I would like to thank everybody who visited my website this year and took interest in the Finnish Lapphund breed. Hopefully 2021 will be a better year. I would like to wish everybody happy holidays and a good and healthy 2021.

How cool is this picture from 2016? In the picture 4 generations and the 5th generation was just 7 weeks old but not in this picture. From the left to the right Fidelis Upea Louhi (born 2000), daughter Lapinlahjan Aistikas Chjenzi (born 2004), granddaughter Aina (born 2008) and great granddaughter Sulavasti (born 2014).

On October 27th we went to the vet in Putten for health (breeding) screening of SamicLahja Björk Ihkku and Tabanyaruu Wihta Liivu. Elena was so kind to drive Kantaa to the vet. First on the program was the ECVO eye examination. Both dog are clear for eye disorders so next thin was to check the …

The remaining health examinations of Kantaa and Liivu will be carried out in 10 days. The schedule includes ECVO eye examination, HD and ED x-rays and patellar examination. As soon as the results are available, I will share the information.

On the 10th of October we had a clubmatch in Sneek. For us it was more of a practice round than it was intended to make a real competition. I find it interesting to know what a judge thinks about a dog and what his or her strengths or weaknesses are and why the dog …

As breeder I do not like to be in the show ring but it is certainly interesting to know what other people with “more knowledge” of the breed thinks of your dogs in terms of build and whether they fits in the breed standard. More opinions give me more insight because it remains an opinion …

For all those people who are missing the dog shows due to COVID-19 and to raise money in aid of Addison’s Research at The Royal Veterinary college, the Southern Finnish Lapphund Society put on an online-virtual-show last may. Beside the usual classes there were a few fun classes like ‘Best Head’, ‘Rainbow Bridge’ and ‘Social …

A weekend with mixed feelings. The last puppy, Tessa left to her forever home so that’s a sad feeling. And yet it was also a weekend with proud feelings. Kantaa ran his second show and became best youth male despite the fact that we still have to work on how he can behave in the …