December 21
Vilnius International show, Lithuania. Canmoy's Primetime BOB, CC, CACIB under Mr Juha Kares from Finland.
September 7
National all breeds show in Helsinki. Bichons were under Ms Elsbeth Clerc from Swizerland and everyone we showed got a nice placement in their classes. Miniature poodles were under Mr Juha Kares from Finland. His choice for Best of Breed was Canmoy's Primetime. Irina was once again handled and groomed perfectly by her breeder. Thank you both!
August 31
The Finnish Toydog Specialty, Helsinki. Our bichons were not that succesfull this time (well, OK, they gained some nice class placements) but our debutanté Canmoy's Pas De Deux made us pretty proud becoming 4th best bitch first time out just at 9 months under breed specialist Mr Henrik Hannelius from Finland.
Petit Ami's Kiss-And-Tell 8 months
August 24
Valkeakoski national all breeds show, Leaflet's Contract Kisser 2nd best male, Res-CC and Leaflet's Attention Please 2nd in junior bitches with excellent under Mr Zeljko Gajick from Slovenia.
August 23
Hämeenlinna international show, Canmoy's Primetime 2nd best bitch, CC, Res-CACIB under Mr Hans Almgren from Sweden.
August 1 - 3
We had entered only our young first- and secondtimers in the annual Bichon Specialty and Kuopio International shows, which were held in the same place during the same weekend FAR away from our home... The journey was long and our car totally stuffed but luckily I had not only one but three handsome chauffeurs to travel with. :)
We skipped the first one of the shows due to bad weather but got the following results from the rest of the shows:
BICHON FRISÉ NATIONAL SPECIALTY 2008
Breed specialist judge Ms Beth Warman, NZ
entries 106
Petit Ami's Kiss-And-Tell 3rd in puppy dogs (7 months)
Leaflet's Ad Astra winner of junior dogs, 2nd best male, CC (9 months)
Leaflet's Attention Please winner of junior bitches (9 months)
Leaflet's Ad Astra, CC in our Specialty first time out at the age of 9 months!!!
Kuopio international 2.8.
Judge Ms Lisbeth Campbell
Leaflet's Ad Astra very good
Leaflet's Attention Please 2nd in junior bitches, very good
Kuopio international 3.8.
Judge Mr Georgios Kostopoulos
Leaflet's Ad Astra 4th in junior males, excellent
Leaflet's Attention Please 1st in junior bitches, excellent
July 13
In Karjaa national all breeds show bichons were under Ms Karin Bergbom from Finland. Leaflet's La-Z-Boy was shown beautifully by his owner Johanna, he won his class and became 4th best male. I had also entered my poodle Canmoy's Primetime under Ms Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari from Finland. Irina did wonderfully by becoming BEST OF BREED with her 2nd CC handled by her breeder Ms Tiina Taulos. In the finals I handled her myself and our group judge, a well respected all-rounder Mr Harry Tast from Finland gave Irina 3rd PLACEMENT IN THE GROUP!
Irina's critic from our breed judge was something so fabulous that I want to share it with the rest of the world: "Jumalaisen kaunis narttu. Ideaali koko. Silmiinpistävän tehokkaat liikkeet. Ihastuttava hännänkanto. Upea ryhti." And the same translated... "A bitch of divine beauty. Ideal size. Strikingly efficient movement. Attractive tail carriage. Gorgeous carriage."
Big thank yous to both of the judges for appreciating our Irina, my husband Jarmo for all his efforts with the photographing and - once again - Tiina for everything.... :)
I also have to congratulate Ms Pia Helminen for her fabulous result with her bichon. Charmandelan Faust for Fun became 2nd in the group first time out in junior class! That's some way to go!!!
Irina BIG-3 Karjaa 13.7.2008
Irina BOB Karjaa 13.7.2008
Milou with Johanna
June 28
There was a national show held in Järvenpää. Leaflet's La-Z-Boy became 2nd in his class under Swedish Mr Henrik Johansson. Poodles were under Ms Zsuzsanna Balogh from Hungary. She gave our Canmoy's Primetime the win of Intermediate Class and made her 3rd best bitch with a res-cc.
June 15
After becoming a Finnish champion our Luna went to visit her breeder Mia in Sweden. They participated Avesta international show, where bichons were under Mr Dan Ericsson. He made Luna the open class winner and 2nd best bitch with a CC and res-CACIB, so now we have our FRITTMI'S LOVE POTION NEW FINNISH AND SWEDISH CHAMPION!!! Thank you so much for everything Mia and congratulations for your fine success: this is the 4th new championship title for Frittmi's bichons in a row during the past few weeks!
June 14
There was an international show held in Forssa. I only took there my poodle Canmoy's Primetime, who won Intermediate class and became 2nd best bitch with res-CACIB and her first CC! Thanks to our judge Mr Juha Putkonen and also thanks to Irina's breeder Ms Tiina Taulos for handling her so perfectly! :)
June 7
In Pieksämäki all breeds show bichons were under Ms Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen from Finland. Leaflet's Sun Moon Stars became 3rd best male with a res-CC. Big thanks to Ms Satu Eskelinen (Fabuleux) for giving a helping hand to Pirjo and Elmo :)
May 24
Hamina international show, bichons were under Ms Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari from Finland. Leaflet's Attention Please debuted in puppy class at the age of 7 months becoming Best of Breed-puppy. Congratulations to Hilla and her family for the nice start in the rings :) Leaflet's La-Z-Boy gained excellent and became 3rd in his class.
Leaflet's Attention Please, 7 months
Leaflet's La-Z-Boy
May 18
Joensuu international show, poodles judged by Ms Eeva Resko from Finland. Canmoy's Primetime 1st in junior bitches. Bichons were judged by Mr Nils Molin from Sweden. Leaflet's Contract Kisser 1st in intermediate class and L. Sun Moon Stars 4th in open class. Our new champion Luna stayed resting on a pillow in our cottage while we were freezing ourselves at the show. (It was actually sleeting, can you imagine?!?)
Big thanks to Elmo's owner Pirjo for the good time we had during our long trip to Joensuu! It is wonderful to have such good friends as puppy owners ;))
May 17
Joensuu all breeds show, judge Mr Zeev Trainin from Israel. Leaflet's Contract Kisser became 2nd with excellent in intermediate males after his long holiday from the showrings, L. Sun Moon Stars received excellent in open class. Frittmi's Love Potion won open bitches, became 2nd best bitch with CC and brand new FINNISH CHAMPION! Congratulations and big thanks to Luna's breeder Mia Hedman from Sweden :)
March 23
In Lappeenranta INT show bichons were under Ms Mona Selbach, Norway. Leaflet's Sun Moon Stars was placed 2nd in his class and Frittmi's Love Potion 3rd in hers :)
March 13
Together with my active puppy owners (thank you all!) we took 7 of my breedings to an eye examination and blood samples for the genetic research. We have a genetic research group in Finland trying to find out how hereditary cataracts is inherited in our breed. Also international help is valuable. If you are interested in hearing more, please contact me via e-mail or directly the head of the research group, prof. Hannes Lohi. We got the following results:
Leaflet's Easy Come Easy Go, eyes OK
Leaflet's Expert Teaser, eyes OK
(Petit Ami's Only The Lonely X Petit Ami's Starshine to Leaflet)
Leaflet's Semper Fidelis, eyes OK
Leaflet's Second to None, eyes OK
(Kynismar for Heaven's Sake X Leaflet's Midnite Special)
Leaflet's La-Z-Boy, patellas 0/0 eyes OK
Leaflet's Li'l Hi Li'l Lo, patellas 0/0 eyes OK
(Leaflet's Easy Come Easy Go X Leeward's Ringside Rose)
Leaflet's Love for Sale, eyes total HC
(Rusmar Deep Magic X Leeward's Lust for Love)
Luckily the only case of cataracts we had was with 13 year old "Sulo" who has never been used at stud.
February 26
Let me introduce our new family members, who are pictured below. Guess, who is the main reason for the updatings getting slower...
This is "Dimmu Borgir" (thanks to my teenager daughter Laura for the name) who came from Norway yesterday at the age of 9 weeks. Great big thanks to his breeder Ms Wivi-Anne Olsen (Petit Ami's bichons) for trusting another one of her gorgeous breedings in my hands! Thanks also to Dimmu's "Godmother" Ms Jaana Kauppinen (Jitterbop bichons) for bringing him over when coming back home with her brand new INT&N CH Jitterbop Pin Code after doing some winning in a Norwegian showring :)
Although all my 4-legged furry friends are dear for me, it is absolutely clear who is the most precious new puppy in the house... This is our little Emil, who was born on Valentine's day. His strategic measures were 4100 grams and 52,5 cms. You can imagine that he and his 2-year old big brother together with the dogs keep me busy!
This promising young lady is medium sized poodle Canmoy's Pas De Deux. "Tamara" is pictured at the age of 8 weeks. Thank you Ms Tiina Taulos (Canmoy's poodles) for letting me have another one of your top quality breedings!