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December:

28th: Echo is a father again! This time the dam is SunTribe's Mara Jade Skywalker "Vanilla". It was the exact same outcome as his litter with "Vilda":

2 black/white males, 2 black/white females, and 2 red/white females!

All are healthy and doing very well! Congratulations to the proud mother, and kennel "Wildpearl".
If you are interested in these pups, feel free to write us a mail, or contact the breeder at:



We have also updated the page "Sired by Echo".

26th: We have added some new pics to Sindres page (in the December album) and on Bono's (Kingwanas Epic Walkabout) page.
We would also like to congratulate kennel Doberguard with their lovely litter of 5 Basenji pups born on Dec 19th after Aus Grand Ch Afrikenji Hot Sumaknight (The sire of our E litter).


Bono has learned to open the closet on command....

Sindre sleeping.....

15th: We have added some christmas decorations, and made some changes on Sindres page. More to come later.

"Big brother" Dennis wants some attention too, and loves to cuddle by my side
while Sindre is happily eating.

8th: We have made a page for litters Echo has sired, with some pictures of the new arrivals.

6th: Wonderful news from Sweden!! Our darling boy Echo became a father tonight to a litter in Sweden consisting of 6 lovely puppies! 2 black/white males, 2 black/white females, and 2 red/white females! I will post some photos once we recieve them. Congratulations to the breeder Gunilla Sandberg, and to the new mother Azanias Kofi Con Mocca! If you have any questions, or are interested in one of these puppies, please feel free to contact the breeder, or write us a mail.


Gunillas homepage

There are also 2 new pictures on Sindres page.

4th: We recieved this lovel photo of the 10 year old Amy, on one of her previous hunting trips along with her family. They report she is one of the best hunting dogs they have ever had :)


Amy (Jamadari Ashiki) - doesn't she look like a little deer?

3rd: HAPPY Birthday to our very first Kingwana bred litter, who turns 10 years old today! We get reports that they are all doing very well. A huge thanks goes out to the owners for giving them such loving homes!
Jeremiah lives in California, Bella resides in Seattle, Wilma in Sweden and Amy here in Norway.


From left: Am Can Int Ch Jamadari Amara DonnaBella JC, NA, NAJ, NADAC, NAC NJC."Bella", Jamadari Nile Wild Akela "Wilma", Jamadari Ashiki "Amy"og Jamadari Jeremiah "Jeremiah".

Please make sure to also read our "Christmas letter" further down on the page :)
 

1st: December has begun, and we have updated our page with the Christmas cards we have sent out these past few years, and added some pics to Sindres page, as well as to the photoalbum.

Bambi & Sindre

We have also written a "Christmas letter", with some highlights of our Kingwana bred and owned dogs achievements in 2008:

From our “E” litter, 5 of the 6 puppies has been shown:

Kingwanas Entertaining Story "Mille":
As a puppy, Mille was shown 8 times in 2008. Out of these 8 shows, she achieved no less than 6 “Best of breed wins” , EVERY time she won BOB she was also placed in the group/ and or Best In Show ring.  She WON the group 3 times, and her biggest tribute as a puppy, was going BEST IN SHOW at Letohallen only 5 months old, beating  over 300 other puppies of all breeds, and up to 9 months of age. These achievements also made her the CLEAR winner of  the “Puppy of the year award” from the Norwagian Basenji Club*.(Not yet confirmed)

However, Milles winnings did not stop in the puppy ring. Her first adult show was at the Norwegian Specialty show under judge Mr. Curby, where she went all the way to BEST OF SEX only 9 months and 3 days old! This makes her the youngest Basenji in the Norwegian Basenji klubs history to get a BOB/BOS placing at a specialty show. At this show, she also won the special classes for “Best black/white coat and color”, and for the “Best head”.

Throughout the year, she has continued her good strike, getting stunning critiques every time.  As an adult, she achieved 2 x Best of Breed, 3 x “Best Of Sex”, 5 X CC’s (CAC’s), and placements in the adult and junior group rings.
With this, I am not including her show tour in Sweden/ The World Winner show, where she was “BEST IN SHOW jr” at the Swedish Basenji clubs’ speciality, where she also won “Best Head”, she was also BOB jr, and BEST IN SHOW-2 jr at the World Winner Circuit Show under Mrs. Damara Bolte where she also got the res. CC. She received an “Excellent” (as always) on the World Winner show.

At the moment, she is leading as “Basenji bitch Of the year”, but we still have one more show before 2009 appears, so we will see.

                                                                                     Mille winning BIS jr. at the Swedish Speciality

JWW-08 Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Xpress "Loke"
Has not been showed as much, but has still done tremendously well on his limited showing. As a puppy, he was shown 3 times. Every time he won BOB, and he got good group placements 2 of these times. As an adult, he has been shown 3 times in Norway, with 1 BOB and CC, and one 2.nd best dog placement. At the cruft qualifying show, he won the jr. male class with HP, earning his invitation to compete at crufts 2009.

He was also showed at the World Winner circuit show, where he became BOS jr, only beaten by his sister Mille. Even at the world winner show he won the jr. male class with “excellent” yet again, giving him the title “JUNIOR WORLD WINNER 2008”. He also won the “Best Brace” competition along with his sister “June” on the same show.
 

Kingwanas Evidence Of Persistence "Esther":
Has only been shown once, at the Norwegian Basenji Klubs speciality show, where she erned the highest quality (1^st) and was 3^rd in the competition class with a great critique.

Esther at NBK's speciality

Kingwanas Endless Adventure "June":
Was shown 3 times as a puppy, with 2 BOB and 1 BEST IN SHOW-2 placement! As an adult she has received several “CK’s” and “Excellents”. 

June going BIS-2 puppy!

Kingwanas Epic Walkabout "Bono":
Has only been shown 2 times in adult class. Both times with 1^st in quality, one of them with CK and BD-2 placement, the other time with Honor prize.

The 6.th member of the E-litter, Bonzo (Kingwanas Exploring Pathfinder), will never be shown, as he is neutured, but he visits the shows along with his mummy from time to time and is just the sweetest and most loving little Basenji boy imaginable, and gives his mummy loads of joy!

Bonzo 6 weeks old

N Fin Ch NV-08 Kingwanas Dinari "Dennis":

In 2008, Dennis has been “on a roll”, and has won 4 x” Best of Breed”, 4 times “Best of sex” 13 x Norwegian CC’s, 2 Finnish res. Cacibs (will count as real CACIB’s) and 1 Danish res. Cacib, and group placements.  He also earned the title “Norwegian Winner 2008”, and has thus gained the title “Nor fin u Ch Nv-08” only this year. He is currently tied with another male about the title “Basenji Of The Year award” from the Norwegian Basenji klubb, so it all depends on the last show of the year in late December.

Bulldobas Be My Valentine "Luna":
Our darling little Finnish import, has also managed to win a few BOB puppy- wins, and also getting group- and even BIS placements. As an adult, she has only achieved the best quality (1^st).

N u Ch Bulldobas Echo Of Kenya "Echo":
Has been very sparesomly shown in 2008 (after winning best male in 2007) as we have concentrated on Dennis this year. However, he earned the title “Norwegian show champion” quite easily in the beginning of 2008. He is also expecting to become a father to two litters born in Sweden before the year ends.

Echo with his girlfriend "Vanilla".

Other Kingwana dogs has also been doing well, and we get reports all the time from happy owners J Thank you for giving us little updates on how things are going! We can for instance report that our first litter (A-litter, but they didn’t have our kingwana prefix) turns 10 years on dec 3^rd this year! All pups from this litter are live and doing well. I can for instance report that “Amy” is still hunting with her family, and “Bella” continues to win shows even as a veteran J
We are so grateful towards all of our puppy buyers for providing their Kingwana pups with such loving homes!

Of course, even though we have had great success with our dogs in the ring this year, it does not even add up to the way we feel about having become parents ourselves, as our son Sindre was born on Nov 3^rd this year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone, and hope you all have a WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!

November:

22nd: For the first time in years, I did not go to The Norwegian Winner show myself, as I wanted to stay at home with our son. Dag took Dennis up, and Mille, Luna & Loke came with their owners.
I was sooo anxious sitting at home, waiting for the results. I do not think I have stared for such a long time at my phone for ...well...ever.
First in the ring were Basenji junior bitches, as they had another judge (Martin Croeser). I got tired of waiting, and called just in time for a "live update" on the placings (given by Mai Lis andersen, as Dag was too busy photographing- thanks Mai Lis :) Out of the 7 junior bitches, Mille was placed 3rd with CK, and Luna was placed 4th with HP.

Next up was the junior males who, along with the rest of the Basenjis, were judged by Patti Widdick Neal.
I had been promised a call when the junior males were finnished (I was anxious to hear Loke's results), so it seemed like a lifetime until the phone finally rung, and Dag told me Jeanette had something to tell me: And boy if she did! Dennis had not only won the champion class, but also become BEST MALE, giving him the title "Norwegian Winner-08" (NV-08). I was soooo happy and proud of our little guy, and thankful towards jeanette- who handled him to his title.

 
Dennis trotting his way to his new title. his full name is from now on
N Fin u Ch NV-08 Kingwanas Dinari.

Loke didn't do too bad either, going second in a very strong junior male class with CK :)


Loke (JWW-08 Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Xpress)
 

We are so proud of our Kingwana pack, and a HUGE thanks and thoughts of gratitude goes out to our excellent handler Jeanette Strand (kennel doberguard) for superb handling of Dennis & Mille (handling Dennis to the top), and to Ellen Kvernmo for her handling of Luna, and bringing the girls, and of course also to Anette & Loke. It was very nice, Dag adds, to meet Dunas new owner and all the other Basenji "folks" as well. Thank you all for your congrats both on Dennis' title & for the congrats on Sindres' arrival.


NV-08 Matabichi Exclusive Moja Nyota BOB and N Fin u Ch NV-08 Kingwanas Dinari BOS.
Congrats also to the beautiful BOB winner :)

This weekend, we also had company from Finland, as Hansu Kytta & Tiina Aaltonen came to stay with us, as they were also attending the show at Vikingskipet. We had some very nice days together, and finnished it of with a nice dinner friday evening along with Erling & Jeanette:

The mood is good after a few glasses of wine  after the dinner :)

We have also added some new pics of Sindre.

16th: After 2 weeks at 3 different hospitals, we could finally bring our son home. We are still not "written out" of the hospital, but are on a "home- hospital", where the nurses comes home to us a few times a week.

On our way home....

We were very weary about how the doggies would greet Sindre, and were very moved about they're reaction. They got to meet him one at a time, and they were all very careful, curious and gentle. It was so moving to see they're recessive body language and gentle sniffing, all the time wagging they're tail and showing the outmost carefulness. Especially Centa was drawn to him, and the way she showed him affection and love -and us that she would do him no harm- almost brought tears to my eyes. She truly does have a way with children!

Our doggies meeting Sindre for the first time.

16th: We would like to share this lovely pic of Echo and Vanilla, who are expecting puppies in late December.

Echo & Vanilla. Photo by Kennel Wildpearl.

13th: Everything is going splendid here at Kingwanas. I and Sindre are still at the hospital, because he is premature and still needs some help feeding, but it looks like we will be going home shortly. Daddy Dag is with us must of the day, and spends the morning, evening and nights with the doggies at home. We look forward to introducing Sindre to our little pack of dogs, and are certain they will greet him with "open paws" :)
We are really enjoying being parents to this little miracle!
 

We would also like to give all of our dear Basenji friends both here in Norway and abroad a huge thanks for the nice congratulations, letters, e-mails, phone calls, visits here at the hospital, flowers and presents. It is really overwhelming, and means so much to us!!! We would not even have dreamed about getting so many warm thoughts :)  You truly are dear friends.

We have added some new photos to Sindres page.


Sindre would like to thank you all for your congratulations on his arrival :)
 

9th: Loke (JWW-08 Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Xpress) was BOB with his
first (but not last?) CC at Stord today!
The judge was Per-Erik Wallin (S) who gave him the following critique:

"A really handsome junior, very gazelle- like, beautiful head & expression.
Correct ears/ carriage, beautiful neck. Strong back, excellent bone
structure and paws. Moves with ease and very effecticve. Friendly
temperment"

Congratulations Annette & Loke! We are so proud of you!
 

8th. Sindre has now gotten his own PAGE

3rd. 6 weeks + before schedule, our son Sindre decided to meet the world for the first time.
This caused a bit of drama, involving hospital cars, sirens and blue lights and over 50 hours in labour,
but when the award is such a miracle, we would surely og through it over and over!
 

Sindre Nyfløt Lie
Born 03.11.2008, Weight at birth: 2264 gram, Length at birth: 44 cm

October:

27th: Echo has charmed yet another lady friend, and is expecting to become a father to his second litter the 30th of December. Read more under Puppies / valper.

26th: At the national all breed show in Letohallen today, Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) was 2nd in junior class with 1st in quality, CK and was 3rd best bitch. Dennis (N Fin Ch Kingwanas Dinari) was 2nd in champion class with 1st in quality, CK and was 3rd best male. Judge was Kari Granaas Hansen.

25th: At the national all breed show in Letohallen today, Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) was 3rd in junior class with 1st in quality and honor prize, while Luna (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) got 1st in quality and 4th in junior bitches. Dennis (N Fin Ch Kingwanas Dinari) was best male, and BOS. Judge was Ritva Raita.
Thanks to Erling Clausen for helping me taking pictures!


Dennis BOS and Matabichi Exclusive Moja Nyota BOB.

25th: We have been working on it for a while now, and finally it is up and running: Have a look at the webpage for kennel "Doberguard"- who is expecting a very exciting litter after "Sunny" this fall.
At the moment it is only available in Norwegian, but an English version might come later.
The link is also added to the link list.

21st: Sweet little Duna has settled very nicely with her new family, and just enjoys life! Thank you so much for these lovely pictures :)

Duna helping her new familiy improving their garden by digging giant holes....

21st: Some new pics have been added to our album:


Dennis & Bambi out running in the lovely autumn weather.


 

Centa; the rose- Basenji


Echo & Dennis on their "lookout" post.


Is this what they call "relaxing"? My dear guys; Dag & Dennis..
 
18th: "Bono" (Kingwanas Epic Walkabout) was the 5th member of the "E" litter to show his paws in the ring today. With is novice handler/ owner he did very well indeed, achieving 1,1 CK 2nd best male at Tromsø HK show judged by Miroslaw Zidaw. Quite a good debut! Well done Ida & Bono.
The next day he continued his good flow by achieveing 1,1, HP at NKK int show in Tromsø under judge Niels Branderup.

Added new link

9th: We have updated the planned puppy page.
Informasjon om valpekull på norsk.
 
Two new pics have been added to our album.

Bambi & Centa sharing their house the Basenji way..... (Centa on the roof)

Added new link

We are delighted to share some wonderful news about the sire of our "E" litter, BIS/MBISS GR Ch Afrikenji Hot Sumaknight, at the 2008 Royal Melbourne Show  under judge Mr Yoshi Mori from Japan twas awarded 1st Place Open Dog, Dog Challenge & Best Of Breed ( 27 Basenji entered). He has now been exhibited at The Royal Melbourne Show 4 times & has won the Dog Challenge for 4 consecutive years resulting in 3 X Best Of Breed &
1 X Runner Up Best Of Breed!
Way to go Sunny! Your Norwegian kiddos are sooo proud of their handsome daddy :)

Sunny has now got no less then 138 Best Of Breed wins!!!

Also, we can report of some more wonderful health results, as "Sunny"- along side with all tested Afrikenji Basenjis tested "Probobly clear of fanconi syndrome".
This means that the entire "E" litter is most likely "Probobly clears" as well, as their mummy Centa is a clear.

BIS/MBISS GR Ch Afrikenji Hot Sumaknight

4th: At the Int. show in Kongsvinger, hosted by NKK, Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) was 2nd best bitch.
 Dennis (N Fin Ch Kingwanas Dinari) was 4th best male, and little Luna (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) had her debut with the adults with a very nice critique, 1st in quality and 4th in junior bitches.

September:

20th: We have had a great trip to Ballerup/ Denmark to attend an international show there.  Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) was 2nd in junior class with "Excellent", and Dennis (N Fin Ch Kingwanas Dinari) was 2nd in open class with "Excellent" and also achieved the res. Cacib.

August:

31st: We have tried out Lure Coursing with our Basenjis! We still can't compete in LC in Norway, but we can earn the LC licence, and compete for instance in Sweden.
We were a small bunch of Basenji enthusiasts gathered along with the sighthounds at Bjerke travbane, and we all had a great time (the dogs in particular I would say...).
Dennis was the only one to do the "test run"- and completed with style. It was so fun to watch his hunting enthusiasm. Now we only have to take two more approved test runs to get his licence.
The other Basenjis also did very well, and really "gave it all".
Thank you all for a good day, and hope to see you on the LC tracks soon again. I also have to thank the sighthound club for welcoming us with open arms.

Bambi & Dennis

25th: We have added a pic of Echo's future girlfriend "Vida" on the planned puppy page.

23rd: At KSS's national all breed show in Drammen today, Dennis (N Fin* Ch Kingwanas Dinari) was best male (BOS), and Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) once again beat out all the "oldies", and gained BOB with CC today also. She was automatically BOB junior as well. In the adult's group final Mille showed herself with her natural style and went BIG-2, while she went BIS4 Junior in the HUGE Bis junior ring (There were about 50 juniors competing for a top 4 placing). Total entry of adult Basenjis was 10, 8 were present. Judge Zhuk Anatoli


Mille going Best In Show 4 junior

 23rd: At the Norwegian Leonberger klub's national all breed show in Drammen today, Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was 2nd best male, gaining his 17th CC, and as this was his first CC after his recent 2 year birthday, he now became a NORWEGIAN & FINNISH* CHAMPION!
(*We are awaiting confirmation on his titles)
Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) beat out all the "oldies", and was awarded BOB with yet another CC. There were also a special junior competition, so she was automatically BOB junior as well. In the adult's group final she went BIG-3! Judge: Vilja Klucniece (Latvia)

10th: We have updated the "puppy-page" with updates on our planned litter.
Info in English       Informasjon på Norsk

10th: Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) would like to congratulate his daughter "Ive" (Miss Amazings High Five) with several good show placements lately, especially for a wonderful BOS placement in SKK Ransäter under judge Mandy Manley-Smith, Australien with the following critique: "Nice prop bitch puppy, very well made head, good earset, nice neck into shoulder, nice prop body, good hindquarters, using herself good the move".

 
Zahleka Develis Delight going BOB and Miss Amazings High Five going BOS.

He would also like to congratulate his son "Harry" (Miss Amazings Four To Score) who attended a show for the first time in Kolsva, and ended up being not only BOB, but also BIG-1 puppy in the unofficial show.
Another one of his sons, "Tyke" (Miss Amazings Hot Six) has also done very well in shows, the lates success being a BOB win in competition with 5 other puppies in SKK Askersund under judge David Hull from South Africa.
Congratulations!

Two of Dennis' kids: His Son "Tyke" (Miss Amazings Hot Six) and his daughter "Ive" (Miss Amazings High Five)

1st-3rd: Myself and Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) flew over to Kuopio / Finland to attend a big 3 day international show. I was actually considering to cancel the trip, as Dennis was out of coat, but luckily, I decided to go trough with it.  We stayed at Janne and Hansus' place (home of Timon, Tuuli and Maisa), as they live right next to the show grounds. Regardless of the show, we had such a nice time, and the hospitality they showed me and Dennis was just incredible. Thank you so much Janne & Hansu! Tiina (kennel Bulldobas) also stayed there for one night, and it was great to meet you again too, Tiina!


Dennis and Milla (Ch Bulldobas La Soprano) playing together. They had a good time too!

 On Friday, there was a total entry of 17 Basenjis, and the Judge was Zlatko Kraljic. Dennis won his class with "Excellent", and was finally 2nd best male with CC and res. Cacib in very tough competition! BOB was  Luna's (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) beautiful Daddy "Timon" (Bulldobas No Regrets) Congratulations Janne & Hansu! As Timon is an (or at least will be an) International Champion, Dennis' Res. Cacib will be confirmed as a Cacib with the FCI.


Dennis going BD-2 with CC and CACIB*. Pic. by Heli Myllynen.
(*Res. Cacib wic will be a confirmed Cacib)
 

On Saturday, there was a total entry of 27 Basenjis, and the Judge was Ove Germundsson. Dennis won his class again with "Excellent" and he had a lovely critique, but he didn't make the cut for the best male competition. BOB today also was "Timon" -who also had a wonderful Group-4 placement! 


Lunas Sire, INT* NORDIC* FIN RUS N S CH RKFW-07
Bulldobas No Regrets - going BIG 4

 On Sunday, there was a total entry of 22 Basenjis, and the Judge was Saija Juuttilainen. Dennis won his class yet again with "Excellent", and was again 2nd best male with CC and res. Cacib!

Dennis being evaluated by judge Saija and her two judge students.

 As the best male was also an Int. Champion, even this Cacib will be confirmed. BOB today was the Norwegian "Faraoland Beatrix Potter". Congratulations, Kjersti!


Pic. by Rami Niva.

We are so pleased with the results of the weekend, and so proud of our young boy. He has just turned 2 years, which means the Finnish CC will "rest" so that once he gets his final Norwegian CC (he just lacks the last little one taken after 2 years of age) he will not obly become a Norwegian Champion, but a Finnish one too. He is also well on his way to an International Champion title, as he now only lacks ONE Cacib from another country.

Dennis showing his lovely easy flowing side gait. Pic. by Rami Niva.

July:

30th: It has been sooo hot these last few days, with temperatures well above 30 degrees Celsius. That is even a bit too hot for our Basenjis (!) Even so, we have made the best out of the excellent weather, and have been on some lovely walks. You can see some of the pics from this walk in our photoalbum.


Me with our Basenjis; Dennis, Bambi, Echo and Centa.

Centa has also joined us for some trips to an "old folks home", where a lovely grand aunt of mine resides. She just LOVES the attention she gets there (not to mention the cakes!) and is welcomed back there at any time.
(It was a dream day for Centa: Being cuddled by loads of people AND getting cake! Yummy :)

27th: At Moss & Omegn HK show today, judged by Gunnar Nymann (DK). Luna (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) was BOB and BIG-1 pup out of a BIG group, and Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Sitory) was BOS with CK and CC. Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) won his class with 1 in quality.

23rd: I have now added two more pages to the Norwegian site (only on Norwegian) regarding deceases with Basenjis, and color genetics in Basenjis.

Jeg har laget to nye sider. En om "Sykdommer" hos Basenjien, og en om "Farger og nedarving".

22nd: We have just returned from a lovely trip to Madeira. Even thoug it has got nothing at all to do with Basenjis, you can see a slide show from our trip HERE if you are interested.

Madeira sunset

6th: WORLD WINNER SHOW. Judge: Irene Terry (USA).  Loke (Kingwanas Exausting Federal Xpress) won his class with "Excellent" and was BOS junior, giving him the title JWW08! Congratulations to owner and handler Anette!

Lokes critique:

"Square dog. Good lenght of leg. Good crest of neck. Level topline. Good tailset, coat and curl. Wellmade dog." JWW-08

 Both  Mille   (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) & June got "Excellent". As did Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari).
Loke and June also won the brace class!
All in all a very good day for the Kingwana team!


Loke and June wins BOB brace


Loke - a new JWW winner!

5th: SSUK World Circuit Show. Judge: Damara Bolte (USA).  Loke won his class with "Excellent" and was BOS junior.  Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) won her class with "Excellent" and was BOB junior. She also got the res. CC and went BIS-2 junior out of a huge group of all the Spitz hounds present!
June (Kingwanas Endless Adventure) also got an excellent, and was 3rd in junior class.
Loke and June even won the brace class!


Mille winning her class- and was later BOB and BIS_2 junior!


Loke and Mille- BOS and BOB junior.

1st: Swedish World Basenji Speciality, colour speciality. Judge: Peter Broadbent (GB).  Luna  (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) won her class and was finally BOS red/ white puppy with the following critique:

"Excellent head. Nice earset. Nice lenght of neck. A good front. Correct bone. Strong topline. Nice curl. Nice wrinkle. Feet OK. Both angles good both front & back. Nice bitch overall. Moves good."


Luna BOS red/ white puppy


   Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) won her class with and was 2nd Best Black/white bitch.
Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) won is class and was 3rd best red/ white male, only beaten by 2 champions. He got the following critique:

"Excellent outline. Good mouth. Lovely head proportions. Good earset. Good wrinkles.Good pigmentation and mascara. Good well filled front. Nicely crested neck. Nice topline. Nice fine pliant scin. Nice set tail.  Both angles good, both front & back. Deep chest. Nice tuckup. Nice topline.Very nice overall. Overall good type. Good movement."


Dennis going 3rd best red/white dog.

June:

29th: Swedish World Basenji Speciality. Judge: Katarzyna Byroczko (P).   Mille  (Kingwanas Entartaining Story) won her class with a 1st in quality and CK, and was BIS junior. She was also invited to compete for best head- wich she won!

Mille BIS junior and Best Head

Both Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari), Echo (Ch Bulldobas Echo Of Kenya) and June (Kingwanas Endless Adventure) got a 1st in quality (the best) Echo also with a CK.


More PICTURES and info from our show tour in Sweden can be found here.
 

28th: NKK Bjerke  international dog show. Judge: Eivind Mjærum (N). Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was awarded as 3rd Best Male with CK.  Mille  won her class with a 1st in quality and CK, and was 2nd best bitch.

22nd: Nes national dog show arranged by Nes HK. Judge: Saija Juutalaininen (FIN). Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was awarded as  Best Male with CC (number 13!) and also BIG-2! Mille  won her class with a 1st in quality and HP. Baby Luna made us proud again, by going BOB puppy, and also BIG-3!

Lunas critique:
”6,5 months lovely female with very nice proportions and a very feminine look. Lovely bone structure and angulations. Feminin head with nice small ears and nice wrinkles. Correct bite. Good expression. Beautiful neck and topline. Nice, small paws. Excellent tail. Excellent coat  and scin. Moves with excellent, parallel movements. Lovely temperament" BOB, BIG -3.

Dennis’ critique:
”2 year old male of a very attractive type. Lovely proportions and attitude. Excellent bone structure. Masculine well formed head with excellent wrinkles and nicely placed small, hooded ears. Correct bite. Excellent angulations. Nicely placed tail. Good width of thighs. Nice small paws. Good coat quality & skin. Lovely, ground covering movements. A bit loose in the elbows. Excellent temperament. Nicely shown.” BOB, BIG-2

Mille gaiting (left) and Dennis gaiting (right)

Dennis BOB and BIG -2.                                           Luna BOB puppy and BIG 3 puppy!

21st: Nes national dog show arranged by Norsk Welch Corgi Klubb is always a nice show, and this was no exception. Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was awarded as 2nd Best Male with CC, Mille (who is a wee bit fat at the moment, making her just a bit too heavy) won her class wit a 1st in quality. Baby Luna  also made us proud by not only going BOB puppy, but also BEST IN SHOW- 6! (It was an all breed show, with a total of about 200 pups entered. About 50 BOB pups all went straight to the BIS ring where they placed 10).
judge for both adults and pups was Gunnar Nymann (DK).

Congrats even to BOB Ch Vicitas Hot And Spicy & BOS Ch Matabichi Chocolatte Almasi.
During the evening we had a wonderful time with good Basenji friends with good food and nice conversations. Thanks to Jeanette and Erling for their hospitality, and Kari & Svein for the good company!



Matabichi Excellent Mr. Kota Man BOS, Bulldobas Be My Valentine BOB and BIS -6

9th: We travelled to Trondheim to attend an int. show arranged by the Norwegian Kennel Club. The judge was Marion Spavin (GB). Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) was awarded with BOB with his 11th CC & 3rd CACIB and the following critique:

"Good masculine head. Good eye and earset. Good front and feet. Well balanced. Nice neck and shoulder. Well set tail. Good angulations. Sound, free mover."


Sweet young Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story) attended her first int. show, and didn't do much worse.
She was BOS with CC (too young for the CACIB) and got te following critique:

"Lovely feminine head. Good eye and earset. Excellent front and feet. Good neck and topline. Very good angulation. Nice coat. Sound, active mover."

This means that young Mille at the tender age of 9 months and 10 days has achieved no less than 2 "big" CC's.... (A "Big" CC is a CC taken at a int. show or a speciality. You need at least one to get the champion title.)

Dennis BOB, Mille BOS.
Not the best pic of sweet Mille, but it's the only one we have.

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9th: We recieved the Fanconi test results for Luna (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) and she is: Probobly a carrier of Fanconi syndrome. This means she will most likely never develop the syndrome herself, and -if bred to a "clear" male, neither will her offspring.

5th: We have added a new link, and written some about a wonderful food supply we use for our dogs called "Tahitian Noni Juice"  (Norwegian site) under "About us" (Norwegian site) and "Our dogs".
Interested in information in English? Have a look here.
We have also added 3 additional links under "links".


5th: After hours and hours of work, my picture story from our speciality is finnished! (I had to do it twice, as the computer crashed,leaving nothing to be saved... GAH!) Anyways; You will find it HERE:

1st: We have just returned from a wonderful weekend at the Norwegian Basenji Klub's speciality show in Finnskogen. We couldn't have asked for better weather, with sun and up to 30 degrees celsius. Well, it was actually a bit too hot, but I've promised myself never to complain about heat, so I say the weather was lovely, even though some of the Basenjis were exhausted by the heat.
We had a great mood around the ring, a very entertaining ring secretary (who had his 5 year anniversary at our show) and a very pleasent judge who clearly had a passion for our lovely breed.

I must also say I am overly pleased with our results in the ring:
Kingwanas Dinari: 1, 2 CK, 4th Best Male (from intermediate class) He also won the special class "Best Wrinkles".
N Ch Bulldobas Echo Of  Kenya: 1, 4 CK (from champion class)
Kingwanas Entertaining Story: 1, 1 CK, 1 BTK, CC, BOS.om unior class) She also won the speciality classes "Best black/white", Best Head, and was 2nd best in "Best gait".
 Kingwanas Endless Adventure: 1,3 CK (Junior)
Kingwanas Evidence Of Persistence: 1, 4 (Junior)
Bulldobas Be My Valentine: 2nd best bitch (6-9 months)

All of them have some new pics on their pages.

Dennis' daughter "Ive" (Miss Amazings High Five) also did very well going BB-2 in 4-6 months as well as winning "best paws". Congrats Camilla!

We are especially proud of young Mille who truly took her first "adult" show with grace and style. At only 9 months and 3 days, she is the youngest Basenji ever in Norway to go BIS/ BOS at a speciality show.


Young Mille was both BOS, Best head and Best black/ white.

We also showed a breeders group, and came 2nd with HP. (4 breeders groups in total) with a lovely critique:
"As a group they have exeptional heads, sound moving, good earset, size & bone" Jon Curby.


Our breeder group, consisting of Dennis, and the sisters Mille, June and Esther.

I am currently working on a picture story side from the speciality show, but with 824 pictures to process it might take some time. However, I am hoping to have it done in a few days. The complete results can be found on our clubs homepage shortly.

I would also like to say congrats to everyone else who is satisfied with the weekend. Particularly Aina Fongen who went BIS and had her self a new Champion in Rex Shiraa Av Basenjis 4 real! As well as Gro Udby with Chagmas Pirate King Black Pearl and Mai Lis Anderssen with Zahleka Lill Red Pumpkin for BIS/ BOS puppy.


BIS Rex Shiraa Of Basenji 4 Real, BOS Kingwanas Entertaining Story

May:

30th: Now we are off to our Norwegian Basenji Speciality! We just  can't wait to meet all you great Basenji- people again. We have a very exciting judge this year; Mr. Jon Curbu of Kibushi Basenjis / U.S.A. it will be very exciting to see what he feels of our Norwegian Basenjis.
 A show update will follow shortly after the weekend.

24th: Loke (Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Express) attended his third puppy show today, and did really great by once again going BOB puppy, he also proved himself in the group finals by going BIG-2 puppy under judge Kurt Espeland! This makes his record 3 x BOB and 2 x BIG-2's out of 3 shows! All with good competition and great critiques. This is his critique from this show:

”9 months elegant male, ideal height. A very well constructed, well moving male of the very top quality. Shows himself to his advance.”

 Big congratulations to owner and handler Annette Nilssen. We are so proud of this little man, and look forward to following his and hus sisters development in adult classes!
We have also added some new pics to his page.


Loke "attacking" owner Anette, trying to get a taste of that Banana. Or was it a lick- attack on the nose??

10th: Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) Fanconi test results came back; He is Probobly Clear/ Normal of Fanconi syndrome! This means NONE of his offspring will ever develop this syndrome.

3rd: Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) went BOS with his 2nd CACIB and 10th CC today at NKK int. Kristiansand under judge Peter Harsanyi (Hungary).


Dennis on the table

April:

27th: Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story) goes BOB yet again, and topped it all of with a very nice BIG-2 placement in the group in her very last puppyshow under judge Steinar Balken (No).

Kingwanas Entertaining Story BOB and Matabichi Excellent Mr. Cota Man BOS.

 Little Miss Luna (Bulldobas Be My Valentine) also had her show debut this weekend, and did very well with a BB-2 placement. She has had some new pics addded to her page.

Dennis also did well, going BD-2 with his 9th CC!

13th: Loke (Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Express) attended his second puppy show today, and did really great by once again going BOB puppy, he also proved himself in the group finals by going BIG-2 under judge Wilhelmina Van Deijl (Ne)! Big congratulations to owner and handler Annette Nilssen.

March:

31st: We had along drive over the mountains to attend The Norwegian Kennel Klubb's International show in the rainy city of Bergen, located on the west coast of Norway. The long trip was most definatly worth while, as Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) earned the CC and Cacib by going BOB for judge Hassi Accenmacer (Germany).


Dennis on his way to the show.

27th: We have posted some new pictures from one of our many trips in our neighborhood; both on the dogs personal pages, and in our photoalbum.


Echo doing what he loves the most; to run free. Notice his smile!

22nd: We had a lovely easter meal with some good Basenji friends, and the meal was finnished
off with some Irish Coffee. Dennis wanted to have a taste when Dag was finnished, which resulted in
this (not so) charming picture:

Dennis- The New Hound from Baskerville? Photo courtesy: Jeanett Strand.

We have also posted some new pics of sweet Dennis where he looks a tad more handsome on
his own page.

21st: We have now made a pedigree for the expected litter after Dennis at Kennel Vicita HERE.

19th: We have now updated the layout on the site. Hope you like it!

17th: Mille and Luna has now reached the news also in the local newspaper. It is written in Norwegian, but if your Norwegian is up to date, or if  you'd like to have a look anyhow, you can see the complete article HERE.

The article and pics are taken by Merete Netteland for Østlendingen.

16th: We had a lovely walk in the forrest surrounding us, and I took a few pics I'd like to share:

You can find more pics under photos.

6th: Dennis has been mated to Vicitas Hunting High And Low "Luna". Puppies are hopefully due in the beginning of May. For more information, have a look at the homepage of Kennel Vicita.

February:

17th: At the show in Letohallen today, hosted by Norsk Basenji Klubb,
Dennis became 2nd best male with CC under judge Harald Aune (Nor).

In the puppyring, who was judged by Eivind Mjærum, he also had a tough time deciding who to place hughest of the even sisters  June and Mille . This time, June beat her sister going BOB puppy, and she was also Best In Show -2!


16th: At the show in Letohallen today, hosted by Norsk Boxer Klubb,
Dennis became BOS with CC under judge Lisbeth Campbell (Nor).


Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) BOS and Kita (Vicitas Go For It) BOB.

In the puppyring, the two sisters June and Mille both did very well, and the judge had a very tough time deciding about the two very typelike girls whom she adored both of. She finally landed on Mille, who was BOB pup and Best In show -5 puppy!

Mille going Best In Show -5!

The two sisters saying "Hello". June to the left, and Mille sitting on the right hand side.

Little Luna also stopped by to have some sozialisation and ringtrainig:


Here she is in a meeting with judge Lisbeth Campbell who fell in love with her (who wouldn't?)

9th: Finally, Miss Luna ( Bulldobas Be My Valentine) has landed safely in Norway ( I was a short trip in Finland today, to pick her up) Se behaved beautifully the whole trip through, not even complaining once! She has now settled nicely with her co owners Lars & Ellen in Elverum, who also have little Mille. The two girls are now good friends, and Mille is a great big sister for our new princess. Can’t wait to get to know this little sweetheart better!
There are loads more pics of the little charmerr on her new page.

Thanks again, Tiina, for trusting me with this little princess!


Luna & Mille, fast asleep after Lunas long journey.

9th: Loke (Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Xpress) entered his first show at Ølen & Vetnafjord Hundeklubbs' show today, and was awarded BOB with a great critique. Well done!

Mzalia Making Headlines as BOS, and Kingwanas Exhausting Federal Xpress as BOB.

8th: We have recieved som lovely pics of Dennis' pups.
There are still a few pups out of this combination available to loving homes.

Miss Amazing's High Five (Wazin Tri Axi x Kingwanas Dinari)

3rd: At the show today, hosted by Norsk Schnauzer Bouvier Klubb region Oslo,
Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story) continues her winning by going BOB and BIG-1 AGAIN! This time she got the following critique:

”5 months old. Very beautiful. Well constructed and well moving bitch of the highest quality. Complete in all parts. Very elegant both standing and moving. Good handler gets the max out of her. Elegant and nicely presented.”

Kingwanas Entertaining Story: BIG-1!

I didn`t show Echo today, but Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) came 2nd best male with CC.

2nd: At the show hosted by Norsk Schnauzer Bouvier Klubb at Ekeberg (Oslo) we achieved the following results:

Echo (N Ch Bulldobas Echo Of Kenya) came 2^nd best male with this critique:

 “Excellent type. Pleasing head. Very nice bounce. Good bone & body. Nice shoulder. Well balanced rear. Very good coming  and going.  Nicely balanced side gait.”

 He also got his 8^th and final CC, and was A NEW NORWEGIAN CHAMPION!
BOB was N ch Vicitas Hot and Spicy BOS was N Dk CH NJV 06 Matabichi Chocolatte Almasi. Judge Alan Pepper (GB)

 In the puppyring, Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story) continued her winning strike by yet again going BOB puppy with the following critique:

 “5 month old bitch with a feminine, well shaped head. An awake and observant look. Beautiful dark eyes. Correct bite. Excellent earset and ears. Beautiful arched neck, that continues into a good, strong and steady topline. Correctly curled and nicely placed tail. Good chest. Good angulations front and back. Good substance in body. Good paws. Moves with style and elegance from all sides. Beautiful coat and color. Very nicely presented.” 

She was later awarded with Best In Group out of a big and tough group.
MAN, can she move!

January: 

13th: We brought 3 Basenjis to the double-show hosted by The Norwegian Doberman Club & The Norwegian Bernese Mountaindog Club: Mille (Kingwanas Entertaining Story), Dennis (Kingwanas Dinari) and Echo (Bulldobas Echo Of Kenya).Mille behaved as beautiful as ever (I have never seen a pup show like her. She walks in the ring like she ownes it. Head held high, proud and with attitude, walks one foot in front of me, and trots as beautiful as only a Basenji can. She was BOB and later BIG-2 puppy.

Kingwanas Entertaining Story

The adults did very well also, with Dennis as BOB with CC and later BIG-4. BOS was again N Dk Ch Nord JV-06 Matabichi Chocolatte Almasi.

Kingwanas Dinari

BOB and BIG judge was Malgorotza Supronowich.

On Sunday, I didn't show Dennis, and Echo was a bit sick, so Mille saved the day. And what a way to do it! She went BOB again, and certainly didn’t stop there. She was also:
Best In Group (puppy) &  BEST IN SHOW PUPPY!!!!!!!

I am still walking on air! She is merely 4,5 months old, and there were almost 300 puppies entered! BOB judge: Kurt Nilsson (Swe) BIG judge Per-Erik Walin (Swe) BIS judge Raiko Rotner (Slo).

We have also recieved a new photo of June (Kingwanas Endless Adventure)


Kingwanas Endless Adventure

1st: It is now clear: Sweet, sweet Echo (Bulldobas Echo Of Kenya) is the TOP WINNING BASENJI MALE in Norway 2007!!
Huge thanks to his breeder Tiina for giving us this stunning and charming male. We love him all too much.


Bulldobas Echo O Kenya