Swedish Basenji Specialty

Popped in to the Swedish Basenji Specialty held close to Göteborg with Tiina and her dogs Neela and Rene plus my Maisa and Duke. The judge there was mr. Hans Lehtinen from Finland. Maisa had most success of our dogs, she was 3rd best bitch with res-cc out of 33 bitch entries! She was also invited to compete for the best movement - So proud of her :)) Also Duke got excellent with cq. Out trip went great from the beginning and we had so much fun together, with our friends and specially at the dinner on Saturday evening. Thanks for the company once again Tiina!

Finnish Basenji Specialty

Finnish Basenji Specialty 2011, judge breeder judge mrs. Val Allen of Zordia Basenjis from Great Britain. Duke is a SPECIALTY BEST IN SHOW WINNER!! 

But let's start from the beginning. First out in the ring were puppies. Rocky and 8 other baby boys entered the 5-7 month old class. Rocky, as unexperienced he is, behaved beautifully and the judge also loved his head, so he won the class :)) Finally he was chosen as the 2nd best male puppy in show. What a great start to his career :)
Sister Hertta behaved also very very nice when stacked and gaiting by herself, but she was having a bit too much energy to gait properly in the crowd, so she was not placed. But her critique was very promising and pleasing. We were also able to meet 2other lovely puppies, who were a son (Yulara Quickthorn) and a grandson (Solebas Crown Of Love) of Timon. They both looked most promising! The next dogs we handled were Timon and Duke in champion class of males. Timon was exhausted by the heat and was almost asleep in the ring and got vg. Duke on the other hand showed himself great and won the class ending up best male!! We were sooooo thrilled of his success.
 

On Sunday was the judging of bitches. Tuuli was a bit chubby for the judge this time and got vg and Maisa was "5th" with cq in a big champion class. So then we started to wait for the Best in Show competition with Duke. He kept on showing and most of all gaiting superbly and won Specialty Best In Show :)) We were so excited, happy and thrilled of his big win as the entry of adult basenjis was almost 100! So the weekend was perfect for us, we could not have even dreamed of this and the journey home was very happy. Thank you all our friends for your support and great company during the weekend :) And congrats also to Duke's co-owners Eila and dear Tiina!! Thank you also for Mari and Laura for keeping such great care of our puppies - as well thank you judge mrs. Allen :)

Match Show with Hertta & Rocky

We went to a local match show with our lovely puppies Hertta and Rocky, the entry was something 60. And the young ones did superb at the very hot weather. Rocky won the puppies followed rigth after by his sister Hertta!! And in the end Rocky was Best In Show-3! This was excactly the same placing which sister Hertta got a couple of weeks back at another local match show. Great job kids :-)))

Varkaus all-breeds

Varkaus National show very close to us so we were there both days. On Saturday and in pouring rain it was the judging of basenjis under judge mrs. Jean Lanning from GBR. Joonas started it our for us getting another excellent in grading, well done boy! Gorgeous Duke was bm-3. Our smart moving co-owned junior bitch Minni won her class with excellent and cq and she finally was bb-3 with res-cc :-))) Maisa showed herself beautifully despite of the horrible rainy weather and went to win best bitch and BOS to her handsome brother Rene!! So a great day it was for all of us!! 

On Sunday we had Faruk in the ring. The judge mr. Michael Leonard from Ireland was very strict judging, but still gave Faruk "all", that is BOB with cc number 3!!! In the group finals he presented himself nicely but as he is totally "naked" at the moment, no more success this time. But it was a wonderful weekend with loads of lovely people and good friends :)

Helsinki INT

Another lovely day at Helsinki Int show with good company :-) Maisa is on the roll and won BOB with cacib!! The judge mr. Simon Parsons gave her a flattering critique, thank you! She was also shortlisted in the group finals. Thank you Tiina for breeding our sweet butterfly and trusting her to us and thanks for the company Tipi and Mirva!! C u soon :-))

Äänekoski group show

It was soooo much worth going to Äänekoski group show today with Maisa and the first timer Joonas (Hi-Lite Dating Bulldobas). The breed judge was mrs. Susanne Wendell (FIN) and Maisa won BOB #2 this season! Joonas did also well and got excellent in grading, but must still be trained a bit more ;) In the group finals Maisa was 2nd best in group under judge mrs. Leila Kärkäs (FIN) who is a breeder judge :-)) Thank you judges and Tiina & Johanna for this successful day!!

Lappeenranta INT

Lappeenranta Int show gave us some nice results as well. Maisa won BB-2 with res-cacib and Nikke won the intermediate class exc-1! The judge was mrs. Hanne Laine Jensen from Denmark and the entry was 23.Added all the critiques from the weekend and a nice photo of 4 month old Tico (Hi-Lite Honky Tonk). We were lucky to meet also Hertta and Rocky this weekend and they both look just lovely!