Beauty and brains = Hertta

Our "wild at heart girl" Hertta, Hula Hoops, entered her first ever LC-competition last Saturday with her great owner, Mari.

We were extremely excited about it, but it all went superbly. Hertta did 2 great runs and won the competition with her first LC cc!!
We were so happy and overwhelmed, may the success continue in the fields for her :)

Thank you Mari & co for giving the perfect home for Hertta!

This lovely photo of her was taken by Hanna Kaukola, thank you.

Here is the father of Hertta, our very own Timon. I can see the similarity in these 2, can you??

Kouvola/Heinola show weekend

Last weekend we did 2 shows with lovely results.
On Saturday it was time for Kouvola show, that we had never visited before. I was not supposed to enter Maisa to any shows this year, but as the judge was so interesting, we decided to enter her anyway.
It was ms. Sofie Lönn of Enigma Basenjis that did the judging for the first time, so we did show 3 dogs.

In puppy class Raisu kept on receiving honour prizes, this time he was 2nd :)

In males Rocky did well, once again, winning a cc with BM-3 placement.

Then Maisa, in champion class. She took it all winning BOB to her handsome brother Rene, so it is really STILL running in the family (of Bulldobas)!
I was very proud of our little girl's performance. And the day was lovely and sunny!

Here a pic of the best dogs, taken by Satu Seppälä-Ikonen:

On Sunday we continued to Heinola, where the judge was one of the most toughest in Finland, mrs. Elina Haapaniemi. I do respect her judging a lot, because she hands out also other prizes than excellents.
Raisu won BOB-puppy and we are very happy about it :))
Rocky was 2nd best male with a cc again!!
And Maisa, BOB again :) followed by Rene also this time.

Maisa was also shortlisted in the final in the afternoon. This was her last show this year, as now we can really start waiting for her season to come... Hopefully there will be supersweet Maisa x Duke puppies on the way later on this year!!

Thank you so much for your company during the weekend Tipi and Iinis and thank you dear Laura for having me overnight at your home with the gorgeous boys of yours, Rocky and Raisu <3

Kuopio triple international show

Every second year we are lucky to have a triple int shows in our hometown. We had a very busy, but lovely and also successful weekend!

Our big giant, CAO Faruk, won BOB with cacib every day! He got nothing but flattering critiques, to be proud of :) Thank you judges Sinko, Beare and Willberg.

Here Faruk is shown to judge mr. Stefan Sinko:

Here is also the best bitch in the photo:

On Friday basenjis were judged by mr. Zsolt Lokodi from Romania. There were 6 puppies and we were thrilled of the BOB title of our first timer Ruuti (Hi-Lite Saturday Night Fever)! He is such a handsome young boy with a bright future:

Brother Raisu was 3rd with hp!
In adults our boy from the north, Tico (Hi-Lite Honky Tonk) was nothing less than BOB and his sister Hertta (HL Hula Hoops) was BOS. Both were awarded with a cc and cacib!
Granny Tuuli was BOS-veteran and 2nd best bitch.

Saturday the judge was mrs. Saija Juutilainen. She liked our Raisu a lot this time, followed by his brother Ruuti. Both had honour prize and Raisu won BOS-puppy to his lovely half sister Penni!

Our girls did marvellous job again, Hertta best bitch with a cacib and Tuuli BOS-veteran and 2nd best bitch! Hertta stacked on the table:

Sunday was a great day again!
We had Rocky (HL Hot Rod) entered only for this day and he was 2nd best male with a cc and res-cacib (to be confirmed after his uncle Rene!!!)
The judge mr. Kurt Nilsson seemed to love him, at least the critique was nothing but excellent :)
Hertta and Tuuli repeated the same placements as before, but this time Tuuli was also BOB-veteran!

Here is Hertta with her BOB uncle ch Bulldobas Cream And Sugar:

The weekend was perfect; thank you all for making it so lovely and thank you for everyone taking such great care of our babies <3

News from Mikkeli International show

We showed 4 of our dogs to mrs. Pirjo Aaltonen from Finland.

In males Rocky was 2nd best with cc number 9 :)

Maisa won the bitches with cacib and was finally BOS and her mother Tuuli was BOB-veteran and BB-4. So very nice results and all our dogs got very flattering critiques.

But most proud we are of our 7 month + few days old Raisu (Hi-Lite Smooth Operator), who was BOB-puppy out of 4 and he was behaving sooo nicely.

Our beautiful baby boy Raisu here in the pics taken by Pauliina Y. Thank you so much Laura for taking good care of the "little boys"! :DDD

Aske in Sweden

Have to share the news of Hi-Lite Hillbilly "Aske" who lives in Sweden with his magnificent young master Magnus.

We were very upset last fall when Aske, who was exported to Sweden, had to look for a new home BUT luckily he managed to find the best new owner and we are soooo grateful to him! So thank you Magnus for taking such great care of our little one.

Aske has been able to attend a few shows as well. By now he has been to 4 shows gaining excellent every time and last weekend we feel he hit the jackpot by winning best male on Saturday with a cc and on Sunday he repeated the same result PLUS a cacib!!!
So proud of the boys!

Here he is pictured with the BOB bitch Faraoland Flower By Kenzo. Photo by Bruno K:

Finnish Sighthound Specialty 2012

It was a loooovely day in sunshine at Helsinki Sighthound course for us all sighthound people. Basenjis were judged by mr. Martin Sanders (GBR). There were 11 puppies and 29 adults.

Our super sweet bayboy Raisu entered the ring first and won his class with hp and a nice critique. We are sooo proud of him!

Then Rocky was shown, and he won his class and in the end was chosen as the best male! Soooo very proud of him <3

In bitches both Maisa and Tuuli were exc-3 in their classes.
Rocky was finally BOS and we want to thank Laura for owning and loving our precious puppies!

All the photos above are taken by Katja Lappalainen, thank you!

Success for Tico!

Hi-Lite Honky Tonk "Tico" attended Kokkola International show, and the weather there was really hot and sunny.
The judge was mr. Markku Kipinä and he gave our youngster BOB with a cc and the first cacib! It was Tico's first time to compete in intermediate class so a first change to receive a cacib and he took it!
Tico also got a nice placement in the group finals, he was 4th under judge mr. Pekka Teini.

Tico was shown 4 times in puppy class and was 3 x BOB-puppy and 1 x BOS-puppy. This was his 5th time in official classes and his 2nd Group placement! We cannot wait to see what the future will bring to him....
Thank you judges Kipinä and Teini!

Tico was perfectly handled by her owner Niina and we are so thankful that she and Petri gave such a great home to our "baby" and that they sometimes will take him to shows - our sincere thank you!!