We have a New Finnish Champion!

On Saturday Mikko was so kind to take two of our/his boys, Lego and Duplo, to a group show in Vaasa. The judge was mrs. Säde Hohteri.
We are so pleased about Duplo's show debut and a great critique; he got excellent-1. Duplo's pedigree name is Hi-Lite Super Trouper.

But Lego (Hi-Lite D'Light Bulldobas) was the king of the day! He won BOB and the last needed cc and is now a new Fi ch! It only took him 6 shows to finish :)

Congrats once again Mikko!!

Ruuti is a Group Winner!!

Had a nice and sunny day at Tuuri All Breed show yesterday. We had entered only Ruuti, Hi-Lite Saturday Night Fever.
He did it and won BOB with a cc! So proud of him, thank you judge Anneli Pukkila.

Here he is pictured with the bitch winner Heriaheri Harvest Moon:



But it wasn't just that; later on in the finals he was chosen as a Best In Group-1 by mrs. Tuula Pratt!! We are of course over the moon about the success of this young boy.



Congrats to his owners Tuija and Aki and thanks Tuija for keeping me company <3

Lilja BIS-1 at a Match Show in Oulu

This sweet and cute little girl Lilja, Wow Factor, won Best In Show-1 at a match show of about 100 dogs yesterday. We are very proud and grateful to her owners Mervi and JP!



Lilja's brother Seti, Wise Guy, went to the same show and was placed 2nd out of red ribbon puppies! This is a great achievement also, congrats Tiia!

Here is a pic of their sister Freya living in England winning BOB puppy and res-cc a week ago with the judge mr. Johan Juslin:

Amazing day at Kuopio International Show, our hometown!

The entry for basenjis was only 6, the judge was mr. Theo Leenen from Belgium. He was a very pleasant and charming man.
First out in the ring were our junior boys Ruuti and Raisu (Saturday Night Fever and Smooth Operator). This time Raisu won the class, both with a cq, and title Royal Canin BOB junior. Both boys received an excellent critique! Here is Raisu gaiting:



In champion class we had also two boys, brother Rocky and Tico (HL Hot Rod and Honky Tonk). Both boys got excellents with cq and Rocky won this time. In the best male class Rocky also was placed as first, followed by Raisu as bm-3 with res-cc and Ruuti bm-4!

Champion class brothers:



Here a pic of the best male line up:



Our Hertta "Hula Hoops" was the only girl to be shown and she got her 7th cacib! In the end Rocky was BOB and Hertta BOS - they are one amazing pair :D

Beautiful Hertta with Janne:



Rocky gaiting to his BOB, he was also shortlisted in the group under judge mrs. Soile Bister:



BOS Hi-Lite Hula Hoops and BOB Hi-Lite Hot Rod:



Our breeders class was chosen as BOB and finally it was chosen as BIS-3 breeder!!!




Janne also got to handle this beautiful American Akita girl NOSFERATU'S ANNE DIEU LE VENT to her CIB title! Congrats Mervi :)




Thank you everyone for this unforgettable day, we love you all! Thanks Marsa, Mervi, Laura, Tuija, Niina and all the others <3

Lilja's show debut

Our sweet little Lilja (Hi-Lite Bulldobas Wow Factor) went to her first show on Saturday. It was an all breed puppy show in Seinäjoki. She went all the way to BOB and BIG-3 puppy under the judge mrs. Saara Sampakoski!!

Of course we are very proud of her debut and of the critique she got, we are happy to continue from here :)
Congrats to her co-owner Mervi as well!

Photo: Saara Sampakoski

First outdoor show of the season in Helsinki

The entry, as usual, was very nice 30. It's about the same in every Int show at the Southern Finland area. The judge this time was mrs. Jean Westren from Ireland.

We only had 2 boys with us to show and they did wonderful job!
Rocky (HL Hot Rod) was the 2nd best male with a usable res-cacib out of 18 males!



And our young boy Ruuti (HL Saturday Night Fever) did not much worse as he was bm-3 with a cc!









So the day was not only successful but also otherwise very nice with all our friends, one even all the way from Norway! It was so lovely to see you Liv :)

And thank you Tuija for keeping the company.... ;)

Active weekend!!

On Saturday the same team (the same dogs that were in Lahti a week ago) went to this huge Tampere Int show, I guess it's the 2nd biggest in Finland. Entry of Basenjis was 21 and the judge was mr. Ronald James from GBR.

First out in the ring was lovely young master Ruuti, winning junior class again with exc-1 and cq.
Brother Raisu had the same result in intermediate class.
Rocky was 3rd in champion class with cq as well. In the best male competition Ruuti was placed as 4th best male with a cc!! Followed by Raisu, who received the res-cc - so well done our boys!




Our lovely girl Hertta (HL Hula Hoops) was 3rd best bitch with a res-cacib and had a lovely critique, as well as did the boys!

We showed once again breeder's group and Hi-Lite was given the BOB-prize out of 2 groups! We were so happy!
In the finals, out of a great entry of course, this group was among the best 5!!!! The judge there was mr. Rodney McDowell (IRL).





On Sunday, Hertta's owner Mari took her to a LC competition, and they drove 350 kilometers one way... Anyway, it was all worth it as Hertta won the 1st prize with her 3rd LC CC out of her 3rd race!!! She even managed to fall down in the final run, still she scored lovely points 460 together!! This is just wonderful news - congrats dear! These are Hertta's:




Yesterday I also made a "small trip" to Oulu area to meet 3 of our pups out of the latest litter living there. They are now 5 months and I am very very pleased on how they all look!

This is mr. Seti (Wise Guy):





And this is little Lilja (Wow Factor), we looooove also her:







I also met Hilla (Wannabe). Hilla has a very beautiful head and she is a gorgeous mover.



Thank you everyone involved this weekend - you all are just priceless <3