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

Extremely long day we had on Saturday, but a lovely one!
It was an entry of 28 for this Swedish judge mrs. Barbara Ruth Smith.

The day started with Ruuti's win in junior class with a cq. He was also BOB junior!



Then in was Raisu's go and he won the intermediate class with a cq and received res-cc!



Rocky was in champion class; exc-2 with a cq and finally 4th best male, in the finals he was excellently handled by Ari.



Hertta got a nice critique and was 3rd in champion class with a cq.

We felt confident showing our breeders class with the dogs that all gained cq, and Hi-Lite was BOB breeder with this statement from the judge:
"A very consistent group of high quality basenjis. The breeder should be congratulated. Wish them all the best for the future!" :)



We stayed for the finals and waited until late afternoon. Ruuti was shortlisted in the best 10 in the Roayl Canin junior competition out of an entry of maybe 80 juniors from different breeds?? It felt huge to see him gait there with Janne :) The judge was mr. Cochetti from Italy.

Our breeder's group managed also to get shortlisted among the 7 best out of some 40 different groups! The judge was mr. Doedjins from Nederlands.




The crowning of the day was to meet our sweet girl Lilja (Wow Factor). We haven't met her since she was 7 weeks but she surely remembered us :) She is just as beautiful as we remembered....








So thank you for this lovely day everyone who was there for us: Ari, Anu, Mervi and Tuija :)

Big boy Faruk went to a mental test

Yesterday we had an exciting day because we took Faruk, shy over 3 years, to a Finnish Mental Test (for working dogs). Central Asian Owtcharkas have to pass the test e.g. to gain their championship titles.
It's also very interesting in all other ways as well.

The test did not result anything new to us, nothing we did not already know about him. He did it all very nicely and is a very balanced dog in temperament.
His points were +176 (minimum is 75) and he can call himself now FI CH FIJW-10 FIW-10 Turkmen Stam Faruk :)

Here he is 2 years old:



This is the day we picked him up, he was 10 weeks:

Great health news!

The father of our planned litter next fall, Finny (Ankhu Baroos At Bulldobas), went to have his 3rd official eye check yesterday, and the result was, as expectet, clear!
So so happy :)

We love him very much, he was such a stunner already as a puppy:







So now all the needed checks are done, both papa Finny and momma Hertta are clear for fanconi and eyes, and both have normal thyroid values, plus Finny has excellent A/A hips.

May the fall and Hertta's season come.....

Inquiries are welcome: hansukytta@hotmail.com

Tallinn Winner show 2013

We had the most hilarious and fun trip to Estonia, to Tallinn Winner show 2013!
It was Janne and I, we had Rocky and Raisu with us. Then also Hertta came along with her human family Mari & Timo plus their lovely young saluki girl Marla. So the one car was pretty full but we managed well :D

On Saturday mr. Jussi Liimatainen from Finland was judging the basenjis, entry 28.
Raisu won the junior male class of 4 with a jun-cc and a title TAL JW-13, and he was BOS-junior to his lovely half sister Lili from Estonia!

Rocky won the open class with exc and cq ending up being 3rd best male with a cc and he is now a brand new ESTONIAN CHAMPION!
Raisu managed to win his brother and was 2nd best male > our boys did a wonderful job.

Hertta was a bit too strong for the judge and was exc-3 in champion class out of 6.

But the best was yet to come.... Our breeders class was BOB-breeder out of 2 with the most wonderful critique:
"Very even in type and quality. Good proportions. Excellent colours. Lovely heads. Stylish, well balanced movements."

Cannot get any better?

Janne also showed the brace with Hula Hoops and Hot Rod:
"Quality dogs with excellent proportions. Beautiful shape of head. Stylish toplines. Excellent colours and coats. Excellent movers."
Result was BOB brace out of 2 :)

In the finals our breeders class was in the top 5, so close to get placed!
But Janne, Rocky and Hertta we chosen as BIS-1 Brace under judge mrs. Ann-Christin Johannson from Sweden!!! Amazing!