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Tuula and her grandchild Hilda
Me, my husband "Leo" and our
dogs, who all live as family members with us, live in a city called
Lahti, which is about
100 kilometers from the capital city of Finland, Helsinki.
Our daughter Helimaija moved
with her family, dogs and horses in Jyväskylä, Finland. You can find her web
pages from
here
(only in finnish).
I used to breed German shepherds
in the 70's and in the 80's, then in the year 1985 I bought my first
Papillon from Mr. Oiva Myllynen's Topmill's kennel. That Papillon Topmill's
Mermaid "Tippa" has been my foundation bitch.
The first Papillon litter of
Arzillo was born in 1988. Nowadays we have 1-2 papillon litters per year.
The Chihuahuas came to live with
us kind of "secretly", as a very good friend of mine Mrs. Tuula
Lehtinen-Cochetti (kennel Misty Meadow's) moved to Italy a couple of years
ago. That was the time, when I suddenly noticed that I was the owner of a
couple of Chihuahuas!
I fell in love with the breed
and because I had got very good dogs I really got inspired about the thing.
My first Chihuahua litter was born in 1997 and one bitch Arzillo Just For Me
"Laura" stayed home with us.
By that time I fell in love also
with the Phalčnes and that happened coincidentally too. The first Phalčne
litter of Arzillo was born in 1997.
In the area of dog shows I've
concentrated on Papillons and Phalčnes, the Chihuahuas have been merely pets.
Still I think that my Chihuahuas also would have the
quality to achieve good show results, so it's time to start taking them too
to the dog shows.
The first Pomeranian we got
about 10 years ago, named FIN CH Walanos Under my Thumb. And In a year 2001
Jan-Shars Hugo Boss. The first pomeranian litter was born In December 2003. |
