Jennie Behles is pleased to have Tiby come back home to Canada, he was was whelped and raised in Petawawa, Ontario by his aunties, Amy and Sanda. He is the only top dog Basenji showing today in any country that is a native of Canada.

We hope back home here after being successfully shown in the US, at 3 years of age, he will follow in the footsteps of his father MBIS MBISS Am & Can GCh. Ahmahr Nahrs the Lost Angel Gabriel the all-time Basenji Best in Show winner in Canada, and the only Basenji to ever hold a Top 10 All Breed ranking.

 
In the USA Tiby was awarded in fairly limited showing:
1 All Breed Best in Show
2 Reserve Best in Shows
3 Specialty Wins
23 Group placements
2 Award of Merit’s Westminster Kennel Club (including this week)
 
In his spare time with his US handler Sergio Espejo, Tiby enjoyed doing his work on the farm, helping to raise the chickens and peacocks. Tiby is the breed’s first gold championship in his age group. By the end of 2016 he was the overall total grand champion points holder for those dogs showing in the AKC system. He and his father Gabriel are the only father and son duo Gold Grand Champions still showing today. Gabriel just had his first Specialty win from the veteran’s class this month.

 
Tiby is the essence of the Basenji breed, he drips with wrinkle and moves like a hunter. He has the dark and far seeing eyes of his ancestors. This is Basenji type that comes alive in the show ring. 
He has the personality of a clown. Tiby loves to carry his ribbons in his mouth, and he has never met a person he does not like.
 
We would like to thank all of the Judges who recognized Tiby’s qualities with Sergio in the US in 2016. We would like to thank Sergio for his professional care and presentation of Tiby.
 
We look forward to watching Edgar and Tiby coming together as a team, and we very much look forward to the 2017 show season here in Canada.

Breeders: A Whalen, Sanda Allen, & Jennie Behles
Owners: Jennie D Behles, A Whalen & Sanda Allen
Presented By: Edgar Rojas

 

Noka was born here at Sparx with a pretty impressive pedigree to live up to, his maternal grandsire is Bookie (Can GChEx Am Ch ToMar's The Fix Is In CGN, Canada's #1 Terrier, #10 All Breeds 2006), his paternal grandsire is Twister (Am Ch Regency's Twist of Fate, who until recently was the record holder for BIS wins in the US, and multi BISS at AMSC Nationals).  We feel that Noka embodies the best of both of these dogs and although he has only been lightly shown, his record reflects his quality!

We started out in 2014, when Noka turned 6 months old.  By the end of the year he had earned his Canadian Grand Champion Excellent title with a Best In Specialty Show and an all breed Best in Show, and picked up his Rally Novice title in 3 straight trials. Noka also earned his American Championship by going Best of Winners on the 2 days leading up to Montgomery County, and started on his American Grand Championship.  Noka ended 2014 as the #1 Miniature Schnauzer in Canada & #6 Terrier.

We only showed 2 weekends in Canada in 2015, while waiting for Noka to mature.  Despite this, he was still #3 Mini Schnauzer for the year.  Meanwhile in the US, Noka picked up his first Best of Breed win on the Montgomery County weekend, and took home an Award of Merit on Montgomery day.

2016 started with a bang, and Noka picked up 2 more Best in Show wins, 4 Reserve Best In Show wins, and another Best in Specialty Show, setting him up for the year as Canada's #1 Mini Schnauzer and #6 Terrier yet again, despite only being shown a few weekends in the second half of the year due to other handling commitments.  In the US, Noka brought home 3 Award of Merits and was awarded Select Dog at the AMSC Roving National at "MiniPalooza", with entries of about 100 MS on each of the 4 days. 

Noka currently has 75 points towards his Bronze Grand Champion title in the US, and considering he has only been shown on Specialty weekends, mostly the Montgomery County weekend and Roving National weekend, against some of the best Miniature Schnauzers in North America, we are very honored with each and every one of those points!

Thank you to all of the judges who have awarded Noka so far, we look forward to seeing what the future will bring!

Bred, Owned and Handled by: Connie Krohn