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24.12.2008



Simo thanks all his friends and admirers for the greetings and congratulations he has received. See you next year!



16.12.2008
What a weekend! Something that we will never forget!
Simo made history by winning

BEST IN SHOW

at the Winner show in Helsinki!
Nearly 8,500 dogs were entered to this show.


Photo: Ilta-Sanomat


Pictured Hon. Chair of the Finnish Kennel Club, Mr. Jouko Yrjölä, BIS-judge Mrs. Ritva Raita, Carina and Simo and Chairman of the Show Committee, Mr. Kari Järvinen.


Simo on the move! Photo: STT/Jukka Kaitala


BOB WINNER-08 Simo, judge Mrs. Kirsi Sainio and BOS WINNER-08 Dixy.


OLIVIA breeders class was shown for the first time in Finland.
From the left: Onni (The Orlando), Millie (Spirit of Sierras) and Simo and Dixy.
Photo: Marina Sandler


04.12.2008
New pictures of Simo's handsome sons:


Finnsky Jaguar, "Lucas"


Finnsky Knockout, "Biggs"


23.11.2008
Simo was BOB at Jyväskylä international show in a field of 16 Skyes.
The return journey was quite an adventure as the whole Finland was in the middle of a snow storm!

16.11.2008
New photo of Lyyli:




02.11.2008
Touko ja Lyyli made their show ring debut.
In the Terrier Group Lyyli was amongst the six finalists but did not place.
Both puppies showed very well and were not afraid of the noisy show venue, a sports hall. Judge for all Terriers and the Group was Ms. Maija Mäkinen.

Lyyli and Touko got so nice critiques that I will display them here :-)

Lyyli:
"5 months old brisk female puppy with good length of body and already a really beautiful top line. Beautiful female head. Good ears, eyes, bite and pigment. Good reach of neck and front chest. Excellently angulated front. Well angulated rear. Body not yet developed. Short puppy coat. It is rare to see a puppy of this age to move so well. However she is still a bit loose in front which is typical for the breed at this age. Nice temperament. Shows well."
5 - 7 MOS BITCH PUPPIES 1 HP BOB PUPPY

Touko:
"Happily showing 5 months old puppy. Good length of body and excellent masculine appearance. Good masculine head. Good ears and eyes. Bite not yet complete, under jaw needs to strenghten. Good reach of neck and front chest. Well angulated front and rear. He has a little puppy's body and at the moment still loose at elbows. Good croup and tailset. Good long tail. Moves with drive, but overall loose on the move which is typical for the breed at this age. Promising coat. Charming, open temperament."
5 - 7 MOS DOG PUPPIES 1 HP BOS PUPPY

Some pictures:











18.10.2008
Touko ja Lyyli are already this big!





08.10.2008
Simo returned from a trip to Hungary. He was shown at the European Winner show and the Hungarian Terrier Specialty. Simo won BOB at both shows and gained the title Hungarian Champion, European Winner-08 and Hungarian Club Winner-08.

17.09.2008
Today we said goodbye to Winston. Sleep well, we will miss you!

17.09.2008
I got a magnificent photo of Simo, thank you photographer Tapio Eerola!



13.09.2008
Simo had a good day in Helsinki group show (FCI 2&3).
He won the Terrier Group under Marja Salminen and was BEST IN SHOW under Nils Molin, Sweden.



12.09.2008
Touko moved house! His new parents are Olli and Christa.

10.09.2008
Touko The Adorable poses for the camera:




31.08.2008
Some new pictures of Simo's kids.

30.08.2008
Today at the Finnish Terrier Association Main Specialty Show, Simo was the best amongst 813 Terriers:
BEST IN SHOW!

Photo: Terhi Korhonen


25.08.2008
Täplä began her show career in Labrador Club Show. Her debut went well although she did not place in her class.
Judge's critique can be read here.

20.08.2008
A couple of photos of Dixy from Heinola:


Group-1 with judge Ms. Maija Mäkinen




Dixy on the move!

17.08.2008
A fantastic day at Heinola all-breed show! Dixy won BOB and GROUP-1! She was also BIS-2 Veteran amongst the huge group of BOB-Veteran dogs! Simo was BOS. The total entry of dogs in this show was over 2500.

Simo and Matilda's daughter Ruby had a super weekend, gained two 1st prizes in tracking and is now titled FINNISH TRACKING CHAMPION FINNSKY JEWEL! She is the first TR CH Skye Terrier in Finland. An amazing achievement, and she is only 18 months old!

11.08.2008
Lyyli got her own page.
New pictures of our youngsters:


Touko 11 weeks


Lyyli 11 weeks


Lyyli's helicopter ears :)


Täpä 5,5 months

06.08.2008
This morning Saara whelped nine puppies, seven dogs and two bitches, black and yellow.

05.08.2008
New pictures of Simo. In the lower picture he is with his breeder Olga Smid.





31.07.2008
In Dog World, July 25, Ronnie Irving reports from the World Show in Stockholm:

"My judging stints were on the middle two days when I had the honour to judge 97 Pembroke Corgis, 49 Dandie Dinmonts and 54 Skyes. All three of these breeds contained a great number of high quality exhibits.

In Skyes I had been worrying about finding them all far too big, but was pleased to be able to find quite a few that were not all that huge. In fact the overall depth of quality in Skyes was, in my opinion, even higher than in the other two breeds, and BOB went to the dog Ch Olivia Spirit of American Idol, bred in the US by Olga Smid and owned in Finland. He was spectacular for head, neck, topline, coat and presentation and never put a foot wrong. In front he was better than some and he scored over a number of those present for length and lowness as well. BB went to the winner of open bitch, Ch Finnsky Future, from Finland and best junior was the bitch, Midnight Sonata of Morningsky, from Germany. "

Saara will leave tomorrow and will be staying the next six weeks at Tiina's. Judging by the size of her belly there are probably 16 puppies. :-)

13.07.2008
At Karjaa national show Simo was too small and skinny for the judge who would have wanted Simo to lift his tail up! ROFLMAO.

Puppies are now 7 weeks old. New pictures here.

05.07.2008
At the World Winner Show in Stockholm, Sweden Simo was BOB with CACIB and is now WW-08! Dixy was too big for the judge (hee hee) but her daughter Ebony won bitch CAC/CACIB and WW-08 and Selma got reserve-cacib!

On this same day Simo's latest litter was born. Adalia (Ch. Linum La Gioconda) gave birth to 8 beautiful babies, dark grey/black and cream.

28.06.2008
Dixy's daughters Selma and Ebony had a good day in Denmark! Selma (Fortune) was BOB and is now Copenhagen Winner-08! Ebony (Future) gained CAC and is now Danish Champion!

21.06.2008
Puppies are now four weeks old! Pictures here.

15.06.2008
At Forssa Int show Simo won BOB and GROUP-3. Total entry in Forssa was 2600 dogs.

08.06.2008
A busy day! Saara was shown in Virkkala group show, result Best Bitch-2 with another RES-CAC. She seems to be destined to always be the bridesmaid and never the bride! In the evening she was surgically inseminated with Travis's frozen semen. Puppies hopefully in the beginning of August in Strongline's kennel.
A new photo of Simo and Matilda's lovely son Lucas (Finnsky Jaguar) on Matilda kids' page.

31.05.2008
Ruby finished the spring tracking season with 1st and 2nd prizes in Winnersclass. She began her summer show tour in Piteå, Sweden, where she gained CAC, CACIB and Best of Breed!

24.05.2008
Matilda's puppies were born! First pictures here.
Simo was BOB at the International Aptus show in Helsinki.

13.05.2008
Matilda's belly is getting larger and we expect her litter at the end of next week.

11.05.2008
Matilda's daughter Ruby (Finnsky Jewel) gained another Open Class 1st Prize in Blood Tracking! Now she is eligble for Winners Class and hopefully will finish Blood Tracking Championship! Not bad for a little girl of only 15 months of age!

09.05.2008
A new photo of Nessie, (AM CH Finnsky Finesse) on Dixy kids' page. She's another beautiful Dixy daughter - you can see they are related. :-)

05.05.2008
Simo and Adalia (FIN CH Linum La Gioconda) had a hot date, and with some luck there will be puppies in the beginning of July! More information on Simo's page.

03.05.2008
Today we were at Somero show for FCI groups 2 and 3. The total entry was almost 700 dogs! Simo won BOB under Ms Eeva Rautala in a field of 9 Skyes, and Dixy was BOS and BOB-VET. In the Veteran finals Dixy was BEST IN SHOW-2 VETERAN.





27.04.2008
Finesse is now American Champion! Her sister Ebony was BOS with CACIB in Vaasa Int show yesterday. Good girls and congratulations to Mike, Maida and Sanna!

21.04.2008
A very good weekend for Dixy's children and grandchildren! Her daughter Ebony, Finnsky Future, travelled to Norway and won CAC/CACIB/BOB in Harstad under Nils Molin. Ebony is now also Norwegian Champion! Her sister Finnsky Finesse attended the Potomac Specialty weekend in the USA and gained five points! She now needs only one single point for American Championship! In Finland Matilda's daughter Ruby (Finnsky Jewel) was shown in Jyväskylä international show. Little Ruby won the CAC and was second best bitch. She was too young for the CACIB but never mind, she has time. Well done girls!

19.04.2008
Simo's International Championship is now confirmed by the FCI!

14.04.2008
We have a new Labrador puppy! More information on "Täplä's" own page.

18.03.2008
Simo and Matilda's son Lucas, Finnsky Jaguar, had a successful show weekend and is now titled EST, LV, LTU, BALT CH BaltJW-07 NordicJW-07 LVW-08 LVJW-08 LTUJW-08! Well done Lucas! Dixy's daughter Selma, Finnsky Fortune, is now confirmed International Champion! Selma is the third Dixy kid to gain INT CH title. We are so proud!

16.03.2008
We were in Tampere International show with Simo and Saara. Simo was BOS under Otto Krcal (kennel Skyeomania). In Labradors Frank Kane liked Saara very much but could not place her because she is blowing her coat BIG TIME. I think she left about 1 kg of Labrador hair in the show venue! Saara's son Strongline's Irony won the junior dog class with Excellent. A new picture of "Urho" is in Saara kids' gallery.

08.03.2008
Added some hip score and elbow xray results to Saara's kids.
Saara's OptiGen status is Normal/Clear which means she does not have the PRA-gene. :)

24.02.2008
We were at Labrador Main Specialty show in Lahti. There was a good entry of 176 Labradors. Saara won the Working class and placed 4th in Best Bitch-class with RES-CAC. She has a good collection of reserves! :). Saara's daughter Strongline's Ivana was shown in the junior class and got Excellent. Well done Taika!

11.02.2008
What a weekend! On Saturday Simo was invited to Champion of Champions gala, a contest for top winning Finnish show dogs. 60 beautiful dogs competed in this knock out competition. Simo won his first two opponents but then had to give in to a superb Pumi. Nevertheless a fantastic evening and Simo looked stunning with glitter in his coat. :-).
On Sunday we attended Finnish Dog Judges' Society's specialty show for Terriers in Helsinki. Simo was BOB under Renée Sporre-Willes, Sweden. Dixy was shown for the first time in Veteran class and was second best bitch and BOB Veteran. Best bitch and BOS was Dixy's daughter Ebony.

You can read about our 2007 news here.