Helsinki INT

Also Rocky got to start his show career today as he is 7 months now. we went for a quick trip to Helsinki International show under judge mr. Hans Almgren from Sweden and he adored Rocky as the prize was BOB-puppy with an excellent critique :)) We are so very proud of this young fellow!
Maisa was 3rd best bitch this time. Had so much fun with good friend the whole day - thank you everyone and special thanks to Laura for keeping Rocky in tip top shape!

Rocky BOB-puppy
photo: Tia Svanberg

2 x Oulu INT

On Saturday at Oulu Int it did rain the whole day. Of course this was not a problem to our CAO Faruk who was judged by mrs. Poduschka-Aigner from Austria. She praised him a lot and gave him BOB-junior and BOB!! :) We are very proud of him.
Basenji judge was mr. Walkey from Canada and first out were the puppies. Tico got prize of honour and then it was Hertta's turn in girly class with hp as well. Hertta got BOB-puppy this time and Tico BOS :-) They both showed themselves as great as possible in the rain. They got wonderful critiques.
We showed only Nikke (HL Dashing Bulldobas) in males and he was BEST MALE-1 with cc and his first cacib! In bitches Maisa won with cacib and Minni was 3rd best bitch with res-cc :) This time it was Nikke's turn to win BOB - needles to say we were extremely happy of the days results :)) 

Sunday was again a warm and looong day. Faruk repeated Saturday's result and the judge from Canada said he is a lovely and most promising dog :) It was Faruk's cc number 5.
Mrs. Anneli Sutela (FIN) was the judge of basenjis. This time Tico was BOB-puppy and Hertta BOS-puppy, great critiques for both :)) They did perform like pros! Nikke got excellent again and Maisa was BOB with cacib. She was also shortlisted in the group. The whole weekend was lovely to us, not just resultwise but with our dear friends as well - thank you and congratulations everyone! 

Liminka group show

Wonderful show weekend started at Liminka group show, where we had 2 dogs to show. Now it was time for Tico (Hi-Lite Honky Tonk) to hit the rings at the age of just 7 months. And he did it like a pro; with BOB-puppy prize :) We were sooo happy to see him for the first time when he left us as a puppy and loved what we saw! Congratulations to his owners Niina and Petri!
Then it was Minni's go in the adults, she got excellent with cq and was best bitch and got her first cc!! Great job Minni and Katja :) The lovely judge today was charming mr. Jo Schepers from Holland. BOB was Tuuli's handsome son Bulldobas Catch The Wind!!

Juva all-breeds

Duke is on a roll!! At Juva national show today he wins another best of breed for judge mrs. Marianne Baden from Denmark. She told that Duke is "a high quality dog", true ;) Later on Duke was also shortlisted in the big ring! Also sweet Minni was entered and got the most lovely critique and excellent in grading, she is a sweetheart!!

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 :-)))