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Rita came to us on a day when they had to shut down Helsinki Airport for several hours due to a massive snowstorm. So, Pauliina and Rita flew to Oulu, 700 km to the north of Helsinki. We waited there for four hours and those who smoked were very jealous of us because we were the only ones who could go out of the plane. She got a smile on many faces already in the plane. Many wanted to hug her and air hostesses were overwhelmed and fascinated by her. When we finally got home she felt immediately at home here. She was a little nasty and active puppy who bit books, walls and wires :-). We went to a puppy school with her. She is very funny to watch when we are walking in the forest: she runs here and there, chases birds and rabbits and runs at least four times more than the others. Nowadays, she likes to play and run with her little sister Miila. They two are unseparable. Once they were chasing each other and came fast down a hill. Miila came first dow and she had time to stop, but Rita didn't so she jumped straight into a tiny little pond and it took a couple of nanoseconds when she realized that she was swimming in the water. Marcella and I had very good laughs then!

Rita is a wonderful mother who loves her pups more than anything (except liver). She got two male puppies with CH Cathance Music Maker 20th October 2005 and played very much with both Kovu and Simppa. The boys have visited us many times and every time she goes grazy when she sees them. Her other litter was with Deep Illusion's Kermit The Frog and her son Eetu (Akiliinan Each For AllI is living in Lapland and her third and last litter was with INT & VDH & DK &  FIN CH Cronys Dawn's Dynasty. She has also been competing in agility. Her best show results so far are CC (Natalja Nekrosiene) in Kouvola and placing 1st in open class and 3rd in the best bitch class in the Shetland Sheepdog Clubshow with over 160 participants in Kuopio (Julia Soltoggio).

Grandgables Dressed To Impress (CAN) HD-A, CEA-clear, PRA-clear bw	CH Grandgables Black Street Boy (CAN) tri	CH Apple Acres Expedition (USA) tri
		CH Grandgables Love in The Snow (CAN) blm
	CH TR’s All That Jazz (USA) blm	CH Prinhill Jazzbo (USA)
		Lilly of Ralley Crown
NL, LUX &  INT CH  CW 02   Dawnville Naughty By Nature CEA-clear, PRA-clear blm	INT, NL, CAN, SA, LUX CH Faradale Frisbee for Grandgables	Ruscombe Play The Piper
		Faradale Fadette
	Blazecroft Danish Blue	Pepperhill Jetsetter at Blazecroft
		Blazecroft Blue Calico

 

 

Rita's parents Impy & Farouche

 

Rita's siblings

Walks On Water "Mabel" JW'04  cea-clear A, all teeth, own. Mayke Ijland	When Lightning Strikes "Joey" NL CH, JW'04 Crufts qualified, BIS 2006 cea-clear A, all teeth, own. Bert Kruiswijk
Well Ain't I Something "Twister"  cea-clear, A, all teeth, own. familj Shotsman	Where There's Smoke "Therese"  Dts.Jgd. CH cea-clear, A, all teeth, own. Beate Alexander

Farouche with her puppies

photos: Marcella Koenen
Impy's photo: Pauliina Järvelä