While we were celebrating my husband's birthday, our team kept the flag high at Riihimäki International Dog Show!
Jonna Virtanen entered Nooa, Päivi Silfverberg our co-owned Yoda who lives at her place, & one cannot forget Kata Lahikainen my BFF who entered her boy Romeo (Chabarrou Patou de l'Orri).  C.Tarbesan won Best Male & Yoda placed 2nd recieving his 2nd CAC & Romeo caught BM3 with a res-CACIB that turns to his very 1st CACIB from the very 1st possible show! 
Nooa was at an IDS for the 1st time ever in open class & recieved an excellent qritique!

Proud of you all <3

Happy birthday to my very 1st litter of Great Pyrenees <3 What a trip it has been!

Nooa, Navi, Hukka, Luca, Elmo, Morris & Lyra! Kiitos ihanat kasvatin omistajat että olette pitäneet hyvää huolta rakkaista<3

The last of the Challenge Cups arrived!

What a year 2015 was for Wicca & I!

She placed high in two countries for Pyr of the year! The Cup for Best of sex in the Pyr 2015 contest arrived today!

#1 Pyr Bitch, #3 of all pyrs in Finland. She started her show year last june at our Speciality by placing BOB under Elena Vespa (in the middle), Best in Speciality Show under Michel Thebault (the plate behind). She placed well in the fall at the few shows the was entered <3 Vantaa BOS under Leni Finne,

Jyväskylä BOS under Alain Pecault & of course placing BOS at Finnish Winner under Liliane de Ridder-Onghena giving her the BEAUTIFUL blue cup on the left & FIW-15 title <3

She also got in top10 at Estonian Pyr competition with one show weekend! 

Winning EEW-15 title & placing BOS at their speciality under Salvatore Giannone finalizing her placement in the competition to #2 Pyr Bitch, #6 of all pyrs in Estonia.

Now <3 to get her name engraved on each to add to the list under such true gems & names as Marcus etc.... 

Truly humbled to be looking at them <3 but even more blessed to have such a great CHARACTER & persona as Wicca in my life <3 Knew from day 1 when she was born that she was mine & never looked back! Thank you Marion-Silvia Diener, she's my true gem- not for these Cups or trophies or titles, but because she is my Wicca !

Thanks Kata Lahikainen for bringing it!!!

Most of all i guess i have to say i feel very greatful to have such wonderful people in my life & many breeders in Finland & abroad who truly genuinely have been happy to be part of our success! This is showing- a wonderful hobby together- at it's best! 

xoxo

Definitely worth celebrating don't you think!??!!!!

thanks for all your support!

We had a great trip to Estonia with the girls, Kata showed "Knight" to perfection at the EPLK -specialty winning Best of Breed & Best in Show puppy under Helge Verner Hagen. 

Päivi Silfverberg came along with us & got to show Respera at both shows, placing him Intermediate 1st with Exc critiques. 
At speciality they won the special prize for BEST MOVER. We got a wonderfully in depth explanation about how it was clearly visible to see Respera is in the pastures with his sheep all the time, as he is mobile all the time & his movement has such power - which almost brought a tear to my eye as his breeder. 

Couldn't thank the girls for a better weekend, not to mention for both of them helping me by showing my boys! <3 

We rocked it, Kata's Romeo won his JunW-15 title & his JCAC & finished his EE JCH & BALT JCH titles at the age of 12months!

& super thanks for Marion for having us over for the night AGAIN! 

xoxo girls <3 over & out

Me & Kata drove to Lappeenranta, Imatra for an international dog show this easter. It's located right near the boarder to Russia. We were going to judge Leni Finne, a respected judge among the breed, who today had 2 new trainees for the breed- Kimmo Mustonen & Taina Nygård. It was very nice to hear the judge pass on knowledge of the breed- type- expression & dewclaws & ears.

This trip Wicca got her Latvian & thus Baltic CH titles, Respera got his very 1st CACIB - also Latvian CAC to wait for him to turn 2. Romeo got his Latvian Junior Ch title & Vette won her 2nd CACIB on sunday. We got everything we came there for! Latvia definately was good to us this trip!

Sunday we drove to stay the night at Marion's in Kennel Echo de'Chien. It is always fabulous to meet friends & we were very happy to be able to stay the night! Wish i would have had more energy from the flue to sit & talk with Marion for longer- seems that our trips are always too short!

Have to say extra thanks to my BFF Kata for this weekend as I couldn't have LITERALLY done it without her. She showed all 4 pyrs on both days as my knee surgery is still keeping me out of the rings.- 

Thanks hon'!

Kata's been helping me plan spring 2016 & it seems we are starting our touring once more! So hoping to see many of you wonderful friends & breeders around the world at Winner shows & such on our travels!