23/12 Merry Christmas to all our friends in Finland and abroad. We also wish you a successful new year 2009!
14/12 The Winner Show in Helsinki was the last one this year and the results for our dogs were: exc2 for Tuuli in champion class, exc for Timon in champion class and vg for Maisa in junior class. She was not behaving nicely on the table, so we just have to train more. Luckily all our dear friends made the day, we had fun, even when I was sick. Thanks guys!
04/12 We received a lovely letter from FCI telling that Timon's International Championship title has finally been confirmed :-)
23/11 We "popped" in to a big Jyväskylä Int show, entry was 36 to judge mr. Paavo Mattila (FIN). Out of our own dogs only Timon was entered, he was 2nd in champion class with excellent. Our Tuuli's handsome sons did wonderful job; Rene (B. Cream And Sugar) won BOS and BOB-junior and a CC at his very first show in official classes. Janne handled Karma (B. Catch The Wind) as Exc4 out of huge amount of 12 juniors. Bono (B. Candyman) was handled for the first time with his owner Eila and they did well; Bono was given very good. Janne also handled a super moving bitch Bulldobas Dream Of Kenya as BOB! Later on Rene was chosen as BIS-1 junior with Janne under judge mr. Johan Juslin (FIN)!!! Mom-Tuuli is sooooo proud :-) We also got be a part of the beautiful breeder's class of Bulldobas, the final result was wonderful BIS-2! Super congratulations Tiina T :-)
The last show of the year is the Winner show-2008 in Helsinki in couple of weeks; of course we are going there. There are over 8000 dogs there and entry of basenjis is 69..
21/11 Me and the girls (Tuuli + Maisa) took a "short" trip to Norweigian Winner-2008 show in Hamar together with my friend Tiina Aaltonen and her 2 boys; Soni and Juno. There was not much success this time, Tuuli was beautiful though, as always, and was finally BB-3 with res-cacib. Maisa was given out the first grading ribbon, too. I want to say thank you for Tiina for making it with me and baring my crazy driving ;-) Most of all I want to thank Liv and Dag of Kingwanas basenjis for accomodating us and taking really good care of us! Kisses to your beautiful babyboy Sindre :))
15/11 I received a ranking list of the best lure coursers year 2008 and the result if wonderful for Timon! He is the top winning basenji male in Finland - wow!
25/10 A show for a long time; Seinäjoki Int and the judge was mr. Jarmo Vuorinen (Fin). Entry of the show was 20+. We had a ful packed car with 3 dogs of ours + Tuuli's son Bono (Bulldobas Candyman) with his owner. Actually he was to start in junior males and he did wonderful job in his second show ever; Exc2 and second best dog with res-cc! We are so happy for Bono and Eila :-) Timon won the Champion class and was finally BD-4 with his 11th cacib. Princess Maisa started the official classes with a lovely way; first she won the junior bitches class and in the end she was BB-3, beating e.g. her dam Tuuli, who was BB-4. We are verrrry pleased about the start of the youngsters' career! More news; now from Estonia. Timon's most beautiful daughter Solebas Attractive Ally has been doing greatly in the show rings lately. First she visited the Europian Winner-08 in Budapest, Hungary, some weeks ago and was placed as lovely 2nd in junior bitches out of 8 under mrs. Kay Eldred (Australia). A week after that Ally was BOB and BIG-3 in Lithuania under mrs. Anna Jaskiewicz from Poland and today at Rakvere National show mr. Rodi Hubenthal (Nor) gave Ally another BOB and BOS was brother Solebas A'Dream Action! In the group finals mr. Matti Tuominen (Fin) liked Ally a lot and placed her second in group! Super congratulations to a proud breeder/owner Tiina Tootma :-))
20/09 The puppy class shows for Maisa are over now, today was the last one at Hyvinkää group show. The entry of puppies was quite numerous again; 5 males and 5 bitches. I was able to handle Karma at the show and boy, was he a good looking fellow! He was placed 2nd with hp right after his gorgeous bro Rene :-) Maisa was behaving beautifully and won the bitch puppies with hp, too. The Best of Breed Puppy title was won by Rene and Maisa was BOS. Mom Tuuli was very proud at home of her babies! Thank you judge mrs. Ligita Zake from Latvia.
14/09 Riihimäki puppy show today. Mr. Arvi Ellmen (Fin) adored the tricolour boys of Tuuli (no wonder!) and Karma (B. Catch The Wind) won title BOB-puppy and Juno 2nd with hp. Entry of pups was 5. At the end of the day Karma even won the group 5! Congratulations Helena and Tiina!
13/09 An active day! First it was time for some offspring of Tuuli and Timon to go to Porvoo national show. The judge was mr. Unto Timonen (FIN) and the results were as follows: Tuuli's handsome sons Rene and Juno were placed as lovely BOS-puppy and 2nd with hp! And we are so pleased of Timon's son Tito to receive a great placement as 4th best dog from junior class - we are sooo proud :-) And we took part to a LC competition with Tuuli and Timon. Tuuli lost the lure for a second and that cost her the final placement. But otherwise she did a great job. Timon on the other hand was again a good runner and in the end was 2nd with CQ and the title Champion of our Kennel district 2008, it was his second title in a row! The next races will be on summer 2009.
07/09 Non-doggy news for change: our darling (human) son Juuso celebrated his 7th birthday today - lots of hugs to you Juuso!
06/09 Lovely news of the progeny of Tuuli and Timon continue: Today at Mastery national show in Helsinki the entry of puppies was 11 and the beautiful tricoloured babyboy of Tuuli, Juno (Bulldobas Crush On you) won BOB-puppy title under judge mrs. Dagmar Kenis-Pordham (GBR)! Handsome Rene was 3rd with an honour prize as well :-) In official classes Timon's lovely son Tito (Bullbodas Buck-A-Roo) made his debut being 3rd in junior class with excellent! We are soooo proud of each and every one of you - congratulations!
Even better news from Estonia... Timon's most lovely daughter Solebas Attractive Ally went on winning BOB-puppy title at Lagedi natinal show under mrs. Maret Kärdi (Est). But this wasn't all, in the end of the day mrs. Gunnel Holm from Finland placed her as BIS-3 puppy! Wowwee!!
30/08 The handsome son of Timon living in Germany, Jaro (Bulldobas Blockbuster) was once again Specialty Best of Opposite Sex Puppy in Germany. This time handled by his breeder Tiina Taavitsainen. Congratulations Marcel, Anne and Tiina!
23-24/08 Super weekend again! On Saturday Janne went to the Finnish Championship of lure coursing 2008 with Tuuli and Timon. There were 11 coursers there and Tuuli's run wasn't the best she can do but Timon did wonderful job: he was great 2nd with his 3rd lure coursing cc - so a silver medalist he is :-) Thank you Pete for your company on this exhausting but successful trip! On the other hand Hansu went to a show on Sunday with little Maisa, who has been training a bit during the past week. At Hämeenlinna Int show the judge was a nice Italian lady mrs. Sonia Bellan-Falletti. There was a nice entry of pups, 10 altogether. Maisa was BOB-puppy and her gorgeous brother Rene won BOS- we are soooo happy about this result!! Mom-Tuuli is proud of her offspring :-)
17/08 At Heinola national show Maisa was being a little cheeky monkey; she was galloping around and not wanting to stack. She was soooo puppylike, but that's what she is :-) The judge mr. Zoran Brankovich placed her 2nd with this nice critique: "Good square formed. Middlestrong. Nice head. Dark eyes, good set ears. Good, strong neck. Good upper and lower line. Good set tail. Enough developed chest. Strong legs. Typical coat, colour and temperament."
10/08 Maisa keeps on charming the judges :-) Today Romanian judge mr. Petru Muntean awarded her BOB-puppy title at Saarijärvi national show with the most wonderful critique again (can be read at Maisa's own page). Beautiful brother Rene was BOS-puppy, so a very lovely day we had! As did naturally Maisa's breeder Tiina, who won BOB with Neela - Congratulations!
09/08 We are soooo very proud of Tuuli's beautiful babyboy Karma (Bulldobas Catch The Wind) of winning BOB-puppy title at Helsinki national show under judge mrs. Monique van Brempt out of 11 entries! Congratulations Tomi and Helena :)
01-03/08 A topwinning weekend for us at the 3 x huge International shows in our hometown Kuopio! On Friday the judge was mr. Zlatko Kraljic (Cro). Maisa entered the show ring for the first time after the Specialty show and she was BOB-puppy! She is our precious jewel :-) Then Timon went on winning the males with a cacib and Tuuli was exc2 in ch-class in this chilly weather. The day ended up Timon being BOB and he was also shortlisted in the group finals for the 8 best dogs. So a lovely start it was but there was more to come on Sat... The Swedish judge mr. Ove Germundsson seemed to love our dogs. First we entered the male puppy ring with lovely Tuuli-sons Bono and Rene (B. Candyman and Cream And Sugar) and out of the pack of 5 were placed as Rene 1st and Bono 2nd with honour prizes! Then it was Maisa's go and she did just as well and in the ring of choosing the BOB-puppy, the judge handed the award to Maisa again! What a lovely start for the day :-) Timon did the same as day before and won the dogs and when Tuuli was awarded the BB-1 prize with cacib, there we were again competing for the BOB with Timon and Tuuli. Lovely boy Timon won! In the group finals he was also placed, as Group-4 under judge mr. Leif-Herman Willberg (No). So this day will surely be remembered for a loooong time in our minds. On Sunday the judge was mrs. Saija Juutilainen (Fin). We had nice placements today too, with Maisa winning BOS-puppy, Timon as BD-3 and Tuuli BB-4. An unforgtettable weekend we had with the company of our dear friends Rami and Tiina (thank you for being such a great friend and trusting all our doggy friends to our hands) and Liv visiting us from Norway with Kingwanas Dinari. You had a great weekend too with 2 cc's and it was a pleasure to have you here!
26/07 Timon wants to congratulate his offspring all over Europe: Solebas Amazing Anna for winning BIS2-puppy under mr. Ralf Campbell (Nor) in Estonia, Bulldobas Blockbuster winning BOS-puppy at a Specialty show in Germany under breeder judge Lisa Tyler (GB) and his sister Bulldobas Be My Valentine for being Group-1 puppy in Norway under judge mr. Gunnar Nyman (DK). We are sooo proud of you - keep up the good work!
24/07 We had a lovely letter from FCI confirming the International Beauty Champion-title for Tuuli :-)
12/07 This time we had both Tuuli and Timon entered to Oulu international show. The judge was mrs. Annukka Paloheimo from Finland. First Timon went on winning the males with cacib and then Tuuli was chosen as best bitch with cacib! So in the competition of choosing the BOB dog there were our dogs, and this time it was Tuuli's turn to win BOB over Timon :-) They were both acting beautifully and we were very proud and happy! And the judges comment about Tuuli; "she really is something very special" made our day. Thank you for that!
05/07 Another BOB for Tuuli! This Saturday it was only Tuuli's turn to be shown in Mikkeli all breed show and she did a great job :-) The latvian judge mrs. Rita Kadike-Skadina liked her a lot awarding the BOB price for our princess, so a lovely day it was again!
21-22/06 Finnish Midsummer party is one of the biggest holidays in Finland and what do "doggy" people do? Go to a dog show of course! So off we went on Friday together with our friends Kimmo and Seppo of Kimsar Greyhounds and two of their gorgeous Greys and headed to Northern Sweden. Boy it was a long drive but we did manage by singing some karaoke :-) On Saturday it was time to enter the ring and basenjis were judged by mr. Roberto Schill (ROM). He said Timon was gorgeous and handed the BOB award to our boys! This win gave Timon a bunch of new titles: International, Nordic and Swedish Champion!! Tuuli was BB-3. What a lovely day we had with 3 new Swedish champions... By Sunday we had driven to Northern Finland and the city of Rovaniemi. Another international show and it was raaaiiining while basenjis were on, the judge was mrs. Tuula Savolainen (FIN). She absolutely adored Timon, again, and this resulted as another BOB win for Janne and Timon! Way to go boyz!! Tuuli was BB-3 again, too. Unfortunately we didn't have a change to stay for the group finals in either days. On this very funny trip of ours both Janne and I had a change to handle lovely Greyhound bitch Melia (Gaia Fur Elise) and it was such a pleasure. We want to thank Kimmo and Seppo for their great company and also lovely couple mrs. and mr. Niva for their hospitality while we stayed at their house in Rovaniemi! Photos will follow up shortly.
07-08/06 The Finnish Basenji Club's Specialty Show was held in Nurmijärvi - the absolute highlight of the year. We had 4 dogs to take with us, since Tuuli's lovely babyboy Rene (Bulldobas Cream And Sugar) had been spending some time with us. And of course Tuuli, Timon and the first timer Maisa came along too. Saturday began with puppies and the entry of them was huge 36. Janne beautifully handled Rene to win the class of 20 male pups and bro' Karma (B. Catch The Wind) was lovely 4th with honour prize as well. Hansu had the wild and handsome son of Timon, Luka to handle and he was also in the top 6! Maisa entered the class of baby bitches and was behaving beautifully, result as 3rd with honour prize out of 11 and with the most fantastic critique :-) (Can be read at Maisa's own page at show results) In the final of picking the best puppy of the show Rene was still looking gorgeous, so the title BPIS was awarded to him by the judge mr. Hans Lehtinen (Fin)!! So it was the first time to have a toast during the weekend :-) Next in line were the adult males, there were 38 of them. Darling Timon showed himself proudly once again with Janne and the result couldn't have been better in our minds, he was second best male! After that it really was time for some fun with our friends at the barbeque.... :-)
On Sunday it was turn for the bitches to enter the ring. This time Tuuli didn't feel like showing herself (women!) at all and got vg. Janne's 3rd dog to handle this weekend was the same as year before, lovely Milla (Bulldobas La Soprano) from Nooooorth Finland. She was gaiting like a dream and the judge couldn't help him but to give these two the BEST IN SHOW-award!! We were soooo happy, most of all for her breeder Tiina T. and her owners Marita and Rami Niva. (Btw Rami, we saw you chearing... ;) ) This surely was a weekend to remember, with lots of great memories from the ring and outside. Can't wait for the next one with our friends :-) See also the new photo album of this show.
01/06 Some more great results from Estonia! Today at the group 5 Specialty show in Tallinn the judge was local mrs. Maret Kärdi. She had 7 puppies in her ring and the best puppy of breed award was given again to Timon's progeny; Solebas Ally this time. Congratulations to her breeder Tiina Tootma :-) Little Juno (Bulldobas Crush On You) is the first one of Tuuli's babies to enter the ring at the same show and the result was lovely 2nd in male pups with honour prize!
31/05 Luka (Bulldobas Brown Sugar) was the first baby boy of our Timon to start his show career. It happened in Tallinn, at the Estonian Winner Show-08. The result couldn't have been better, the sweet boy went to win Best of Breed Puppy with his breeder Tiina T :-)
25/05 Another day and another international show in Hamina. The judge was mr. Markku Mähönen (FIN). This time the results were lovely for both of our dogs, Timon was BD-2 with res-cacib and so was Tuuli, BB-2 with res-cacib.
24/05 A well known International Aptus show was held in Helsinki and even though the entry fees were very high, quite a lot of basenjis were entered (19) to be judged by mrs. Sari Brewster-Tietjen (USA). The judge was touuuuugh giving only 2 excellents to these 19 basenjis. Our lovely Timon did well being second in champion class out of 6 dogs. But the queen of the day, once again, was beautiful Tuuli being awarded BOB! We were sooooo very happy :-) In the group finals she was shortlisted to 8 best dogs as well.
10/05 While our human family was having a holiday in Tuscany, Italy (wonderful place it is!) Timon was being taken care of by her breeder, our dear friend Tiina T. She was also kind enough to sacrifice her free Saturday to take Timon to Finnish Cup 2008, LC competition, which was an invitation race for the best lure coursers of last year. Timon kept on running faaast and was placed 3rd out of 12 basenjis and won his second LC CC!! The score was lovely 470. There's no doubt in our minds that he is one of the best male coursers in Finland at the moment and we are so proud of him being the great working dog that he is. Thank you once more Tipi for caring for him :-)
04/05 Little Maisa entered the first show, a local match show of around 80 dogs. She was behaving beautifully and the judge liked her a lot and placed Maisa as BIS-2! Way to go Maisis :-)
03/05 This Saturday was a perfect day to start the LC season of the year. The weather was absolutely wonderful. Momma-Tuuli did a fantastic job after her puppies and won the race with lovely 487 points and a LC CC! Timon was strong second with great 479 points as well! So the first race this year couldn't have gone any better :-)
27/04 Lovely news from Timon's Norweigian daughter Bulldobas Be My Valentine "Luna" who was the first one of Timon's pups to start their showcareer. The critiques from Saturdays and Sundays shows were verrry pleasing: on Saturday: ”4,5 months old female. Exl. type. Corr. head and expression. Corr. eyes and ears, neck and topline. Corr. coat texture. Excellent movement, but needs a bit more ring training. Very promising.”
on Sunday: “Feminine head and expression. Well placed ears and shoulder. Elegant neck. Good topline. Well placed tail. Nicely angulated with a correct thigh. Good coat for the age. Good movements from all sides with good reach and drive. Nicely shown and lovely temperament”. Congratulations for this start Liv and Dag and kisses to sweet Luna!
25/04 Happy news from huge Lahti Int show! Total entry was 23 and the judge was lovely lady from Sweden, mrs. Anita Whitmarsh. She really adored Timon and placed him as 3rd best dog of the day! Tuuli did even better, she was BB-2 with res-cacib. She also had the comment of having the best ears of the day :)
21/04 Mr. Kari Järvinen (Fin) was judging basenjis at Jyväskylä Int show. Timon kept on receiving lovely placements and was finally BD4, which we are more than pleased about. Tuuli had vg this time.
12/04 Arttu would have celebrated his 11th birthday.
11/04 A great friend is gone. Our boxer Arttu was put to sleep this morning due to an illness. He will be terribly missed by the whole family and we will treasure his memory forever. There is one thing I am sure of: He was/is the most loyal friend one can never ever have! Goodbye darling Arttu, we still love you.
08/04 The Finnish Basenji Club's magazine brought us wonderful news; Timon was the 7th winning basenji male in Finland 2007 and our princess, or should I say queen now that she is a mom, was 2nd most winning basenji bitch in Finland year 2007!
24/03 We want to thank judge mrs. Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen (FIN) for making our day more than perfect again at Lappeenranta Int Show. Total entry of basenjis was 14 and she awarded Tuuli BOB with cacib and Timon BOS with cacib!
Thank you Marjo and Tiina for all your help and company on this verrrry nice trip we had :-)
16/03 Tuuli's second show in Lithuania and the result was great again; mr. Janusz Opara (POL) placed her as the best bitch with another cacib and cc and the title Vilnius Cup Winner-08! Huge thanks to Tiina Aaltonen who was willing to take Tuuli with her and to show her :-)
15/03 A busy weekend! Timon went to Tampere Int show with his breeder and we think he did very well being 2nd in champion class (out of 6 males) under judge mrs. Orietta Zilli (ITA). Tuuli entered to a show for the first time since her puppies were born 11 weeks ago, and she continued the same way as she did before the pups; being awarded BOB under judge mr. Ralf Campbell! This happened in Vilnius, Lithuania and she also received a title Lithuanian Winner-08 with a CC and a CACIB. The CC made her a new LT CH and this was also the last cacib needed for her international champion title :-) As a "bonus" Tuuli is now qualified to Crufts, too. She is our sweet princess!
01/03 Timon went back on winning ways today at Juuka group show. The breed judge mrs. Tuula Savolainen (FIN) awarded him BOB with an excellent critique :-)
24/02 She is finally here! May we introduce you our lovely little princess Maisa aka Bulldobas Crown Jewel, our Tuuli daughter. She is here to stay now and we are all in love with this very brave and outgoing girl. Photos will follow up shortly.
23/02 Timon had very good from judge mrs. Marja Talvitie (FIN) today at Tuusniemi group show. On the other side of the world, in Australia, our Tuuli's stunning brother Sunny (BIS MBISS Aust Grand Ch Afrikenji Hot Sumaknight) went BIS at Victoria's Basenji Specialty under judge mr. Ben Reynolds-Frost (GBR); our warmest congratulations to his breeder/owners Helen and David Veless!
02/02 What would be a better way to finish a CH title than to be 4th best in Group? This is what Timon did today at Eno show, breed judge was mrs. Leni Finne. He was BOB with his last CC and moved excellently also in the group finals, and this was noticed by the judge mr. Pekka Teini. Thank you for both judges! From now on Timon is called Fin, Rus, N ch, RKFW-07 Bulldobas No Regrets :-) Thank you breeder Tiina Taavitsainen for trusting this amazing dog to our hands.
13/01 Tuuli's puppies are 17 days old now and all have opened their eyes, which makes them to start playing a bit. They are supersweet!
05/01 The year has started and the precious puppies are doing well and growing up fast. Timon also attended the first show of 2008 at Kajaani international show, judge was mrs. Susan Kealy from Ireland. And again he got a nice placement as 3rd best dog with a lovely critique! Not a bad start at all :-)
