I would like to thank everyone for their kind comments about my beautiful Flame. I know that she would certainly appreciate all of the attention!

I have tried very hard with all of our older dogs, to keep them in as near a show condition as possible, and we are thrilled that all of our "more mature" kids are ageing so well.

@tanza:

She looks great!!!! Fun too when these old show kids want to get in the act!!!

That's the thing - Flame doesn't think she is old! She is still as mischievous as she was the day she arrived from her breeders! ;)

I was doing some show practice with my youngsters on the weekend and Flame - the grand old matron of our kennel - didn't want to feel like she was missing out :p

So we gave her a turn of her own, and I must say she still looks and performs well for a girl who will be 11 in May 2008. :D

Over the years she produced 15 lovely pups for us and she now has descendants in most states of Australia, as well as in Finland and Norway.

Her name is Aus Ch Eilsta Qwyt Kutani (aka Flame), and below are a couple of photos we took of her on Sunday.

Flame stacked

Flame gaiting

Gotta love this old girl :D :D

Two of my kids live in Norway, and I believe their owners are planning on going to Sweden next year for the World Dog Show :)

The kids names are Mzalia Making Headlines (Tasha) and Mzalia Making Mischief (Zally) and they are littersisters to my Tyler and Whoopee that you can see photos of in the Gallery.

Zally is owned by Ingeborg Kjol Molnes (Kennel Azania's) and Tasha is owned by Annika Kass.

Yodels,
Karen

Hi everyone, and thank you for your welcome :D

Pat - I'll contact you privately re the Pedigree Books

Yodels,
Karen

Hi all,

My name is Karen Hyland from South Australia, and I have Mzalia Basenjis. I got my first basenji in 1994, and bred my first litter in 1996.

Over the years I have bred 14 Australian Champions and I have owned and bred All Breeds and Specialty Best in Show winners.

2007 has been an exciting year for Mzalia. The biggest thrill to date, was winning Best in Show at this year's Basenji Club of Victoria Specialty Show under Mr Glenway Dymock (formerly of Australia, now based in England), with my gorgeous girl Aus Ch Mzalia Private Dancer (aka Tina). She is the girl featured in my avatar. We also had our first exports to Norway with Mzalia Making Headlines (Tasha) and Mzalia Making Mischief (Zally).

In addition 12 of my dogs were recently DNA tested with the new Fanconi Linkage test, and was thrilled when all 12 of them came back this week as "Clear/Normal".:) :)

I have a website for my kids at http://www.mzalia.com. As I have recently setup my own business, and returned to tertiary studies, I have not been able to update my site for a little while - but that is on my agenda for over the Christmas/New Year period :D :D

Another project I am working on, is converting the Basenji Club of New South Wales Pedigree Books into an electronic format. Our aim is to have it available for the 40th Anniversary Show in October 2008.

Below are a couple of photos of my 2007 keepers, Mzalia Making Waves (Tyler) and Mzalia Making Whoopee (Whoopee). Tyler is a multiple Baby in Group winner, and Whoopee is a Baby in Group and Baby in Show winner.

Tyler

Whoopee

I look forward to dropping by whenever I can.