I am grateful to Irene Slater who sent me the following blast from the past. “A couple of years ago we were at Lewes Farmers Market with one of our dogs when a lady passing by said ‘that’s a Finnish … Continue reading
David Rolfe
Good news about the dog mentioned last week who was needing a new home. He has one, with other FS, and seems to be happily settled in. I am not aware of how the new home was found, but the … Continue reading
Southern Counties attracted a fairly good entry for Finnish Spitz, even without CCs. With an entry of 11 dogs for Finnish judge Pekka Teini, two were absent. This judge has judged our breed before at Southern Counties in 2009. BOB … Continue reading
The weather remained fine and dry for most of the FSS’s show with rain starting during the final class causing a transfer inside for the final ‘best of’ judging. The entry was a modest 33 dogs for judge Mr Reino … Continue reading
Our entry at the National on 9th May was the biggest for the breed this year at 24 dogs, surpassing even Crufts. The judge was Hans Lehtinen – a Finn, and the number was reduced by four absentees. BCC and … Continue reading
Apologies that there has not been much news recently but at least there have been events in the background. The FS Society and the Club held their AGMs at the same venue, one after the other. Fortunately enough people attended … Continue reading
We have another new champion – at Crufts Steve Piearce’s Sukunimi Koda gained his third CC and therefore his title at the age of four and a half years. No rush then, and this shows that our dogs do not … Continue reading
For the first Ch show of the year where we have classes, there was an entry of just ten dogs at Manchester 2014 for Jeff Horswell. Eight were present for judging and the single CC was awarded to Hannah and … Continue reading
Although a little late, by the time you can read this Christmas will be over and I hope you and your dogs had a great time. My best wishes for a happy and successful new year. By my count we … Continue reading
There was a suggestion that FS were not represented at Discover Dogs on the Sunday. I had reported the attendance based on my knowledge of who should have been there. I was correct, and Brenda and Carol were there, but … Continue reading