Thank you all!
Sorry I haven't been able to answer sooner. There is just so much work… But don't worry, I have been reading the forum even tough I haven't really had the time to write :)

Petra, you are absolutely right. Our boys do have good winter coats, otherwise it would just be too cold for them. This winter specially was horribly cold: cars had trouble starting, trains were always late, some houses had problems with frozen water pipes etc... When it's that cold, our boys luckily go to "hibernate" mode. They mostly only wanted to the back yard and stayed there just long enough to lift their foot once and then they ran straight back inside :)

Problem with winter jackets is that they never really fit for a basenji. If the tail is comfortably, then all the big muscles on hind legs are also exposed and that just doesn't work. I decided to make raincoats and winter jackets for both boys myself, because the jackets in stores just weren't good enough (and they are quite expensive). Last winter I finished 1 raincoat, this winter the second raincoat and I started making the first winter coat. If this pace continues, I might have all the jackets made in 2013 xD

Boys are so happy the spring has arrived. They could walk for miles, there is so much to sniff, search and hunt! And obviously there are really delicious scents outside because every time we come back inside, both boys search the biggest stuffed toys they can and then they start to ...hmm... "practice" :o

Hello everyone!
My name is Helena and I'm the very happy & proud owner of two sweet basenji boys. Our family (me, my husband and the boys) live in Southern Finland (and Finland is in Northern Europe as everyone knows, right? :D ).

Older one of the boys is handsome 3-year-old tricolour Karma (Fi Se Ch FiW-10 Bulldobas Catch The Wind) who is my very first dog. I used to have a cat so basenji was not such a big change. I was already used to the idea that there will be no going out on bad weather and to the fact that the animal will only do as I say if it suits him :) I had heard lots of horror stories about basenjis and their destructive ways and I was so amazed when none of it happened! Karma was so sweet and well behaved from day 1. Well, if you don't count the number of food thefts he has been able to perform… :D

My second boy is 2-year-old red/white called Dio (Safeguard's Dijon Bulldobas). He is such a funny sweetheart! You would not believe he is already grown-up, he is always ready to play and run and has loads of energy.

I enjoy dog shows very much and Karma has done very well in the show ring. He was actually number 3 in the Basenji Male of the Year 2010 competition! Dio does not really enjoy showing because he thinks it's so boooooring to stand still, so he enters the ring just every now and then.

Boys have their own web-page, but it is still under construction. I'm hoping to get it translated to english very soon, but is slow going since work comes in the way of hobbies...