, Great news over the weekend with Miia (Lapinlunas Onnentyttö (imp Nor)) taking out Best Bitch and Best Opposite in Show and a CAC at the breed specialty in Sweden, under  Judge Lisa Molin (Swd), with an entry of over 70 dogs. Her critique read:

Excellent type and overall impression. Ultra Feminine bitch with good size. Very beautiful head and expression. Well placed ears dark eyes and good pigment. Strong topline, good body, well angulated. Excellent coat quality. Moves very well. Excellent temperament. Well shown. 

At only 19 months we are so happy with how our lovely girl is maturing, and can't thank Jonna Almenäs enough for looking after our Miia and handling her so well! Big thanks to Rebekah & Anders Ylén for entrusting us with our gorgeous girl - we are looking forward to seeing her continue to strut her stuff in the show rings!

We are pleased to announce the safe arrival of 6 lovely puppies on Friday 22nd April, 2016.  For more information on our latest litter please follow this link to our litter page.  We will provide regular updates on the litter on both our kennel blog here and via our dedicated Facebook pages.

We are so pleased with the news that Taigakoira Elon Ilo (Boris) yesterday achieved the remaining points for his Australian Champion title with a lovely Best of Breed win at Sovereign City Kennel Club Show under Judge Ms Margaret Joyce.

Boris is from our Elo litter between Ch Herding Instinct's Nakke Nakuttaja (imp Swd) (Osku) and our own Ch Taigakoira Aamuntahti (Ruby). He is the first in that litter to achieve his title, and he is our 7th Australian champion from our own breeding.  He is also the 5th Australian champion sired by Osku.

Boris' owner, Huey Miin Lim, has put in an incredible amount of work into learning about showing and handling, and has done a superb job with Boris.  We are very pleased with how he has turned out and much of that is due to the dedication of his lovely owner, Huey Miin. We look forward to seeing Huey Miin and Boris out in the rings still, as we wait for his brothers Freki and Wolfgang to catch up to their brother and get their titles too! ;) 

For anyone looking for a bit of a lappie cuddle, we will be heading to the Dog Lovers Show in Melbourne (Carlton, Royal Exhibition building) on Friday 29th April, to support the Finnish Lapphund Club of Victoria's breed information stall.  The event will be going all weekend, but if you would like to meet Osku and some of his kids, we will be there on the Friday, charming the socks off the public I'm sure!  We have done this event every year since it started and it has become a great opportunity to not only promote the breed, but lets the lappies get free pats, cuddles and smooches - something they just LOVE.  So if you want an excuse to come to an event that is open to the public and 100% all things K9, then come on down! 

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We are very pleased to announce that we are expecting a litter at Taigakoira!  It's been a while since we had the tiny pitter patter of puppy paws (and needle sharp milk teeth in ankles!) but we are delighted to announce that the mating between our striking Sohvi (Ch Watersedge Little Black Dress)  to our sweetheart boy Osku (Ch Herding Instinct's Nakke Nakuttaja (imp Swd) was successful, and pups are due at the end of April.  This is a repeat of our Davvir litter from a number of years ago, which has produced 3 Australian champions (and I can hear owners adding that this includes one with a herding title and another working on an obedience title... ;) ) so we are hopeful that we will have the same quality again this time around. For more information check out our litters webpage HERE - we will update everyone on the progress of the litter via both our blog and our Taigakoira kennel facebook page!

We are still working on elements of our new website, so bear with us while we get everything up and online - but we hope you like the new format and design!