After breeding/owning over 600 Champions, some 100 BEST in GROUP I:st and over 50 BEST in SHOW I:st winners in past 36 years. I have learned following important things about breeding. Be stubborn and believe yourself. Do your own things and be loyal to your vision. Other than that following …
Koirankasvattajana itse aktiivisesti toimiessa ja harrastajakunnan kenttää Suomessa sekä kansainvälisesti seuranneena olen vuosikymmenien saatossa tullut pohtineeksi usein kasvattajia koirien sekä kasvatuksen näkökulmasta. Koirankasvattajan on aivan yhtä tärkeää pohtia omaa “asenneilmapiiriä”, mentorointikykyä, käytöstä ja ihan ihmisenä kasvua. Aloitetaan positiivisesta. Tässä harrastuksessa olen tavannut satoja mahtavan kannustavia, pirteitä, hyvinvoivia ja todella yhteistyökykyisiä …
I am very worried about the trend that in pedigree dogs we are looking for shorter and shorter muzzles with many breeds. Over the decades in too many breeds muzzles are getting shorter and stronger all the time. It is such a shameful trend. Why on Earth are we doing …
Lhasa apso has a very special and actually quite easy head to understand. The true oriental straight forward looking noble expression is such an important part of the breed. It is the head measures, shape and eyes which makes the picture perfect. Why on earth there is so many bad lhasa …
Joululomaa mökillä koirien kanssa viettäessä on ihana huomata, miten kiireetön aika on myös koirille mieleen. Ihmiset puhuvat paljon laatuajasta, mutta mitä se on koirille? Koiratkin tarvitsevat laatuaikaa. Koirille laatuaika on mielestäni parhaimmillaan yhdessä oloa ilman paineita. Koira tai koirat saavat olla rauhassa vapautuneesti ja tehdä niille mieluisia asioita. Suurimmalle osalle …
You love and respect animals for some reason specially the dogs. You fall in love with some particular breed or breeds. You can´t get enough about the breed´s history. You study it with burning passion. This breed temperament is ment for you. They are like your soulmates in animal world. …
In good quality dog breeding one of the biggest issues is to be clever enough not to use sudden dogs in breeding. I feel the biggest mistake in breeding in many breeds has been to use totally worthless dogs in breeding. Think about those first dogs in your breed with …
Top breeding is all about hard work. There is no short cuts or easy ways out. The most effective way to do serious progress in breeding is to breed. You need material to choose from. This means there is enough high class individuals in breeding programme at all times. The …
Dog breeding is not for “sissies.” I really mean that. If you breed dogs a bit longer you can be sure there will be major disappointments and sorrow. There will be mistakes. There will be some painful challengies with some of the puppy buyers. I feel this is the case …
People often do big mistakes as choosing the stud dog. They go to too fine details and do easily forget the most important thing. In all animal population the matings should be the business of the very strongest. Dog population is not any different from any other animal population. If …
