I have plans to mate Peppi, Ch Serene Dreams R Free, for the second time. Of course with her owner's kindest approval. As always, some health tests need to be done first. Peppi is already 6 years, and she and three puppies from her first litter (now 2,5 years) are now eye checked clear. As we did lose Peppi's beloved dam Jade last year to a heart disease at the age of 9,5, I also wanted to have an ultrasound examination done to Peppi's heart. That is the best way to get information about heart and rule out all kinds of heart diseases. She passed that, too, no abnormalities.  So now we can relax and wait for her season to start.  Or... not quite yet. Even though Peppi is ready, there is still one examination to be done before I dare to announce the sire of my planned litter.
Suunnitelmissani olisi syksypentue Pepille (Ch Serene Dreams R Free). Olen kiitollinen Pepin omistajalle Helille, joka tekee tämän mahdolliseksi. Aina tietenkin ensiksi on tehtävä terveystutkimuksia. Peppi täytti jo keväällä 6v, ja nyt se ja kolme pentuaan ensimmäisestä pentueestaan (2,5v sitten) on silmätarkastettu terveiksi. Viime kesänä Pepin äidillä Jadella todettiin vakava sydänsairaus johon se menehtyi alkusyksystä 9,5-vuotiaana. Siksi halusin ehdottomasti tutkituttaa myös Pepin sydämen, vaikka Jaden sairautta ei perinnölliseksi epäilläkään. Peppi on nyt sydänultrattu ja todettu terveeksi. Nyt siis siltä osin voimme huokaista ja odottaa juoksun alkua... Mutta en vielä julkaise suunnitelmia - yksi terveystutkimus vielä edessä eli suunnitellun isän äidin silmätarkastus. Parin viikon päästä tiedetään, joudutaanko jälleen kerran käyttämään "Plan B".

All my posts could start like this. Armi's singleton puppy boy has moved to his new home, with his uncle Core. Hope to see you soon again, funny how house feels empty even just one puppy has left the building.
We've got some new puppy plans for autumn, but I'll write more about them when the health checks are done.

We've been to some shows again with nice success. In Tampere international, even though Saturday's judge did not appreciate my dogs' high tails and "too flat croups" at all, Iines did nicely on Sunday ending up at best female 3rd with res-CACIB and CAC and therefore finishing her Fi Ch. Iines is the third one to finish from her litter.
A week later she was BOB in Jämsä group specialty show under spaniel specialist Reia Leikola-Walden.

I had wanted to visit Russia for some time already.  Timmy's owner Elina speaks fluent Russian so I tempted her to join me and we drove to a one-day-visit to Vyborg for two national dog shows. We had three dogs with us, and luckily all three got CC and so we have new Rkf Ch's: Serene Lightning Strike, S. Theme For A Dream and S. Moonlight Shadow. Pictured is Nila, Serene Moonlight Shadow.
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