Behind the scenes "Backstage"
Päivi Uurtola-Kahri
I have breed these breeds about five years, but owned them for almost 10 years. Our first Spanish Waterdog "Lola" (Ch Zorrazo Ketchup) came us in 2002. First Chinese Crested joined to our family in 2004, when "Puzu" (Ch Sun Dan Puzzle) made her entrance to our home.
I have passed breeders-course in year 2004 and I have also passed selective breeding adviser-course & and microchipping-course and at the moment I am in breeder's academy, which is the highest degree, what breeder can achieve in Finland.
Among these four-legged, here lives also my husband Jussi, my son Johannes and last but not least, my daughter Katariina. We "women" are is responsible for breeding, but "boys" love to pet and cuddle our dogs! Katariina takes care of our dogs handling and in need also others dogs handling..
To me, our dogs are loved familymembers, not puppymachines.
The aim to my breeding is to breed well characters, typical of breed types and healthy SWD's & CC's! I hope you will enjoy your visit in my homepages and will come back for updates!
Päivi
Katariina
I'm daughter of Päivi, 17 years old and I've lived with dogs my whole life. I was at my first show when I was a little baby and nowadays I'm spending most of my weekends at dog shows.
My "own" breeds are, for sure, Chinese Cresteds & Poodles. I saw my first CC when she was a little puppy and then I knew, that Chinese Crested is just the right breed for me! So that was then, when Puzu (Ch Sun Dan Puzzle) moved to us. She is my first dog but nowadays she is retired from show-rings, but loves to do obedience & agility with me. At present I have 2 CC's, Puzu & her daughter TiiTi (EstJw-09 Zorrazo Lost Eden). TiiTi is, for me, the "once-in-a-lifetime" dog. We are always together.
Poodles have been my passion for years. Before Puzu I already wanted a poodle, but my mom wasn't amenable for that. I met Tuija Kärki (breeder of Equerry's poodles) and her daughter Maija in year 2004. I became friends with Maija and that definitely didn't heal my poodle-fever. Then my first poodle "Envy" (Equerry's Bless This Mess) came to us.
Of course our other dogs are also important and dear to me. Especially our "only girl in the world" Rihanna (Rayragua Rihanna) is special to me! She is a long-waited-dream to my mother, who has always wanted a black & white girl with short tail. After a few months conversation with Oscar (breeder of Rayaragua PDAE's) he was willing to send Rihanna to us. So then Rihanna came to us and Stubb left to Spain to compete & have nice puppies there. I'm forever thankful to Oscar for all his work that he has done with Stubb!
Dogs are really important part of my life, but all my life doesn't spin around dogs, which is a good thing, I think. I'm in high school now, and I have already had one one of my seven matriculation exam but still I have a long journey ahead of me!
Dogs have brought a lot of content to my life, but always that content isn't positive. But I have learned from mistakes and I'm hoping that I can continue this important hobby with my dear friends in the future, too. See you by the rings!
- Kata