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This years National took place almost at home in Degeberga, just one
hour away from us. A beautiful show ground with great surroundings
and all Basenji enthusiasts could live in the same area. In the
evenings we all gathered for a joint barbecue and most stayed up
until the wee hours, party noices was heard all over the area.
Nothing beats a party with good friends and we (almost) had Summer
warmth so there was nothing really to complain about.
Our results gave us both ups and downs, mostly ups though. Verro got
a very good in quality, he who has never been without an excellent,
but it's been said that also stars have bad days. Mojo placed 3'rd
in the open class and we are almost happy about that as he has only
been shown once before and then he recieved the CC. It's hard to
explain to newcomers why the judges do so very different. I'm trying
to make up a good excuse for these placings, but I'm pretty bad at
that so why bother...
The better results came with the older dogs. Kevin was 3'rd in a
huge champion class. He hasn't been shown since June 2008 and to be
honest, maybe he should have as he would stand up pretty good
amongst todays top winners. Kevin isn't that impressed by the
showring and his my boyfriend thinks it's nonsense so most of the
times Kevin stayes at home with Håkan when the other dogs tags along.
But just wait until he's a veteran, then the boys won't have a say
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