@Kebasmom:
Congrats!! This thread leads me to a question…..I've noticed on Infodog that when there are shows in Hawaii that there's usually only one basenji entered. How does one get points and finish a dog if they live on Oahu?
That one dog you saw was John and Motumbo. They have to earn points the same way we do here. lol They don't have to beat as many dogs since there's so few around, but they have to get their 15 points including 2 majors just like everyone else. In Hawaii a major probably means beating 3 other dogs of the same sex for Basenjis. So John pretty much has to enter several of his own dogs to compete against each other.
There IS another way to get points, if your dog places 1st in the group (in our case the hound group) then you are awarded points equal to the biggest win of any breed in the hound group that you beat that day. For example if a Beagle won a 4 point major because they had a big enough entry, but the Basenji later beat the Beagle and ended up 1st in group, then the Basenji also gets a 4 pt major (if they're not a champion yet anyways). So it is possible to "steal" the points if you can win the group, but even in Hawaii that is not an easy feat. But John and Mo have been showing so well and have definitely gotten their share of group wins, and even best in shows!