Nyheter 2007 Desember: On Sunday, Mille was again BOB
pup, and this time BIG 4. We have also added new pics to our
album. 2nd: We have added a seasons greetings postcard on
our webpage. We would like to thank all of our puppy buyers for giving our
kids such loving homes, and for keeping us updated. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful, exciting New Year!
November: 20th: We have recieved news that the two last shows Deco (Kingwanas Dodo Darzee) attended he got awarded BOB with CC!! Big congratulations to Deco! 16th: The pups have all left for their new homes, and it is so good to get updates about their many exciting adventures and experiences. The pups all seem to have settled with their new families very nicely indeed. We have also updated with a new picture of sweet little Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story) at 11 weeks of Age, and given her a new page under "Our dogs". October: 23rd: The pups have now turned 8 weeks old, and are starting to leave "the nest". It is so sad to see them go, but we know I will meet them all again, and look forward to many updates from their new homes. We would also like to introduce our keeper girl;
16th: The puppies are growing up so fast, as you can see
here, and it is a bit sad to
think about the fact that they will only be here or about one more week.
They all have lovely personalities, and they surely know how to keep us all
occupied at all time!
13th: Dennis and Axi has been mated! You can read
more on your new "Sired by" page. 3rd:
Again, we have updated with loads of puppy pictures. They have been outside
in the lovely autumn weather for the first time, and they thought it was a
blast! So many wonderful things to explore. Our very own
Explorer found an empty flower pot, shaped
as a broken egg, and found it to be quite suitable for a little nap. Dennis
found him, and was sure he had found the first ever Dino- enji! September: 27th: We
got the results from Echo
& Centa's
fanconi test today, and they both got: PROBOBLY CLEAR/ NORMAL
of Fanconi Syndrome. We couldn't be happier!! They are the
first Basenjis in Norway to be tested for the Fanconi gene. 23rd: The
puppies are growing fast, and they now play and run fast around
in their pen. They have also been carefully introduced to our
other dogs, wich they thought was great fun! 10th:
New pics added to the photoalbum. 5th: How to name the puppies? Well, one thing was clear. As this is our 5th litter, all of their names would start with the letter E. On previous litters, we have always used names originating from Africa, but this litter came to the world in a somewhat unusual way, and managed to create chaos and headaches even before conception.. Basenjis all the way, arent they?? It is really an Entertaining Story, once you are able to look back at it. For ages we had been admiring Biss Aus Grand Ch Afrikenji Hot Sumaknight, and when Helen and David Veless from Afrikenji Basenjis agreed to send us some frozen semen of his, we were absolutely thrilled. It turned out to be a long process, as tons of paperwork, vaccines etc had to be done before the semen could be shipped. So even though we started planning several months before expected season, when that time approached, the semen was still not on its way. Several phone calls were made, and Helen & David really worked hard trying to get the semen here in time. Fortunately, Centas season didnt come when we had expected it to come. Finally, 2 months after we first expected her season, we got a mail saying the semen was on its way- and we could trace it on the Fedex tracking system. The very next day Centa came in season! Talk about good timing! We carefully monitored every step the valuable load from Down Under took. It visited Asia, Paris and Sweden And there it stopped. It was scheduled to reach Oslo on a Tuesday, but both Tuesday and Wednesday came and went, but the semen seemed to be stuck in Stockholm. Both myself, Dag Christer, Helen and David worked like crazy, trying to figure out what had happened, but everyone gave us a different story. Some said it was stuck in Sweden, some said it was in Oslo, and some said it had been in Oslo, and was now on its way back to Australia. This was really a frustrating time, and we were quite upset with the Exhausting Federal Express., who really werent very helpful. Alas, the last suggestion turned out to be the correct one. The semen had indeed been in Oslo, but some sort of misunderstanding caused the package to be returned back to Australia. At this time, Centa actually stopped her season. We went to the vet to check what had happened, but he saw no traces of the season. Meanwhile, the package was back in Australia, and some very helpful workers at frozenpuppies.com , who were in charge of the shipping, reloaded the semen into a new container, and added new liquid nitrogen, so that they would manage their Epic Walkabout around the world and back to Norway once again. When the semen was on its way again believe it or not- Centa started her season again. This time, everything went smoothly, and the assistance and help we got from FedEx this time was truly unbelievable. The manager personally monitored the package, keeping us updated, and when it arrived, they shipped it in a private car to our veterinarian in Oslo. Just a few days after the semen had arrived, the insemination was successfully done, and we could do nothing but wait and see if our hard work had payed of. 3 weeks later, the ultrasound showed 5 puppies on the monitor. An x-ray taken on day 57 showed the same number. On day 59, Centa came into labour, and the first little Explorer- a red boy-was born in the car in the middle of the night on the way to the veterinarian. The rest of the puppies were born in the puppy pen. But there were 6 puppies born, not five as we had been told. 3 beautiful girls, and 3 handsome boys. I must admit, though, it was indeed a pleasant surprise to have 6 instead of 5! We look upon every one of them as a true Evidence Of Persistence. We would never have believed such a good outcome of frozen semen that had been twice around the world! Now we are eager to see how they develop. Their Endless Adventure s merely begun . So to sum up, the boys names are: Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Express Kingwanas Epic Walkabout Kingwanas Explorer To Bulldobas And the girls are named: Kingwanas Evidence Of Persistance Kingwanas Entertaining Story Kingwanas Endless Adventure
27th: The puppies are born! To let you all know what happened, I can post the letter I sent to a few after the birth: "Exciting news The puppies between N u Ch Century and Aus Grand Ch Afrikenji Hot SumaKnight are here! Centa started to get restless at about 10.00 PM last night, and 11.00 oclock, her water broke. She was panting and pushing and very restless for a long time after this- but no puppy came. When it got close to 1.00 AM, we decided to rush down to our vet, who got up in the middle of the night for us. The first little boy- a stunning red- was born in 150 Ks an hour on the highway at 1.10 PM. We cut his umbilical cord at the vets office, she checked Centa, and gave us the OK to drive home to have the others. Once we got home, out came a beautiful black girl. Just 10 min. later came a handsome black boy. She had a long break after her- poor girl- she was very tired at this point. But an hour and a half later came another stunning black girl. As I was cleaning the pen, suddenly the last little black girl was out So in total:1 red male, 1 black male, 3 black girls I am very, very pleased. They are
all strong and healthy, with beautiful, parallel markings. However, the number of puppies mentioned in this letter turned out not to be completely accurate, so I had to send out a new mail....: "Looks like I hit the send
button a bit too soon- the moment I hit it, Centa started having
contractions again, and another little black man joined the pack!
This one is also a strong boy with very nice markings. And I
-who was so certain Id have 5 as both the ultrasound and
x- ray pics taken just a few days ago showed that number
." The puppies are all gaining weight,
and they are an even bunch. Their birth- weight lied between
210- 250 g.
13th: Some
new healthtests are done with these results:
5th: Bella (Am/Can/Intl CH Jamadari Amara Donnabella, NA, NAJ
) from our first litter not only won BOB veteran, but also BOS
in huge competiotion at the age of 8 and 3/4 at the Western WA
Hound Assoc. Well done, Bella, who don't seem to age at all. July:
14 th: Another show in Sweden, this time in Tvååker. There were 16 Basenjis entered, and little Duna went all the way from junior class to BOS with the swedish CC! Both Echo and Dennis got CK. Dennis placed as reserve best male, and Echo was 4th best male. The judge was Tom Johnston (GB).
7-8 th: The
Swedish Basenji speciality was held in Skara, Simmatorp.
The judge was Cheryl Myers Egerton from Canada. Even though it
was raining a lot on sunday, we had a lovely time, and were able
to return with a nice bunch of prizes. You can see loads of pics,
and some results HERE. For the first time, we also competed in breeders class. We got a great critique, and was awarded with excellent with Honour prize, and was second in competition class.
Congratulations to all winners, thank you to SBS for hosting a great show, and thanks for all of those helping me and making the weekend so great:)
3rd:
We recieved this (old) photo of Bella
as a cover- dog in "The Basenji": 25th of june- 2nd of July:
June: 29th: Centa
has been succsessfully inseminated to Aus Grand Champion Afrikenji
Hot SumaKnight. Puppies are (hopefully) due August 31st. You
can read more on our puppy
page.
26th: Goliat sends greetigs on his one year birthsday:
26th: We would like to congratulate Duna, Dennis, Rafiki, Trym, Deco, Dino, Idefix and Goliat with their 1 year birthsday!
18th: We
have added some new pics to Duna's
site & Dennis'
site plus added some photos to the album.
Yet another lovely weekend :)
3rd: Our speciality was held in beautiful weather (but heaps of mud), and all the dogs from us was awarded with 1 (Excellent) in quality. Dennis also got the CK (Champion quality). In the speciality classes, Bambi once again retrieved the title as the best red/white (this is the 3rd time!) and Duna was awarded as the best black/white. There are heps of pictures and more information plus the complete results HERE.
2nd: On the kennel club show on the saturday, Dennis was awarded 1/1 with CK and 3rd best male. Duna got 1/1 with CK, and Echo got 1/2 with HP. I was quite pleased with these results considering about 1/3 of the 25 Basenjis entered got a 2nd prize in quality under the strict Myrna Shiboleth (Israel).
May: 12th: We
had a lovely trip to Kristiansand int. arranged by the Norwegian
Kennel club. The judge today was Sigridur Petursdottir
(Iceland).
06th: We have recieved lovely spring greetings from "Idefix" and 8 year old "Bella" April 22nd. We took Duna & Echo with us to an international show way north of Norway, in Harstad city, arranged by the Norwegian Kennel Club. We flew up with the two dogs, and this went without problems of any kind.
At the show, we met many of the "north
norwegian basenjis" with owners, wich was very nice. Duna was placed 1/1 with HP,
and was with this the best bitch present,
9th. We had a lovely trip to "Lilla Stockholm" international dog show. We brought all 6 of our dogs, both the ones residing with us, and the ones who lives in other families. They were all good friends, and enjoyed each others company.
It was the first time for our pups in official classes, and they're debut in these classes was done with style. Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was placed 1/1 JK with CK and 5 BD.
Duna (Kingwanas Duna O'Kande) was placed 1/1 JK with HP (honour prize). Echo was beautifully handled by his breeder Tiina, but only got 1/3 this time. Centa was also shown again, but she really don't think the show ring is the place to be. Even so, she recieved an "excellent" (1/2 ÔK). We are very pleased that they all recieved "Excellent" (1) in quality. The judge was Ewa Nielsen (Swe).
It was great fun to meet Echos breeder, Tiina (Bulldobas kennel) again, and also all the Swedish breeders/ basenji owners that were present. Some said they were also coming to Norway for our specialty show, and we are truly looking forward to meeting them again. We also got a chance to see some beautiful basenjis. Congratulations to Tiina for the BOB, and Naranja for the BOS!
We would also like to congratlate Helena (Faraoland) and Mia (Yualara) for the veteran placings. It is truly impressive to see how good looking and fit these "oldies" (dogs and owners...) were.
4th. Echo got a lovely gift today, and as most kids, he was absolutely thrilled...about the cardboard box it came in... He and Centa has been in and out of it ALL DAY, attacking every foot or paw unlucky enough to pass their hiding cave.... Ouch! Stupid little (awfully cute) rascals!
March
20th. We
had a lovely trip to yet another show in Letohallen, Eidsvoll.
We have also added new pics of: 1st. We have added some pics to the album.
February
Judge: Anne Mari Haugsten.
Judge: Wera Hübenthal.
Judge: Ingebjørg Stenhaugen.
3rd. Show, NMHK: Echo got his first CC when he was BOB and BIG-3 today!
Judge: Leif Lehmann Jørgensen Judge: Ulf Bråthen.
1st. Dag Christer Lie has
now entered kennel Kingwana as a co- owner. January: 21st. Dinari
(Kingwanas Dinari) became BOB, BIG-1 and BIS-2 at Sandefjord Hundeklubbs show today. Duna (Kingwanas Duna O'Kande) became BOS. The judge was Hans Almgren (Swe)
20th. "Deco"
(Kingwanas Dodo Darzee) became
BOB and BIG-2 at Guldbrandsdalens puppyshow 12.01.
2007.
5th. We have posted our exciting puppy plans for 2007.
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