For the second consecutive year the Finnish Spitz Best of Breed at Crufts was a dog brought over from Finland for the show. On a fine day in contrast to much the weather has had to offer recently we were … Continue reading
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Irene Slater has sent me the following, which shows how well a Finnish Spitz can be trained with perseverence. As far as I know only Valokki bred dogs (Irene’s breeding) have achieved this award. “Valokki Kielo (aka Pepper) owned by … 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
There is one only show on people’s minds (and facebook accounts!) at the moment and that is of course Crufts. This time it was Drew Littlejohn’s turn centre ring and he found his Dog CC in Piearce’s Sukunimi Koda. This … Continue reading
I heard back from the Kennel Club and whilst Richmond is still to be officially confirmed – City of Birmingham has been and our judge there is Mr S Piearce. I was also kindly sent the 2015 list too and … Continue reading
In my last notes I was able to reveal the small entry of Finnish Spitz at Crufts of just 20 dogs. On the day just 18 were present to be judged by Mr C K Thornton, and none of the … Continue reading
Apologies for the lack of breed notes but news has been very thin on the ground and what there has been has all been of a somewhat depressing nature including the news that the Crufts entry was the lowest on … Continue reading
The entry details for Crufts have now been published and do not make good reading. While overall entries are down on last year the drop is small, although entries from overseas are showing an increase from last year. Unfortunately this … Continue reading
At LKA the entry for Averil Cawthera-Purdy was probably the fourth best of the year behind only Crufts and the two breed shows. Of the 20 dogs entered just three were absent. DCC, his second, and BOB was Clare and … Continue reading
That’s Crufts for 2012! With an early start of 9 am, all of our dogs competing arrived in good time, and then endured a long day before final release at 4 pm. Steve Piearce judged with 27 dogs entered making … Continue reading