Today I'm looking forward to my birthday cake with five wieners. At the same time I send my warm thanks to my breeder Henriette, who has made careful choosing of me to be most suitable for my family. I wish all the best for my sisters Gloria, Mille and Alice and my brothers Roland, Seppe and Jambo (yes, there were 7 puppies born in this G-litter of Liljeborg's). We are now considered as middle aged: no more young, but not yet veterans. We are all healthy and going strong, so let's keep our tails proudly high and curl.

My dear juniors Reko (Abade) and Mia (Afshar) attended to the biggest dog show in Finland called Winner. My expectations were not high: just hoped that they behave good in the ring.

Princess Mia (photo hereby) had bad luck at the first day in the ring: she slipped and fell hurting her leg and therefore got only a "Very Good" mark. Next day no accidents happened and Mia got an "Excellent" becoming second best junior and fourth best female (of 33 basenji bitches!). Very well done!

Prince Reko got "Very Good" evaluation on both days with pleasant critique: no exceptions from the breed standard (just like Mia). Reko was measured as a ideal hight of 43 cm. He needs just more ring training as a visitor in dog shows, so that Reko would not look like that he have been doomed to Hell against his will.

Though Kerli did a great job by herself (meanwhile we were visiting in Italian Alps) with highly stressed juniors, which we are very grateful: THANKS! Cami's friend Anita has written a very good article about dog stress and it's cure methods in her Team Kenzongos blog, which we recommend to read carefully.