About me

I am about 40 years old biology teacher living in Eastern Finland, North Carelia, Finland. My family includes husband and two daughters - and dogs of course. We have one lakeland and four cairns living with us at the moment. Even though dog shows and breeding are important things for me, all of our dogs are also family members and live with us in the house. We live in the countryside and we have a big fenced yard for dogs to run free.

Dogs, and all kinds of animals, have always been an essential part of my life. My dad has been breeding dogs since I was a child and in a very early age it was clear to me that I would be breeding dogs too. Most of my childhood we were living in countryside and we had a lot of animals; dogs, sheeps, goats, chickens, turkeys, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice etc. When I was a bit younger I was also breeding and showing Netherland Dwarfs for several years.

When I was a child we had belgian shepherd dogs (tervueren), although the first dog we had was a white german shepherd. Nowadays he would have been called white swiss shepherd. My first really own dog was bearded collie ”Tipo”, FIN Ch Axtam Brown Taroc. He was almost two years when I got him in 1989, because his family couldn't keep him anymore for some reason. Extremely lively young beardie was I a real challenge for a young girl, but he taugth me a lot about owning a dog. I trained some obedience with him and also showed him with a variable results. Eventually, with a lot of effort I made him champion in the age of seven years.

I had always admired terriers when I saw them in shows. They seemed so full of life and temperament, and some were so beautifully trimmed and presented. I had my first terrier, westie, in 1998. Unfortunately, she didn't become a show or breeding dog I had wished for because she had Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. My second westie was FI & RU Ch Gleizz Aurelia. She had one litter in 2001. I had my kennel name, Inch, for westies in 2003. Inch is scottish and means a small island. Nowadays I don't have any westies, although I still trim and try to follow the westie world also.

I have always liked both ”highlanders” westies and cairns, as well as long legged terrier breeds. In 2001, after two years of waiting I got my first lakeland ”Siiri”, C.I.B, NORD, FI, SE, NO, RU, EE Ch, EEW-04 Big Lady's Micro-Inkpot from Pirjo Hjelm, kennel Big Lady's. At the moment my lakeland breeding is on hold as I don't have any brood bitch.

For years I had thought about having a cairn and in 2009 I finally got her , "Mimmi" Crocker's Rose To Remember, from Miia Aapro. She is from Leavenworth and Sandico-lines and she is the most lovely dog you could imagine, easy, happy and loves everybody, a pleasure to have at home! In the end of 2009 I also got bitch from Hjohoo's kennel. With these two bitches I have started my cairn breeding.