Some Show-results

International Dog-Show in Trondheim July 4th: Thimba very good, Ino 3rd i Ch-class, unplaced in competitionclass. Malaika best bitch and BOB! International Dog-Show in Tvååker July 9th: Ino 4th in CH-class, unplaced in competitionclass. Malaika won CH-class, and was 4th in competitionclass. National Dog-show in Tvååker July 10th: Ino second in CH-class, and second best male. Malaika second in CH-class, and third best bitch.

Triple Dogshow Jönköping

After two out of three days, we have the followig results: Day 1: Malaika 4th in championclass, unplaced in bitches competitionclass. Ino won open class, and placed 2nd in the dogs competitionclass, winning the res. cacib, CAC, Swedish and Nordic championship. Day 2: Malaika best bitch, cacib and BOS, Ino best dog, cacib, BOB and BOG res. Breed entry: more than 80 both days...

Swedish winner-show 2010

June 12th Malaika and Ino entered the Swedish Winner-Show in Avesta. They both did very well in the ring, but they didn't make it all the way to the top. Ino was 4th best dog, one placement from the Swedish championship, and Malaika was 2nd best bitch, one placement from the winner-title...

Planned litter

We proudly present the parents of our upcomming litter: Int Nord CH Kangelani's Gentle Malaika Clay (l) and Nord CH Elangeni Braveheartrules are planned mated in August. More info will follow...

Ino Danish Champion

May 2nd we attended DKKs international dog show in Hillerød. Ino was 2nd best male, winning the CAC and completing his Danish Championship. Malaika was 2nd in the bitches cokpetitionclass.

Ino Norwegian Champion

At the international dog show in Bergen 18th of April Ino was best male, winning both CAC and CACIB. He thereby completed his Norwegian Champion title at his first show after turning two years :o)He ended as BOS, beaten by his aunt Gaby. Malaika was 4th best bitch.

Malaika International Champion!

Last weekend of January Ino and Malaika participated in the International dogshow in Fredericia, Denmark. Ino was second best male, winning both CAC and CACIB. Malaika was BOS, winning the CACIB, and fullfilled the title INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION!

Top Winning RR & 2 X BOB!

Flying start in 2010: Both Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th Malaika was BOB! Saturday she was BOG 2, and Sunday BOG 1! Ino also attended the shows, and Saturday he won CAC #14 and BOS. Sunday he was 3. best male.

Malaika won the title "top winning RR-bitch" 2009, as she also did 2008. In the picture she is posing with brother Thanzi, who won the title among the dogs (as he also did in 2008...). Ino ended 4th on the dogs top winning list.

Good results at Kongsberg :-)

This weekend we attended a show at Kongsberg. Amini had her debut in the official showring, and she did really well! She won the juniorclass, and was awarded Honors Prize. The judge only awarded five of the RRs Excellent, so we are very happy that both Ino and Malaika were among those five! Ino was best male, winning his 10th norwegian CAC, and Malaika was best bitch. Ino ended as BOS, and Malaika was BOB and BOG 2.

So far we haven't got any pictures from the show, therefor this summerpicture of Amini, Malaika, Kisha, Ferrari and Ino.

Ino again and again...

19th and 20th of September our dogs attended two international dogshows in Brøndby, Denmark. We were aiming for Malaika to get her needed Danish CACIB, but not this time... She was awarded excellent both days, and Saturday she won open class and was placed 3rd in bitches competition class, winning the res. CACIB. So close... Sunday she was 2nd in open class, ending 4th in competition class.

As usual, Ino was tagging along when aunt Malaika was showing. And, as usual, he made noise in the showring: During the weekend he won one CAC and two CACIBs! So far he has won 12 CACs (in three countries) and 4 CACIBs (in three countries). And not yet 18 months old!

International Dogshow, Rogaland

September 12th Ino and Malaika entered an international show in their birthregion, southwest in Norway. And they sure seemed to enjoy "homefield"! To make a long story short: Malaika was best bitch with CACIB, and Ino was best male with CAC and CACIB. Malaika was BOS, and Ino won BOB and BOG #3.

Malaika Danish and Nordic Champion

29th and 30th of August we had a round-trip in Scandinavia. Saturday we attended the Danish RR-speciality show. Ino was 3rd best male, and Malaika was BOS with CAC, and gained her Danish and Nordic Champion-titles! We didn't make it to our ferry from Fredrikshavn, so we had to drive all the way through Sweden, and arrived in Drammen at 4.30 am. At nine o'clock we were ready for another day with two dogshows... At the first show Kishas son had his show-debut as BOS-puppy. BOB-puppy was his sister Amini, who also was BOG 2. Maisha, Ferrari, and Malaika all recieved "very good", and Ino was best male #3, with CAC nr. 9. At the "little RR-speciality" both Attila and Amini were placed 2nd in their puppy-classes. Maisha was awarded honours price, Ferrari very good, Ino was best male #2, and Malaika was BOS.

Ino BOS with CAC

September 5th Amini entered her last puppyshow. And once again she did a great job, end ended as BOS puppy. Next day our dogs antered a dogshow in Hundorp. Ino won the dogs competitionclass, and won the CAC. At the end he was BOS. Kisha was awarded very good, and Malaika won championclass with excellent. She ended as best bitch # 2.

Description of Mentality and Dogshow at Bjerke

15. of August Ino and Malaika attended a mentality description outside Stockholm, Sweden, together with 5 of Inos siblings and their mother Felicia. We had a long and interesting day in the woods, our dogs results will soon be found at their pages.Saturday afternoon, we headed west, and arrived at Bjerke late in the evening. Sunday the Norwegian Kennel Clug arranged an International Show where both Ino and Malaika were awarded Excellent and won their classes. Ino was not placed in males competitionclass, but Malaika ended as 2nd best bitch.

Ino 2xCAC, 1xCACIB, 2xBOB and 2xBOG3. Malaika BOS and CACIB.

First weekend of August our dogs attended two dogshows, and here are the results:

Saturday August 1st in Svnstavik, Sweden:

Malaika BOS and CACIB. Ino BOB, CAC, CACIB and BOG 3.

Sunday August 2nd in Nesbyen, Norway:

Ino BOB, CAC and BOG 3. Malaika and Kisha also attended, and were both awarded very good.

What a Weekend!

4th and 5th of July we entered two dogshows at Solør, and here are the results:

Saturday: 28 degrees and sunshine

Amini BOB puppy and BOG2

Ino best male, CAC and BOS

Kista Excellent 3 in championclass

Malaika Best bitch, BOB and BOG3

Sunday: 13 degrees and pouring rain...

Amini BOS puppy

Malaika best bitch 4

Kisha best bitch 3

Ino best male, CAC and BOG2

Ino BIS # 4!

June 20-21st we attended two dogshows in Oppdal. First day we didn't have any luck at all in the ring: Ino 2nd in juniorclass with honours prize, Kisha very good in championclass and Malaika good in championclass (too small head, light eyes and offset ridge...). Allthough we had a nice day, and in the finals both puppy and grown up RR won BOG 1.

Second day of the show, our girls did almost as the day before, just changing places. Kisha was awarded "good" in championclass because she had too little angulation in the rear (!!!!!). Well, happily Ino saved our day, and what a way to do it: First he became best male winning his 3rd Norwegian CAC, then he won BOB and BOG1. And, finally, he won BIS#4!!! He charmed everyone, wagging his tail from mornig all trhough the long day. Both judge and spaker in the BIS-final commented his happy behaviour... A big thanks to everybody who stayed at the show to cheer for Ino, and thank you for all congratulations!

Malaika Swedish Champion!

This weekend we entered a show in Norrköping, Sweden. Both Ino and Malaika once again won their classes, Ino with Honors Prize and Malaika with Champion Quality. In the Bitches Winners-Class Malaika was placed 3rd, and recieved her 3rd Swedish CAC. She thereby gained the title Swedish Champion!

Topp-winning bitches 2008

Last weekend of May, the Noewegian Speciality-Show was arranged. In nice summerweather we had a great time among good friends and beautiful dogs. Both Ino and Malaika won their classes and were awarded excellent. Only 15 ridgebacks (entry: 120) were awarded excellent this weekend. Ino was unplaced in the dogs winning class, and Malaika was Best Bitch #2, only beaten by sister Loba, who won her last CAC for the Norwegian Champion title. Congratulations :-)

After the show, the top-winning bitches from 2008 had their prizes. Malaika as nr 1 top-winning bitch, and Kisha nr 5.

Kipensi has passed away

Today we had to put our very first Ridgebak, Kipensi, to sleep. It was a very tough decition, but she had been sick for a long time, and now she lost control over her bladder. We therefor decided to let her go, before things got even worse.

Denmark once again :-)

May 2nd we took the trip back to Denmark, to attend the international show in Aalborg. We had a nice day at the show, and the results were almost very good: Both Ino and Malaika were awarded excellent and won their classes. Unfortunately they both ended as runner ups to the CACs... Anyway: we had a nice day both inside and outside the ring, and the good ting with Malaika not winning the CAC, is that we guaranteed will return to Denmark pretty soon! As a comfort, Ino (as best junior) is qualified to Crufts 2010 :-)

Malaika BOB April 25th

Today we attended a show at Stange. Ino once again won juniorclass, and was awarded honours prize. Malaika won the championclass and went all the way to BOB and BOG 2.

Visiting Denmark

This weekend we attended two dogshows in Denmark. Malaika and Ino both were awarded excellent both days and did really well in the ring. Malaika was placed 3rd in open class on Saturday, and 4th on Sunday. She was unplaced in competitionclass both days.

We thought Ino needed some show-training, so he also attended the shows. and he did really well! He won juniorclass both days, and was placed 4th in the competitionclass both days. On sunday (specialityshow, 60 RRs entered)he also won the Danish CAC! Well done, baby boy :-)

Malaika showdog of the year + int. dogshow in Bergen

Malaika was Showdog of the year 2008 at our local dogclub :-)

This weekend she and Ino attended the international dogshow in Bergen. Ino won the juniorlass and was awarded prize of honour. Only one champion male was awarded excellent, so there was no CAC for the males today.

Malaika met her sister Gaby in the bitches championclass, and the sisters were placed fist and second in bitches competitionclass. Gaby made it all the way and won BOB. Congratulations, Anne Brit :-) Stig and Zulu placed third in the competitionclass, and Zulu won her last CAC and finished her championtitle. Big congratulations to Linda and Stig :)

In the pictures you can se Malaika and Gaby.

Malaika Norwegian Champion

On February 21st we headed to NKKs International show at Bø. This time Ino, Thimba and Malaika entered the ring. Ino was, as usual, first in the ring. This time he was awarded "very good" and was placed third in class. Thimba recieved "excellet" and placed second in open class, and 3rd in best male class.

Malaika first won the open class, and then best bitches class. She recieved CACIB and her 17th CAC, witch means she became Norwegian Champion the day after she turned two years! In the BOB/BOS she met her brother Thanzi, who also became champion today. Thanzi was BOB and Malaika BOS. Big congratulations to Marit, and thank you so much for the wonderful Malaika!

Dogshow at Letohallen

Once again we have attended a dogshow at Letohallen. Ino was 2nd best dog and won his second CAC, and Malaika was 3rd best bitch.

Kishas puppies

Kishas puppies are here! They arrived at February 3rd. they were 10, but unforunately one livernosed boy died after 36 hours. Mother and the rest of the gang are doing great.Among the nine puppies we have: 4 blocknosed males, two livernosed males and three livernosed females. They all seem to be of showquality.

For further information, plase contact kennel Amageba.

2 X Dogshow

Ino and Malaika attended two dogshows this weekend, while Kisha spent the day in a soft bed... Ske is now (day 61) 50 kg (13 kg more than before pregnancy) but happy and ongoing.

At the dogshow day one Ino became 2nd best dog and Malaika was awarded "very good". The second day Ino was 3rd best dog, and won his very first CAC. Malaika was 4th best bitch.

What a week!

What a great Show-week! Sunday we attended our 4th dogshow for the week, and Ino once again was awarded honuors prize with a great qritique from judge Theo Leenen. Malaika once again won the CAC and was BOB and BOG 2.

Malaika BOS January 10th 2009

Today we attended a dogshow in Letohallen. Ino had his debut in the juniorclass, and he did really well. He was the only male junior, he had a great qritique from the judge anv was awarded honours prize.

Malaika 2 X 3rd best bitch

5th and 6th of January we started the showyear 2009 in Sweden. In the freezing Winther we drove our camper to Gothenburg, 70 RRs entered the shows. Ino both days placed 2nd in the male puppy class, with great qritiques and Honours Price. 1st day Malaika won the large open class, and ended as 3rd. best bitch and won her 14th CAC.

2nd day she was placed 2nd in the open class, only beaten by our good friend Zulu. Once again Malaika was placed 3rd in the best bitch class, and this time Zulu won the CAC.

Malaika RR of the year 2008

The last Tuesday of 2008 we spent with good friends at a dogshow. Malaika and Ino participated, and the showyear 2008 had a happy ending: Ino was BOS puppy, and Malaika placed 4th in the bitches competitionclass.

When all results from 2008 are counted, there is no longer any doubt: Malaika is Top Winning RR-bitch 2008 :-) We are so proud of our little Angel, doing so well in her very first show season!

Ino BOB puppy and BOG 4

This weekend it was time for the Norwegian Kennel Clubs puppyshow in Andebu, so we headed west to show Ino. 13 RR puppys attended the show, so we had a great time around the ring, meeting a lot of friens. Lisbeth, Jørn and Kathrine brought Maisha for the show, and once again Jørn and Maisha did great in the ring, even though they weren't placed in the competition class. But, Ino made it all his way to the top, and was BOB puppy and later on BOG 4.

Maisha and Ino BOS pubppy

Last weekend of October we entered two dogshows in Letohallen. Neither Malaika or Kisha were the judges type of ridgeback, they were too small (!) and light. At Saturday they both were awarded excellent, and Kisha was 3. best bitch. Sunday they both were awarded very good.

Our puppys saved the weekend for us. Saturday Ino was BOS puppy, and Sunday Jørn had his debut as handler, and showed Maisha to BOS puppy (among 9 bitch puppys). Congratuulations to Lisbeth and Jørn :-)

Since we weren't very plased with the results from the shows, it was great to end the weekend by celebrating silver medals to Fredrikstad Football Club Sunday evening. Kipensi joined the party with her new football-collar.

Super show for Kangelani Kennel

This weekend it was the NKK International dogshow at Kongsvinger that was due. We were quite excited when we set of sunday morning, it was 55 ridgebacks that were going to compete for the BOB, and the CACIBs.Linda, Stig, Marit and Anne Britt came from Stavanger, whith all their dogs, quite a pack:-)Fun to se them at our side of the mountains too! We always look forward to the time we spend around the showring, it is fun to compete, but mostly it's great to spend some time with other people that love the ridgeback! It was also good to se the pups from Hege at Kennel Exgate. We have been cheering for them since they entered their first puppyshows. They had their debut at ordinary shows here. Looking forward to se you at other shows during the fall and winter.

It was as said a strong competition. There where many beatiful ridgebacks present. The judge was nice to all of us, and most of us was very pleased with the good critiques we recieved. Marit had a very good day in the ring, and was awarded BOB, BIG and finaly BIS4 with Thanzi. It is a small comfort that he is Malaikas brother:-) We were very pleased with the day, Malaika got her CAC and Res.CACIB. Kisha was fourth best champion bitch but was not placed in the bitch class.

Kisha BOB, Ino BIS 3 and BIS 4, and NKK Stavanger

6th and 7th of September it was time for puppyshow and dogshow. Saturday we went to Drøbak, where Ino attended a puppyshow. He charmed and showed all his way to BIS 3 (91 puppys attended the show). Next day Malaika was awarded honours prize, and Kisha was BOB and BOG 3. Ino did it again, and went all the way up to BIS 4 of 140 puppys. He really seems to enjoy showing :-)

The weekend after we went to Stavanger to enter the International dogshow there. We had a great time with good friends, and both our girls were awarded excellent, but none of them were placed in the competitionclass.

Thimba 2nd best dog with CAC

23rd and 24th ao August we attended two dogshows in Drammen. Ino had his debut at puppyshow, and was placed 2nd best both days. Both our girls were awarded champin quality both days, but the only placement was Kisha placed 4th in bitches class one of the days. Kifani's Imara Thimba also attended the show, and Saturday he was placed 2nd in the dogs competitionclass, and were awarded his 3rd CAC. Congratulations to Victoria and Thomas:-) Unfortunately we have no pictures from the weekend, so instead we can take a look at some of the chickens we brught for Hege and Mette.

Malaika BOS with CAC and CACIB

Today we attended the International dogshow i Drammen. All our three dogs did really well! First Thimba attended open class. He was placed third in his class, and was also third in males competition class. Malaika won intermediateclass, and Kisha won the championclass. In the bitches competition class, Malaika was placed first with CAC and CACIB, her sister Gaby was second and Kisha was placed third. As far as we know it's first time there were three livernoseed ridgebacks placed in an International dogshow in Norway! With this Malaika also is qualified for Crufs 2009! BOB today was Shavanos I am Martin, who also became champion today. Congratulations!

Inos brother Zalto came to visit us at the dogshow, and the brothers had a wonderful time playing after the show. Pictures from the day are to be found here.

Malaika BOS at the Swedish specialityshow 2008!

After the great sucsess Saturday, we filled the camper with dogs and headed east towards Sweden and the Swedish Specialityshow 2008. We arrived late Saturday evening, and Early Sunday morning Alex snapped the last tent-spot ringside. So far so good... We both agreed that the weekend had been a great sucsess, no matter the results at the Specialityshow. But there was more to come... 79 RR bitches entered the show, and it should be a great day for us Norwegians. Ann Kristin's (Kennel Ridgedogs) Goldie started out by winning the Juniorclass. Malaika wouldn't stand back for Goldie, so she won the Intermediateclass, with her sister Gaby as runner up. Their half-sister Felicia won the open class. Kisha didn't manage to defend the Norwegian colours in the championsclass, she was not placed in her class. But, in best bitch class the Norwegians did it again: Malaika was placed first, with Goldie and Felicia at the next places. Malaika also won a Swedish CAC.

The day before Djungelkattens Acuteridged Aramis had won the best dog class, and in the BOB/BOS-final Aramis was BOB and Malaika was BOS. Big congratulations to owners and breeders of Aramis! Malaika also was Best Liver in the show.

Thank you everybody for a long and plasant day around the ring, and thank you for all greetings and congratulations. We are so proud af the young Lady!

2 X CAC, BOS, BOB and BIS!

What a day at the show today! We brought three dogs for the dogshow here in Råde, and here are the results: Once again our girls placed first and second in the bitches class. Malaika was best bitch and won her 10th CAC, and Kisha was 2nd best bitch. Thimba went all the way to the top among the dogs, and won the dogs CAC. Malaika ended as BOS and Thimba was BOB. In the BIS-final Thimba made it all the way, and can now title himself Best In Show! Big congratulations to Victoria and Thomas, and thank you for letting us show this great dog!

World Dog Show and Circuit show i stockholm

Finally it was time for the World Dog Show and Circuit Show in Stockholm. 240 RR attended the shows. Lovely weather and lots of nice people made it a fabulous trip. Friday and Saturday the Swedish RR-Club arranged a Circuit Show at Åsta castle outside Stockholm. Friday we were watching the dogs. Saturday it was time for the bitches. both our girls were awarded "excellent". Kisha was unplaced in champions class, but Malaika Won the intermediat class, and was placed 3rd among 110 bitches! She also won the bitches res. CAC.

Sunday it was time for World Dog Show. The results from this show we want to forget as soon as possible: Malaika was awarded "Very Good", but Kisha was, among many others, awarded "good"! We rather would like to focus on Malaikas great results from Saturday, and look forward to next show...

Show at Bjerke and Ino moves to Råde

29th of June we attended NKK's dogshow at Bjerke. Thimba was back in the ring after a Baby-break. He was awarded honors price. Malaika was next. She won the youngsters class and was awarded champion quality. She ended as 2nd best bitch, only beaten by her sister Gaby. Congratulations to Anne Britt and Marit! Kisha also was awarded champion quality, but she was unplaced in championclass.

Marit had brought little Ino (kangelani's impressive ino By Ascot) to Bjerke, and now he has moved to our place in Råde. He is co-owned with Marit (Kennel Kangelani), and will stay at our place until we find a home (on breeders terms) close to us.

Better luck next time...

This weekend we attended two dogshows at Nes, but the results were not good at all... At Saturday the judge didn't like any of the eight bitches, and none of them were awarded excellent, even though tree of them are in top of this years winner-list...

At Sunday at least Kisha was awarded excellent, and was placed 3rd in best bitches class. This was the juniors' day: Goldie and Daktari won the CCs and were placed BOB and BOS. Gongratulations to you!

Since we have no pictures from this weekend, we can take a look of the beautiful Kifani's Jahina Maisha By Solo, 7 weeks old. More pictures of her here.

Kisha BOS in Oltedal

This weekend we entered a dogshow in Oltedal. We crossed the mountains in snow and rain - a huge contrast to the last weekends summerweather! Again we had a wonderful time at the show, it's always nice to visit the western of Norway. Sunday it didn't rain until the RR's were done in the ring, so we were quite lucky with the weather. Once again Malaikas brother Thanzi was BOB. Kisha was BOS, and Malaika was 3rd in best bitches class. Stig and Zulu squeezed in between our girls and won the bitches CC. Congratulations :-)

Trip to Trondheim, and Råde at Fire...

Now we are safe back from at great trip to Trondheim. Friday we spent at Lillehammer, before we headed north for Dovrefjell. At the mountain we waitet for Linda and Stig coming from Stavanger, and together we continued up north, to meet the other RR-enthusiasts for a barbecue in Trondheim.

Sunday it was showtime. Our girls placed 1st and 2nd in their classes, both with Champion Quality. But they were not placed in best bitches class. Hege and Wivian went back home with both CCs, both CACIBs, BOB and BOS. Congratulations to you all! A special congratulation to Solos family, since Solo won the title Norwegian Champion.

A few hours after we came back home, a fire started in the forest a couple of kilometers from our house. Our house was never threatened of the fire, but Monday evening there was so mutch smoke in our house, we decided to pack our camper and leave. But then the winds changed a bit, and some of the smoke blew away, so we decided to stay at home. Now the firemen has conrol over the fire. Thank you everybody for your consern during the fire.

Malaika BOB at Våler

This weekend we headed for two dogshows at Våler. Lovely summerweather made it a warm experience for all of us, but our results were great: Day 1 Malaika was BOB an BOG 2. Kisha became 3rd in best bitches class. The next day Malaika was awarded Prize of Honours, and Kisha made it all the way to the op in best bitches class, and became BOS, beaten by Mette's Milo. Once again: Thank you all for a wonderful weekend, see you soon...

2 x BOS and CC

This weekend we attended two shows in Haugesund, western Norway. Our two liver-girls were placed as first and second best bitch both days. At Saturday Kisha became BOS, and Malaika was placed as second best bitch, winning her 7th CC. Sunday they changed places: Kisha was 2nd best bitch, and Malaika was BOS, winning CC number 8! Malaikas brothers Thanzi and Leo won the CCs in the dogs class. Umlilo was BOB both days. Thank you all for a wonderful weekend, and big congratulations to Marit and Trond Petter.

RR Specialityshow 2008

10th and 11th af May we attended the RR speciality show in really nice summerweather. We had a nice weekend with RR-friends from all over the country. At Saturday Judge Franz Zimmermann awarded Malaika "good", and Kisha "excellent". Kisha won the championclass, but was unplaced in best bitch class. At Sunday judge Liz Megginson awarded both our girls "excellent". Malaika won the juniorclass (her three sisters were placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th of the 12 juniorbitches), and Kisha once again won the championclass. Malaika was placed as 2nd best bitch, and Kisha was unplaced. BOB both days was Malaikas brother Thanzi. Big congratulations to Marit and Trond Petter.

Another double up!

26th and 27th of April we attended two dogshows at Stange. The first day Exgat-dogs dominated the show: Serwa won the CC, and was BOB and BOG. Milo was BOS. Congratulations to all of you!. Our girls both won their classes, and Malaika was placed 2nd and Kisha 4th in Best Bitches Class.

The next day Milo was BOS once again, but among the bitches our girls went all the way to the top. Kisha was BOB, and later BOG3. Malaika was 2nd best bitch, and won her 6th CC!

Malaika BOB with her 5th CAC!

12. and 13. of April we entered two dogshows at Jæren, south-west in Norway. At Saturday Malaika was placed 3rd in juniorclass, without championquality. Kisha was 2nd best bitch with championquality, and both the girls had on their critics that they needed better pigmentation...

At Sunday it was a bit easier showing livernosed ridgeback... Malaika was best of breed, with her 5th CAC, Kisha was 2 best bitch, and Malaikas livernosed sister Gaby was 3rd best bitch. Trippel livernose! There was no BOS at sunday, because none of the dogs were awarded championquality. Thank you everybody for a very nice weekend, and thanks to Gunn Tove (Kennel Adorea) for the pictures.

Taya had a daughter!

10th of April, at 3.20 am Tayas daughter was born. First Taya had two stillborn puppies, one little male (154 grams) and one female (384 grams), they both had died a while ago. At last the little fighter was born: a female at 359 grams. She is vital and strong, and ready to be spoiled by all of us... All the puppies seemd to have long, correct ridges, and so far we haven't found any DS or kinked tails. It seems like Tayas pneumoia and the aggressive medical treatment has affected the litter. Thoug we are a bit dissappointed about the littersize, we must be humble and remember that it's a little wonder we didn't loose Taya, and now she has brought us a wonderful daughter to take care of.

Back Home!

To day we got back from a wonderful trip around in Europe. We have visited Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Begium, Holland and France so now the dogs have seen a bit of the world. They all seemed to enjoy the trip, but they looked very happy when they came back to their own yard... Our last stop on the trip was at the international dogshow in Goes, Holland. Both our girls won their classes, and were placed 3rd and 4th in the best bitches class. We are well satisfied with the results, and are allready looking forward to next trip to Europe. It was very nice meeting new RR-friends, and we really hope to see you all again at another dogshow! Thank you for your warm welcome, we felt very at home at "your" shows!

Greetings from Belgium

Finally we have reached Belgium, and we really enjoy our vacation. The weekend we spent at a dogshow in Luxembourg, at sunday 93 RRs entered the showring! Our girls did well, and were both awarded "Vorzüglich" at the show. Malaika was 3rd and Kisha was 4th in their classes, and they both seemd to enjoy showing again. We made some new friends and met some old friends, and had a really nice day at the show. Today we had a nice walk, almost alone, along the beaches of Ooestende. See more pictures in the picturegallery!

Taya 6 weeks pregnant :-)

Taya spent the Easter holidays with us, and we are so happy to see that everything seems normal and Taya seems copletely recovered from her pneumonia. She is eating and sleeping, and acting like the other pregnant dogs we've had. Now we're counting days, and hoping the rest of her pregnancy will go on uncomlicated :-)

Fantastic News!

Today we got the message we barely dared to hope for: Taya is expecting puppies! Taya was critical ill a week after the mating, and fought for her life due to serverve pneumonia and pleuritis. Amazingly both she and the puppies survived, and within a week Taya finishes her antibiotica treatment, and can spend all her energi on "incubating" the puppies. We are so thankful to Lisbeth and Jørn, who took so good care of Taya during these critical days. Now we all look forward to see how many puppies there are, but now every puppy is a bonus after all Taya had to go through :-)

Great Weekend at Vestlandet

8th to 10th of February we spent the Weekend at Karmøy and Ølen. First we had a wonderful time at Anita, Per, Jonas and Magnus' place. Thank you for the hospitillity and service! We allready look forward to next time! On our journy back home across the mountains, we stopped by at the dog-show in Ølen. Kennel Kangelani won it all, BOB, BOS and both CC's, so we were really happy we also had a Kangelani-bitch to show :-) Thanzi became BOB whith his first CC, and later he was placed BIS 2! Umlilo was secnond best dog. Felicia became BOS, and Malaika was placed 2nd in best bitches class, with her 4th CC. Kisha became 3rd best bitch. We had a wonderful day at the dogshow, and after the competition all the RR's had a nice playtime at the shore. At the picture Malaika is posing together whith her siblings Thanzi and Gaby.

Taya and Solo dating

Finally the next Kifani-litter is hopefully on the way. Taya has visited Solo twice in Tønsberg, and hopefully she is expecting puppies in early April. Contact us here if you are interested in puppy from this combination. Read more about the comming litter here.

Yet another Dog-Show-Weekend...

2nd and 3rd of February we attended two dogshows at Ekeberghallen. Saturday Nala's son Tero had his showdebut, and he gained Champion Quality and was placed 3rd in the Dog's competitionclass. A strong result for the young debutant :-)

Malaika won the juniorclass and gained a Honours Prize. Kisha was placed second in the best bitch class. Gry's Atlas was BOB, and Mette's Zahra was BOS with CAC. Congratulations :-)

Sunday we all, except Tero, were back for a new competition. This day the judge chose Malaika as his favourite among the bitches, so she won the bitche's competition class and was awarded her 3rd CAC. Kisha was placed 3rd in the bitche's competition class. Malaika ended up BOS, beaten by Martin, who became BOB and was awarded CAC. Congratulations .-)

Model Malaika

Malaika has started a new career as photomodel for the Tropehagen Zoo. This picture was published in the January-number of Hundesport (the Norwegian Kennel Club's magazine). Now we have to watch all the commersials at TV2, to see if she turns up on TV too!

Another great day in the ring!

Once again we spent the day on a Dog Show, this time in Sandefjord. There were only 12 dogs, but we had a pleasant day around the ring. Wivian with Solo and Tove Mette with Luna won the CAC's. Congratulations! Our little junior Malaika was alone in her class, and recieved a Honours Prize from the judge. Kisha was placed as best bitch, and ended BOS, beaten by Sissel's Melvin in the BOB/BOS-final. Congratulations, and thank you all for a pleasant day:-)

What a Weekend!

After yesterdays great results we were wondering what today would bring. And,today also turned out great! The judge, Tomasz Borkowski, liked both our livernosed girls, and he, like the judge yesterday, placed them 1st and 2nd best bitch. To day they changed places from yesterdays competition, so Malaika was best bitch, whith her second CAC this weekend, and Kisha was 2nd best bitch. At the BOB/BOS-final, Malaika was BOS, beaten by Shavano's I am Martin. Congratulations!

2 times liver!

Saturday january 12th it was time for our to livernosed girls to have this years debut on Norwegian soil. It turned out to be a great day, both conserning the results, and around the ring!

It was probably a historical day in Norwegian Rideback history, both best and second best Bitch was a livernose! Kisha was also awarded the BOB, and Malaika the CAC. Kisha was later that afternoon 2 BOG. A little curiosity about the finals in Group 6, was that all three dogs in the final had "ridges".

Another curiosity for those of us fund of statistics, was that there were nearly 11 years of age difference of the dog and the bitch receiving the CAC's. We have to give our congratulations to Nala's little brother, Atlas for winning the dog-class, and becoming BOS!

Nord Fin Ch Amageba’s Kesha Kazi Kishawishi

Late 2006 we decided to take Kisha to as many dogshows as possible in 2007, to see if it was possible for her to become Norwegian Champion.

We would never dream about reaching the goal that soon: Kisha got her first CAC 20th of January, and four dogshows and three CAC's later she won the title Norwegian Champion at fist attempt in Bø in February, five weeks after winning her first CAC! She is the first Norwegian bread or owned livernosed Ridgeback bitch to win this title ever!

We were hooked, and started looking abroad: Swedish Champion at first attempt 5th of May, Danish (and Nordic) Campion at second attempmt in Denmark 17th of May. In September she also became Finnish Champion.

Summary of 2007:
Titles: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Nordic Champion
7 CAC's from 4 differnent countries (7 different judges)
3 CACIB's, 3 res. CACIB's
15 times best bitch (9 X BOB, 6 X BOS)
3rd most winning RR bitch in Norway 2007

9 different judges placed her BOB, and 4 of the BOB placments were at shows with change of judge.

Winther is here!

Today Winther came to Råde, at least due to Kisha. At Winther all reasonable Ridgebacks hibernate. Usually the "fur"blanket is good enough for Kisha, but today it was so cold she had to get under the bedsheet. It's amazing how warm a bedsheet can be, Kisha says!In the picture she is really annoyed by me waking her up from hibernation. She hurried under the bedsheet againn, and stayed there for hours. I guess we'ii meet again at Spring, or maybe next feeding-time?

Malaika best juniorbitch at Norwegian Winner!

At the age of 9 months and 4 days Malaika had her debut in the official show-ring at the Norwegian Winner show. Our expectations were not very high: young dog and judge from a country where livernosed ridgebacks are very rare. The results turned out great: Malaika did really well in the ring, and the judge liked what he saw. Malaika was placed first among the five juniorbitches, and was rewarded a CC (the only CC in her class) at her very fist official show, and received the unofficial title Norwegian JW-07. In best bitch class she was number five when the judge placed the four best bitches.

Kisha didn’t do quite as well, she wasn’t placed in the champion class. So, this time Malaika “made our day”. We look forward to continue Malaika’s show- career.

Kisha in the newspaper

17th of November Fredrikstad Blad (our local newspaper) had this story about Kisha. Unfortunately it'sonly aviliable in Norwegian. We're cery proud of our beautyful girl!

BOG Puppy at Kongsberg

After four weekends without, we headed Kongsberg. Of 16 adult Ridgebacks, we had three of them in our car... It was really nice meeting the show-gang again, and we spent some pleasant hours together. Kennel Exgate had a great day at the show, Solo was BOB and his sister Serwa BOS. Congratulations! Thimba recieved excellent, Taya was placed 4th best bitch with CC and Kisha was 2nd best bitch with CC.

Among the puppys Malaika was BOB, and some hours later she was BOG among 10 breeds in the group! She was not placed in the BIS-final, but we are very satisfied with Malaikas last puppy-show.

Kisha and Malaika BOB at Letohallen

At September 30th. we entered a show at Letohallen. This time the adult dogs were fist in the ring, so Kisha was our first girl out. She was placed as best bitch, after a close race with Mette and Heges Zahra. In the BOB/BOS-final she met Gry's Atlas, and this time Kisha was BOB.

After some hours waiting in pleasant company with Hege, Mette and co it was time for Malaika to enter the ring. She wouldent stand back for Kisha, so she became BOB puppy. BOS puppy today was Conan. Congratulations! Later, after many hours waiting, both girls were placed 2 BOG.

Finnish champion September 23th

The weekend 21-24th of September we attended Viking Line Dogshow at Eckerö, Åland. Since ridgeback was the last breed of the day, we had to wait for a long time to get on with the show. There were 60 dogs before we started on the ridgeback. We felt like we attended a Swedish dogshow, as 13 of the 17 ridgebacks came from Sweden, 3 from Finland and then Kisha. As a change there were twice as many dogs as bitches, and they had a hard competition for the CAC and CACIB. The judge, Yochai Barak, did not seem impressed with Kisha, both in the critique and the coments he gave us, he expressed which fault the dog had in his opinion. When he was to place the four remaining bitches in best bitch class Kisha was last when he started out. After many rounds in the ring, Kisha advanced, one step at a time, until she finally was placed as second best bitch. The best bitch was already Finnish champion, so we were extremely pleased that we were able to run into second place and Finnish champion!

We want to send the biggest congrats to BOB Rex Ventors Kenzo and BOS Djungelkattens Vainlyridged Vilda. Kenzo was today Finnish, Nordic and International Champion!

BOB and CACIB in Stavanger

Now we are safe back from a "short" trip to Stavanger. It turned out to be a pleasent weekend, both socially and showwise. We arrived Stavanger early Friday afternoon, and had a good time at Marit Hjartøys home that evening. She is the breeder of our new bitch Malaika. We also spent the evening together with Mona, the owner of Cheriff. I looks as if we had a good strategy meeting that evening, as our Kisha was BOB and Cheriff was BOS at the show the following day. Cheriff won his N CH this day, and we want to send our best congrats to Mona and Cheriff, and also his breeder Jo Ann!!

We have to be very pleased with the results as Kisha took her BOB number 8 and got her 4th CACIB. She also was placed as best bitch for the 14th time. All of these placings have come this year. We also have to mention that our old Kipensi got her second BIR veteran in to weeks, and this time she was not alone in the showring. She met hard competition from, very sound for her age, Sariba.

Kisha BOB at Hundorp

Another Sunday spent at a dogshow, this time at Hundorp in Gudbrandsdalen. After a lot of waiting, we finally got started, and Malaika was first in the ring. She did very well, and was placed 2nd in her class. Kisha was next, and once again she was placed as best bitch, and for the 5th time this year she met Milo in the BOB/BOS-final. Kisha was BOB, and later she was BOG 2.

Kipensi celebrated her 7th birthday with a debut in the senior class. She gave everything, and had absolutely not forgotten how to do it, even though it had been almost 4 years since last time. She ran to a HP, and the judge said in his cirtique: "A sound senior who loves to show..."

Malaika 6 months

These days Malika is 6 months old. This weekend she entered the show-ring again, this time as the only RR-puppy. She did really well, moved well and stood still for quite some time... She seemed really happy in the showring, and deserved her BOB-placement. Unfortunately we did not have time to wait for the group final.

Kisha won the Championclass with a CC, and ended as 3rd best bitch. The judge chose father and daughter (Milo from Exgate and Luna from Esperanza) for the BOB/BOS-final. Congratulations to owners and breeders :-)

Small RR-Special show and NKK's show at Bjerke

This weekend it was both the small RR-secial show, and NKK show at Bjerke. The RR-special show was held in Drammen park, and was a very wet arrangement! We had a good time with other that are equally crazy as ourselves, splashing around on a wet lawn as the rain is pouring down. We hoped to see more dogs there, but it will still be one of the shows this year with the most RR's. It was a good competition, and in the end the judge, Leif Ragnar Hjort, chose to stand there with Exgate's Qi by Forrest as BOB, and Garry's Choice Is Simsela Atlas as BOS. Big congratulations to both! Kisha was plased 2nd in the bitch class.

Sunday we had a new show at Bjerke. With the rain pouring down all Saturday, the showfield was just a big mud pool. Kisha did not enjoy that at all, and she didn't move well. She was placed 4th in Champion class With CC, but was not placed in the Bitch class. Thimba won the Juniorclass with CC, and is qualified for Crufts 2008. In the mud the last two standning was S Uch Djungelkattens Acuteridged Aramis as BOB, and N Uch Kangelanis Fiselo Filicia as BOS. We want to give them both a big congratualtion!

BOB and CACIB in Svenstadvik, Sweden!

August 4th we went to Jemtlands Kennel Klubbs dogshow in Svenstadvik, 60 km south of Østersund. There where quite a few norwegians there, beeing one of the closest shows for most people living in the northern parts of Norway. Sadly there where no other norwegians showing Ridgebacks, nevertheless we had a pleasent day. We had a good time with the swedes sitting ouround us. It was a new judge to us, and as always we where anxious about his feelings for livernose.

The results could not have been any better for us. Kisha showed good, and kept the spirit all through the hot summer day. She was awarded with the BOB and CACIB! We decided to stay unto the finals, there where ten breeds present, but unfortuneatly we did not get placed this time. We have to say that we are still pleased with the results!

2 X BOB puppy, BOS, BOB and BIS3 at our homefield!

The weekend of july 28th and 29th, there were dogshows here in Råde. Saturday Malaika finally got her show debut. Even though she was the youngest of the puppies, she got the BOB, and later that day she was placed second in the group. She did very well, and she behaved in the ring! Among the adults Timba got his 1. price with an HP, and Kisha got CK and BOS, she was beaten by Solo in the BOB/BOS final. Big congrats to Kennel Exgate! After the show we had invited all the ridgeback people for barbeque in the backyard, and it was a great time!

After these great results we where a little excited about what the sunday would give. Malaika was again awarded the BOB puppy, and Kisha was again awarded CK and BOB, yet again we had the honor to compete agains a dog from Kennel Exgate. Congrats to Mette and Hege!Later that day Kisha was BIS 3, so we had an excellent show weekend! We hope for more dogshows in Råde, our dogs seem to like it at home!

Kisha BOB in Skien

July 14th we ateneded a show held by Norsk Rottweilerklubb in Skien. The show place was a narrow, small ballcourt, nonetheless we had a pleasent time inside and outside of the ring. Malaika was supposed to have her show debut this day, but she had been playing a little too much and was limping, so we chose not to show her. That left Kisha with the only of our dogs to show. It was not a big show, only 10 adult ridgebacks. Kisha was the only bitch with CK. In the BOB/BOS final we met "Milo" again. Kisha got the BOB, and was later that day BOG 2.

Great showweekend at Nes June 16-17!

This weekend we spent at Nes, with dogshows both saturday and sunday. Saturday the weather was excellent, and that was good, because it should be a long day. Timba was the first to show from our dogs, it was his first dogshow, and his debut gave him a 1 price and HP. Kisha showed good today, and was awarded BOB, and then BOG. This was a great day even if we was not placed in the BIS final.

Sunday the weather was not so great, a little rain in the morning, and it was nice to have an early show time. Thimba was again the first to show, and he was number 3 in dog class with CAC! Big congrats to Victoria and Thomas! Lulu also had her show debut today, she got a 1 price. Kisha was 2 bitch with CK, beaten by Bentes Iving witch finaly got the BOB

Big congrats to N Ch Kifani's Dafina Kasan!

Kasan is a handsome dog from our first litter of ridgebacks. He moved to Linda and Gunnar in Narvik when he was 8 weeks old. Despite the weather up north, the boy with ancesters from Africa has done quite well at shows. The weekend 9-10 June he was showing in Tromsø, the result was 2 times BOB, 1 BOG, 1 BOG2, and last but not least, he ended up BIS2 at the show Saturday! Congratulations from the family down south! Linda and Gunnars other ridgegback Bawabu's Zenzele Zubayaba, "Zera", got two CAC and was BOS both days.

Danish and Nordic Champion on May 17!

Again we can feel that the show business is filled with ups and downs. After just a 1 price in Kristiansand, we were exicted about going to Denmark to try to get the Danish CAC. On May 17, the norwegian nationalday, all of us but Marianne and Malaika went to Stepping, Denmark. There where 36 dogs there, and to make a long story short, it was a total blast with CAC, DK CH and Kisha was also BOS, beaten by Multi Ch Kinyemi Anzi A'Bhubesi.

Norwegian Ridgeback Special and NKK Show Drammen

The last two weekends there has been shows for ridgebacks at Harestua, and in Drammen. At both shows Kennel Kangelani, with N CH Kangelani's Fiselo Felicia, won BOB. Our congratulations goes to Marit and Trond Petter in Stavanger! We also want to send congratulations to Gry Anita with the CAC to Ayo, and Tonje and Anders with the CAC giving Carme the title N CH!

Kisha was unplaced at the ridgeback special, even though she got her CK in Championclass. In Drammen it went a bit better, as she ended up 2. best bitch, with a CK and a Res. CACIB. It was two great days at dogshows, with nice weather and good friends!

Kennel Kifani expands our family

April 29th we got the last branch to our family tree at Kennel Kifani. Kangelani's Genle Malaika by Clay was born at Marit, in Kennel Kangelani February 20th. She has now moved to R&aslash;de, and we are looking forward to getting to know her better. She has settled in quite well with the old "aunties" already living here. It is good to have someone to sleep next to, and to play with:-)

Swedish Champion title for Kisha!

Last weekend we drove all the way down to Copenhagen, Denmark, just to get a 2 price. Part of the story is that only three dogs recieved a 2 price, that included both the livernosed dogs... Sunday was a bit better, then Kisha at least got her CK, but was not placed in the Bitch class.

We did not have very high exectations when we May 5th headed for Larv, Sweden, in our first atempt to get the Swedish Champion title, but he who never dares, never wins... There where 40 dogs showing, and the weather was excellent. The judge, Niels Brandstrup, was very conserned about movement, so we had to run many, many rounds in the ring. It was quite exhausting in the shining sun, but Kisha kept the spirit. Kisha got her CK, and after many rounds of runing, she was left as the best bitch. We then could bring home the Swedish CAC, and S CH title to Norway. In the BOB/BOS final she was beaten by LP1 NUCH S VCH SUCH Emoyeni's Grand Zuberi.

BOB and BOS in Letohallen

March 17 Kisha started a show in Championclass for the first time, and we where very exited before it started Saturday morning.

We had to wait a little longer, because we had a puppy from our I-litter in the puppy class. Zuri-Ferrari should make her showdebut, and with her owner 8 months pregnant it went very well. She was placed 3 by the four bitches there, the two first became Juniors the next day. We hope to see Zuri-Ferrari and har owner at more shows later.

When the adult dogs started, there where ribbons in all imaginable colors, at the end Kisha was left as the only bitch with CK, and she met "Milo" from Hege in the BOB/BOS final. Milo won easily, Alex was unable to get Kisha to run properly. She got in her critique, "extremely lazy", and we have to agree to that...

Now that the debut was over, and we felt the result was excellent, we where excited about the show on Sunday. We hoped to get a good result this day to, and we have to say that we are very happy. Kisha was again best bitch, and Milo was the best dog. This day they shared brotherly, and Milo was BOS, and Kisha got the BOB, and later that day BOG 2.

First Livernose bitch born in Norway to become N CH

Februray 25th Kisha got her fourth CAC in five weeks and one day, this time it was at NKK's Show in Bøhallen at Bø. The judge this time was Trygve Heyerdahl. We where of course very pleased with the CAC, CACIB and BOS. This CAC gave Kisha the N CH title, a day we have been looking forward to for a long time. We had a good time around the showring with our friends. As far as we know Kisha is the first livernosed bitch born in Norway to become N CH. There are three livernoses that are already N CH, two dogs and one swedish bitch.

Again we met one of Gry's dogs in the BOB/BOS final, this time it was the father of last weeks BOB dog, Atlas, that got the BOB. Big congrats to Gry!

BOS in Letohallen

February 17th Kisha got her third CAC in four weeks, this time from jude Arne Foss. 2007 has been a very nice show year for us, this far. It has just started, but the way it goes right now, is very fun!

Ayo who was BOB, was handled by breeder Hanne, because Gry couldn't be at the show. We send our warmest congratulations to them, it's practically family, since the winner is one of our Nala's nephews!

CAC at Exporama

February 4th Kisha received her second CAC in two weeks. Wera Hübenthal was the judge, and Kisha was 2 best bitch.

Thanks to everyone greating us at the show, and signing our guestbook. It is good to have a few good showresults, but even nicer when so many seems to wish us all well and good luck!

What a start of the Showyear!

Kisha started the showyear with both CK, CAC and BOB among 21 ridgebacks at Sandefjord Hundeklubbs show this weekend.

Even if we didn't get a placing in the group from the eleven dogs there we are superhappy with the result of the day. Kisha seemed to enjoy the showing, and then it is fun for us to be at the show!

Great thanks to Bente Nygaard for the picture!