our dogs winning:
the best basenji male in Finland 2014 = Hi-Lite Saturday Night Fever "Ruuti" (2nd year in a row!!) He was also the #24 at the Finnish Kennel Club's ranking for all breeds!
the best basenji female in Finland 2014 = Hi-Lite Bulldobas Wow Factor "Lilja"
the best basenji veteran in Finland 2014 = Bulldobas No Regrets "Timon"

Also many other good placements to our breeding, which we are very very grateful of... Thank you alllllllllll our dear friends and puppy buyers - thank you.

So it was a clean sweap, once in a lifetime chance I guess. We will see what exciting things this year will bring to us?

Welcome to Finland little Vito

We want to introduce our newest addition, Kimwitu's Escamillo from Denmark. He is a supercute boy and we are thankful for Annemari Nielsen for him!
Vito, as he is called, is loved by Tuija and Aki, and he will have so much fun with his big brother Ruuti and Roni. Thank you dears!



Later Vito will be seen in show rings :)

Wonderful results for Luna and Rommi

We are excited to tell you the results from Tuusniemi Group show, where mrs. Ligita Zake gave BOB and BOS to our youngsters in junior class!! Luna "Hi-Lite Cotton Candy" won BOB with a cc and brother Rommi "Hi-Lite Candy Cane" was BOS with a cc as well! We are very proud of them both, thank you and congrats to Mari, Jenni and Jukka <3

First time for us at Turku show

But the result was not bad at all ;)
For some reason we have never been to Turku shows before. Now we decided to make an entry with Ruuti and Vilho the junior. The results could not have been better. Ruuti won BOB with a cacib and Vilho was 3rd best male with a res-cc!! Congrats to Vilho's owner Paula and his talented handler Katriina! Both dogs' critiques were excellent as well.
Very proud also for the progeny of our lovely H-litter boys. Hi-Lite Hot Rod's successful son Sternhimmels Orvar Odd was 2nd best male and became a champion on his first try out and Hi-Lite Honky Tonk's daughter Bulldobas Belle Bubbling Under was 2nd best bitch with a res-cc! Well done and congrats to both of you!
Thank you to judge mrs. Elina Haapaniemi.

In the finals Ruuti was also shortlisted among best 8.

Seti is the brand new champion of Hi-Lite!

Wishing you all the best for the year 2015!

Our year started traditionally at Kajaani International show, and it was very cold once again ;)
The judge was mrs. Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen and our team did very well indeed! Seti "Hi-Lite Bulldobas Wise Guy" was BOB with a cacib and a cc, that made him a new FI & SE champion! Ruuti was 2nd best male and our own Timon 3rd best male and BOB-veteran. Junior girl Luna "Cotton Candy" was 2nd best bitch with a res-cc and Lilja 3rd best with a cacib!! Well done all!

Breeders group got honours prize and a lovely critique <3 We want to mention that Seti was the 11th champion bred by Hi-Lite :)


We want to thank Seti's family for everything and specially Tiia for showing him to his titles! Hopefully there are more to come ;)