Show weekend in Jyväskylä

And this weekend surely offered us some success as well :)
On Saturday the judge was mrs. Brenda Banbury from England. First our handsome youngster Rocky won the junior class and later on went 4th best dog with res-cc! All the Champion class boys before him make us proud too; as the best male was Tuuli's son Karma, 2nd best was Timon's son Jaro, who finished his Fi ch-title and 3rd was Rene - that is awesome!!
Also Robbe, Timon's Swedish born son was awarded cc-quality, beautifully handled by Janne :)
The queen of the day was anyway Maisa, winning BOB and later on the day also Group-2 under the same judge!! We felt amazing because of this great win - thank you <3

Photos of Maisa by Katja Lappalainen, thank you!





On Sunday Rocky was again 4th best male with a cc, this time judged by mr. Tino Pehar from Croatia. He got a lovely critique; and this was his 3rd official show in Finland, he has gained nicely 2 x cc and a res-cc!
Duke was 4th in ch class with a cq and Maisa was 2nd best bitch with res-cacib. Timon's young and promising son Robbe, a half brother to Rocky, won res-cc! Another Timon-son, German visitor Jaro, was BOB this day - congratulations Marcel and Tiina <3

Here is Robbe "Yulara Quickthorn" with Janne:

Our trip to Tartu, Estonia

Travelling abroad is mostly fun. Extremely tiring but fun! And so was this one also. Was so happy to make this trip with my friend Ari and his basenjis Finny and Siiri. I had the youngsters Rocky and Hertta with me.
There were 2 international shows and on Saturday the judge was from Italy, mr. Claudio de Giuliani. He fancied Rocky a lot as he made him first to win the junior class, then he went BOS-junior, to his sister, and was finally 2nd best male! Hertta-the-sister won BOB-junior title and obviously they both got junior ccs.

Mr Anatoli Zhuk from Belarussia was judging basenjis on Sunday and Rocky got an excellent also this time and Hertta was BOS-junior and to my pleasure she went all the way to 2nd best bitch (out of 10 out of which 4 were champions and she did beat them all!)!
I was honoured to help Ari in the BOB-BOS ring as Finny was best male and Siiri was best bitch from open class. So the trip was very successful and great from the beginning - thank you once more dear and congrats :))

Herewith a photo of Baby-Hertta, who got 2 x cc from Estonia!

Success at Seinäjoki International Show!

As I was unable to take the dogs to the show as was playing ice-hockey for the whole weekend, Janne was lovely enough to make this exhausting trip with Papa-to-be-Duke, Maisa and daughter Hertta, helped by her owner Mari :)

The judge was mr. Unto Timonen. First out it was time for our lovely yougnster Tico(Hi-Lite Honky Tonk) to enter junior class for the first time after a very successful career in puppy classes. He was beautifully handled by his owner Niina and first won the class with excellent and cq! Later on Tico was 3rd best dog with a res-cc!!! So proud of you guys :))

Here is mr. Tico at 9 months of age when he was visiting us:




Also handsome Lego (Hi-Lite D'Light Bulldobas) was entered and he got a cq as well, 3 shows and 3 x cc quality gradings ;)
Then Janne took Duke (ch Kimwitu's Duke E) into the ring, and he did nothing less than finally won Best male with a cacib!!!

Then, princess Hertta (Hi-Lite Hula Hoops), full of joy as always ;) gave Janne a bit hard time in junior bitch class, but a convincing win with excellent and cq!
Momma-Maisa (ch Bulldobas Crown Jewel) was 2nd in champions and and finally 3rd best bitch - beaten by her daughter who was 2nd best bitch with a cc!! We are naturally more than thrilled and most happy.
Congratulations to all our friends, we love you all <3

Red/white puppies expected on 27th December!!

Finally some puppy news :)



Our beautiful, elegant and long legged girl Minni (Hi-Lite D'vine Bulldobas) was mated yesterday to the most handsome basenji boy Duke (BISS Fi ch, FiW-09, FiJw-09, NordJw-09 Kimwitu's Duke E).
This litter has been planned from Spring 2011 so it's been carefully pampered and thought through...
Minni has been very sparingly shown, only 7 times and she still has gained one cc and 3 x res-cc. We are very proud of our ultrafeminine looking girl!!
I guess papa Duke doesn't need much praising. Since the first time he put his paws into the show ring he has been one of the absolute top boys in Finland. He makes us soooo proud all the time!

These puppies are due just after Christmas.
Puppy inquiries are welcome. Please contact hansukytta@hotmail.com

A little update on puppy plans 2011

It is very hard to wait for something you want so much :)))
So the mom-to-be Alli (Kingwanas Greatest Story Of All) has not started her season yet.
But she will come to us next weekend to wait a bit more.. hopefully just a bit!
We will tell right away when she starts her heat.
Isn't she gorgeous?

Finnish Sighthound Specialty success

We had a long but lovely day in Tampere. There were 27 adult basenjis entered for mr. Stephen Wheeler from Sweden. And it was time for our kiddos Rocky and Hertta to compete against the adults at the age of just 9 months.
First out in the ring was Rocky, who's mom Laura was so kind to take him there :) Rocky was behaving quite nicely and he won the junior class with excellent and cq! Then we had to wait for the best male competition, and excited we were as Rocky won best male with the very first cc!! Great second was his half brother Jaro (Bulldobas Blockbuster), Timon's German living son visiting Finland for a while.

These photos are from the archives. Little showman Rocky about 3,5 moths:




Then it was Hertta's go, and I mean really a go-go ;) She took perhaps a few decent steps to charm the judge as she also won the junior bitch class of 4 with excellent and a cq! A great win for us after behaving... happy? LOL

We love Hertta <3 :



Momma Maisa was 2nd in ch class with a cq as well and in the best bitch competition both girl were placed; Maisa 3rd and daughter Hertta 4th with res-cc!

Then it was time for choosing Best of Breed and Rocky was BOS to beautiful Siiri (Bulldobas Cute As A Button) - congrats Ari and breeder Tiina!

While waiting pictures of the Specialty here a photo of Rocky couple of weeks back winning BOS-puppy, photo by AMI:



The day was more than perfect; thank you so much everyone for your company and taking such good care of our little babies :)

Vantaa show + puppy classes over

The fall is coming closer and the outside shows are almost over for us. At Vantaa national show there were almost 40 basenjis entered for mr. Augustin Ionescu from Romania. We had only boys with us this time, Rocky in the puppy class for the last time and champ Duke.
The day was split half when thinking about success for the boys; Duke was 4th in his class and Rocky was doing great also this time... winner of the class of 6 and finally BOS-puppy :)) He is our pride and joy! Hopefully also in the future...



We are extremely proud of Timon's sons, after Rocky there was 2nd his Swedish born son Robbe with hp of course. He looked marvellous with Janne and we are certain he will also have a bright future ahead of him :)


So now the puppy classes are over for our last winter's litter of Maisa x Timon. Hertta-the-only-girl won 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS-puppy, Tico-the-sweet-little-man entered 4 shows and resulted 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS as well, and Rocky went to 6 shows. First at the Specialty he won the baby class of 9 with hp, and then he went to 5 shows and was convincingly 3 x BOB and 2 x BOS-puppy. We cannot wait these puppies to enter the adult rings :)

And here are a couple of shots of gorgeous Duke moving, all photos taken by Katja :)