News & updates 2018

Vuokko was eye tested recently and I am happy to report that she was given an all-clear at the age of seven.

Kuura's hip and elbow scores are back from the Finnish Kennel Club: her hip score is B/B and elbow score, as expected, 2/2. Other not-so-pleasant news is that Jekku has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which was found pretty much out of the blue in a routine post-cancer check-up. On a brighter note, Otso and Saimi have been eye tested clear.

Picture gallery updates: Kira, Ruusu, Alma, and Usva's daughter Hilppa, who is growing nicely and leaving for her new home next week. Thank you Taru, Matleena and Jenna for the photos!

Jekku has had his patellas scored and heart auscultated with no remarks from the vet. Kuura, however, was not quite so lucky with her x-rays: while her hips looked decent, there were clear signs of elbow dysplasia. We are now waiting for the Finnish Kennel Club vet's comments and final scores. Thanks to owners of both for having your dogs tested!

Ruusu, who is now eight months old, has a new profile picture.

Överkalix all-breed show, Sweden 19 Aug: Svea VG/2 under Boo Lundström. Photo by Pirjo Kivijärvi.

Kira has been eye tested clear.

Rovaniemi group show 4 Aug: Svea, who has a new profile picture, graded Excellent by Kirsi Honkanen.

Raahe group show 5 Aug: Svea graded Excellent again, this time by Tuula Pratt.

Kuhmo group show 11 Aug: Nuuk runner-up to BD & Best Veteran under Tuula Pratt.

Sylvi's puppies have got their personal pages. Go to Litters to access them.

Piteå International & Lapphund Speciality, Sweden 14/15 July: Hali was graded Excellent and Svea Excellent/3 under Maija Lehtonen. Hali was shown on Sunday as well and was graded Excellent by Nina Karlsdotter.

Nuuk has been to an eye test and diagnosed with a non-hereditary minor cataract. Thank you Pirjo for having the old boy tested!

Gällivare Nordic dog show, Sweden 30 June: litter brothers Viima and Hali (pictured below by owner Merja) placed third and fourth in the champion class with a CQ grading each. Nuuk won the veteran class, went third in the dog challenge and also got Best Veteran. Svea followed suit going third in the bitch challenge with a reserve CC. The four dogs were also shown as a team, which went Best Team - very grateful to the owners for doing this even though I was unable to make it to the show myself! Finnish Lapphunds were judged by Juha Putkonen.

Pärnu group show & double international shows, Estonia 6/7/8 July: at Friday's group show, Viima won the champion class with an Excellent grading under Elisabeth Spillman. On Saturday, Evgenia Tolpina gave him Best of Breed, which means that Viima got his Estonian title, and even more importantly, finished his International title. Extremely chuffed! On Sunday, Viima went fourth in the dog challenge under Iuza Beradze. Thank you & congrats Leila!

Seija has been eye tested clear. Thank you Diane & Piet!

Lovely Peppi had to be given sleep at the end of June, just one month shy of her fourteenth birthday. She was such a sweetie and will be greatly missed by many. My condolences go out to Peppi's owner Kati.

Kotka Nordic dog show 17 June: Hali Excellent & CQ under Pekka Teini.

Tromsø International, Norway 17 June: Viima Very Good/4 under breeder judge Ambjörn Lindqvist.

Siilinjärvi group show 19 May: Saimi Very Good/3 under Jaana Hartus.

Piteå all-breed show, Sweden 26 May: Viima graded Excellent by Börge Espeland.

Kuura and Viima underwent conformation examinations organised by the Breeding Committee of the Lapphund Club of Finland at Rovaniemi on 20 May. The judge was Marja Talvitie and both dogs were "Approved for breeding".

Senni has been competing in Rally and finished her Rally Novice title in three straight trials! What is more, she has already earned a leg towards her next Rally degree. Well done Senni!

Hali and Svea have been gene tested for DM: Hali is a carrier and Svea clear. Thanks for testing!

Kuura's profile picture and photo gallery updated.

Salo group show 28 Apr: Karpo (pictured left) graded Very Good and Hilla (pictured right) Good by Matti Palojärvi. Photos by Jussi Virtanen.

Posio group show 5 May: Nuuk went Best Veteran in Breed and took and a fourth place in the dog challenge under Mari Lackman. What is more, he was shortlisted for Best Veteran in Show by Esko Nummijärvi.

Haapavesi group show 6 May: Yet another Best Veteran win for Nuuk, this time under Hannu Talvi. Nuuk also went Best Dog & Best of Opposite Sex over the youngsters! Otso was graded Good.

Karpo and Hilla have new profile pictures, and Hilla's gallery has been updated with photos from the Salo show - thank you Jussi!

Usva was eye and heart tested clear this week, and her patella score is 0/0.

A couple of new photos added to Ruusu's gallery.

Kemijärvi group show 24 Mar: Kuura was graded Very Good by Tuula Pratt at her first junior class show.

Spring Specialty of the Lapphund Club of Finland, Siilinjärvi 24/25 Mar: on Saturday, Nuttu had her remaining health tests done - her patella score is 0/0 and she is free from heart murmurs. What is more, her Pompe disease and DM gene test results will be available soon. Nuttu also went through a conformation examination done by Mari Lackman and was "Approved for breeding". On Sunday she had her open class debut under Unto Timonen and was graded Excellent.

Juuka group show 3 Mar: Old boy Nuuk added one more Best Veteran win to his credit under Maarit Hassinen. He also took a fourth place in the dog challenge. Way to go Nuuk! Photo by Mari Rantanen.

Kaunas International, Lithuania 27/28 Jan: Saturday appeared to be a day of Very Goods since also Vuokko and Kielo were graded Very Good. Sunday's show, however, went a lot better with Kielo going BOS & BOB veteran (which makes her a Lithuanian veteran champion) and Vuokko winning her all-important fourth CACIB and thereby finishing her C.I.B title! What is more, she also got her Lithuanian title. The judges were Rony Doedijns (Saturday) and Jean-Claude Klein (Sunday). Thank you Pinja Lämsä for taking the girls with you! Photo by Pinja.

Kuopio Spitz Specialty 28 Jan: Nuuk won the veteran class among stiff competition and took a creditable third place in the dog challenge under Juha Putkonen. He was also BOS veteran. Bitches were judged by Katja Korhonen, who gave Saimi a Very Good. The Finnish Lapphund entry was once again huge, this time 132 dogs entered!