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That would require building everything up again on a different base. 13.-14.01.18 Tartu, Estonia Ida, LVJW-17 Drover's One Look And U R Hooked was 2nd best bitch with CAC. On sunday she went 3rd best bitch. Simo, Drover's Out of This World was graded as VG both days. 14.01.18 Kajaani Int'l Fika, Drover's Piece of Gold made his first show appeareance in junior class. He was EXC3. The judge was Mr Åke Cronander, Sweden. 16.12.17 Stockholm Int'l, SEW-17, Sweden Breed judge was Mrs Mike MacBeth from Canada. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC2 with CQ and his son Mårten, C.I.B. Drover's King of the Hill EXC3 with CK. Ida, LVJW-17 Drover's One Look And U R Hooked won intermediate bitches and was placed as 4th best bitch. Inga, C.I.B. Drover's Like No Other was EXC4 with CQ and Leyla, CH Drover's Limited Edition was graded as EXC. Our boys, Ida and Leyla made our breeders group which was placed as 2nd because the judge told us that she wants to see them to be of same colour range! 07.-10.12.17 Helsinki Int'l, HeW-17, NORDW-17 and FIW-17 It was again time for Helsinki 3xWInner shows. We were showing only friday and saturday and one of our breedings was entered for sunday. Mrs Maija Lehtonen was judging aussies on friday. Emil, CH Drover's Making Attention won champion males and was 4th best male. Ida, LVJW-17 Drover's One Look And U R Hooked won intermediate bitches with CQ. Inga, C.I.B. Drover's Like No Other was 2nd best bitch and best in Europe bred bitch. Leyla, CH Drover's Limited Edition was EXC4 with CQ. These four made our 1st prize winning breeders group which also got the prize of honour. Simo, Drover's Out of This World was VG4. Mrs Herdis Hellmarsdottir from Iceland was judging on saturday. Ida won again intermediate bitches with CQ. Emil stayed at home and it was Folke's turn to enter the ring. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was graded as EXC. Also Leyla got an EXC. Danish Mr Michael Laub judged on sunday and he gave Yogi, Drover's One Step Ahead a VG. 02.12.17 Lempäälä, rally-o Milla has been trialing again with super results. 9 years old Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm received 87/100p in class 2 and that made her R-A and Mårten, C.I.B. Drover's King of the Hill received 95/100p and went 2nd in trial in class 2. 01.12.17 Health clearances Last x-ray results from our O-litter are finally here and we couldn't be more pleased. Drover's Once Upon A Time hips A-A, elbows 0-0, Drover's One Limited Edition hips A-A, elbows 0-0 and Drover's One More Saga To Tell hips B-B, elbows 0-0. 29.11.17 Health clearance Yogi, Drover's One Step Ahead received his x-ray results. Hips B-B and elbows 0-0. 28.11.17 Health clearances Moona, Drover's Out of the Blue was x-rayed also and today came her results: Hips A-A and elbows 0-0. Disa's pups went to eye check and two of them had no notations and two had mild iris hypoplasia. 25.11.17 Karjaa, rally-o Milla and Fanni went to Karjaa rally-o trial and wow what results they made. Milla's Mårten, C.I.B. Drover's King of the Hill 89/100p and title R-N and her 9 years old Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm 94/100 in class 2. Fanni's Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile received 93/100p in class 1. Well done girls! 16.11.17 Health clearance Simo, Drover's Out Of This World was x-rayed with super results: hips B-B and elbows 0-0. 04.11.17 Lahti, rally-o Milla and her Mårten, C.I.B. Drover's King of the Hill received 93/100p and Fanni and her Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile received 90/100p. Both trialed in class 1. 28.10.17 Seinäjoki Int'l Inga, C.I.B. Drover's Like No Other was EXC2 CQ. The judge was Mr Tomas Rohlin, Denmark. 28.10.17 Tampere, rally-o Satu K and her Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly received 86/100p in rally-o class 2. As this was their third q in class 2 Rhonda got the title R-A. 21.10.17 Klaukkala, rally-o Taija and Saga, C.I.B. Drover's Knock Your Socks Off went 2nd in trial with 96/100p. and Saga got the title R-N as this was her third qualified run in class 1. 21.-22.10.17 Rakvere 2xCAC, Estonia Riitta has been showing Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other and Simo, Drover's Out Of This World with great results. On saturday Inga was BOS with CAC and finished her EE CH title. Today she was 3rd best bitch. Simo was both days EXC1 CQ in intermediate class males. Judge on saturday was Mr Hans v.d. Berg, Netherlands and today Mrs Zoia Oleinikova, Ukraine. 17.10.17 Q-litter is here! Disa gave birth to one boy and three girls, all black tri. Pics will come to our fb page. 14.10.17 Virkkala, rally-o Taija and Saga, C.I.B. Drover's Knock Your Socks Off trialed at rally obedience class 1. This was their second trial and second qualified run with 83/100p. 01.10.17 Somero, temperament test We have two new FI CH's as brothers Emil, CH Drover's Making Attention and Mårten, C.I.B. Drover's King of the Hill both passed their temperament tests being secure to gunshots. 23.09.17 Copenhagen Int'l/Denmark, Copenhagen Winner -17 It's been five years since we have been showing in Denmark so it was high time to travel to Copenhagen to see our Danish friends. The trip was succesfull as our Saga, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W BISS Drover's Knock Your Socks Off really knocked her socks off in the ring and won best bitch with CAC and CACIB and title Copenhagen Winner-17 (KBHW-17) This win also made her Danish Champion. Young Emil, CH Drover's Making Attention was still very unmatured in the class of fully matured champions but he got an EXC. The entry of 45 aussies was judged by Mrs Birgitte Schjöth from Denmark. 16.09.17 Veikkola, Rally-o Satu K and her Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly trialed in rally obedience class 2 with super results as they gathered 98/100p. and they went high in trial. 14.09.17 Q-litter is on the way! Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery is in whelp. Q-litter is due week 42. 03.09.17 Helsinki Our only 16 months old Ida, LVJW-17 Drover's One Look And U R Hooked won BOB with her first CAC although she is totally naked. The judge just couldn't resist her movement. Emil, CH Drover's Making Attention won BOS with his last CAC. Leyla, CH Drover's Limited Edition was 3rd best bitch. The judge was Mrs Pirjo Aaltonen, Finland. 02.09.17 Lohja, Rally-o Riitta N and her Inga, C.I.B. R-N Drover's Like No Other trialed in rally obedience class 2 with super results as they gathered 90/100p. This makes Inga a brand new R-A title holder. 01.09.17 Vantaa, Rally-o Satu K and her Rhonda, CH OB1 OB2 OB3 BH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly trialed in rally obedience class 2 with super results as they gathered 99/100p. and went 2nd in trial. 23.08.17 Nummela, Rally-o Satu K and her 10 years old Rico, CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur trialed in rally obedience class 1 with super results as they gathered 99/100p. and went 2nd in trial. This also makes Rico a brand new R-N title holder. 19.-20.08.17 Tallinn Int 2xCACIB, Estonia We had a lovely weekend in Estonia as Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won his class with an EXC both days and on sunday he won his last CAC towards his EE CH title. Inga, C.I.B. Drover's Like No Other had some extra kilos on her body so off to a diet. Judges were on saturday Mr Michael Laub, Denmark and sunday Mr Johnny Andersson, Sweden. 17.08.17 Q-litter Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery has been mated yesterday. If she is in whelp we will have an all black litter Mid October. 06.08.17 Valkeakoski Moona, Drover's Out Of The Blue got VG2 in junior class bitches. Judge was Mrs Nina Janger, Finland. 05.08.17 Hyvinkää We did not have any success at this years National Specialty. 17 Drover's bred dogs were shown and only four of them were graded as exc, all with CQ though. Hjördis had a progeny group, the only one shown and it got a prize of honour. Our breeders group was 2nd although we had all four dogs with EXC with CQ. Judge was Mrs Sharon Sparks, USA. 30.07.17 Helsinki Int'l We have a new C.I.B. as Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other won BOS with her last CACIB. Yogi, Drover's One Step Ahead was 3rd best male with res.CAC and BOB.junior. Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention had totally shed his coat and got VG4. Judge was Mrs Renee Sporre-Willes, Sweden. 09.07.17 Karjaa Leyla, CH Drover's Limited Edition was 3rd best bitch. Judge was estonian Mrs Helin Tenson who is nowadays living in Finland. 02.07.17 Tuusula Littermates Yogi, Drover's One Step Ahead and Pepi, Drover's Once Upon A Time were shown today. Yogi was EXC2 and Pepi was EXC3 in junior class. Judge was Mrs Saija Juutilainen, Finland. 01.07.17 Riihimäki IDS Pepi, Drover's Once Upon A Time VG2 in junior class. Judge was Mrs Lilja Dora Halldorsdottir, Iceland. 30.06.17 Eye clearance Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery had her eyes cleared. Puppy plans for autumn, stay tuned. 20.06.17 Xray results Last weekend was time to do some xrays for our youngsters. Today came the results which couldn't make us more happy. Emil, Making Attention, Ida, One Look And U R Hooked and Inga, Like No Other has A-A hips, Molly, Me Myself and I A-B and Tyyne, My First Bitch B-B, all have 0-0 elbows. 18.06.17 Lempäälä, rally-o Satu K. and Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly scored 100/100p and as this was their third q in novice class Rhonda got title RN. Riitta and Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery didn't make a qualified run in class 3. Better luck next time :) 17.06.17 Pöytyä Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition VG3. Judge was Mr Harry Tast. 10.06.17 Riga IDS/Latvia, LVW-17 Nice trip to sunny and warm Riga is behind. Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention was 4th best male with CAC. Simo, Drover's Out of This World EXC1 in junior class males but unfortunately no CQ. His sister Ida, Drover's One Look And U R Hooked won jun.CAC and title LVJW-17 and was 3rd best bitch. Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other was 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. The judge was Mr Philip John, India. 30.05.17 Hyvinkää, temperament test We have a new FI CH as Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition made her temperament test today with +144p. being secure to gunshots. 28.05.17 Gimo Int'l, Sweden We had a super nice trip to Sweden. Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won BOS with CAC and CACIB and Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other BOB with CAC which makes her a new SE CH and CACIB. Inga was also placed as 3rd in group. The judge for the day was Mrs Maija Lehtonen, Finland. 27.05.17 Keuruu Vinha, Drover's Multipurpose was 4th best bitch. The judge for the day was Mrs Tarja Löfman, Finland. 27.05.17 Masala, rally-o Satu K and Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly were 3rd in trial in class 1 with their 98/100p. 25.05.17 Vantaa, show for working and herding breeds Pepi, Drover's Once Upon A Time EXC1 in junior class and Fara, Drover's Forevermore EXC2 in veteran class. The judge for the day was Mr Jesper Andersson, Sweden. 24.05.17 Hips and elbows Great news today. Fido, Drover's Most Likely hips B-B and elbows 0-0 and Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile hips B-A and elbows 0-0. 20.05.17 Helsinki Int'l We had a nice day at sunny Helsinki Sighthound Center. Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention was 2nd best male and won his first CACIB. Junior boys Yogi, Drover's One Step Ahead was EXC3 and Simo, Drover's Out Of This World was VG4. Ida, Drover's One Look And U R Hooked won junior bitches with an EXC and was 3rd best bitch. Her sister Pepi, Drover's Once Upon A Time was EXC2. Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other was EXC1 CQ in open class and Fara, Drover's Forevermore was BOB veteran. Our breeders group was 1st with a prize of honour. The judge for the day was Mrs Karen Gilliland, Ireland. 20.05.17 Tampere, rally-o Sonja and Iines, Drover's I Told You So made their third qualified in class 1 with 96/100p so Iines can add a title RN after her name. 10.05.17 Eye clearance Puppy Drover's Piece of Gold had his eyes cleared with no notations. 07.05.17 Nummela, rally-o Six Drover's bred dogs were trialing today and all got a Q! Best did Satu K with her CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly. They were high in trial with 100/100p in class 1. Sonja and Iines, Drover's I Told You So received 94/100p in class 1 and Taija and Saga, C.I.B. Drover's Knock Your Socks Off received 87/100p in class 1. Milla and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm were 2nd in trial with 95/100p in class 2 and Riitta and Inga, CH Drover's Like No Other received 75/100p in class 2. Riitta and Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery freceived 84/100p in class 3. 06.05.17 Tampere Int'l Maisa, Drover's One More Saga To Tell was EXC3 in junior class and Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition was EXC4 with CQ. The judge was Päivi Eerola, Finland. 30.04.17 Lohja, rally-o Sonja and Iines, Drover's I Told You So were 2nd in trial with 98/100p in class 1. Riitta and CH Drover's Like No Other gathered 72/100p in class 2 and Riitta and Disa, CH Drover's Kind of Mystery did not get a qualified this time in class 3. 29.04.17 Somero, temperament test We have three new FI CH's as Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off, Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery and Inga, Drover's Like No Other all passed with flying colours with being secure to gunshots. 27.04.17 Health clearance Uno, Drover's No Matter What had his hips and elbows x-rayed with super result: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 17.04.17 Virkkala, Rally-o Taija and Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention and Riitta and Inga, Drover's Like No Other trialed at rally obedience today with flying colours. Folke received 98/100p and Inga 93/100p. Both got titles RN. 04.04.17 Knee check Molly, Drover's Me Myself And I and Ida, Drover's One Look And U R Hooked had their knees checked. Both got result 0-0. 01.04.17 Only the male pup left Our hearts are broken. We lost the bitch pup today. We so much wanted to have a long tailed bitch from this breeding but things are not always going as you wish. The male puppy is fat and strong. 26.03.17 Lahti Int'l We had a super day at Lahti Int'l. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB. Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition won EXC1 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB which will be CACIB. Inga, Drover's Like No Other was EXC2 CQ after her sister and little Ida, Drover's One Look And U R Hooked was shown for the first time with EXC1 4th best bitch and res.CAC. Fido, Drover's Most Likely was VG4. Our breeders group was 1st with prize of honour. The judge for the day was Mrs Charlott Sandberg, Sweden. 21.03.17 Only two pups left After three days battle the little girl from P-litter lost her fight. She had a birth weight of only 117g. So we have one boy and one girl. 19.03.17 Seinäjoki Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition won BOS with her last CAC. The judge was Mrs Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa, Finland. 18.03.17 P-litter is here! Hjördis gave birth to three tiny puppies in the early hours of saturday. We have one boy with 1/3 NBT and two bitches with long tail, the other with excess white on her face. 05.03.17 Tornio Pulla, RN OB1 BH Drover's Kilroy Was Here won 2nd best male with his last CAC towards his FI CH title. Congratulations! The judge was Mr Veli-Pekka Kumpumäki, Finland. 05.03.17 Loviisa, obedience trial Riitta and Disa, RN RA FCI-HT Drover's Kind of Mystery trialed in obedience class 1. They gathered 183,5/200p. so Disa titled to OB1. The judge was Susa Berghäll, Finland. 04.03.17 R.I.P. Lucas Today we received the sad news that Lucas, CH Drover's Hide and Seek was put down to sleep as he lost his battle to hemangiosarcoma at 7,5 years old. Cancer sucks! We are thinking of you Elina and family :( 28.02.17 P-litter is on the way! Our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home is expecting. P-litter is due week 12. 26.02.17 Karjaa, rally obedience This time Taija trialed with Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention who made a qualified run with 87p. Riitta and her Inga, Balt W-16 Drover's Like No Other made also a qualified run with 97p. 29.01.17 Karjaa, rally obedience Taija and 10 years and 7 months old Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel made their 3rd qualified run with 86p so Thyra got the title RN. It was her 3rd trial ever. Riitta and her Inga, Balt W-16 Drover's Like No Other made also a qualified run with 93p. 22.01.17 Turku Int'l Lilja, Drover's Once Again was BOB puppy. Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won intermediate males and was 4th best male with res.CAC. Uno, Drover's No Matter What was EXC4 in a huge junior class. Inga, Balt W-16 Drover's Like No Other won open bitches with a CQ and her littersister Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition was 2nd with a CQ. Together this foursome made our BOB winning breeders group out of three groups. The judge was Mr Carsten Birk, Denmark. 15.01.17 Lahti Simo, Drover's Out of This World was the only puppy today. He did not get the prize of honour due to pacing in the ring. Inga, Balt W-16 Drover's Like No Other who turned two years old today won BOB with her last CAC. Now she needs the working merit to complete her conformation title. The judge was Ms Tuire Okkola, Finland. 15.01.17 Kajaani Int'l Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was graded as VG. The judge was Mrs Marja Talvitie, Finland. 13.01.17 Eye clearance Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home had her eyes cleared. Time to plan her final litter. 10.-11.12.16 Helsinki Int'l, HeW-16 and FiW-16 For some reason our breed saw Bearded Collie breeders judging our breed both days! The judge for saturday was Mr Kevin Young, Great Britain and for sunday Mr Johan Andersson, Sweden. Emil, Drover's Making Attention was EXC4 both days in a big junior class, sunday also with CQ. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC3 both days, sunday also with CQ. Saga, C.I.B. Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was EXC2 CQ on saturday and EXC3 CQ 3rd best bitch on sunday. Inga and Greta got VG both days. On sunday also Leyla, Tyyne and Oswald were shown. Totally naked Leyla got VG. Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch got EXC in a big junior class bitches and 10,5 years old Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was EXC3 in veteran class. We did not show our breeders groups. 04.12.16 Stockholm Int'l/Sweden, SEW-16 We had our traditional trip to Stockholm with our puppy byers and despite not much success this year we had great time together and all our dogs were graded as EXC. Emil, Uno and Hjördis were graded as EXC with no placements and Folke was EXC3 with CQ and Mårten EXC4 with CQ. Saga was EXC3 CQ and 3rd best bitch. Inga was EXC2 and veteran Greta EXC3. We had best breeders group in breed and our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home had best progeny group. We skipped the group finals with our groups. The judge was after a late change of judge Mr Dan Ericsson, Sweden. 27.11.16 Raasepori, rally-o trial Taija and 10,5 years old Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel made a qualified run at novice class with 97p. The judge was Mrs Jaana Karppinen. 12.11.16 Riga Int'l, BaltW-16, Latvia We had a great trip to Latvia to Baltic Winner-16 show. 15 months old Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention was EXC2 in junior class. Mårten, CH Drover's King of the Hill was 2nd best male with res.CACIB which will be confirmed to CACIB and that makes him a brand new C.I.B. Inga, Drover's Like No Other was 2nd best bitch after a junior bitch so she won CAC, CACIB and BaltW-16 title. Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm was EXC2 in veteran class. The judge was Mr Roberto Velez Pico, Puerto Rico. 05.-06.11.16 Tartu Int'l, Estonia 15 months old Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention was shown for the first time in intermediate class. He won his class with EXC both days, on saturday with a CQ. Judges were on saturday Mr Jahn Stääv, Sweden and on sunday Mrs Jadranka Mijatovic, Croatia. 05.11.16 Somewhere in Northern Finland, rally-o Tiina and Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here made two trials in one day in rally obedience. They made two qualified runs, one with 83p. and one with 87p. so Pulla can call himself now Drover's Kilroy Was Here, RN. 29.10.16 Karjaa, rally-o Taija and Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention made their debute in rally obedience. They made a qualified run with 83p. The judge was Mrs Taru Leskinen. 15.-16.10.16 Rakvere 2xCAC show, Estonia Milla and her Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill travelled to Estonia for a two days CAC show in Estonia. Well, the trip couldn't been better as she came home with a new EE CH! Mårten won BOB on saturday and BOS on sunday. The judge on saturday was Mrs Marina Ostrovskaya from Russia and on sunday Mr Anatoli Zhuk from Belarus. 25.09.16 Hyvinkää, rally obedience It's never too late to try something new :) 10 years old Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel with Taija and 9 years old Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur with Satu K. trialed for he first time in rally-o. Both made a qualifying run. Thyra got 82p. and Rico got 94p. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pirttimaa. 24.09.16 Eckerö Int'l Uno, Drover's No Matter What got EXC2 in junior class males. The judge was Mr Billy Henderson, Ireland. 11.09.16 Gimo Int'l, Sweden Uno, Drover's No Matter What was shown in Sweden today. He was EXC1 in junior class males. The judge was Mrs Maija Heinilä, Norway. 11.09.16 Muhos, obedience trial Tiina and her Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here gathered 187/200p in class 1. As this was Pulla's third first prize in class 1 he got title OB1 and is ready to move on to class 2. The judge was Mr Allan Aula, Finland. 10.09.16 Porvoo Fido, Drover's Most Likely was shown for the first time. He was EXC2 in junior class males. The judge was Mr Colm Hastings, Ireland. 08.09.16 Obedience trial somewhere in north of Finland Tiina and her Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here gathered 190/200p with prize of honour in class 1 and they were 2nd in trial. The judge was Mrs Minna Mäki-Asiala, Finland. 04.09.16 Helsinki Half of the aussie entries was from our team again. Our 13 months old Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won BOS with CAC from junior class and 10 years old Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male and BOB veteran. Our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home made something which is far too seldom seen in our breed: a black tri bitch with a full long tail winning BOB! Bitch CAC went again to her daughter. This time it was Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition who was 2nd best bitch. These four made our prize of honour winning breeders group which also made history by picking a BIS4 placement in the group finals. Molly, Drover's Me Myself and I was EXC1 with CQ and Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch was EXC2 with CQ. The judge was Mrs Pirjo Aaltonen, Finland. 28.08.16 Helsinki Half of the aussie entries was from our team today. Our 13 months old Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won BOS with CAC from junior class and 10 years old Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male and BOB veteran. Our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home has not been shown for two years and she made a come back by being 2nd best bitch. Her daughter Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile was 3rd best bitch with CAC. These four made our prize of honour winning breeders group. Molly, Drover's Me Myself and I was EXC2 and Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch was EXC3. The judge was Mrs Tarja Löfman, Finland. 07.08.16 Svenstavik Int'l, Sweden We had a nice trip to Svenstavik in Sweden. Our 12 months old Emil, EE JCH Drover's Making Attention won BOB with CAC from junior class and was 3rd in group. Inga, Drover's Like No Other was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and res.CACIB. The judge was Mrs Tarja Löfman, Finland. 23.07.16 Köping Int'l, Sweden 10 months old Drover's No Matter What made his show debute by winning EXC1 in junior class. The judge was Mr Anders Tunold-Hansen, Norway. 23.07.16 Kemi Int'l Drover's Kilroy Was Here was 4th best male with res.CAC. The judge was Mr Harry Tast, Finland. 16.07.16 Mäntsälä 11 months old Emil, Drover's Making Attention won BOS with his first CAC. The judge was Mr Torbjörn Skaar, Sweden. 16.07.16 Piteå, Sweden Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC1 CQ 2nd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB. The judge was Mr Anthony Kelly, Ireland. 08.-10.07.16 3xPärnu, Estonia We had a miniholiday in Estonia at Pärnu three days cluster. 11 months old Drover's Making Attention won jun.CAC all three days so he is now a brand new EE JCH. He was 2nd best male on friday, 3rd best male on saturday and BOB on sunday. Inga, Drover's Like No Other tried to win her las jun.CAC on friday but she was EXC2 2nd best bitch. She was entered in intermediate class at the international shows in hope to get her first CACIB. She was EXC1 2nd best bitch with CAC and res.CACIB on saturday but she did win her first CACIB and second CAC on sunday. Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was only shown twice. He won BOB with CAC and CACIB on saturday and got EXC1 on sunday. Together these three made our breed winning breeders group both saturday and sunday. The judge for friday was Mrs Noreen Harris, Australia, for saturday Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland and for sunday Mrs Marja Talvitie, Finland. 03.07.16 Karjaa We had quite a few entries at our local show. Seven Drover's bred dogs were shown today. BOB with CAC went to 17 months old Drover's Like No Other. 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran was 10 years old C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel and 3rd best bitch with res.CAC was 11 months old Drover's Me Myself and I. 2nd best male with res.CAC was 11 months old Drover's Making Attention. This foursome made our BOB winning breeders group. Inga was picked among six finalists in the group. 10 years old C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was VG1 in veteran class. 11 months old Drover's My First Bitch was EXC2 after her sister and Drover's Limited Edition was also EXC2 after her sister. The judge for the day was Mrs Tuula Savolainen, Finland. 18.06.16 Kotka Int'l After a warm and sunny week we had a storm wind blowing from the sea with temps barely +15C. Our 10 months old Emil, Drover's Making Attention had a blast at his first show. He won EXC1 with CQ in junior males and ended up as 3rd best male with res.CAC. Inga, Drover's Like No Other won intermediate bitches with EXC1 and CQ and our grand old lady 10 years old Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel won EXC1 with CQ and BOB veteran. The judge for the day was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland. 16.06.16 Eye clearance for O-litter O-litter had their eyes checked today. All with no notations! 15.06.16 Muhos, obedience trial Tiina and Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here were 2nd in trial with 186,5/200p and a prize of honour in class 1. The judge was Heli Kelhälä. 12.06.16 Tuuri 10 months old Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile won her first CAC and 2nd best bitch and Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition won intermediate bitches with EXC1. The judge for the day was Mr Markku Kipinä, Finland. 29.05.16 Vantaa Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery competed in rally-o advanced today and they received their third qualified run with 91/100p. and were 3rd in trial. 27.05.16 Muhos Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here passed BH-test today. 21.05.16 Helsinki Int'l Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was 2nd best male and his daughter Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was 2nd best bitch with her last CAC. The judge for the day was Mr Veli-Pekka Kumpumäki, Finland. 14.05.16 Tuusula Nuppu, Drover's Never Ending Story was 1st in puppy bitches. The judge for the day was Ms Päivi Eerola, Finland. 07.05.16 Posio Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here won BOB with his second CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland. 07.05.16 Salo Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition was EXC1 4th best bitch and Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch was EXC1 in junior class. The judge for the day was Mr Ralf Campbell, Norway. 01.05.16 O-litter is here Saga gave birth to eight beautiful pups. Two boys and six girls. 01.05.16 Tampere Int'l 9 months old M-litter had their first official show day today. We were supposed to be there with Emil but Saga decided to start labour so we skipped the show. But Emil's littersisters did well as Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile was EXC3, Vinha, Drover's Multipurpose was EXC4 and Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch got a VG. Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition won intermediate class with EXC and 11 years old Becky, Drover's Breakthrough was EXC2 in veterans. Our breeders group was 2nd with prize of honour. The judge was after a change of judge Mr Paul Lawless, Ireland. 30.04.16 Somewhere in northern Finland Tiina and her Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here passed both night and daylight test for Search and Rescue. 16.04.16 Vaasa Int'l Hilla, Drover's Makes Me Smile made her show debute by winning BOB puppy. The judge was Mrs Ligita Zake, Latvia. 30.03.16 R.I.P. Gizmo We got sad news from Terhi telling us that they had lost their beloved Gizmo, CH BOSS Drover's Can't Help It at the age of 9 years 9 months. 24.03.16 We are waiting puppies! Our Saga, C.I.B. Drover's Knock Your Socks Off is very much pregnant. O-litter is due week 18. 19.03.16 Orivesi, rally obedience Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery were 2nd in trial with 99p and gathered RN title. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pirttimaa. 19.03.16 Seinäjoki A very naked Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition was EXC1 3rd best bitch with res.CAC. The judge was Mrs Pirjo Aaltonen, Finland. 28.01.16 Eye clearance Our Saga, CH Drover's Knock Your Socks Off had her eyes cleared today. 17.01.16 Lahti A show for herding and working breeds plus an all breed puppy show. We showed 12 months old Inga, Drover's Like No Other who won BOS with her 2nd CAC. The judge was Mr Paavo Mattila, Finland. At the puppy show Tyyne, Drover's My First Bitch took BOS under Mrs Jaana Hartus, Finland. 16.01.16 Turku Int'l Whohoo! We have a new C.I.B. as our Saga, CH Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOB with her last CACIB towards her International Championship. Her sire Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS. 12 months old Leyla, Drover's Limited Editon was 2nd best bitch with her first CAC and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery who was still very naked after her pupppies was EXC2 with CQ. This foursome made our breed winning breeders group. The judge was Maija Sylgrén, Finland. 10.01.16 Kajaani Int'l Anna-Mari travelled all the way to north eastern Finland with her Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition. Leyla was EXC1 in a big junior class. The judge was Mrs Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen, Finland. 09.01.16 Helsinki, all breed puppy show 5 months old littersisters Drover's Me Myself and I, Molly and Drover's My First Bitch, Tyyne were shown for the first time. Molly won BOS puppy and Tyyne was 2nd after her sister with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Veli-Pekka Kumpumäki, Finland. 12.12. Stockholm Int'l, NORDW-15 It was again time for our traditional december trip to Sweden's biggest all breed show. This year we had a judge from USA as Mrs Patricia Mowbray-Morgan judged our breed. Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill and Inga, Drover's Like No Other were both graded as Good! Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC3 without a CQ although he got a superb critique. Saga, CH Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was EXC2 CQ 4th best bitch and Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly got a VG. The star of the day was 9,5 years old Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel who not only was BOB veteran and got the title NORDVW-15 but she ended up as 2nd best bitch. 07.12. Saga's OFA result Saga, CH Drover's Knock Your Socks Off have been x-rayed twice here in Finland at two different cliniques. Both times the x-raying vet has said that her hips are B-B and both times our Kennel Club's vet has returned them as B-C. Now we got enough and sent her plates to OFA and today came her result: OFA Good. 05.-06.12. Helsinki Int'l, HeW-15 and FIW-15 While we were at home during saturday three of our puppy byers were showing their dogs for Mr Leif-Herman Wilberg from Norway. Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill got EXC1 CQ. Inga, Drover's Like No Other was EXC4 and Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition got a VG. Sunday was a success for us as Mr Harry Tast from Finland gave BOB to our Saga, CH Drover's Knock Your Socks Off. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC1 CQ 2nd best male. Mårten got a VG, Inga EXC3 and Leyla an EXC. 07.-08.11. Tartu Int'l, Estonia Taija and Riitta had a superb trip to Estonia as Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOS with CAC and CACIB on saturday and is now EE, LV CH. 9 months old Inga, Drover's Like No Other was EXC1. On sunday Inga took the bitches and was not only BOB-junior with jun.CAC she also was BOS. Saga was 2nd best bitch after Inga with another CACIB. The judge on saturday was Mr Eugeny Kuplayaskas from Russia and on sunday Mrs Anna Albrigo from Italy. 24.10. Seinäjoki Int'l It was a really early wake up for Taija and Riitta as they were heading to Seinäjoki which is 4,5 hours drive from southern coast. It was well worth the drive as Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOB with CACIB. Only 9 months old Inga, Drover's Like No Other was 3rd best bitch with her first CAC and her litter sister Leyla, Drover's Limited Edition was 4th best bitch with res.CAC. The judge was Mrs Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa from Finland. 23.10. N-litter at eye check Disa's and urho's twins had their eyes cleared with no notations. 17.-18.10. Rakvere, Estonia We had a super weekend in Rakvere double CAC shows in Estonia. Our Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off took the breed both days with CAC's and ended up as 3rd in group both days. 9 months old Inga, Drover's Like No Other took junior CAC and BOB junior with 2nd best bitch on saturday and EXC2 3rd best bitch on sunday. Breed judge on saturday was Mr Antonio di Lorenzo, Italy and on sunday Mr Roberto Schill, Romania. 17.10. Utajärvi Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here passed the basic exam in search for SAR dogs. 17.09. M-litter M-litter had their eyes cleared with flying colours. 12.09. Porvoo Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention and Saga, Multi W Drover's Knocks Your Socks Off were 2nd bests. The judge was Mrs Charlotte Höier from Denmark. 10.09. N-litter is here! Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery gave birth to one male and one bitch. Sire is CH Doubleyou's Winter Love. Both puppies are reserved. 09.08. Joensuu Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was EXC1. The judge for the day was Mrs Patsy Hollings, Great Britain. 08.08. Hyvinkää, Finnish Aussie National Specialty Whohoo! We are over the moon. Our Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off repeated her BISS from last year! C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was BOS veteran. C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC1 2nd best male and CH Drover's Joyrider was EXC2 4th best male, both from champion class. We also had best breeders group. Other results for our gang of 16 Drover's bred dogs can be seen on our facebook page. There was an entry of 83 aussies for Mrs Claudia Bosselmann, Rafter Creek's aussies, Germany. 06.08. N-litter expected week 37 Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery is in whelp with Urho, Doubleyou's Winter Love. Inquiries invited! 02.08. Kaarina, temperament test We have two new champions as littermates Drover's Joyrider and Drover's Jack of Diamonds both passed their temperament tests with gunshots. 30.07. M-litter is here! Hjördis whelped seven healthy puppies. We have two boys and five girls. More info under coming litters. 25.07. Âdazi Int'l, Latvija Our Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOS with CAC and CACIB. The judge was Mr Pedro Sanchez Delerue, Portugal. 19.07. Kemi Int'l A SMS from Tiina tells us that her Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was 3rd best male with his first CAC under Mr Carsten Birk, Denmark. 18.07. Hyvinkää It was a father daughter day again. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS and her daughter Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was BOB again and was picked among eight finalists in the group. Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was VG3. The judge was Mr Francesco Cochetti from Italy. 16.07. Forssa, obedience trial Satu K and her Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly were high in trial in obedience class 3 with 281/320p with a prize of honour. As this was their third 1st prize in class 3 they are now off to class 4 and Rhonda is titled with OB3. The judge was Mr Ilkka Stén. 14.07. M-litter on the way We are expecting a repeat litter with Folke and Hjördis. More info under coming litters. 12.07. Laukaa Tuula was showing her 10+ years old Becky, Drover's Breakthrough. Becky was 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran. The judge was Mrs Jean Lawless, Ireland. 05.07. Hyvinkää, obedience trial Emmi and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking trialed for the last time in obedience class 1 as they gathered 174/200p and that gave them a third first prize in class one. They were placed as 5th in trial. The judge was Mrs Pernilla Tallberg. 28.06. Karjaa Whohoo, what a day we had in sunny and warm weather! Our Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off lived up to her name and went BOB with her last CAC. Now she needs a working merit for her conformation title. Her sire Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS and Saga's litterbrother Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was 2nd best male with also his last CAC. He too needs his working merit. The breedjudge was Mrs Leni Finne, Finland. Later in the afternoon Saga went all the way to Group 3 under Mrs Astrid Lundava from Estonia. 18.06. Forssa, obedience trial Satu K and her Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly went high in trial in obedience class 3 but unfortunately points were not enough for a first prize. The judge was Mrs Tiina Heino. 31.05. Mänttä Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor won BOB with his first CAC and Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell won BOS. The judge was Mrs Saija Juutilainen, Finland. 30.05. Haukipudas, temperament test Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here passed his temperament test with gunshots with +170p.. The judges were Mr Reijo Hynynen and Mrs Riitta Lehmuspelto. 26.05. Hyvinkää, obedience trial Milla and Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill trialed at their first obedience trial today. They gathered 153/200p in obedience class 1. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pörsti. 24.05. Keuruu Tuula showed her 10 years old Becky, Drover's Breakthrough. Becky was 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran. The judge was Mr Paavo Mattila, Finland. 23.05. Helsinki Int'l We have had a long brake from shows. Today it was time for Helsinki Int'l. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC1 3rd best male, Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC1 2nd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB, Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was EXC1 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and res.CACIB and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do the Talking was VG3. Together they made our BOB winning breeders group. The judge for the day was Mrs Meg Purnell-Carpenter, Great Britain. 22.05. Vantaa, obedience trial Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery gathered 145,5/200p and that gave them a second prize in class 1. The judge for the day was Mr Harri Laisi. 20.05. Espoo, obedience trial Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery gathered 164/200p and that gave them their second first prize in class 1. The judge for the day was Pernilla Tallberg. 17.05. Rauma Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor was EXC1 3rd best male and Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell was 4th best bitch. The judge for the day was Mr Tim Thomas, Australia. 16.05. Varkaus Int'l 10 years old Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran. The judge for the day was Mrs Lena Danker, Finland. 09.05. Kirkkonummi, obedience Emmi and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking were high in trial with amazing points 191/200 with a prize of honour. This was their 2nd first prize in class 1. The judge was Mr Ilkka Stén. 09.05. Harjavalta Drover's Knigh n Shiny Armor was EXC2 and CH Drover's In a Nutshell was EXC1 4th best bitch. The judge was Mrs Suncica Latic from Serbia. 07.05. Kauniainen, obedience Satu K and Rhonda, CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly made their second first prize in obedience class 3 with 263/320p. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pörsti. 07.05. Health clearance Drover's Kilroy Was Here had his eyes checked with no notations. 05.05. Riihimäki, obedience Milla and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm gathered 163/200p in obedience class 1. That was their third first prize so Great has a new title: OB1. The judge was Mr Juha Kurtti. 03.05. Lohja, agility Sonja and Iines, Drover's I Told You So trialed in class 2. They made clear run in jumping and were placed as 2nd in trial. 03.05. Halikko, obedience trial Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery gathered 152/200p, Emmi and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking 148/200p and this time Milla and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm were high in trial with 173/200p. This was their 2nd first prize, one more to go :) The judge for the day was Mr Ossi Harjula. 28.04. Helsinki, obedience trial Riitta and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery were high in trial in class 1 with 178/200p and Milla and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm gathered 149,5/200p and got a 2nd prize. The judge for the day was Pernilla Tallberg. 05.04. Stockholm Int'l, SEW-15 Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC2 in open class. The judge was Mrs Patsy Hollings from Great Britain. 28.03. Turku Int'l Rodi, Drover's I'll Do the Talking was EXC4 in open class. The judge was Mr Stefan Sinko from Slovenia. 22.03. Tuulos, obedience trial Milla with her Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm and Emmi with her Rodi, Drover's I'll Do the Talking were trialing today in class 1 with first prizes for both of them! Greta was 2nd in trial and Rodi was 3rd in trial. Congratulations! 15.03. Silver plaques Finnish Australian Shepherd Club held its annual meeting today. We were both awarded with club's silver plaques. 05.03. Eye clearance L-litter had their eyes checked today. The black tri puppy had no notations on her eyes but unfortunately the blue merle has iris coloboma on her right eye. 24.1. Turku Int'l Mårten, Drover's King of The Hill was EXC2 4th best male and Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was EXC1 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. The judge for the day was Mr Robert Kotlár from Hungary. 15.1. L-litter is here! Hjördis gave birth to two bitch puppies. More info under coming litters. 11.1. Lahti, show for FCI group 1 Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC2, Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery got an EXC and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do the Talking got a VG. The judge was Päivi Eerola, Finland. 10.-11.1.2015 Tartu double CAC, Estonia Saga, Multi W Drover's Knock Your Socks Off travelled to Tartu double CAC. She was 2nd best bitch on saturday and 3rd best bitch on sunday. The judge for saturday was Mr Anthony Kelly from Ireland and for sunday Mr Jose Vidal Montero from Spain. 14.12. Stockholm Int'l, Sweden, SEW-14 Although our dogs did not take it to the very top this time we still had a blast on our trip to Stockholm with our team. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was 3rd best male and Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC2 with CQ. Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was 4th best bitch and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was EXC2 with CQ. Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC2 in veteran class. Our breeders group was 1st with a prize oh honour. The judge for the day was Mr Manuel L Borges from Portugal. 06.-07.12. Winner-shows Finnish Kennel Club held it's Winner shows during the weekend. On saturday our breed was judged by Mrs Elena Ruskovaara from Finland. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB with CACIB and title Hew-14. His son Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was 2nd best male with CAC and res.CACIB. Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOS with CAC and CACIB and title HeW-14 and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was VG3. Together they made our prize of honour winning breeders group. Folke crowned the day by winning BIG3. On sunday we had Mrs Minna-Liisa Koltes from USA judging our breed. Intermediate classes had a change of judge and they were judged by Mr Philip John from India. Folke was EXC1 2nd best male, Mårten EXC2, Saga EXC1 CQ and Disa VG4 and again our breeders group was best in breed with prize of honour. Pics and videos are on our fb page. 23.11. L-litter Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home has been mated a week ago. We hope for an all colour litter with all tail lengths in January. 11.11. Eye clearances Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention and Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home had their eyes checked with no notations. 05.10. Tuulos Drover's Fearless Knight was 2nd best male with res.CAC, Drover's King of the Hill was 4th best male and Drover's Kind of Mystery 2nd best bitch with her second CAC. The 39 aussies were judged by Mrs Jaana Hartus, Finland. 01.10. We have moved After three years of searching we finally found our dream place and moved 50km west from Helsinki. We are now surrounded by beautiful nature with a big yard for dogs to run. 14.09. Porvoo, agility Iines, Drover's I Told You So and her owner Sonja Löfgren were high in trial with a clear run in class 1. Congratulations! 14.09. Hämeenlinna, obedience Rhonda, FI, EE CH Drover's I Believe I Can Fly, OBE1 OBE2 BH was high in trial with 256/320p today in obedience class 3 together with her co-owner Satu Kärkkäinen. Congratulations! 13.09. Porvoo BOS with his third CAC to Wille, Drover's Joyrider. 2nd best male to Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention, 2nd best bitch with res.CAC to Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off and VG1 to Cindy, Drover's Key to My Heart. Together they made our breeders group which got a prize of honour. Judge was Mr Markku Kipinä, Finland. 06.09. Health clearance Great news as Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here (Folke-Hjördis) had his hips and elbows done last week. Results came back already with the best possible news: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 06.09. Helsinki A warm and sunny fall day at Helsinki show with our friends. BOB with his second CAC to Drover's Joyrider. 2nd best male to C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention. 2nd best bitch to Drover's Knock Your Socks Off. VG2 to Drover's Fair and Square. VG1 to Drover's Kind of Mystery and VG2 to Drover's Key to My Heart. Drover's had best breeders group in breed. Wille was shortlisted in the final seven in the group. The judge was Mrs Toni Jackson from Great Britain. 23.08. Tallinn Int'l, Estonia Sanna travelled to Estonia with her Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds and the travelling was a lucky trip as she came back with a new Estonian Champion! The judge was Mr Zvi Kupferberg from Israel. 11.08. Hyvinkää, Finnish National Specialty We had an unforgettable day at this years National specialty. 85 aussies were entered for Mrs Angie Allan of Allmark aussies, GB. Our baby Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off surprised us all by winning BOB! Her granddam Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran and we had best breeders group. Full results with photos can be seen on our facebook page. 10.08. Helsinki, FCI World Dog Show We had an interesting weekend here with the FCI WDS arriving to Helsinki. Friday was booked for shoppin :) Sunday saw aussiejudging. 145 aussies were entered. We did pick up excellents and best did our veteran Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel who was EXC3 in veteran class bitches. The judge was Mr Ron Menaker, USA. 05.08. Somero, FCI Herding Instinct test Three littermates from our K-litter made their FCI Herding Instinct tests today with flying colours! Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill, Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery and Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off all passed the test. The judge was Mrs Maija-Leena Pasanen. 27.07. Tampere, FINASC Open show We were swetting at Tampere with the temps showing +30,5C but never mind the heat :) Our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home took the BISS! Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was BIS veteran and 2nd best male and our breeders group of two blacks and two blue merles was best group out of four groups. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention won red merle males and was 3rd best male. Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was 3rd in red males. Littermates Wille, Drover's Joyrider and Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds were placed as 3rd and 4th in blue merles. In bitches Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery won red bitches and was 5th best bitch. Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was 2nd in red merle bitches and her granddam C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was 2nd in veteran bitches. The judge was ASCA Senior Breeder judge Mr Richard Pittman, Sundown aussies, USA. Thanks everyone for the lovely day. It was so nice to see everyone! 11.-12.07. Tvååker Int'l and Nat'l/Sweden Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill has spent the weekend in Sweden. Yesterday he was EXC1 4th best male and today EXC1 2nd best male with res CAC. The judges were yesterday Mrs Martha Kips, Luxembourg and today Mrs Patsy Hollings, GB. 06.07. Karjaa Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds won BOB with his last CAC and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery won BOS with her first CAC. The judge was Mr Branislav Rajcic, Slovenia. 05.07. Trondheim Int'l/Norway Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was 2nd best male with resCAC and CACIB. The judge was Mrs Carin Åkesson, Sweden. 28.06. Forssa Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was 2nd best bitch with resCAC. The judge was Mr Giuseppe Alessandra, Italy. 15.06. Tromsö Int'l/Norway Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was 2nd best male with resCAC and resCACIB. The judge was Mrs Anne-Chaterine Edoff, Sweden. 14.06. Herding at Somero A bunch of Drover's aussies spent a day with herding and once again we couldn't be more pleased with their herding instinct. 08.06. Lohja Red littermates Mårten and Disa were shown today. Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill won his first CAC with BOB and Disa was EXC2 CQ 4th best bitch. The judge was Mr Derek Smith, Great Britain. 18.05. Oulu Int'l Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was graded as VG3 in intermediate males. The judge was Mrs Britt Siegstad, Denmark. 17.05. Helsinki We have a new champion as Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won BOB with her last CAC! Wille, Drover's Joyrider won BOS with his first CAC. The judge was Mrs Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa, Finland. 10.05. Helsinki Int'l Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS with CACIB, his son Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC1 3rd best male and as Folke is already a C.I.B. the CACIB will go to Mårten. Saga, Drover's Knocks Your Socks Off was EXC1 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and res.CACIB and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was EXC4. Together they made our breed winning breeders group with a prize of honour. The judge was Mrs Nina Karlsdotter, Sweden. 04.05. Tampere Int'l Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC1 2nd best male, his son Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC1 4th best male, Saga, Drover's Knocks Your Socks Off was EXC1 3rd best bitch with res.CAC and Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was EXC4. Together they made our breeders group which was 2nd with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Richard Paquette, Canada. 03.05. Harjavalta BOB to Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell, 3rd best bitch with res.CAC to Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly and EXC2 to Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor. The judge was Mr Igor Selimovic, Croatia. 26.04. Raasepori, BH-test Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly passed her BH-test today. The judge was Mr Kauko Makkonen. 27.04. Lahti Int'l Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 3rd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB and Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen was graded as VG. The judge was Mrs Danielle Dryburgh, Australia. 26.04. Vaasa Int'l Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor was shown for the first time in junior class. He won the class with a VG. The judge was Mr Dick Baars, Netherland. 22.02. Jyväskylä Int'l While we were at home Tuula was showing her almost 9 years old Becky, Drover's Breakthrough at Jyväskylä Int'l. Becky was 2nd best bitch and BOB-veteran. The judge was Mr Petru Muntean, Romania. 18.01.2014 Turku Int'l We had a blast at Turku Int'l. Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB, his daughter Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOS with CAC. Saga's littermates did superb too as Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC2 with CQ as was Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery in junior bitches. Together this foursome made our breed winning breeders group. The judge was breed specialist Päivi Eerola, Finland. 12.01.2014 Kajaani Int'l and Lahti show for working and herding breeds The first show weekend for 2014 is behind. Tiina showed her 11 months old Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here in north eastern Finland's Kajaani with great result. There was an entry of 30 aussies for Maija Sylgrén from Finland and Pulla was EXC2 with CQ and 4th best male. In southern Finland at Lahti was an entry of 35 aussies. We showed two very naked aussies. Reetu, Drover's Fair and Square was VG2 and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was EXC3. The judge was Mrs Hilkka Salohalla from Finland. 13.-15.12. Helsinki Int'l, HeW-13, NordW-13 and FiW-13 The last show weekend for 2013 was a three day event at Helsinki Fair Center. We can be proud of our team to say the least! Best did our 10 months old Saga, SEW-13 SEJW-13 Drover's Knock Your Socks Off who won titles each day. On friday she won HeJW-13 as she was best junior bitch. On saturday she really knocked her socks off as she won BOB at the Nordic Winner show! On sunday she again won best junior bitch and got the title FiJW-13. Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was 2nd best male on friday and on saturday and on sunday he won champion class dogs with no placement in best male. Saga's litterbrother Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was graded as EXC on friday and VG on saturday and he placed as EXC2 with CQ on sunday. Saga's littersister Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was shown two days. On saturday she was EXC3 with CQ and on sunday she was EXC4. Our Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was shown on saturday and she was 4th best bitch and our Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home was shown on sunday and she was graded as EXC. Wille, Drover's Joyrider was EXC4 on saturday. Indy, C.I.B. Drover's Bath'n Brushed was EXC3 in veteran males on sunday and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly who is still very naked was graded as VG on sunday. We showed breeders group on saturday and sunday and our group was best in breed both days. The judges were Mrs Anna Albrigo from Italy on friday, Mrs Nina Janger from Finland on saturday and on sunday juniors were judged by Mr Zaur Agabeyli from Azerbaidzhan and adults were judged by Mr Guido Schäfer from Germany. 07.12. Stockholm Int'l, SEW-13 We had a blast at Swedish Winner-show in Stockholm. There was an entry of 56 aussies for Mr Bo Wiberg from Sweden. Our team had entered seven dogs. Best did baby Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off who at three days shy of her 10 months birthday won best bitch with CAC and titles SEW-13 and SEJW-13! Her sire Folke, C.I.B. Drover's Infinite Attention was 4th best male and her dam Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home was 4th best bitch and grand dam Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was 3rd best bitch. Together this foursome made our breeders group which won best group in breed and got a prize of honour. Others in our team did well too as Saga's brother Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was EXC3 in junior class males and sister Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was EXC4 in junior class bitches. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was graded as G as she was totally naked. Otherwise her written critique was excellent. 07.-08.12. Agility in Lieto and Lempäälä Pia and Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell BH, OB1, OB2, AG1, AG2, AG3 made their first starts in agility class 3 and what a start they had! On saturday in Lieto they made a clear run with -6.38 and were 4th in trial. On sunday in Lempäälä they made another clear run with -5.62 and were 11th in trial. 24.11. Kirkkonummi, agility Terhi and Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It BH, OB1, OB2, AG1, AG2 made their last clear run in class 1 with -2.09 and they were 2nd in trial so now they are ready for class 2. The judge was Mr Allan Mattsson. 17.11. Jyväskylä Int'l Three of our dogs were shown at Jyväskylä. Our K-litter has just turned nine months old so two of them made their debute at official classes. Tiina's Pulla, Drover's Kilroy Was Here was shown in junior class and he was placed as EXC4 and our Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off was EXC2 in junior bitches. Their sire Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC1 2nd best male. The judge was Mr Zvi Kupferberg, Israel. 09.11. Riga Int'l/Latvia, BaltW-13 We had a super trip down to beautiful Riga in Latvia. Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention finished his C.I.B. by winning BOS with his last CACIB and as he also got CAC he became Latvian Champion and BaltW-13. Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home did well too as she was 2nd best bitch with CAC and CACIB and became also LV CH and BaltW-13. The judge was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland. 02.11. Karjaa, BH-test Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm both passed their BH-tests today. The judge was Mr Kauko Makkonen. 02.11. Vantaa, obedience Lara, Drover's Joy of My Life got a first prize with 160,5p in obedience class one. The judge was Mrs Riikka Pulliainen. 20.10. Lahti, all breed puppy show Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was 2nd with prize of honour and 2nd best bitch puppy out of seven bitch puppies. The judge was Mr Antti Nieminen, Finland. 22.09. Somero, temperament test Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly passed her temperament test with gunshots today. Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown gathered enough points but unfortunately she was not secure to gunshots so she did not pass. 22.09. Tuulos, all breed puppy show Mårten, Drover's King of the Hill was BOS-puppy. The judge was Mrs Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari, Finland. 15.09. Helsinki Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller has not been shown for 3,5 years. She won easily two CAC's when under two years of age. Today she made a comeback to rings with a bang by winning BOB with her last CAC! Breed was judged by Mr Johan Juslin from Finland. 14.09. Porvoo Our Folke, CH FiJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB and made it all the way to win the group! His daughter Disa, Drover's Kind of Mystery was BOS-puppy. Breedjudge was Mrs Valerie Gervais from Canada and group was judged by Mrs Hassi Assenmacher-Feyel from Germany. 08.09. Vantaa Our Folke, CH FiJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB and was shortlisted in the group. Breedjudge was Mr Michael Leonard from Ireland and group was judged by Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland. 07.09. Lieto, agility Pia and her Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell BH OB1 OB2 AG1 AG2 made two clear runs in class 2, both with HIT. So off to class 3 they go. 25.08. Helsinki, National Specialty There was an entry of 109 aussies for Mrs Janne Kronstam, Khetashio aussies, Denmark. 18 of them were bred by Drover's. We had super placements, the weather was warm and sunny, so the day was just perfect for meeting friends. The more detailed results with pics are on our fb page but here is something. BOB and BOS-veteran to littermates Indy, C.I.B. Drover's Bath'n Brushed and EuJW-06 BaltW-08 Drover's Breakthrough. Open class males EXC1 and 2nd best male with res.CAC to Reetu, Drover's Fair and Square. Reetu was also best European bred male! EXC1 and 3rd best male and EXC2 4th best male to litterbrothers from intermediate class; Drover's Joyrider and Drover's Jack of Diamonds. EXC2 and EXC3 in champion class to C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep and CH Drover's Infinite Attention. 5-7 months puppy bitches 2nd to Drover's Key to My Heart and 3rd to Drover's Knock Your Socks Off. EXC4 in open bitches to Drover's I Believe I Can Fly and EXC3 in champion class to C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home. EXC2 in veteran bitches to C.I.B. Drover's Almost Unreal. Our breeders group won out of five groups. 21.08. Hips and elbows It took a while to get the xray results for Wille, Drover's Joyrider back from Finnish Kennel Club but it was worth the wait: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 18.08. Turku, all breed puppy show Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor continued his winning ways and won another BOB puppy and BIG 1. The judge was Mrs Tarja Löfman, Finland. 17.08. Sastamala, all breed puppy show Rune, Drover's Knight n Shiny Armor won BOB puppy. The judge was Mr Olli Kokkonen, Finland. 14.08. Forssa, obedience trial Satu K. and her Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly scored 198/200 points in obedience class two and they were high in trial with a prize of honour. As this was Rhonda's third first prize in class 2 she received her OB2 title! The judge was Mr Juha Kurtti. 10.08. Porvoo We have a new champion as Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul won BOB with her last CAC. Wille, Drover's Joyrider was shown for the first time and he got VG1. The judge was Mrs Beata Petkevica from Latvia. 10.08. Turku, agility Pia and Zelda, CH Drover's In a Nutshell OB1 OB2 BH AGI1 AGI2 were high in trial in class 2 with 5 points. 04.08. Svenstavik Int'l, Sweden What a weekend this has been. Today we got two new Swedish Champions as Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep won BOB with CAC and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm won 2nd best bitch with CAC. The judge was Mrs Hilkka Salohalla, Finland. Congratulations Sanna and Milla! 03.08. Helsinki, all breed puppy show and a show for working and herding breeds It was a father and daughter day today. Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB and his daughter only 5,5 months old Saga, Drover's Knock Your Socks Off won BOB-puppy, BIG 1 and BIS 1! We are thrilled! Breed was judged by Mrs Maritha Östlund-Holmsten from Sweden. 28.07. Helsinki Int'l It was a clean sweep to our dogs today at Helsinki Int'l. Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB with CACIB. Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male and Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 3rd best male with CAC. Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel won BOS with CACIB and her daughter Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was 2nd best bitch with her last CAC. Our breeders group was awarded with prize of honour. Breed was judged by Mr James G Reynolds from Canada. 17.07. We have a new champion Zelda, OB1 OB2 BH Drover's In a Nutshell is now also FI CH as she passed her temperament test today with +170p and secure to gunshots. 14.07. Hyvinkää A very hot day at Hyvinkää sighthound racing center in terms of an all breed show with over 2000 dogs was well worth of all swetting. Our Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB, BIG and BIS 4! Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was BOS with her 2nd CAC. Breed and group judge was Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland and BIS was judged by Mr Francesco Cochetti from Italy. 29.06. Pieksämäki, obedience Finnish championships Satu K. and her Rhonda, OB1 Drover's I Believe I Can Fly trialed in class two in hope to get the third first prize in class two for OB2 title. Rhonda did not gather enough points as she got 156,27/200 points and was placed as 32/111. 29.06. Vantaa Ojanko, agility Tiiu and Lara, Drover's Joy of My Life trialed in class one with super results. On jumping they made a clear round and were placed as 5th in trial and in agility they got 5 points and were placed as 4th. 15.06. R.I.P. Pinja Our foundation bitch Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W BISS Tres Colores Gabrielina became suddenly ill and was taken to vet uni's IC unit. Nothing could be done and we lost her at the age of 11 years 11 months. 15.06. Kotka Int'l and Vännäs Int'l in Sweden Sanna showed her three boys at Kotka in Finland while Taija was showing in Sweden. Sanna's Indy, C.I.B. Drover's Bath'n Brushed was shown for the first time in veterans and won BOS and BOB veteran. Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 4th best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB. Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was VG2 in champion class. The judge Mrs Soile Bister found him not enjoying his show day. At Vännäs in Sweden Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOS with CAC and CACIB and Rhonda, Drover's I Belive I Can Fly was EXC2. The judge was Mrs Anna-Lena Munkvall, Easy aussies, Swewden. 09.06. Salo and Tuuri At Salo Zelda, OB1 OB2 BH Drover's In a Nutshell won BOB with her last CAC. Breedjudge was Mr John Bond from Ireland. Zelda was placed as 2nd in the Group. At Tuuri Euw-06 BaltW-09 Drover's Breakthrough was shown for the first time in veteran class. Becky was 2nd best bitch and BOB-veteran. Breed judge was Mrs Nina Janger from Finland. 20.05. Saarbrücken Int'l/Germany Great news from Terhi and Antti who are now in Germany. Lakka, CH Drover's Happened That Summer won CACIB and is now C.I.B.. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was one of the three males who were graded as EXC. He was 3rd best male. Both Lakka and Gizmo got CAC. The judge was Mr Guido Schäfer from Germany. 18.05. Mynämäki and Svendborg/Denmark We have had an unbelivable day today! At Mynämäki our Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB and BIG 3 and his littersisters took bitches as Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won BOS with CAC and Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC. Breed judge was Maija Sylgrén from Finland. Meanwhile in Denmark Lakka, CH Drover's Happened That Summer won BOS with CAC and is now also DK CH. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It got a G because the judge did not accept our Kennel Club's vet.certificate about removed tooth. The judge was Mrs Zorica Salijevic who is nowadays living in Sweden. 15.05. Inkoo, BH test Sanna and her Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep passed their BH-test today. Well done! 11.05. Helsinki Int'l Today our Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention was 2nd best male. His littersister Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell won BOB with her second CAC. Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds was EXC2 4th best male. The judge for the day after a change of judge was Mr Hans Lehtinen from Finland. 10.05. Hips and elbows Lara, Drover's Joy of My Life was x-rayed a while ago with great results: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 09.05. Rauma, obedience Satu K and her Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly, OB1 gathered 181/200p with prize of honour in class two. She was 3rd in trial. The judge was Mr Ilkka Stén. 09.05. Helsinki, specialty for herding and working breeds Our Folke, EE, DK CH Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB with his final CAC from Finland. He was also shortlisted in the huge group among six finalists. Reetu, Drover's Fair and Square was VG1 and Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC although she had shed all her coat. The judge for today was Mrs Nina Janger from Finland. 28.04. Lahti Int'l Sanna's boys did well today as Knut, EE JCH BaltJW-12 FiJW-12 Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 2nd best male with res.CAC and CACIB and Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was EXC1 4th best male. Our Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC2 with CQ in champion males. The judge for today was Mr Theo Horchener from Australia. 27.04. Lieto, agility Pia and her Zelda, OB1 OB2 BH Drover's In a Nutshell had their first run in agility class two today. They made a clear run and were placed as 2nd in trial. The trial was also the Finnish Championship for aussies in agility and as the class winner was not an aussie Zelda won the championship in class 2. Well done! 27.04. Hyvinkää, obedience trial Satu Kärkkäinen and her Rhonda, OB1 Drover's I Believe I Can Fly had their first trial in obedience class two today. They gathered 176/200p and were placed as 3rd in trial. The judge was Mrs Marita Packalén. 27.03. Eye clearance Our K-litter had their eyes cleared today with no notations. 15.03. Eye clearance Folke, CH Drover's Infinite Attention had his eyes cleared today with no notations. 10.02. K-litter is here! Our Folke-Hjördis litter was born today. We have three males and three bitches in red merle and red tri with various tail lengths. Photos are on our fb-page and under link coming litters. Inquiries welcome! 26.01. Narva, Estonia Our trip to Estonia was perfect. Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention was shown for the first and last time in open class as he won BOB with CAC and finished his EE CH title. He crowned his title by winning the group in the afternoon. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won BOS with CAC. Breed judge was Mrs Malgorzata Wieremiejczyk-Wierzcowska from Poland. 19.01. Turku Int'l This morning showed temps as -30C so we stayed home for today but those who were brave enough drove to Turku. Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds was EXC2 in junior class males and Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was EXC3 in open class. The breed was judged by Mr Mario Gil de Biedma from Spain. 13.01.13 Lahti First show for 2013 was held in Lahti. A show for herding and working breeds had a total entry of almost 1200 dogs with 26 aussies judged by Mr Johan Juslin from Finland. Folke, FiJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was shown for the last time in intermediate class. He won BOB with CAC and later a BIG2 under Mr Rainer Vuorinen from Finland. 16.12. Stockholm Int'l/Sweden, SEW-12 We had a super fun time with a pack of our puppy byers at Stockholm Int'l. Nine Drover's bred aussies were entered plus granny Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina. We had to leave Hjördis home as she was in heat at the time but the rest of the gang did very well. There was an entry of 58 for Mr Rainer Vuorinen from Finland. 11 years 5 months old Pinja won BOS and BOB veteran and got one more title, SEW-12. Knut, BaltJW-12 FiJW-12 Drover's Jack of Diamonds was EXC2 in a huge junior class males loosing to BOB male. Folke, FiJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was 2nd best male with res.CAC and CACIB. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was EXC3 CQ, Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was EXC1 CQ, Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC2 3rd best bitch, Signe, C.I.B. Drover's Evryboyzdream was EXC4 CQ. Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen and totally naked Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm both got a VG. Drover's had best breeders group in breed. 08.12. Vuolasvirta plaque for succesfull breeding of Australian Shepherds Finnish Kennel Club has awarded Drover's with Vuolasvirta plaque for succesfull breeding of Australian Shepherds! Drover's is the 2nd breeder of Aussies to get this award. The first is the breeder of our foundation bitch, kennel Tres Colores :) 08.-09.12. Helsinki Int'l, HeW-12 & FIW-12 The last show for this year is behind. On saturday we had a last minute change of judge due to snow storm in Hungary. So we had Mr Vladimir Piskoy from Slovack to judge the entry of 51 aussies. Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won intermediate males with CQ. Thyra, C.I.B. Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC3 4th best bitch from champion class. Knut, BaltJW-12 Drover's Jack of Diamonds was VG4 in junior class. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It and Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen were graded as VG. Sunday saw an entry of 64 aussies judged by Mr Martin Johansson from Sweden. Folke won again his class with a CQ. Thyra and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream were graded as EXC. Knut won junior males and got the title FiJW-12. Gizmo and Jazzi were again graded as VG and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was VG2 in intermediate bitches. Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur got an EXC. 06.12. Janakkala, agility Terhi and Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It made two clear runs at their first trials! 18.11. Janakkala, agility Pia and Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell made their first clear run at their fourth trial and placed as 2nd in trial. WTG girls! 11.11. Jyväskylä Int'l There was an entry of 46 aussies for Mr John Watson from Cyprus. Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was BOS with CAC and CACIB. Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was EXC2 with CQ although she is totally naked at the moment. 03.-04.11. Herning Int'l/Denmark Long trip to Herning, Denmark was well worth all the trouble with keeping dogs clean in constant rain. On saturday at the Danish Winner show Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won EXC1 with CQ from intermediate class. Thyra, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC4 in champion class. The judge for saturday was Mr Thord Byström, Sweden. On sunday at the Nordic Winner show there was an unlucky change of judge for all of us having an aussie with a full long tail so Thyra was not shown. Folke was 4th best male and got his Danish CAC. The judge was Mrs Hanne Laine Jensen from Denmark. There was an entry of 36 aussies both days. 31.10. Health results Ransu, Drover's Jolly Roger was x-rayed a while ago. Today came his results from Kennel Club: hips C-C and elbows 0-0. His litterbrother Elmo, Drover's Jumping to the Moon has been eye checked with no notations. Still waiting for his x-ray results. 21.10. Turku Int'l Only Drover's bred dog at Turku today was Aada, Drover's Just Wait and See who got an EXC in junior class bitches. The judge was Mrs Anne Indergaard from Norway. 21.10. Rakvere/Estonia Second day at Rakvere. Knut, BaltJW-12 Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 2nd best male with his third jun.CAC so he is now EE JCH. He was also BOB-junior. Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen was BOS with jun.CAC and BOS-junior. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly both were graded as VG. Our breeders group did not receive prize of honour. The judge was Mrs Beata Petkevica, Latvia. Thank you girls for showing your dogs and keeping Drover's flag up! 20.10. Rakvere/Estonia Knut, BaltJW-12 Drover's Jack of Diamonds was 3rd best male with jun.CAC and Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was 4th best male. Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly both were graded as VG. Our breeders group was placed as 2nd in group finals. The judge was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara, Finland. Thank you girls for showing your dogs and keeping Drover's flag up! 17.10. Eye clearance Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul had her eyes cleared today with no notations. 05.10. Health clearances Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen was x-rayed a while ago. Today came the results from Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 23.09. Somero, temperament test Four Drover's bred dogs passed the temperament test today with superb points. All were also secure to gunshots. The dogs were Fair and Square and three littermates Hell of a Thunder, Honey I'm Home and Heart and Soul. 17.09. A letter from Kennel Club Today came a letter from Finnish Kennel Club. They have rewarded Drover's with Vuolasvirta plaque for succesful breeding of Australian Shepherds. Drover's is the 2nd aussie breeder in Finland to get the reward. The first one is the breeder of our foundation bitch C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina. 26.08. Porvoo, Aussie Open It was time for the traditional Aussie Open. 100 aussies were entered for Mr Maarten Walter, Malpaso aussies, USA. We had at least one entry in each class except at red tris and we won black males and bitches and red merle males and bitches and got a 2nd and 3rd place in both blue merle males and bitches. We showed two breeders groups and our group with boys won best breeders group in show and our group of girls was placed 3rd out of five groups shown. More detailed results and lots of photos is on our facebook page. 26.08. Ulvila, obedience trial Pia and Zelda, OB1 Drover's In a Nutshell gathered 192/200p with a prize of honour and they were also high in trial. As this was their third first prize in obedience class 2 Zelda got a title OB2. 25.08. Tervakoski Int'l A sunny day at Tervakoski show ground. 21 aussies were entered for Mrs Maija Sylgrén from Finland. 11 years old Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina did it again and won BOB and BOB veteran over the youngsters. Her grandson Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won BOS with CAC and his first CACIB. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won her class with an Exc but she did not get a CQ as she is totally naked at the moment. 22.08. Masku, obedience trial Pia and Zelda, OB1 Drover's In a Nutshell received 177/200p in obedience class 2. This was their second first prize, one more to go and they will be in class 3. The judge was Mr Ilkka Stén. 19.08. Tallinn Int'l, Estonia/Baltic Winner show A group of team Drover's travelled to Estonia for the Baltic Winner show. Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds won junior males and got jun.CAC with the title BALTJW-12. He was also 2nd best male. Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was 4th best male. 11 years old Pinja, C.I.B. Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was BOB veteran and got a new title BALTVW-12. She was also 4th best bitch. Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen was VG4 in junior bitches and Lakka, CH Drover's Happened That Summer was VG3 in open bitches. Drover's had best breeders group in breed. The judge for the day was Mrs Gunilla Skallman from Sweden. 19.08. Veikkola, obedience trial Satu K. and Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly got 181,5/200 points with a prize of honour in obedience class 1. As this was their third first prize in class two Rhonda got her title OB1. They were placed as 4/18. The judge was Mr Harri Laisi. 18.08. Rauma, obedience trial Pia and Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell OB1 made their first trial in obedience class 2 by gathering 191/200points with a prize of honour and getting a 2nd place in trial. The judge was Mr Ilkka Stén. 12.08. Helsinki Today BOB with CAC went to Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention. EXC2 in junior bitches was Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen. Hilda, Drover's Heiress of The Crown was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran. Only 19 months old Folke surprised us in the group by picking a 3rd place. The judge in breed was Mr Augustin Ionescu from Romania and Mr Jo Schepers from Netherlands was the group judge. 11.08. Raisio Today our 11 years old Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina put her best foot forward by winning the breed and BOB veteran. BOS with CAC was his 19 months old grandson Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention. EXC1 in junior males was Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds and VG2 in junior bitches was Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen. The judge for the day was Mr Peter Harsanyi from Hungary. 05.08. Nokia, obedience trial Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly got 175/200p and was placed as 8/16. That was her second first prize. One more and she'll move up to class two. The judge was Mr Juha Kurtti. 04.-05.08. Pärnu Int'l/Estonia Four Drover's bred dogs were shown at Pärnu two days international show. On saturday the judge was Mrs Ligita Zake from Latvia. Finn, CH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was 3rd best male, his litterbrother Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder was 4th best male, Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It got EXC3 and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm was 2nd best bitch with CAC and res.CACIB. So Greta is a new EE CH! On sunday the judge was Mrs Valentina Ivanicheva from Russia who, as we've been told, did not do a decent job in the ring. Lots of problems with how to measure a dog and with understanding the breed standard. Well, anyway Finn again 3rd best male, Thor EXC2, Gizmo VG and was measured as 47cm!!!! and Greta again 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. 04.08. Nokia Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds won his class with a VG and his littersister Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Diamond was 4th best bitch with res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Beata Petkevica from Latvia. 22.07 Mäntsälä Only 10 months old Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds took his first CAC by winning BOB. The judge for the day was Mrs Jaana Hartus from Finland. 15.07 Forssa Today we drove to Forssa. A beautiful show ground in a botanical park at Mustiala. There was an entry of 16 aussies. Our Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won BOB with his second CAC and Hjördis, C.I.B. Drover's Honey I'm Home went BOS. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won VG1 and Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell was VG3 in intermediate bitches. Mrs Ligita Zake from Latvia was judging after a change of judge. 08.07 Kaarina, temperament test We have two new FI CH's as littermates Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer both made their temperament tests with flying colours. Both were secure to gunshots. Lakka got also her Swedish title. The judges were Mrs Sirkka Lempinen and Mrs Sirpa Häilä. 08.07 Karjaa Int'l Zelda, Drover's In a Nuthell was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and res.CACIB. The judge was after a change of judge Mr Harry Tast from Finland. 01.07 Ryttylä, Finnish National Specialty 115 aussies were entered for Mr Randall K. Sheets from USA. We had the pleasure to see 18 Drover's bred dogs plus our foundation bitch Pinja in the ring. The success was average this year. Best did our Pinja, C.I.B. Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina who was BOB veteran and 4th best bitch. We also picked some nice class placements too. Thanks everyone for a very nice day in the sun :-) 30.06 Harju/Estonia Terhi and Emmi travelled to Estonia to show their dogs. They had a succesful trip as Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOS with CAC and is now EE, NO, LT CH. Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking was 2nd best male with CAC and Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was 3rd best male with res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mr Oleg Yanchev from Russia. 27.06 R.I.P. Mr Gösta We have a big sorrow in the house as we lost our Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please suddenly this morning. He was very sick this morning and was taken to vet Uni but he died soon after he was taken in. The best always leave too soon. 20.06 Lucas needs a new home a.s.a.p. Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek needs a new home a.s.a.p. You can find his own page under link H-litter. Inquiries by phone, email or by fb-message. 17.06 Helsinki Int'l We had a super day in pouring rain at Helsinki Int'l. 20 aussies were entered for Mrs Leni Finne from Finland. We have a new International Champion as Hjördis, EE, NO CH Drover's Honey I'm Home went BOS and recieved her last CACIB :-) Litterbrothers Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking went EXC1 and EXC2 in intermediate males. Folke got also CQ. Rico, FI, EE, LV CH Drover's Excalibur was EXC2 in champion males. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly won junior class bitches with EXC and CQ, was BOB-junior and 4th best bitch. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won open class bitches with EXC1 and CQ. We also had the best breeders group in breed. Thanks all for helping to make this day so memorable :-) 16.06 Ulvila, obedience trial Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell scored 162,5/200 and went 2nd in trial. She is now rady to move on to class 2. The judge was Mrs Tiina Heino. 16.06 Kotka Int'l Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking was EXC3 and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer 4th best bitch. The judge for the day was Mrs Sylvie Desserne from France. 13.06 Health clearance 6th puppy from our I-litter was xrayed clear as Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell got her results back from Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 05.06 Janakkala, obedience trial Satu K. and her Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly made their obedience debute today with 191/200 points. They got also prize of honour and were placed as 3rd in trial. The judge was Mrs Marita Packalén. 03.06 Tallinn Int'l, Estonia Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC2 4th best male from junior class and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer was EXC1 with CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Linda Jürgens from Estonia. 02.06 Rauma, obedience trial Pia and her Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell made again super result as they went high in trial this time with 200/200p with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Ilkka Sten. 30.05 Uusikaupunki, obedience trial Pia and her Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell made her debute in obedience at the age of 16 months by getting high in trial with 193/200p with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Ilkka Sten. 27.05 Vallentuna Int'l/Sweden Today Terhi and Antti continued their succesful trip to Sweden. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOB with CAC and CACIB and got a BIG 3 placement in group. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It took BOS with CACIB. The judge in breed was Mr Guido Schäfer from Germany. 26.05 Helsinki and Österbybruk Int'l/Sweden We have had an amazing day. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was shown in Helsinki winning BOB with her first CAC. She also took a Group 4. Breed judge was Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland and group was judged by Mrs Leni Finne from Finland. Meanwhile Terhi and Antti travelled to Sweden. A SMS tells us that Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOS with CAC and CACIB and Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd best male with res.CACIB. The judge was Jurate Butkiene from Lithuania and he stated that Lakka lost the breed due to too well groomed coat! 17.05 Helsinki, all breed puppy show Four pups from our J-litter were entered to this all breed puppy show which had 14 entries for beardie breeder Mrs Tarja Löfman. BOB and shortlisted in group among seven finalists went to Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds from 7-9 months class. 3rd in the class was Elmo, Drover's Jumping to the Moon. Winner of 7-9 months bitches and 2nd best bitch was Jazzi, Drover's Jubilee Queen. 3rd in the class with a prize of honour was Aada, Drover's Just Wait and See. Together they made our winning breeder group. We did not stay for the groups with breeders group. 13.05 Hamina Int'l Terhi and Emmi continued their show weekend today in Hamina. Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking got VG1 in junior class males. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOB with her first CACIB. The judge for the day was Mr Gert Christensen from Denmark. 12.05 Tampere Int'l Terhi and Emmi drove to Tampere today. Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking got EXC in junior class males. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer was EXC2 with CQ in open class. The judge for the day was Mrs Lydmila Nikitina from Russia. 10.05 Health results Iines, Drover's I Told You So and Peppi, Drover's In Your Dreams were x-rayed a while ago. Today came the super results for both girls: hips A-A and elbows 0-0 :) 06.05 Rauma/Finland and Nybro/Sweden Gösta's (C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please) daughters have made us proud today. In Finland at Rauma all breed show Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell won BOB with her first CAC from junior class. She went all the way to win BIS junior. The judge at both breed and BIS junior was Mrs Janet Lobb from Canada. Meanwhile in Sweden at Nybro Missnutt's Enjoyfull Himmla won BOB with CAC at a working breed show out of an entry of 20 aussies. The judge was rough collie breeder Mrs Eva Eriksson. 28.04 Lahti Int'l The Russian Mrs Irina Poletaeva who is living in Finland nowadays judged our breed today. Folke, FIJV-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was EXC2 in intermediate class loosing to a Russian male. Hjördis, EE, NO CH Drover's Honey I'm Home was 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB with an odd comment in her critique about her colour: White mark a bit too high in front left leg...congcrats to the Russian BOB winning male and to the finnish BOS-winning bitch, both with all white front legs. 21.04 Health clearances Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking was x-rayed few weeks ago. Finally came his results: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. His knees were also 0-0. Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder, Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention, Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer had also their knees done; all had 0-0. 15.04 Bergen Int'l/Norway Terhi and Milla drove the long way to Bergen in Norway. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It was EXC1 3rd best male with res.CACIB and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm got EXC1. 31.03.-01.04 Rakvere/Estonia Finn, EE CH Balt JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was shown both days. On saturday he won BOB under Mrs Rita Kadike-Skadina from Latvia and on sunday he was 2nd best male under Mrs Lessi Tchistiakova from Russia. 17.03. Harstad Int'l/Norway Looong trip to northern Norway was well worth all the driving. Hjördis, EE CH Drover's Honey I'm Home was BOB with CAC and CACIB so she is now also Norwegian Champion. The judge was Mr Rodi Hübenthal from Norway. Unfortunately we had to leave Folke home because Heidi's BOB winning OES Soft Motion's Call From The Past was in heat. 14.03. Health clearances Our own Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was x-rayed weeks ago. Finally we got the results back from our Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. His back was also x-rayed and it was normal. On 12th March had three Drover's dogs their eyes checked. Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking and Greta, CH Drover's Good Luck Charm had their eyes cleared. Signe, C.I.B. Drover's Evryboyzdream had still her GRD. Rodi had his knees checked and the result was 0-0, hip and elbow results are still to come back from our Kennel Club. 14.03. Health clearances Our own Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention was x-rayed weeks ago. Finally we got the results back from our Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. His back was also x-rayed and it was normal. 25.02. Lohja, all breed puppy show Knut, Drover's Jack of Diamonds went BOB-puppy and was shortlisted among the eight finalists in the group. Breed was judged by Mrs Nina Janger and group was judged by Mrs Jaana Hartus. Congratulations Sanna! 22.02. Eye clearances Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention and Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel had their eyes cleared today with no notations. 11.02. Tallinn Int'l/Estonia We had a succesfull trip to Tallinn. Our Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please kids made us proud as Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won his second jun.CAC and 2nd best male at the age of 13 months. Later he was placed as BIS3 in a huge BIS junior competition under well known all rounder Mr Kari Järvinen from Finland. Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream won BOS with her last qualifying CACIB for her C.I.B. title. The breed judge was Mrs Elina Tan-Hietalahti from Finland. 08.02. Health clearances Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder was x-rayed as the last one from our H-litter a few weeks ago. His hips came back as C-A and elbows were 0-0. Eyes were cleared with no notations. Today her littersister Hjördis, CH Drover's Honey I'm Home had her eyes cleared also with no notations. 21.01. Turku Int'l 26 aussies were entered for Mr Horst Kliebenstein from Germany. We had a blast. BOB, CACIB and last CAC to Hjördis, EE CH Drover's Honey I'm Home and BOS with CACIB to FI, SE, LT CH Drover's Can't Help It. Folke, FIJW-11 HeJW-11 Drover's Infinite Attention won junior males with EXC but did not get a CQ although his critique was full of superlatives. Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell won junior bitches with a CQ and got res.CAC. Together this foursome made our breeders group which was placed as 2nd with a prize of honour. Granny Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was EXC2 with CQ in veteran class and placed as 4th best bitch. 15.01.2012 Lahti First show for our team for the year 2012 and what a way to start the year! Littermates Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer took both the male CAC and bitch CAC! Lucas ended up as 2nd best male and Lakka won BOB! There was an entry of 26 aussies for Mrs Elina Haapaniemi from Finland. Thanks Terhi for reminding us to update the big news :-) 03.-04.12 Helsinki Int'l, HeW and FIW shows The highlight of Finnish show scene is the huge double international shows arranged by Finnish Kennel Club yearly in december. On saturday was the Helsinki Winner show. There was an entry of 43 aussies. We showed three of our dogs. Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention won junior males and got the title HeJW-11. He was also placed as 2nd best male after a champion male. Hjördis, EE CH Drover's Honey I'm Home won open class bitches and ended up as 4th best bitch. Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina won 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran. Our judge for the day Mr Juan Naveda from Spain was amazed of her superb condition for her 10 years 5 months of age. On sunday was the Finnish Winner show with an entry of 53. We only showed Folke as we knew that the Finnish judge Mrs Elina Tan-Hietalahti is not in favor for long tails. Folke won again his class, got the title FIJW-11 and ended up as 2nd best male after a champion male. Folke also won his first CAC. 23.11 Health result Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was x-rayed a while ago. Finally her results are here: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! 13.11 Lohja, Finnish Aussie Open show This year Finnish Aussie club did not arrange any speciality with CAC. Instead they arranged again the very popular Aussie Open with ASCA-judge. There was an entry of 100 aussies for Mrs Angela Kleinhans, Moonrise aussies, Germany. Our entry for the day was 14 Drover's bred dogs plus the grand old lady Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina, now 10 years 5 months old. Our super succesful day ended up as Pinja winning BIS! Our other placements were as following: red merle dogs 1st and 3rd best dog only almost 10 months old Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention. Third in red merle males to Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder. 2nd in blue merle males to Oswald, C.I.B. FI, EE, LV CH EEW-08 Drover's Counting Sheep and 4th to Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek. Gizmo, FI, SE, LT CH Drover's Can't Help It was 4th in black males and Rodi, Drover's I'll Do The Talking won red males and was 4th best male. Our bitches took it all! Pinja won blue merles and ended up as BIS. Her daughters won respectively their classes as Thyra, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel won red merle bitches and Kielo, C.I.B. NO, EE, DK CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal won red bitches and ended up as 4th best bitch. 3rd in red merle bitches was Drover's Happened That Summer and 2nd in red bitches was Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly. Thyra's daughter Hjördis, EE CH Drover's Honey I'm Home won black bitches and ended up as 2nd best bitch. So it really was a family affair. Pinja had best progeny group. We showed three breeders groups. Our group of blacks placed 2nd and our group of two red merles and two blue merles placed as 4th. Thanks everyone involved for the most memorable day! 09.11 Three puppies available! We have three pups available from our J-litter. Take a look at coming litters! 19.10 Pups visited eye specialist J-litter had their eyes checked today. Six of them had no notations. Blue merle boy #1 had iris hypoplasia in one eye and blue merle boy #4 had iris hypoplasia in both eyes. 15.10 Rakvere, Estonia We had a great trip to Estonia. Our H-litter turned two years old 14th october. Over here a dog must be 24 months before he/she can finish her conformation title. We got two new champions as Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn won 2nd best male with CAC and our Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home won BOB with her qualifying CAC. The biggest surprise was though our Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention who was shown for the first in junior class as he turned 9 months old at the show date. Folke won BOS, jun.CAC and BOB-junior. Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was 3rd best bitch. Our breeders group was best breeders group in the show. The breed judge was Mr Igoris Zizevskis from Lithuania. 08.10 Somero, temperament test Three of our bitches made their temperament test today. We have a new FI CH as Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm RN passed the test with +173 points being unfamiliar to gunshots. Fara, Drover's Forevermore also passed her test with +174 points being secure to gunshots. Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois got +150 points but surprised us with being unsecure to gunshots. She has heard gunshots through her life at the obedience training and never been bothered to them. Neither was she bothered after her test while we were just chatting at the car parking place by the test area while they were shooting for the next dog. Really peculiar behaviour from Elle at the test. 18.09 Lohja, all breed puppy show Our Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention made his first ring appearance in Finland by winning BOB puppy and BIG 2. His littersister Rhonda, Drover's I Believe I Can Fly was 3rd in her class. The judge was Mrs Kirsti Louhi. 10.09 Porvoo Mr John Walsh Jr from Ireland had an entry of 32 aussies. Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek was 3rd best male with res.CAC. Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder was 4th best male. Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was 4th best bitch. Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown and Fara, Drover's Forevermore both were graded as VG. 05.09 J-litter is here Drover's J-litter was born early in the morning. We have five males and three bitches. See pics soon on coming litters. Inquiries invited! 03.09 Vantaa Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOS with CAC. Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown and Fara, Drover's Forevermore both got VG due to poor handling according to judge Mr Cristian Stavarache from Romania. 27.08 Tervakoski Int'l We had a change of judge today. Instead of Mr Frank Kane from Great Britain we had Mr Tapio Eerola from Finland judging our breed. Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was 2nd best bitch with CAC and CACIB. Pinja, Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was shown in veteran class. She was EXC2 with CQ. 21.08 Heinola Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown and Fara, Drover's Forevermore were shown today. Fara was graded as VG but Hilda won BOS with CAC! The judge for the day was Mrs Dubravka Reicher from Croatia. 13.08 Helsinki Sanni, Drover's Heart and Soul was shown for the first time today. She won BOB with her first CAC! The judge was Mr Reijo Tuovinen from Finland. 07.08 Salo Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois made a come back after her maternity leave by placing EXC3 in a large open class bitches. Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was 2nd best bitch and BOB vetaran. We did not stay for the veteran group. The breed was judged by Mr Andrzej Stepinski from Poland. 06.08 Svenstavik/Sweden Zelda, Drover's In a Nutshell won BOB-puppy. The judge was Mrs Eva Liljekvist-Borg from Sweden. 30.-31.07 Ülenurme double CAC/Estonia via Warsawa/Poland Taija's cousin who is breeding OES's had found a male for her bitch in Poland. Esmeralda, as she is called was expected to have her season in august but she decided to start her season one month too early. What the heck?! So...what shall we do? We have a show in Estonia on forthcoming weekend when Esmeralda should be mated and the male was in Warsawa. A roadmap was taken on the table and it did not take much time to decide that we can make it if we drive like nuts. So off to the road with first ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn/ Estonia early in the morning. The ferry was in Tallinn at 9.30am and we had some 1000+ km ahead us to Warsawa. Via Baltic was new to us. We both had been to Riga/Latvia and thought that the road was excellent. What we didn't know was that driving during a weekday, it was wednesday, meant that the road was loaded with trucks! We were in Warsawa at 01.00am! God is that city huge. Having 2.4 million inhabitants it sure was not an easy task to find your way to anywhere. We found our hotel Best Western Felix after we had asked the way from a taxidriver. Thursday morning was booked for the mating which happened easily. To find the place where the male lived was not that easy. We were two hours late from the time we were supposed to meet the owner :-) That made us to buy a map of Warsawa. It kinda made it easier to drive there but still if you missed one cross road it took some half an hour to make a u-turn and find your way back! Friday morning saw another mating and then it was off to via Baltica and to Tartu/Estonia where we had booked a hotel for a double CAC show which was in a nearby smalltown. We had 930km ahead of us. It took hours to get out of Warsawa so we were late on our time schedule. We made the trip with minimum stops, only for getting the dogs to potty and filling the tank. We did not eat anything except one coffee and shakestop at Mac Donalds by noon. We were in Tartu at midnight. Booked us in to the hotel and went to MacDonalds for a quick meal and off to bed. We did not bath the dogs as it was ment to be. Aussies got their feet washed but not blowed and off to bed went we. The shows went pretty well though showing more or less dirty dogs. Folke, Drover's Infinite Attention was shown for the very first time in puppy class. He won BOS-puppy both days with super critiques. Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was 2nd best bitch with CAC both days. Saturday was judged by Mrs Bozena Ovesna from Czech Republic and sunday was judged by Mr Stelios Makaritis from Greece. 31.07 J-litter is due week 36 While Taija was down to Poland and Estonia took Satu Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller to ultrasound. There were several pups in Trulli's belly :-) 20.07 Health clearance Super news from Estonia. Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn has been x-rayed: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 17.07 Harju/Estonia Today was the last show of Terhi's and Antti's summertour. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It got a VG in champion class. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer picked up another CAC and was 2nd best bitch. The judge was Mr Augustin Ionescu, Romania. 16.07 Taurage/Lithuania SMS from Terhi tells us that they are now in Lithuania. Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It won BOS with CAC and so he is now also LT CH! Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer won BOB with CAC. The judge was Nijole Zieniene, Lithuania. 09.07 Hyvinkää and Årjäng/Sweden We have had a super saturday. Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm won BOB with her third CAC! CH Drover's Excalibur was 2nd best male. The judge was Mrs Leni Finne. In Sweden Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It won BOB with CAC and is now also S CH! Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer was BOS with CAC. The judge was Mrs Gunilla Skallman, Sweden. Well done and huge congratulations to everyone! 03.07 Karjaa Thyra, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel has not been shown since last summer. Boy was she happy to be back in the ring and she won BOB! Her children Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek and Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown both won their classes with EXC. Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm was 2nd best bitch after Thyra and won her 2nd CAC. Drover's had best breeders group in breed. The judge was Mrs Marja Talvitie. 02.07 Trondheim Int'l/Norway and Tuusula Terhi called from Norway telling us that Gizmo, CH BOSS Drover's Can't Help It was graded as Fair in champion class!! Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer was 2nd best bitch with CAC. Unfortunately judge held the res.CACIB as the winning bitch is already C.I.B. so the CACIB would have gone to Lakka. The judge was Mrs Eva Ekstam from New Zealand. Happy Rytsölä's called from Tuusula telling us that their Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown had won BOS with her first CAC. The judge was Mrs Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen. 17.06 Eye clearance Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller had her eyes cleared today with no notations. 19.06 Pärnu Int'l/Estonia A SMS from Satu S tells us that Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder won his second CAC. His brother Finn, Balt J Ch Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was BOS and won his first CACIB. The judge for the day was Mrs Malgorzata Wieremiejezyk-Wierzchowska from Poland. 18.06 Pärnu Int'l/Estonia A SMS from Satu S tells us that Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder won CAC. His brother Finn, Balt J Ch Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was 4th best male with res.CACIB. The judge for the day was Mr Piotr Krol from Poland. 11.06 Vännäs Int'l/Sweden This time our caravan was going up to northern Sweden to Vännäs. We had four people, three aussies and two OES's in two vans. Aussies were judged by Mr George Schogol from Georgia. We made a clean sweep as our grand old lady Pinja, Int'l Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina won BOB, BIG2 and 4th best veteran in show. BOS with his swedish CAC and so a new SE CH was Indy, Int'l Ch Drover's Bath'n Brushed. 2nd best bitch with CAC and CACIB was Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home. Also Heidi's OES's won BOB and BOS so we really took everything this time. 05.06 Virkkala Mrs Hilkka Salohalla from Finland had an entry of 14 aussies. BOB with her first CAC was Drover's Good Luck Charm. 28.05 Varkaus A call from a very happy Terhi tells us that Mr Manuel Loureiro Borges from Portugal had an entry of 18 aussies. Only four males and one bitch got a CQ! Gizmo, CH Drover's Can't Help It won champion class and ended up as 2nd best male. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer was shown for the first time. Although Lakka is totally out of coat at the moment she won intermediate bitches with EXC and CQ and became best bitch and BOS with her first CAC. 22.05 Helsinki Int'l Mr Josef Pohling from Germany had an entry of 24 aussies. Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder was shown for the first time since puppy class at our specialty last summer. He is totally out of coat at the moment but managed to get EXC2 CQ and placed as 4th best male. He was shown in intermediate class. His littersister Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home won intermediate bitches with EXC and CQ and was placed as 2nd best bitch with CAC and res.CACIB after a champion bitch. Hjördis got a superb critique and the judge couldn't keep his eyes off her! Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown has been home at dinner time :-) So she got a VG and is going to have a low calorie diet now! Fara, Drover's Forevermore was EXC2 in open class bitches. Thanks all for a nice day in sunshine! 17.05 Eye clearances Drover's Can't Help It and Drover's Happened That Summer had their eyes cleared today. 14.-15.05 All breed puppy shows in Sweden This weekend has been busy to Gösta kids in Sweden. There has been two puppy shows in southern Sweden. Yesterday Missnutt's Enjoyful Himmla won BOB and BIS3. Today Missnutt's Enjoyful Boogie won BOB and Missnutt's Enjoyful Miss Dynamite won BOS. Today in Sundsvall in mid Sweden Zelda, Drover's In a Nuthsell won BOB and BIG3. Gösta sure is proud of his kids :-) 08.05. Kristiansand Int'l/Norway Heidi and Taija took the looong way to Kristiansand in Norway. It was well worth all the trouble as Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won his last CACIB and is now INT CH. Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home stood alone in intermediate class and got EXC1 but no CQ. The judge for the day, after a change of judge, was Mr Anders Tunold-Hansen from Norway. 28.04. Health clearance Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was x-rayed a while ago. Finally her results came from the Kennel Club. It was not what we expected. Her elbows were 0-0 as expected but her hips came back as C-B. We were told by a specialist of radiology that her hips are A, the other is max. B. We are going to make a complain about the result. 22.04. Lahti Int'l There was an entry of 38 aussies for Mr Hans Lehtinen from Finland. Our team had four dogs to show. First one in the ring was Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek who won intermediate males with EXC and CQ (CAC quality). Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep won champion class males with EXC and CQ and placed finally as 2nd best male. Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home won intermediate bitches with EXC and CQ and ended up as 2nd best bitch with CAC and her first CACIB. The winner of the day was Oswald's mother and Lucas' and Hjördis' grandma Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina. Pinja continued to put best foot forward by taking a Group 3 at the age of 9 years and 9 months! 11.04. Knees checked Our own Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home had her knees checked with result 0-0. 09.-10.04. Rakvere/Estonia Finn, EE, LV, LT JCH BALT JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was shown in Rakvere's two days show. On saturday he was EXC2 4th best male and on sunday he got VG1. The judge for saturday was Mr Cristian Stefanescu from Romania and on sunday was Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland judging. 01.04. Eye clearance Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight had his eyes cleared. 27.03. Siauliai/Lithuania A SMS tells us that Finn, EE, LV JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn won BOB with J CAC. Finn is now Balt J CH. The judge for the day was Mrs Ewa Marcinkowska from Poland. Congratulations Merle! 19.03. Harstad Int'l/Norway Indy, FI, EE, LV CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB. Signe, EE, LV CH FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream won BOB with CAC and CACIB so Signe is now also N CH! We did not stay for the group finals. The judge for the day was Mrs Nina Karlsdotter from Sweden. 16.03. Blue merle bitch puppy available! We have one pet quality puppy available from our Gösta+Elle-litter. Blue merle bitch with NBT1/3. Cute as a bug and great temperament. Due to iris coloboma sold with redused prize and limited registration. Great performance prospect. Ready to go to her new home. Photos under link coming litters and I-litter: Drover's Icing on the Cake. 09.03. Two pups available! We have two pups available from our Gösta+Elle-litter. Blue merle boy with great temperament for different sport venues and the structure to hit the show rings too. Eyes cleared with no notations. Blue merle bitch with NBT1/3. Cute as a bug and great temperament. Due to iris coloboma sold with redused prize and limited registration. Great performance prospect. Both are ready to go to their new homes coming weekend. Photos under link coming litters. 28.02. Puppies at the eye check Pups visited the vet today. Unfortunately the news was not as good as we had hoped for as both blue merle girls with NBT's were found to have iris coloboma on their other eye. Rest of the gang was OK. 20.02. Valmiera/Latvia Second day at Valmiera saw Finn, EE JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn winning best male and BOS! The judge for the day was Mrs Anna Brankovic from Serbia. 19.02. Valmiera/Latvia Finn, EE JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was EXC1 with jun.CAC and 2nd best male. So Finn is now also LV JCH! The judge for the day was Mrs Beata Petkevica from Latvia. 12.02. Tallinn Int'l/Estonia Mr Karl-Erik JOhansson from Sweden was the judge for the day. Finn, EE JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was EXC2 in intermediate dogs and 4th best male. 23.01. Turku Int'l Mr Åke Cronander from Sweden had an entry of 37 aussies. Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek was EXC2 in intermediate dogs. 16.01. Lahti While we are admiring the new generation by the whelping box our puppy byers are doing great work with their dogs. Mr Rainer Vuorinen from Finland had an entry of 37 aussies. BOS with his 2nd CAC was Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek. 2nd best bitch was Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream and 3rd best bitch with res.CAC was Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm. Congratulations! 15.01. I-litter is here Drover's I-litter was born today. More info on page coming litters. 13.01.2011 Health result Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was x-rayed two weeks ago. Her hips are A-A and elbows are 0-0. 23.12. Health result One more from our H-litter has been x-rayed as Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek was x-rayed two weeks ago. His hips are B-B but elbows are 1-0. 12.12. Helsinki Int'l, FIW-10 Finnish Kennel Club's big Winner-show weekend is behind. This year we had entered only for sunday's show. Our breed was judged by a judge from Greece, Mr Stelios Makaritis. He had an entry of 44 aussies. We only showed our juniors. Finn, EE JCH Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was EXC3 in junior males and his littersister Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was EXC3 in junior bitches. 08.12. Finally puppies After two unlucky matings this year we are finally expecting puppies as Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois is in whelp. I-litter is due mid January. More information on coming litters-page. 27.11. Health results First one from our H-litter has been x-rayed. Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer has A-A hips but her elbows are 3-0. Her left elbow was operated when she was a puppy because there was a loose peace of bone which made her lame in her left front foot. It is good to know that clinically her elbow is graded as 1 but if a dog has been operated in one or both elbows the operated elbow will always come back as worst from our Kennel Club. Lakka will be spayed in the near future. Also Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm visited the vet during last week. Her knees were checked and they were perfect: 0-0. 07.11. Tartu Int'l, Estonia Second day at Tartu Int'l was even worse. A SMS from Sanna tells us that Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was VG3. The judge for the day was Mr Pedro Sanchez Delerue from Portugal. 06.11. Tartu Int'l, Estonia A SMS from Sanna tells us that Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was EXC3. The judge for the day was Mrs Lena Danker from Finland. 02.11. Eye clearances Gösta, INT CH Drover's Attent'n Please and Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois had their eyes cleared today. 31.10. Lahti Int'l There was an entry of 30 for Mr Robert Lott from Australia. Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur was EXC3 3rd best male, Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois was EXC2 4th best bitch and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream was EXC2. 16.10. Rakvere, Estonia Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was BOB-junior and BOS. The judge for the day was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara from Finland. 10.10. Somero, temperament test We have a new FI CH as Rico, EE, LV CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur passed his temperament test with +143 points. Rico was secure to gunshots. The judges were Mrs Carita Koskinen and Mrs Sirkka Lempinen. Congratulations! 10.10. Hämeenlinna There was an entry of 31 aussies in Hämeenlinna. After a change of judge we saw Mrs Ingrid Hectors from Belgium judging our breed. Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight was EXC3 in open class males. 25.09. Karkkila There was an entry of 20 aussies for Mrs Kristina Purens from Sweden. Rico, EE, LV CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur won BOB with his 2nd CAC. Congratulations! 11.09. Porvoo There was an entry of 30 aussies for Mrs Elena Ruskovaara from Finland. Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek won best male from junior class with his first CAC and BOS. Well done Tiina! Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was shown for the first time in junior class. She won 2nd best bitch with CAC! Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was graded as VG. Best bitch and BOB and BOB veteran was our grand old lady Pinja, INT CH Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina. Pinja picked herself a 4th place in the big herding group but was unplaced in the veteran group. 02.09. Eye clearance Becky, Drover's Breakthrough had her eyes cleared yesterday. 28.08. Tervakoski Int'l Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was EXC1 4th best male and Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was VG2 in junior class bitches. The judge for the day was Mrs Lena Danker from Finland. 14.08. Väimela/Estonia Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was shown for the third time in junior class. He won jun.CAC with BOB and BIG 2 and is now EE JCH! The breed judge for the day was Mrs Maret Kärdi, Estonia. 14.08. Raisio Lucas, Drover's Hide and Seek was shown for the first time in junior class. He was placed as 2nd best male with res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Soile Bister, Finland. 31.07. Siuntio, agility trial Taija and Thyra, C.I.B Drover's Crown Jewel made their first agility start today. Not much success due to Taija's mistakes as a handler but Thyra was wonderful :-) 26.07. Eye clearances Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It and Lakka, Drover's Happened That Summer had both their eyes checked today with no notations. 18.07. Ogre/Latvia We have two new Latvian champions as Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur won BOB with CAC and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream won BOS with CAC. The judge was Zorica Salijevic from Sweden. In the finals Rico picked himself a BIG3. 17.07. Mäntsälä Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was EXC1 in junior class bitches. Fara, Drover's Forevermore was graded as G because the judge found her head too much border collie like! So in one week from best head-competition at the specialty she fell down to G because of her head type. Guess who's opinion counts :-) The judge was Mr Philip John from India. 17.07. Pärnu Int'l/Estonia Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn won BOS with his 2nd jun.CAC. Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur was 2nd best male but sadly the judge withdraw CACIB. Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream was 3rd best bitch. The judge was Mrs Anna Redlicka from Poland. 16.07. Pärnu/Estonia, specialty for herding breeds Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn was shown for the first time in junior class. He won BOB with jun.CAC and ended up as BIS4! The judge was Mrs Lessi Tsisjakova from Russia. Way to go Merle and Finn! 10.07. Espoo, Finnish Australian Shepherd club's specialty Our national speacialty had an entry of 106 aussies for Mrs Gail Karamalegos, Callisto aussies, USA. We made clean sweep today so we are shining together with the sun. Our grand old lady Pinja, INT CH Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina won BISS at the tender age of nine years young and she also won the special prize for the best movement of the day. BOSS went to Pinja's son Gizmo, OB2 BH new FI CH Drover's Can't Help It who won his last CAC towards his title with a bang. Gizmo was also among the competitors of the best movement of the day. In the puppy class littermates made it all the way as Lucas, Drover's Hide And Seek won BOS puppy and Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home won BIS puppy. Thor, Drover's Hell of a Thunder was 3rd in his class and Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was 4th. Fasu, Drover's Friggn Fabulous was graded as G. Gösta, INT CH Drover's Attent'n Please was EXC2 in champion class males and he also was among the competitors of the best movement of the day. Rico, CH Drover's Excalibur was graded as VG. Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm was VG4 in intermediate bitches. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was EXC3 in open class bitches. Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois, Fara, Drover's Forervermore and Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller were all graded as VG in open class bitches. Fara was among the competitors of best head of the day. Edith, Drover's Dream de l'Oree des Charmois was also shown and she was graded as G. In champion class bitches we had three girls to show. Thyra, INT CH Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC2 and among the competitors of best head. Totally naked Kielo, INT CH EUW-96 Drover's Almost Unreal was EXC3 and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream was graded as EXC. Our breeders group won best group of the day out of three groups. Thanks for all the nice comments we got and thank you all the puppy byers for taking such a good care of your kids. Without you this could not be possible! 04.07. Forssa Once again a very, very hot day temperature showing around +27C. We had our first experience at the Mustiala manor park where the show of Forssa is nowadays being held. Our team voted this park as the best outdoor show venue in Finland! Good green lawns and lots of old trees giving nice shed for the burning sun. After a change of judge our breed was judged by Mr Igor Selimovic from Croatia. Gizmo, OB2 BH Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd best male with res.CAC. Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois won BOB with her second CAC and was picked among seven finalists in the group. 03.07. Pori Int A very, very hot day in Pori was well worth of all swetting. Mrs Elena Ruskovaara had an entry of 18 aussies. Gizmo, OB2 BH Drover's Can't Help It won his second CAC and first CACIB as he was best male and BOS towards his littersister Thyra, INT CH Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel. Their dam Pinja, INT CH Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran. Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois has shed all her coat. She was EXC1 in open class bitches. Thyra was picked among eight finalists in herding group and Pinja was picked among seven finalists in veteran group. 03.07. Luige, Estonia Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn made his last appearance in puppy class. He won BOB puppy. The judge was Nijole Zieniene from Lithuania. 24.-25.06. Herning Int, WW-10 and Studsgård specialty, Denmark Our holiday in western Jutland, Denmark is over. We stayed for one week in a small village Fjand close to Atlantic ocean. We have seen the dunes and the fascinating views. The dogs had a blast on the beach. Our main reason for a holiday in Denmark was, though, the FCI world dog show on 24th June and the specialty for herding breeds on June 25th. We had five aussies with us. Danish Kennel Club had expected alot more entries as they had reserved two judges, one for pups and juniors and one for the adults. The sky high entry fees plus the judges said it all, only 82 aussies alltogether! The two pups and 18 juniors were judges by Mrs Gunnel Holm from Finland and the adults were judges by a newbie in aussie ring, Mrs Hanne Laine Jensen from Denmark. As they do in Denmark they started with champions so we had two dogs going in at the same time as Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was to go in to puppy bitches and Gösta, INT CH Drover's Attent'n Please was entered in champion class. Hjördis was BOS-puppy and Gösta got an EXC. Mrs Jensen did not appreciate undocked tails at all. She found only three dogs with a long tail worth of an EXC outside of champion classes, as all champions were graded as Excellents. So our champion girls Thyra, INT CH Drover's Crown Jewel and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream got their Excellents. Pinja, INT CH Tres Colores Gabrielina was close to get something else in veteran class but as the ringside gave a big hand for her she got an Exc and was placed as 3rd out of three veterans. Our breeders group got the prize of honour but we did not take it to the big ring. The specialty day after saw an entry of 33 aussies. The sky high entry fees were for sure one reason for the low number of entries. The two US judges were cancelled and our breed was judged by Mrs Roselle Ehrlich from South Africa. Hjördis won BOB puppy and put her best foot forward in BIS-puppy competition as she won! Gösta was graded as VG in open class. Signe was EXC1 4th best bitch in champion class. Thyra was EXC2 in open class and Pinja was 2nd best bitch and BOB-veteran and she too enjoyed the sunny day for full and ended up as BIS-veteran. Our breeders group did not place in group ring. 06.06. Tallinn/Estonia A SMS from Tallinn tells us that Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn has won BOB puppy at the Estonian Winner show. The judge was Mr Kamen Litov from Bulgary. In the puppy group Finn made the cut among six finalists. The group judge was Mr Joey Lim from Australia. Congratulations Merle, well done! 06.06. Virkkala Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois was VG3 in open class bitches. The judge was Mrs Maija Heinilä from Norway. 30.05. Järvenpää Rico, EE CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur was EXC2 3rd best male with res.CAC and Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller was EXC1 2nd best bitch with res.CAC. Trulli's brother Fasu, Drover's Friggn Fabulous was VG2 in open class males. The judge was Mrs Lena Danker from Finland. 23.05. Hamina Int'l Littermates Rico, CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur and Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream travelled to Hamina today. Rico was EXC2 and Signe was EXC1 and 3rd best bitch. The judge was Mrs Jaana Hartus from Finland. 22.05. Helsinki Int'l Thyra, C.I.B. Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel made her comeback after her litter. And what a comeback it was! She won BOB and was shortlisted in group among nine finalists. Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois won open class bitches with an Exc and was 4th best bitch. The judge was Mrs Annmarie Maeland from Sweden. 15.05. Helsinki, all breed puppyshow Our Hjördis, Drover's Honey I'm Home was shown for the first time today at an all breed puppy show. Hjördis won BOB and BIG 2! Her sister Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was 2nd in the class of 7-9 months bitches with a prize of honour. The judge was again Mrs Teija Salmi-Aalto, Finland. 13.05. Hollola, all breed puppyshow A SMS gave the news that Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was 2nd best bitch. The judge was Mrs Teija Salmi-Aalto, Finland. 09.05. Salo We made a clean sweep at Salo show today. Gizmo, BH OB2 Drover's Can't Help It won his first Finnish CAC with BOS and Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois won her first CAC in Finland with BOB! The breed was judged by Mrs Pirjo Aaltonen from Finland. As the weather was freezing cold outside with only +6 C and some rain pouring down we did not stay for the group finals. 01.05. Hilleröd Int'l, Denmark Littermates Gösta, INT CH Drover's Attent'n Please and Kielo, INT CH Drover's Almost Unreal celebrated their 6th birthday on a ferry to Sweden en route to Denmark. Aussies were judged by Mrs Janne Kronstam of Khetashio aussies. Gösta was 4th best male and Kielo took the breed and won CAC and CACIB. So Kielo is now also DK CH. 29.04. Knees Several of our stuff had their knees checked today with all having 0-0 on knees. Those who were at the vet were: Tres Colores Gabrielina, Drover's Attent'n Please, Drover's Almost Unreal, Drover's Fortuneteller, Drover's Crown Jewel and Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois. 28.04. Albin in memoriam Albin, INT CH Drover's Evrybodys Talkn has passed away. Albin lived his short life with four wheel drive on, also at times when you shouldn't use it. He was very reactive dog with excessive guardian instinct yet was he very aggressive towards other dogs no matter of sex or size and insecure with people he did not know. We had put down hours and hours of work on his socialisation but he still gave us more than enough grey hairs. Those people and dogs he knew were his best buddies. That gave us hope that he might get over of his fear for dogs and people he did not know. Because his temperament was nothing we would use in breeding we decided to give him an implant which neutered him in hope to later neuter him for good and place him to a pethome. Unfortunately the implant was of little help for his behavior. He stopped jumping to every bitches back he met, other than that he remained the same difficult himself. Yesterday saw something happen which should never happen. Albin escaped from our fenced yard and bit our neighbour, a woman he knew since puppyhood. There was not much left than do the final decision and put him to sleep to avoid anything like this to happen again. 17.04. Sillamäe, Estonia Finn, Drover's Huckleberry the Finn started his showcareer today by winning BOB puppy. In the puppy group he made the cut among eight finalists. The breed judge for the day was Mr Kirill Barbosov from Russia. Congratulations Merle! 17.04. Sysmä Gizmo, OB2 BH Drover's Can't Help It was VG1. The judge for the day was Päivi Eerola from Finland. 10.04. Rakvere, Estonia Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois has been home growing up. Her first time out since last summer gave her CAC with 2nd best bitch. The judge for the day was Mrs Elzbieta Chwalibog from Poland. 08.04. Hilda's eye clearance Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown had her eyes cleared today. 04.04. Lappeenranta Gizmo, BH OB2 Drover's Can't Help It got VG1. The judge for the day was Mrs Agnes Ganami from Israel. 30.03. No puppies for Kielo Kielo's growing belly disappeared suddenly so she was taken to a new ultra sound yesterday evening to make sure that she really has absorbed the embroyos. Unfortunately that was so. We'll try again with Sachem on her next season. 28.03. Helsinki, all breed puppy show There was an entry of 13 aussiepups for Mrs Elise Koivunen. Hilda, Drover's Heiress of the Crown was placed as 3rd with a prize of honour in a 5-7 months class of six puppies. 13.03. We are waiting for I-litter Kielo, C.I.B. NO, EE, LV CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was at the ultra sound today and yes, she is in whelp! I-litter is due week 16. 28.02. Year end rewards Today was the annual meeting of Finnish Australian Shepherd Club and the year end rewards for 2009's different venues were announced. Our Albin, C.I.B. CH Multi W Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was #1 conformation aussie in Finland for 2009! His sire Gösta, C.I.B. FI, SE, NO, EE CH OB1 Drover's Attent'n Please was #3 in obedience listing and Albin's litterbrother Rico, CH OB1 Drover's Excalibur was #4 in obedience list. Well done boys! 18.02. Hips and elbows Reetu´s, Drover's Fair And Square health results came from Kennel Club: hips B-B and elbows 0-0! 14.02. Tampere Dog show people must be totally nuts. This morning showed temparature as low as -20C. Today's show was going to be held on a cold horseback riding hall! And we were going to show there! There was an entry of 31 aussies for legendary Mr Hans Lehtinen from Finland. He does not judge aussies too often so we just had to be there. After two+ hours drive we were in Tampere and the temp was -10C. Still freezing cold and the show was...well better save the words, just use your imagination. But the results for our part was all worth the freezing show day. Our great old Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi V Tres Colores Gabrielina won BOB, BIS veteran and made the cut among eight finalists in the herding group. Her son Mr Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please has not been shown since last July. And boy did he enjoy being back in business! Gösta was 2nd best male with such a flattering critique that we have seldom seen. Wonder why he did not win the breed. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was VG2 in open class. Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight was VG2 in intermediate class. His littersister Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller won intermediate bitches and ended up as 3rd best bitch with her second CAC. Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream won champion bitches and was placed as 2nd best bitch after Pinja. Our breeders group was graded worth of prize of honour but we did not place in the finals. Thanks for everyone for keeping up the good spirit today :-) Next show will be in much warmer hall. 28.01. Health result Reetu, Drover's Fair And Square was x-rayed today and hips and elbows looked good. His eyes were also checked with no notations. 17.01. Lahti Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight was shown in Lahti. He was placed as EXC1 in intermediate males and finally 4th best male. The entry of 29 aussies was judged by Mr Tapio Eerola from Finland. 04.01.10 Health result Kielo, C.I.B. EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal had her eyes checked today with no notations. No we can continue with the arrangements for her final litter. 13.12. Helsinki Int'l, NORDW-09 Our weekend at Helsinki Fair Centre continued with the Nordic Winner-show. There was an entry of 58 aussies for Mrs Annika Ulltveit-Moe from Sweden. Albin, C.I.B FI, NO, EE CH FIJW-08 FIW-08,-09 EEW-09 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn is really on the roll and won BOB with the title NORDW-09. Oswald, C.I.B. Drover's Counting Sheep was EXC4 in champion class males. Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm was graded as VG in junior class bitches. Signe, CH FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was placed as EXC2 in open class bitches. Kielo, C.I.B. NO, EE, LV CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was EXC3 in champion class. Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina won veteran class bitches and was placed as 4th best bitch. Later she was BOS veteran. Our breeders group which included the BOB-winner and three dogs with class placements with Excellents was 2nd with a prize of honour out of four groups shown. Albin made his precence known in the group finals by making the cut among eight finalists in a huge herding group under Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland. Thanks for everyone for congratulating us! 12.12. Helsinki Int'l, FINW-09 A busy weekend at Helsinki Fair Centre started. Today was the Finnish Winner-show. There was an entry of 54 aussies for Mrs Gunnel Holm from Finland. Our star of the day was Albin, C.I.B FI, NO, EE CH FIJW-08 FIW-08 EEW-09 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn who put his best foot forward by winning BOB and the title FIW-09. His litter brother Rico, EE CH Drover's Excalibur was EXC3 in open class males. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was graded as Exc in champion class males. First one to go in to the ring in bitches was little Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm who was graded as VG in junior class bitches. Signe, CH FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream got a G in open class bitches. Kielo, C.I.B. NO, EE, LV CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal has started to shed her beautiful coat two-three weeks ago. Despite not being in full bloom she was EXC2 in champion class. Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina won veteran class bitches and was placed as 2nd best bitch. Later she was BOS veteran. Our breeders group was 2nd with a prize of honour out of four groups shown. Albin made the cut among nine finalists in a huge herding group under Mr Norman Deschuymere from Belgium. 07.12. H-litter at the eyecheck H-litter visited eye specialist this evening. All but one passed their eye exam with no notations. Little blue merle girl was found to have slightly smaller optic nerve on her other eye but not typical micropapilla and untypical small CRD/CH in that same eye. We were recommended a re-check after two-three months which we'll do for sure. 03.12. Health result Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm was x-rayed a while ago. Today came the good news from Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0. 29.11. Turku Int'l Mrs Christel Senn from Switzerland had an entry of 33 aussies. Albin, C.I.B. Drover's Evrybodys Talkn won BOB. His sister Signe, CH Drover's Evryboyzdream was 3rd best bitch with CACIB. Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina was EXC2 in veteran class bitches. 28.11. Sillamäe/Estonia We have two news champions! Riitta and Satu travelled to Sillamäe/Estonia with Rico, Drover's Excalibur and Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream. Both Rico and Signe won their last CAC's and are now Estonian champions. That makes our E-litter an all champions-litter. The judge for the day was Mrs Elena Borisova from Belarus. Thanks Sanna for handling Rico and Signe :-) 21.11. Jyväskylä Int'l We haven't been showing since early september so it was nice to be back in the rings. And what a day we had! Mrs Meg Purnell-Carpenter from Great-Britain had an entry of 47 aussies. Our Albin, NO, EE CH FIJW-08 FIW-08 EEW-09 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn won BOB with his last CAC and CACIB and is now also FI CH and C.I.B. (INT CH) and he is only 2 years 4 months old. Like that wouldn't been enough his littersister Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream won open class bitches and ended up as 4th best bitch with her last CAC. Signe needs to pass the temperament test to finish her conformation title. The granny of the kids, Pinja, C.I.B. Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina was shown in veteran class and won best veteran in breed and ended up as 2nd best bitch. Thanks to all you guys for congratulating for Albin's win :-) 11.11. Health result again A happy Kati called to Satu and told that her Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came his good results from Kennel Club: hips B-B and elbows 0-0. 10.11. Health result Fasu, Drover's Friggn Fabulous was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came his good results from Kennel Club: hips B-B and elbows 0-0. His eyes were also checked with no notations. 15.10. H-litter is here Thyra whelped a beautiful litter of 7 puppies yesterday. Both mom and pups are doing well. 11.10. Somero, temperament test Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep were tested today. Albin got +240 points and Oswald +108 points, both were secure to gunshots. Oswald finished his Finnish conformation title, Albin still needs his last CAC. The judges were Mrs Sirkka Lempinen and Mrs Carita Koskinen. 27.09. Karkkila Päivi Eerola of Doing aussies had an entry of 16 aussies. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was 3rd best male. 20.09. Inkoo, obedience trial Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please won his third 1st prize in obedience class 1 with 162,5/200 points. With this he got a new title after his name; OB1. The judge for today was Mr Harri Laisi. 14.09. Health result and a new Latvian champion Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois was x-rayed two weeks ago. Today we got her results by email from Finnish Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! Today we also received the champion diploma for Kielo's, C.I.B. Drover's Almost Unreal Latvian championship. 12.09. Tallinn/Estonia and Porvoo/Finland Today we have experienced the judging of two swedish judges. Riitta and Satu K travelled to Tallinn with Rico, Drover's Excalibur, Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream and CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares. After a change of judge our breed was judged by Mr Marko Johansson from Sweden. It was not really nice to hear that he had been commenting to the ring secretary that he does not like to judge our breed as he feels it very difficult to judge aussies!!! Rico got a VG2, Signe VG1 and Shannon was BOS and BOB-veteran. It was not surprising at all that Riitta and Satu did not feel like staying for the veteran group. Meanwhile we were showing in Porvoo. The judge for the day was Mr Bo Wiberg from Sweden. Albin, CH Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was 3rd best male. Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller won her first CAC and was 2nd best bitch after her grandmother Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina who made her show debute in veteran class in Finland. Pinja won BOB and BIG2 under german Mr Horst Kliebenstein. In veteran group she did not get any placement. 06.09. Thyra is in whelp! Drover's H-litter is on the way as Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was at the ultrasound today. We saw several small babies in her belly. Check the coming litters-page for more information. 06.09. Vantaa After a change of judge our breed was judged by Mr Leif-Herman Willberg from Norway. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was 4th best male. Fasu, Drover's Friggn Fabulous and Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm were both graded as good in junior classes. 30.08. Orimattila, obedience trial Taija and Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please were trialing today with super result. Gösta got his second first prize in obedience class one with 170,5/200 points. The judge was Mr Harri Laisi. 23.08. Tallinn/Estonia, Baltic Winner 29 aussies were entered for swedish Mr Kurt Nilsson. Albin, CH Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was 2nd best male with res.CACIB. Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller was VG4 in junior class bitches. A totally naked CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares won BOS veteran and she got a new title BaltVW-09. Her daughter Becky, EuJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough put her best foot forward as she won BOS with CAC and CACIB and is now also BaltW-09. 22.08. Bjuv, Sweden Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart made a super come back to show scene as she took BOS with her last CAC today. The judge for the day was Mrs Birthe Larsen-Roswall from Sweden. 18.08. Riihimäki, obedience trial Satu and Rico, Drover's Excalibur had their last obedience trial in class one today as they received their third first prize with 175/200 points. Rico crowned his new title, OB1 with a HIT! The judge was Mr Ossi Harjula. 15.-16.08. Gösta was missing, Oslo Int, Norway + Norrköping Int, Sweden, Thyra is mated Gosh, what a weekend it has been. It all started on thursday when Taija, Sanna and Riitta started their trip to Oslo. Thyra had also started her season and the d-days were coming for the weekend. Because Taija was on her way to Norway Satu was going to travel with Thyra for the mating. Our boys were taken care of our friends. But Mr Gösta decided that he for sure is not going to stay there and ran away in the middle of evening rush hours on Helsinki ring 1! Taija and co were already on the boat to Sweden when they received the horrible news that Gösta is missing. It was awful to sit there on the ferry when you couldn't do anything. We sat there like zombies. Morning came and no news of Gösta. We continued towards Oslo and sent SMS's and made some phonecalls asking for any news. Finally in the afternoon came a SMS that Gösta is doing well. A phone call to Satu; is he well? What? Where? Tears were floding when we heard that he is doing well other than being extremely tired, thursty and somewhat schocked. Gösta was taken to the vet to make sure he is OK and then Satu decided that she would take him with her to the mating trip. Not an easy task but...you could not leave him to anyone after this. In Oslo it was +15 and raining cats and dogs. The judge for the day was Mr Javier Sanchez Fernandez from Spain. There was also a trainee judge in the ring who had quite clear opinions of the dogs. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd best dog with res.CACIB. Signe, FIJW08 Drover's Evryboyzdream is totally naked at the moment so we did not expect anything for her. She got a Good. Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina has won BOB under this judge in France. Now she did not get an excellent and was placed as 2nd in her class! When the judging finally was over by half past 3 p.m. we packed our wet things to our van and started the 4,5 hour drive to our next pitstop. Satu called that Thyra had met her fiance and it was love at first sight :-) Next day was in Norrköping. There was a change of judge. Mrs Eva Liljeqvist-Borg was judging. Indy has been 3rd best male under her last year in tough competition so maybe there was a chance...but no. Indy won his class, but with a VG. Signe was VG2 because of the coat condition. Pinja won BOS and BOB veteran. Thyra had another meeting with her fiance so the weekend was done. We had to drive really fast to catch the ferry and we almost missed it. We were at the harbour 10 minutes before the ferry left to Finland. Thanks again for everyone who helped us in surching for Mr Gösta! Your help was very much appreciated. 09.08. Turku There was an entry of 25 for Mr Rajko Rottner from Slovenia. Rico, Drover's Excalibur won BOB with CAC and was shortlisted among six finalists in the group. Our girls in their summer clothes; Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream and Fara, Drover's Forevermore were both placed in their classes. Signe was EXC2 in open class and Fara was VG4 in junior class. 05.08. Health result Becky, Drover's Breakthrough had her eyes cleared today. 01.08. Ülenurme, Estonia Littermates Albin FIJW-08 FIW-08 EEW-09 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn and Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream travelled to Estonia having CAC's in their minds. The judge for the day was Mrs Marianne Baden from Denmark who had alrady liked both of them at Finnish Winner show last december. Well, she had not changed her mind. Albin won BOB with his last CAC and is now Estonian and Norwegian champion. Signe won 2nd best bitch with CAC. She still needs one ore CAC for her title. Like this wouldn't been enough for a trip abroad Albin won the group! So far it was a repeat from last years Ülenurme show when Thyra won her title and crowned it with a group 1st. But Albin decided to take one step more as he won Best in Show! The BIS judge was Mr Jo Schepers from Netherlands and he just loved Albin. Thank you both judges making this a memorable day for us. There sure are not many aussies with full long tail out there who have won an all breed BIS ;-) 29.07. Health result Fara, Drover's Forevermore was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came the reaults from Kennel Club: hips B-B and elbows 0-0. 18.07. Lammi Fasu, Drover's Friggn Fabulous was shown in Lammi today. He got VG2 in junior class males. The judge for the day was Mrs Lena Danker from Finland. 12.07. Valga, Estonia We got good news from Estonia via SMS. Rico, Drover's Excalibur won BOS with CAC and CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares won 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream was VG1. The judge for the day was Mr Werner Hagen from Norway. 07.07. Health result Fara, Drover's Forevermore had her eyes cleared today with no notations. Her hips and elbows were x-rayed too. We'll wait for the results to come back from Finnish Kennel Club in some weeks. 05.07. Espoo, National specialty There was an entry of 105 aussies for Mrs Judy Harrington from USA. Our Albin, FIJW-08 FIW-08 EEW-09 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn took BOSS to his credit as he was best male with CAC. Drover's had a huge entry of 16 dogs plus Elle and Pinja. Too many to mention everyones results so we'll list those who received class placements. Vito, Drover's Good Vibrations was 4th in puppy dogs 7-9 months. Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please was EXC3 in champion dogs in a class of eight. Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was EXC2 in intermediate bitches. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was EXC4 in open class bitches. Pinja, C.I.B. Tres Colores Gabrielina was EXC2 and Thyra, C.I.B. Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC3 in champion bitches. Thanks everyone for a nice show in a varying weather. 27.06. Salo, obedience trial Taija and Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please trialed in Salo today. Gösta scored 168/200 points which gives him a first prize. He was placed as 5th out of 17 entries. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pörsti. 25.06. HD+AD results Today we finally received the hip and elbow results of Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller and Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream. Trulli has B-B hips and Signe has A-A hips, both have 0-0 elbows :-) 13-14.06. Riga Int'l, Latvia We spent the weekend in the beautiful capital of Latvia. On saturday our breed was judged by Mrs Marion ten Cate from Netherlands. Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep won BOS with CAC and CACIB. Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was EXC1 with CQ in intermediate bitches and 4th best bitch. Pinja, INT CH Tres Colores Gabrielina won open class bitches and ended up as 2nd best bitch. Our judge said that Pinja had the best movement for the day and she was amazed of her age of nearly eight years. Thyra, INT CH Drover's Crown Jewel is half naked at the moment. She was EXC4 in open class bitches. Drover's had a breeders group which was placed as 5th in group finals. On sunday we saw Mr Philip John from India (England) judge our breed. He has not changed his opinion of aussies as his BOB was our Pinja, INT CH Tres Colores Gabrielina who got her latvian championship with this win. BOS was Oswald who finished his C.I.B. with this win! Signe won her class with EXC and CQ and Thyra was EXC3. Mr John has judged in Finland a couple of years ago and found then his BOB and BOS in our Gösta and Kielo, also Pinja kids :-) Unfortunately we had no chance to stay for the group finals as we had a ferry to catch in Tallinn. 07.06. Tallinn Int'l, EEW-09 Mr Paul Jentgen from Luxembourg had an entry of 18 aussies. Our Albin, FIW-08 FIJW-08 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn won BOS with CAC and CACIB and he also got a new title; EEW-09! His dam, the 8,5 years old CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares was 2nd best bitch and BOB veteran with veteran CAC. Shannon also got two new titles today; EEVW-09 and EEV CH. Our little Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois made her show debute today and she was placed as 2nd with an EXC in junior class bitches. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 4th best bitch. Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was EXC2 in intermediate bitches. Unfortunately we couldn't stay for the veteran group as we had a ferry to catch. 07.06. Lahti, obedience trial Rico, Drover's Excalibur scored 174,5/200 points today which gave him a first prize and a class placement 5/21. The judge was Mrs Hannele Pörsti. 06.06. Lohja, agility Sanna and Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep made their first start in official agility competition today. They got 15 points and made overtime 2.88 and were placed as 7th, only 12 dogs got a result today. The judge was Kati Wala. 06.06. Salo Rico, Drover's Excalibur was EXC2 in intermediate males. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It got a G because the judge of the day, Mrs Lilian Hanniste from Estonia did not accept Finnish Kennel Club's vet.certificate of a missing tooth which has been removed after a trauma! 01.06. Eyes, hips and elbows Today we visited the vet with several dogs. Rico, Drover's Excalibur had his eyes cleared. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream and Trulli, Drover's Fortuneteller had their hips and elbows x-rayed. Now we'll just keep our fingers crossed that Kennel Club's vet will agree with our vet with the results. Trulli also had her eyes cleared. 31.05. Mänttä Satu and Rico, Drover's Excalibur and Milla and Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm drove to Mänttä today. Greta won BOB puppy and Rico was 2nd best male with res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Hilkka Salohalla from Finland. 24.05. Österbybruk Int'l, Sweden Our foundation bitch, the lovely Pinja, Multi CH Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina finished her International championship (C.I.B.) by winning BOS with her last CACIB two months shy of her 8th birthday. The entry of 33 aussies was judged by Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland. 21.05. Herding at Swedu's herding school Today we had an awesome day at Swedu's herding school in Piikkiö. 10 Drover's dogs (Kerttu the OES and aussies) and Shannon tried their herding skills. Kimmo, the owner of the herding school said afterwords that the day had been most pleasant. Dogs were all positive (well old Shannon did not show any interest for the sheep) and all dogs had enough temperament to deal with the sometimes hard commands without getting scared or disturbed. Those who were with us were Gösta, Thyra, Rico, Greta, Oswald, Signe, Shannon and Kerttu, Trulli, Fara and Fasu. It takes a while to sort out all the 1700+ photos but once it is done we'll publish the best shots. Thanks for Matti for shooting for us. 18.05. Health result Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It had his eyes cleared today. 13.05. Health result Elle, Danka Red NBT de l'Oree des Charmois had her eyes cleared today. 12.05. Forssa, obedience trial Taija and Gösta, C.I.B. Drover's Attent'n Please and Satu and Rico, Drover's Excalibur were at an obedience trial again. This time Rico had a blast in the ring and scored 190/200 points and he won the class with a prize of honour! Gösta scored 150/200 points which was enough for a second prize. The judge was Mr Ilkka Sten. 09.05. Helsinki Rico, Drover's Excalibur got VG2 in intermediate class. Aussies were judged in pouring rain by Mr Reijo Tuovinen. Before the rain came we managed to take some new pics of Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm. 06.05. Eye check Patu, Drover's Dollars Lost got his eyes cleared today. 03.05. Ulvila, obedience trial Today Taija and Gösta, C.I.B. (INT CH) Drover's Attent'n Please and Satu and Rico, Drover's Excalibur drove to Ulvila for an obedience trial. It was Mr Gösta's first trial. He scored 142,5/200 points and got a second prize. Rico was so near of a first prize but he missed control in the end of heelwork without leash and escaped from the ring to say hello to spectators. Because of this episode his otherwice superb points reached for 141,5/200 points so he also got a second prize. The judge was Mrs Tuija Sere. 27.04. Eye check This is a monday, bloody monday. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please, Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn and Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream visited eye specialist today. Boys had their eye clearances but Signe was found to have GRD (geografical retinal dysplasy) on her right eye. This was a big, big schock for us as RD should be seen as a puppy and she had been cleared with flying colours back then. Our vet stated that RD can be missed as the eyes are not fully developed at such an early age. Even bigger shock was to hear that GRD is a case of not for breeding. 26.04. Lahti Int'l The judge for the day was Mrs Eva Borg from Sweden. Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep has not been in a ring since last december. Oswald really had fun and won BOS with his last CAC and CACIB. 2nd best male with res.CAC straight from junior class was Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight who was shown for the first time since puppy class last october. His litterbrother Fasu, Drover's Frigg'n Fabulous was graded as good in junior class. Fasu needs lots of time for maturing. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 2nd best bitch. 25.04. Vaasa Int'l Wow, we are really in 7th heaven with the success our dogs are getting now. Mr Petru Muntean from Romania was the judge for the day. Gösta, INT CH (C.I.B.) was 2nd best male. Thyra, INT CH (C.I.B.) Drover's Crown Jewel put her best foot forward as always and won BOB. Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was 2nd best bitch with CAC and res.CACIB. As Thyra is already INT CH, or C.I.B. as it is nowaydays marked, her CACIB will go to Signe. This was Signe's first CACIB. Like this wouldn't been enough Thyra really made us proud by winning the group! As this was a two days show we could not participate to the BIS final as we live five hours drive one way from Vaasa and couldn't stay over night. 25.04. Inkoo, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It competed again in class two. Today they were lucky and got their third first prize in class two with 178/200 points which was also high in trial. Well done! 19.04. Harstad Int'l, Norway Drover's has been very much on the roll this weekend! (See also results from Sillamäe 18.04). There was an entry of 21 for Mrs Kornelia Butrimova from Lithauen. Albin, FIJW-08 FIW-08 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn won CAC, CACIB with BOB and Kielo, EE CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal won BOS with CAC and CACIB and this makes her new NO & INT CH! Albin continued his winning ways in the group finals as he won the herding group. 18.04. Sillamäe, Estonia Riitta and Satu K. travelled to Estonia with their Signe, FIJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream and Rico, Drover's Excalibur. Rico won BOS with CAC and Signe BOB, also with CAC. Signe continued her lucky day in group finals as she was placed as 2nd! Breed judge was Mr Alexandr Soroko from Belarus. 18.04. Helsinki, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It gathered 155/200 points and second prize in obedience class two. The judge was Mrs Riitta Räsänen. 13.04. Lappeenranta Int'l Mrs Leni Finne from Finland had an entry of 22 aussies. Long day in cold spring weather with an unexpected outdoor ring was well worth the trip as we have two new International champions! Mr Gösta, FIN, S, N, EST CH Drover's Attent'n Please won best male with his last CACIB and Thyra, FIN, S, N, EST CH LVW-07 ESTW-07 ESTJW-07 SW-07 FINJW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel won best bitch also with her last CACIB. In the BOB Thyra won over Gösta. We are proud of our two first homebred International champions in aussies :-) 04.04. Helsinki, all breed puppy show After a change of judge we saw Mr Javier Sanchez Fernandez judge an entry of 15 pups. Our little Greta, Drover's Good Luck Charm made her debute and showed us that she is a showgirl just like her mom Pinja and halfsister Thyra. Greta enjoyed every minute in the ring and won BOB. 22.03. Tracking in France Vanille's (Drover's Aurora Borealis) son Cajou Black du Paradis Sauvage de Ménestruel has passed the lowest level of tracking competition in France. He also has gone through the obedience class one in France. Next thing in their plans is search. We'll wish good luck with the talented boy Cajou! 22.03. Kirkkonummi, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It gathered 139,5/200 points in class two. The judge was Mrs Kaisa Lähdesmäki. 14.03. Tampere Int'l Mr Walter Schicker from Germany got an entry of 53 aussies. He had overall too many dogs in his ring so the show committee made a strange decision and took males away from him. The 31 boys were judged by Mr Jesper Anderson from Sweden. Mr Schicker took BOB and gave it to Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthough. Congratulations Tuula on Becky's CACIB! Rico, Drover's Excalibur was shown in intermediate males and was placed as 2nd with an exc in a class of eight. 21.02. Thyra's litter When things start to get difficult they really go difficult. Thyra started her season three weeks earlier than expected. We had two chosen males for her depending on their HSF4 results. One of the test results (which was clear) came one day prior Thyra should have been mated and the other has lost in space on it's way to the lab...as both of this gorgeous boys live outside Finland we had no other choice than move the planned breeding to Thyra's next season. Instead of taking maternity leave Thyra will now go to some shows in hope to get her last CACIB for her International championship. 08.02. Mäntsälä, unofficial obedience trial Satu, owner of Rico, Drover's Excalibur talked Taija over to take her chances and enter Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please to an unofficial obedience trial. Taija had not been training with Gösta since ages. So in two weeks she had some active training with him and only one week time to train the jump. Gösta was soooo good boy. He gathered 173/200 points. It looks like he will be seen in the official obedience trials in the future. Rico gathered 182/200 points. 05.02. Health result Patu, Drover's Dollars Lost was x-rayed after new year holiday. Today came his results from Kennel Club: hips are C-B and elbows 0-0. 24.01. Turku Int'l There was an entry of 42 for Mr Des Manton from Ireland. Albin, FINJW-08 FINW-08 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was 3rd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was VG3 in his class. Fara, Drover's Forevermore won junior class bitches with VG and Signe, FINJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream was 2nd in her class with VG. Our breeders group was 2nd with a prize of honour. 18.01. Lahti We were both working this weekend and could't make it to Lahti. But the SMS from Riitta had some good news to tell us as Signe, FINJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream won her 2nd CAC with BOS. Reetu, Drover's Fair And Square made his show debute and he was graded as good in juniors. Rico, Drover's Excalibur got VG2 in intermediate males. The judge for the day was Mrs Päivi Eerola. 10.01. Kajaani Int'l It's a long way to Tipperary...and to Kajaani from southern coastal Finland. We drove 7,5 hours one way, are we nuts :-) , but at least we experienced a beautiful, beautiful winter with lots of snow. Both we and dogs enjoyed it for full. There was an entry of 31 aussies for Mr Harry Tast from Finland. As he got an overall too big entry the show committee changed juniors to a polish judge. We had Albin, FINJW-08 FINW-08 Drover's Evrybodys Talkn and Signe, FINJW-08 Drover's Evryboyzdream with us. Albin won CAC and CACIB as he was BOS. Signe was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and res.CACIB. 09.01.09 Health result Thyra, Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel visited eye doctor today. Everything was in order with her eyes. 15.12. Puppe moved Puppe moved to Halikko to live with a newfoundland and a cat (and some two footed as well). Thank You everyone who showed interest to Puppe. 13.12. Helsinki Int'l, FINW-08 There was a huge entry of 71 aussies for danish Mrs Marianne Baden. We are on cloud nine after the very long day. First out was Drover's Frigg'n Fabulous, Fasu who was 2nd in puppy class males. Junior class males was won by our Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn who got a new title FINJW-08 and also a ticket to Crufts. His littermate Rico, Drover's Excalibur was VG3 in his class. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won champion class males and Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was second. Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep was graded as VG. In the best male class Albin surprised us by winning best male with the title of FINW-08, Indy was 2nd best male with CACIB and Gösta was 4th best male. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream was not worse than his brother as she won junior class bitches and like Albin, got the title FINJW-08 and a ticket to Crufts as well. Signe was finally placed as 3rd best bitch so she got herself a res.CAC. Open class bitches was won by Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough. Thyra, Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was 2nd in champion class bitches. Drover's had best breeders group out of four groups shown. 08.12. Thyra got an invitasion Today's mail included an inviation for Thyra, Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel to our champion of champions contest. The gala evening will take place in Vantaa january 31st. The top winning show dogs for the year are invited. We are honoured and surprised, had no idea that our little girl had done so well with so few entries to Finnish shows. We did not travel to Norway for their "winner gala" but we might send her entry in to our own competition. 02.12. G-litter at vet check up G-litter visited eye specialist yesterday evening. The results were not excactly what we wanted to hear. The boy #2, "Puppe" was found to have iris coloboma on his right eye and iris hypoplasia on his left eye. So we named him as late as at the vet. He will be Drover's Give Me a Break. Boy #1 and the girl did also have iris hypoplasia on their right eyes, left eyes were OK on both of them. Iris hypoplasia is underdevelopment of iris and does not affect the quality of life of a dog in question. Puppe is still looking for a home of his own. If you are interested to give him a home please feel free to contact us. He is not suitable for future breeding but his future owner can very well live an active and fully normal life with him. 22.11. Jyväskylä Int'l There was an entry of 50 aussies for Mr Zolt Lokodi from Romania. Best of our gang did Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn who went on to win BOS with his first Finnish CAC and second CACIB whithin two weeks! We were glad to see Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It in a ring again. He has been home maturing and now he was placed as EXC3 in a large open class. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream won best junior in breed and was placed as 3rd best bitch with res.CAC. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won open class bitches with an excellent. Last but not least our Thyra, Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel had not been shown for some months. She was overwhelmingly happy to be in the ring again. Thyra won champion class bitches and ended up as 2nd best bitch with a super flattering critique though heavy coat shedding. Our breeders group won best breeder in breed out of two groups shown. 16.11. Riga Int'l, Latvia This weekend we headed south to Latvia to its beautiful capital Riga. The judge for the day was Mr Andrzej Stepinski from Poland. We had again three Drover's dogs with us. The winner of the day with CAC and so a new Latvian champion and CACIB was Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal. BOS with CAC and CACIB was Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed who also got his Latvian title with this win. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream was placed as 3rd best bitch. We couldn't stay for the group finals as we had a ferry to catch in Tallinn, Estonia. 08.11. Tartu Int'l, Estonia WOW! We had a super trip to Estonia. The judge for the day was danish rough collie breeder Mrs Charlotte Höier. We had three Drover's dogs with us to show for her. As the judging went on we had second thoughts whether we could get anything as she was quite strict in her judging and was not giving many excellents. But we couldn't be happier as we cleaned the table with very, very flattering critiques. The winner of the day was Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn who got his first CACIB at the age of 15 months by winning the breed. Albin continued to please the spanish group judge Mr Mario Gil de Biedma Riviere who placed him as second in group with very flattering comments about him! Here is Albin's written critique from the breed judge: Very nice male of perfect type and substance. Absolutely wonderful head with the most wonderful foreface and skull. He's a bit straight in shoulder but bone substance is perfect. Very nice knee angulation. Moves as he could do it all day without getting tired. Beautiful colour. Very nice aussie. BOS with CACIB and her final CAC was Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal who is now EST CH. Kielo's critique is also worth publishing: Extremely sound and very well constructed worker. Everything fits together. I would prefer a better eye and a more even earset. Very nice skull and foreface. Behind the ears she is absolutely gorgeous and sturdy in anatomy. Moving like a working dog should. Shows all the time. Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream was shown in junior class and she won her juniorCAC and was 2nd best bitch after Kielo. Here is Signe's critique: Very sound and nicely put together. Good size. Very feminine. Typical head with good skull. Nice expression. Wonderful topline and perfect forechest. Super angulation. Nice croup. Good movements. We appreciate these critiques highly :-) 02.11. Vantaa, all breed puppy show Fasu, Drover's Frigg'n Fabulous and our own Edith, Drover's Dream de l'Oree des Charmois were shown for the first time today. Fasu was 2nd best male puppy but Edith took everything today by winning not only the breed and group but she won BIS as well! The breed judge was Mrs Leni Finne. 01.11. Espoo, all breed puppy show Fara, Drover's Forevermore was shown for the first time today. She won BOB-puppy with a very flattering critique. The judge was Mr Pekka Hannula who also took herding group and he placed Fara as 2nd in group. Well done Tytti! 29.10. Health result Rico, Drover's Excalibur was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today we received the glad news: hips are A-A and elbows 0-0! 19.10. Hämeenlinna There was an entry of 35 aussies for Mr Gert Christensen from Denmark. Both Velmu, Drover's Fearless Knight and Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream made their show debutes today. Velmu was BOS-puppy and Signe was BOS with her first CAC! What a way to start a show career. Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep won champion class with an Exc and was placed as 3rd best male. 10.10. Health result Our Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was x-rayed some weeks ago. Today we finally received the happy news: hips A-B and elbows 0-0. 08.10. Thyra got an invitation Today's mail included an invitation for our Thyra, CH Drover's Crown Jewel to take part to Winner Gala in Norway. It is their champion of champions competition. 07.10. G-litter is here Pinja whelped a litter of three. Just like last time, in the C-litter, she has two boys and one girl. We have two blue merle boys and one black tri girl. Photos soon on coming litters. 05.10. Espoo, obedience trial Satu and Rico, Drover's Excalibur gathered 116/200 points in class 1 and it was enough for a third prize. The judge was Mr Harri Laisi. 28.09. Inkoo, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It gathered 148/200 points and it was enough for a second prize. The judge was Mr Harri Laisi. 21.09. Somero, temperament test Littermates Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It and Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel did their temperament tests today. Wow, that's all we can say! Gizmo gathered 190 points and Thyra 174 points, both were secure with gunshots. Thyra added her Finnish and Swedish conformation titles to her already long line of previous titles with passing her temperament test. The judges were Mrs Sirkka Lempinen and Mrs Carita Koskinen. 19.09. Espoo, obedience trial Rico, Drover's Excalibur had his first obedience trial this evening. The trial was unofficial but with the same rules as real trials have. Rico got 182,5/200 points and he won the class. Good luck to the real trials Satu and Rico! 13.09. Porvoo Mr Göran Bodegård from Sweden judged today. He found no male worth of an excellent! Rico, Drover's Excalibur got VG1 in junior class males and Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep got VG1 in champion class males. 12.09. Signe's knee and a Match show result As we told you late May Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream has been operated twice after a knee injury. In May everything was still open whether her knee will ever be good or not. But we have great news as Signe is fully recovered and there is absolutely no limping at all :-) Her movement is clean and effortless and she will hit the rings later this fall. Our little Edith, Drover's Dream de l'Oree des Charmois made a show debute in a match on wednesday evening. She loved the show ring and ended up as Best In Match over adult dogs. 09.09. Högbo Bruk Int'l, Sweden and Helsinki and G-litter is on the way Taija and Sanna travelled to Sweden with Sanna's boys and Thyra. The judge for the day was Mr Ulf Bråthen from Denmark. He did not like of Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed nor Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep although they are very different type of dogs. Both got grading Good! But Thyra, CH Drover's Crown Jewel managed to charm one more judge as she won BOB with CAC and CACIB. Unfortunately we had no time to stay for the group finals as we had a ferry to catch. Meanwhile Rico, Drover's Excalibur was shown in Helsinki for swedish Mr Per Svarstad. Rico was 2nd best male with res.CAC. Satu took Pinja, Multi CH Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina to ultra sound and she is in whelp! G-litter is due 11-12.10. 17.08. Tallinn Int'l, Estonia Once again a trip to Estonia for nothing. Our breed was supposed to be judged by Mrs Marianne Baden from Denmark but unfortunately she cancelled her scheduled judging due to family reasons as late as in thursday prior the show. As we had already paid our ferry tickets we decided to try our luck with Mrs Maret Kärdi from Estonia. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please won champion males with a Very Good. Our judge found no male worth for an excellent! Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina won champion bitches and was placed as 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. Gösta will continue the "romancing for the last CACIB" but Pinja will take a break (hopefully) from show rings and will make a come back next spring. 09.08. Saarijärvi, Finnish National Specialty Whoohoo, what can we say! The four+ hours drive one way was very much worth the effort. This year our club had invited Mrs Sheila Polk from USA (Tri-Ivory aussies) to judge our national specialty. She had an entry of 70 to judge. Our Thyra, CH Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel won BIS from the open class! 2nd best bitch was her famous dam Pinja, Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina who had won champion class. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won champion class and ended up as 2nd best male. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was EXC4 in a class of 12 junior males. Oswald, CH Drover's Counting Sheep was EXC3 in open class males. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was EXC3 in champion class males. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was EXC4 in open class bitches. Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn got a VG in junior class males though he got a very flattering critique, only needing time to fill up in body. Drover's had the best breeders group and the only one with the prize of honour. 20.07. Ypäjä again Well, todays BIS final was judged by world famous all rounder Mr Rainer Vuorinen from Finland. Thyra, CH Drover's Crown Jewel was placed as 3rd in the BIS after the English Bulldog who is leading the all breed top dog list in Finland and the westie who is second in the list! We are thrilled about Mr Vuorinen's comments about Thyra: Very beautiful bitch of 2 years. Some more time for developement and she is going to be great. She has close to perfect movement and she is so much of the same type as your blue merle bitch. Is she a daughter of her's? (Oh yes, she is :-)). What I like about her is that she is so moderate just like an Aussie should be, not having too heavy bone. Thank you Mr Vuorinen, we very much agree with you :-) 19.07. Ypäjä The judge for today was Mr Paavo Mattila from Finland. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male with res.CAC. Thyra, CH Drover's Crown Jewel won her last CAC in Finland with BOB. Like one week ago she took the herding group by storm and stood finally in the spotlights as BIG 1! As this is a two days show we'll return to Ypäjä tomorrow for the BIS competition. 12-13.07. Weekend in Estonia and 13.07 Karjaa in Finland Taija and Sanna travelled to Estonia with Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep. The weekend was very succesful as they came home with two new champions and a group winner! On saturday there was a show in Räpina. Aussies were judged by Mr Gert Christensen from Denmark. Oswald won best male and BOS with his last CAC and finished his EST CH title. Congratulations to Sanna! Thyra won best bitch with CAC and BOB. The sunday show was held in Ülenurme and aussies were judged by Mr Ralf Campbell from Norway. Oswald was graded as very good but Thyra charmed our judge totally and won BOB with her last CAC and finished her title. She is now EST, N CH among her all winner titles. On the afternoon Thyra put her best foot forward and she made it all the way and won the herding group! WOW! Meanwhile there was a show in Karjaa, Finland. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was shown there. He won junior class males with grading very good. The judge was Mrs Leni Finne from Finland. 04.07. Stockholm, World Show There was a total entry of 153 aussies. Juniors were judged by Mr Fredrik Norgren from Sweden and all the adults by Mr Ole Staunskjaer from Denmark. In junior class males Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was graded as excellent and he made it all the way to reserve junior world winner! Albin was the best dog with a full long tail in his class. In open class males Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was graded as good. In champion males Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was graded as very good and Sanna's Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was graded as good. Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC6 in open class bitches and EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was graded as excellent. CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares was placed as EXC5 and Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina as EXC6 in champion class. Drover's was again 2nd out of six breeders groups being the best European breeder! 03.07. Almare-Stäket, Swedish National specialty There was an entry of 105 aussies for Mrs Joni A Jonson, Terra-Blue from USA. Lot's of aussies on a green grass and sunny weather. Let the fun begin! In junior class males Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was graded as very good. In open class males Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was EXC2 and best European bred and best dog with a full long tail. Oswald also won res.CAC. In champion males Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was graded as excellent and Sanna's Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was EXC3 being the best European bred and best with full long tail in the class! Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel was graded as EXC in open class. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was graded as excellent and she was placed as 3rd. Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina won champion bitches and CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares was EXC2. Drover's was 2nd out of six breeders groups being the best European breeder! 29.06. It's been busy last week As the FCI world dog show is close up we have lots of things to do prior leaving to Sweden. In the middle of all this huzzle we welcomed our new bitch puppies from France! Edith and Danka (until her co-owner gives her a new name) arrived the night between thursday and friday. Thank You once again Marie-Anne and Emilie for all your help and patience with us during this process of getting the girls to Finland :-) On saturday 28th June Taija was showing Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please and Pinja, Tres Colores Gabrielina in Pärnu Int'l in Estonia. Unfortunately the Hungarian judge Mr Istvan Laszlo did not fell for our dogs. On sunday Taija went to a blood tracking course with Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel and Thyra had a blast with tracking for the first time! She sure showed how an aussie can track to all those hunting terriers. 01.06. Tallinn Int'l, Estonia, ESTW-08 Mrs Eva Borg from Sweden had an entry of 27 aussies. Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep won BOS with CAC and CACIB and ESTW-08! Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won champion class males and ended up as 3rd best male. CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares won champion class bitches and ended up as 3rd best bitch with res.CACIB. EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was EXC2 in open class bitches and Drover's Evrybodys Talkn got a Good in junior class males. 30.05. Signe's knee Signe, Drover's Evryboyzdream has had bad luck with her knee during this spring. She started to limp late January and of course we thought that she has developed hip dysplasia. Hips were x-rayed and they were perfect. She was given pain killers and order to take it calmly the next few weeks time. As her condition did not get better she was taken to the veterinary high school in Helsinki and they found out that she has injured her cruciate ligament in the knee and she has to be operated. Operation went well and a line was put in to her knee to keep it steady. She has recovered perfectly and started her weekly visits to physiotherapist in the beginning of May. She has done amazingly well so she has been entered to a few shows during summer until...Riitta phoned last sunday that Signe is standing on three feet keeping her right rear leg up in the air! A quick visit to Uni showed that the knee was loose again and new time for operation was given to her. Signe was operated last wednesday. The line was almost broken and that was the cause of her being lame. The vets put now a stronger type of line in to her knee. Only time will tell if she is ever going to have clean movement after two knee operations. 24.05. Helsinki Int'l Mr Harry Tast from Finland judged an entry of 14. Our Albin, Drover's Evrybodys Talkn was shown for the first time. He won junior class males with a VG. According to judge, and we do agree with him, he needs more ring training to get an excellent. Albin's litterbrother Rico, Drover's Excalibur was VG2. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep got his first ever Good because the judge wanted to see more legs on him. Indy, FIN, EST CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won BOB with his second CACIB. Totally naked Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel won intermediate bitches with grading VG. Our breeders group got a prize of honour. 17.05. Pori Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It won his class with excellent. Judge was Mrs Valentina Ivanishcheva from Russia. 11.05. Helsinki and Rauma Mrs Marja Talvitie had an entry of 10 in Helsinki. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was 2nd with grading very good in junior class males and Thyra, Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel won BOB. Thyra, who is in summer clothes at the moment, made the cut in group finals. Meanwhile Terhi showed her Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It in Rauma where Mrs Kornelia Butrimova from Lithauen had an entry of 24. Gizmo won his class with excellent. 09.05. Health clearances Puppies visited eye specialist today and all passed their eye clearances with no notations. They are all as healthy as can be little aussies. 26.04. Lahti Int'l There was an entry of 31 to Mrs Barbara Ann Brooks from USA. Drover's had four entries. Best did Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep who was EXC2 in intermediate class and 2nd best male with res.CAC and res.CACIB. In champion class Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was VG2 and Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was VG3. Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel was EXC2 in intermediate bitches. Gösta's critique is so amazing that we will publish it here: I find him very feminine. His head is not masculine. Nice topline. Moves around the ring very well. I find his ears very incorrect which takes good head type away. Of course we can not help it if this judge sees Gösta as feminine but he for sure does not have incorrect ears! 19.04. Harstad Int'l, Norway and Jyväskylä Int'l, Finland We have had a super weekend! Taija drove up to northern Norway with Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please and Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina. They charmed the judge Mr Petru Muntean from Romania totally and ended up as Gösta being BOS and Pinja BOB with both getting their CACIB's. Gösta also won his norwegian CAC so he is now also N CH! Pinja was picked among six finalists in the group. Meanwhile there was an International show in Finland. Tuula showed her Becky, Drover's Breakthrough who was placed as 3rd best bitch with CACIB in Jyväskylä. The judge was Mrs Päivi Eerola from Finland. 05.04. Anjalankoski, BH-test Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It passed his BH-test with flying colours. The judge for the test was Mrs Laura Mäkelä. 22.03. Kokemäki, all breed puppy show Rico, Drover's Excalibur won BOB and 4th in Group. The breed was judged by Mr Arvi Ellmen and group was judged by Mrs Kirsti Louhi. 20.03. Seven puppies Unfortunately one of the bitches did not make it. The remaining seven puppies are all doing well. 19.03. Puppies are here! Kielo gave birth to Drover's F-litter last night. Everything went well and quickly and both mom and pups are doing well. We have three boys and five girls, all black tris with full long tails. Photos soon on coming litters page. 15.03. Tampere Int'l WOW! It was a clean sweep for Drover's today. There was an entry of 39 to Mrs Chris Walkowicz from USA. First one out in the ring was Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep who won intermediate dogs with an EXC. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed won champion dogs with an EXC and Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 2nd in champion dogs with an EXC. As Satu was unable to come to the show today Taija and Sanna had some problems with showing all the dogs in the best male competition. As Oswald and Indy had won their classes Sanna took Oswald and Taija took Indy to best male. Gösta was given to Tuula, owner of Drover's Breakthrough. Gösta showed well until the judge asked one last run around the ring, this time all together and Gösta started to pull like a sleddog after Taija who ran in front of him with Indy. This was the reason that Gösta was unplaced in best male and the one who was 3rd in champion males placed 2nd in best male after Indy who won males and got his first CACIB! Oswald placed as 4th best dog. Thyra, Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel stood alone in intermediate bitches which she won with an EXC. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 2nd in open bitches with an EXC. In best bitch competition Thyra continued her winning ways by taking CAC, CACIB and best bitch. Becky was placed as 4th best bitch. In BOB Thyra won over Indy. Thyra was also picked among nine finalists in a very tough group. Drover's also showed best breeders group in breed with a prize of honour. Thanks for everyone who helped us showing our dogs today :) 15.03. Pieksämäki, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It were trialing again. This time they gathered 150,5/200 points and got a 2nd prize in class two. The judge was Mr Ossi Harjula. 09.03. Year end awards The Australian Shepherd Club of Finland held its annual meeting today and among other things the year end awards were announced. We are proud to tell that our Gösta, FIN, S, EST CH Drover's Attent'n Please is #1 conformation aussie in Finland for 2007 and Drover's is #1 breeder for 2007! Thyra, LVW-07 SW-07 ESTJW-07 ESTW-07 FINJW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel was #4 and Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was #5. 02.03. Helsinki, all breed puppy show There was an entry of 15 aussies for Mrs Saija Juutilainen who is a breeder of salukis. Rico, Drover's Excalibur was shown for the first time. He won his class of 7-9 months pups and was placed as 2nd best male after the winner of the 5-7 months class. 23.02. Bö i Telemark Int'l/Norway There was an entry of 26 aussies for Mrs Agnes Ganami from Israel. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 2nd best male with res.CACIB. Thyra, Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel showed her heart out as always and won the breed with CAC and CACIB. She continued her winning ways by taking a Group 2nd in herding group! 16.02. F-litter is on the way! Kielo's ultrasound showed several puppies in her uterus. F-litter is due on Easter. Inquiries are welcome! 16.02. Pieksämäki, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It gathered a pointscore of 172/200 in class 2. That was enough fore a 1st prize. The judge was Mrs Anne Nokelainen. 12.02. Cataract DNA result Today we got the DNA result from the cataract gene HSF-4 for Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal. She too is clear from the gene so the litter she is hopefully expecting with Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed will be clear by parentage. 11.02. Cataract DNA results Today we finally got DNA results from the cataract gene HSF-4. So far we have received results from following of our dogs, all being clear from the gene: Tres Colores Gabrielina, Shannon des Chemins Cathares, Drover's Attent'n Please, Drover's Bath'n Brushed, Drover's Breakthrough, Drover's Crown Jewel, Drover's Counting Sheep and Drover's Can't Help It. As both Gösta and Shannon are clear it makes our E-litter clear from the gene by parentage. 08.02. Health result Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was x-rayed a while ago. Today came the results from Finnish Kennel Club: hips A-B and elbows 0-0! 27.01. Turku Int'l There was an entry of 37 to swedish Mr Paul Stanton. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was graded as VG because of high tail carriage. He was 2nd in intermediate males. In champion class Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was exc2 and 3rd best male and Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was exc3 and 4th best male. Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel stood alone in intermediate bitches and she was graded as exc. She then charmed our judge with her movement and won the breed with CAC and CACIB (her first). Our breeders group was 2nd with a prize of honour out of four groups. 12.01.2008. Tartu/Estonia There was an entry of six to danish Mrs Kitty Sjong. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep won CAC with BOB and continued his success in the group finals as he was placed as 4th. Well done Sanna! Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was graded as good because of her ears! 1,5 years ago she was graded as excellent with 2nd best bitch under this very same judge with the very same ears! 15.12. Stockholm Int'l, NORDW-07 There was an entry of 50 to swedish Mrs Petra Junehall, a breeder of leonbergers. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd in intermediate males with CCQ. He lost to a NBT dog because of too high tail carriage. Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed got a good in open class males because of too high tail carriage and the judge said that his coat was not in show condition! Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 4th in champion males (and best dog with a tail). Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel was 2nd with a CCQ in intermediate class bitches and she too was best bitch with a tail in her class. Pinja, Multi Ch MultiW Tres Colores Gabrielina was 2nd in champion bitches and 4th best bitch and best bitch with a tail. This judge had big difficulties to understand tails and eye colour as she said about red dogs having too light eyes. The new FCI-standard #342/20.06.2007/G/B states about tail: straight, naturally long or naturally short. When docked (in countries where this practice is not forbidden), or naturally short, not to exceed 10cm. This same standard says about eye colour: Brown, blue, amber or any variation or combination thereof, including flecks and marbling... 09.12. Helsinki Int'l, FINW-07 There was an entry of 56 to swedish Mrs Carin Åkesson. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 4th with an excellent out of 13 junior males. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 2nd out of six champion males and Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was graded as very good. Our girls did super job today as Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel won the class of eight junior bitches and got one more title to her already long list of Winner-titles. She is now also FINJW-07! Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won the class of eight open class bitches and ended up as 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. Our breeders group was third out of three groups shown. 08.12. Pieksämäki, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It gathered today 138,5/200 points today. The judge for today was Salme Mujunen. 25.11. Kirkkonummi, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It continued trialing today. Gizmo got 128,5/200 points today. The judge for today was Mr Harri Laisi. 24.11. Kirkkonummi, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It have been in action again. Gizmo's first start in class 2 (we have four classes in Finland) was not bad at all. Gizmo got 165/200 points and was 2nd best in trial. The judge for today was Mr Ossi Harjula. 17.11. Jyväskylä Int'l Mrs Jaana Hartus from Finland had an entry of 28. Gösta, FIN, S, EST CH Drover's Attent'n Please won BOS with CACIB. LVW-07 SW-07 ESTJW-07 ESTW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel "Thyra" won res.CACIB and CAC as she was 2nd best bitch. EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough, Becky was exc2 in open bitches. 03.11. Tartu Int'l/Estonia Whoohoo, what a show success we had in Estonia! There was an entry of 13 to Mr Kurt Nilsson from Sweden. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please won BOB with CACIB and his littersister Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal won BOS with CAC and CACIB. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep won juniorCAC and was 4th best male and his littersister Thyra, Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel won juniorCAC in bitches and was 2nd best bitch and BOB junior in breed. Together these four made our breeders group. Like this would not be enough Gösta was placed as 2nd in a huge herding group under well known swiss herding breed specialist Mrs Barbara Müller (Pennylane OES's). But our breeders group put it one step ahead and won BIS out of all the beautiful groups! The judge was Mr Leif Lehmann Jörgensen from Denmark. 28.10. Orimattila, obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It have been in action again. They won high in trial with a point score of 183/200 with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Ossi Harjula. 27.10. Lahti Int'l There was an entry of 43 aussies for Mr Zvi Kupferberg from Israel. First in the ring went Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep who was placed as 2nd with an excellent in a class of eight junior males. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 3rd in champion males and 3rd best male, again penalised on his ears (flying ears!). Indy, CH Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 4th with an excellent in champion class. Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel won intermediate bitches with a very good. Best did Becky, Drover's Breakthrough who was the only open class bitch out of nine bitches who was graded as excellent so she won the class. Becky ended up as best bitch, BOS and won her first CACIB! Drover's showed best breeders group in breed which was graded with a prize of honour. 20.10. Rakvere/Estonia One totally crazy trip to Estonia brought us one new Estonian Champion as CH Drover's Attent'n Please won CAC with BOS. Drover's Almost Unreal won her first CAC towards her Estonian title and was placed as 2nd best bitch. The judge was Mr Piotr Krol from Poland. Both Oswald and Thyra missed the ring as we arrived too late to the showground due to some unlucky happenings during our ferrytrip. 20.10. Jyväskylä/obedience trial Terhi and Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It had their first official obedience trial today with a point score of 159/200 which is one point short of first prize. The judge was Mrs Aino Juhantalo-Kakkola. 07.10. Västerås/Sweden Terhi travelled to Sweden with Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It and took the ring by storm. Gizmo won BOB with his first CAC! 22 aussies were judged by Mr Sonny Ström from Sweden. 29.09. Somero, mentaltest Drover's has two new champions as Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed and Wappu, Drover's All Eyes On Me both passed the mentaltest today. Both are now FIN, EST CH! 27.09. Hips and elbows again Our own Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel was x-rayed a while ago. Today Satu phoned to Kennel Club for the results and we are happy to tell that Thyra's hips are A-A and elbows 0-0! 18.09. Hips and elbows Drover's Can't Help It was the first dog from our C-litter to be x-rayed. Today Terhi phoned to Kennel Club for the results and we are happy to tell that Gizmo's hips are B-B and elbows 0-0! 17.09. Health clearances Puppies and three of our adult girls visited eye specialist today. Puppies went also through a complete health check and they are all perfect little aussies and all three passed their eye clearances with no notations. Also Pinja, Tres Colores Gabrielina and Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel passed their eye clearances with no notations. Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal had one extra hair on her eyelid so she got diagnosis distichiasis. 08.09. Porvoo There was an entry of 12 for Mr Peter Machetanz from Germany. There was not many excellents given today. Sanna's Drover's Bath'n Brushed won BOB and her Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male with CAC. Well done Sanna! CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 3rd best male. Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was best bitch with CAC and BOS. As Royal Canin was sponsor for this show there was best junior in show competition. Oswald and Thyra competed towards each others for the best junior in breed and Oswald won over Thyra. He then continued to the group finals for the best junior in show and was picked among nine finalists in a huge group of BOB juniors by Mr Kurt Nilsson from Sweden. Drover's also showed best breeders group in breed. 01.09. Vantaa There was an entry of 12 for Mr Cristian Stavarache from Romania. His choice as BOB was CH Drover's Attent'n Please. Drover's Counting Sheep was 2nd best male with CAC and Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 3rd best male. Drover's Can't Help It was graded as very good and placed as 2nd in junior class males after his litterbrother. Multi W Drover's Crown Jewel was best bitch with CAC and BOS. Drover's also showed best breeders group in breed. 27.08. Health results Some of Drover's bred dogs took part to the common eyetest arranged at the showground on saturday. All passed their eye clearances with flying colours. Following dogs were checked: Drover's Bath'n Brushed, Drover's Breakthrough, Drover's Can't Help It and Drover's Counting Sheep. 25.08. Espoo/Aussie Open 2007 WOW! What else can we say. There was an entry of 151 aussies for Mrs Emmy Adasiewicz (Terra-Blue) and Mrs Joni Johnson (Terra-Blue) both from USA. Emmy judged the males and best progeny group and Joni did bitches, BIS and best breeders group. Out of the 23 black males Drover's Bath'n Brushed was not placed but Drover's Can't Help It was placed as 4th. There was an entry of 21 blue merle males. CH Drover's Attent'n Please was not placed but Drover's Counting Sheep won the class! Oswald continued his winning ways by winning best male and BOS! wOW! In bitches' ring EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was one of the 17 red heads. She was placed as 4th in the class. 16 blue merle bitches was won by our Multi Ch MultiW Tres Colores Gabrielina who later in the afternoon was crowned as BIS! EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 3rd in her class and Drover's All Eyes On Me was not placed. MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel was placed as 2nd in a class of 16 red merle bitches. Drover's won the breeders groups out of seven groups and Pinja's progeny group was fourth out of five groups. Thanks for everyone for a super day and we appreciate all the compliments for our dogs! 12.08. Oslo Int/Norway Mr Stelios Makaritis from Hellas judged an entry of 33 aussies. CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 3rd best male and CH Tres Colores Gabrielina was 4th best bitch. According to the judge Pinja has "very big problems with the ears"! A photo gallery from the show will be published soon. 12.08. Helsinki Drover's Can't Help It got a grading very good and was placed as 3rd in his class. The judge was Mrs Linda Jürgens from Estonia. 05.08. Turku Sanna went to Turku with Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep and it was well worth driving. Oswald won his first CAC with BOS. The judge for the day was Mrs Maija Ånestad from Norway. 30.07. E-litter is here! Shannon whelped a litter of three yesterday. We have two blue merle boys and one black tri girl. All are with long tails and correct coloring. 29.07. Vantaa Today there was an entry of eight for Mrs Susan K Badick from Canada. She gave only two excellents and they were Mr Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please who won the breed and his dam Pinja, Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina who was BOS to his son. Drover's Counting Sheep was VG1 in junior class males, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was VG1 in open class males, Drover's Crown Jewel was VG1 in junior class bitches and Drover's Breakthrough was VG1 in open class bitches. Drover's also showed a breeders group which was awarded with a prize of honour. 22.07. Hyvinkää After a change of judge we saw Mrs Soile Bister judging an entry of 15 aussies. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please won champion class males and was placed as 4th best male. Thyra, LVW-07 SW-07 ESTJW-07 ESTW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel moved her heart out in the ring and won the breed and got her second CAC in Finland, alltogether it was her third CAC. 14.07. Orivesi A SMS from Tuula tells us that her Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won BOS today. The judge for an entry of 17 was Mrs Beata Petkevica from Latvia. 01.07. Karjaa Int'l Mrs Elina Tan-Hietalahti judged today. Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd best male with res.CACIB, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was 4th best male and CH Tres Colores Gabrielina won BOS with CACIB. 25.06. E-litter is on the way Shannons ultra sound showed that she is very much pregnant. 17.06. Kotka Int'l There was an entry of eight to Mr Hans Lehtinen, our own world famous all rounder. We had a superb day as Pinja, Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina won the breed and got her first CACIB. Mr Lehtinen's qritique about Pinja was as short as: Wonderful bitch in superb show condition. Wow! But that was not all. Mr Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was BOS towards his dam and he too won his first CACIB with a flattering critique too: Excellent small male. First class outline. Excellent head with beautiful details and with very typical expression. Overall a very positive dog who has most beautiful colour and in splendid show condition. Thank You Mr Lehtinen! And last but not least our little red devil Thyra, MultiW Drover's Crown Jewel was 2nd best bitch and got her first CAC in her home country. Pinja made the cut of eight in a very good quality herding group. 10.06. Vehmaa There was an entry of 20 to Mr Rajko Rotner from Slovenia. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It won junior class males with an excellent and was placed as 4th best male. 09.06. Jämsänkoski, specialty The Australian Shepherd Club of Finland held it's annual specialshow today. There was an entry of 44 for Mr Paavo Mattila from Finland. We are absolutely thrilled for our success today! Our little big man Gösta, FIN, S CH Drover's Attent'n Please won the breed with his mother Pinja, Multi Ch MultiW Tres Colores Gabrielina as BOS! 3rd best male with res.CAC was Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was exc2 in open class (only two open males got an excellent). Thyra, LVW-07 SW-07 ESTJW-07 ESTW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel won junior bitches and ended up as 3rd best bitch with res.CAC. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was the only open class bitch with an excellent and she ended up as 2nd best bitch with her final CAC. Drover's also had the best breeders group in breed. A very, very hot day and we are shining together with the sun :-) 09.06. Kangasniemi There was an entry of 10 for Päivi Eerola from Finland. Terhi's Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd with a very good in junior class males. 03.06. Virkkala We stayed at home today but Sanna and Terhi were showing in Virkkala. There were an entry of 25 aussies for Mrs Liliane Hanniste from Estonia. Terhi's Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd with an excellent in junior class males and Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 3rd with very good. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was the star for today by winning his final CAC with BOB! Congratulations Sanna! 02.06. Tallinn Int'l/Estonia, ESTW-07 There was an entry of 23 aussies for Mr Donovan Thompson from USA. We had entered a whole bunch of Pinja-kids and Pinja herself showed a progeny group. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 3rd with an excellent in junior males. Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please was graded as very good. Mr Thompson did not like at all of Gösta's ears. In his opinion they are too close to pricked ears?! Our Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel was back in business and took the ring by storm by winning junior bitches with the title of ESTJW-07. Thyra's superb qritique can be seen on her own page. Wappu, Drover's All Eyes On Me won open class bitches and ended up as 3rd best bitch with CAC and res.CACIB. Thyra won best bitch and BOS and got yet another title ESTW-07! Gee, like this would not have been enough. In Estonia all the BOB juniors will go to the group finals to compete for the best junior of the day. There were a huge amount of 80 quality juniors in the ring and our Thyra won the group under Mrs Agnes Ganami from Israel! Our breeders group got a very flattering qritique: Toplines are wonderful. She has outstanding front samples. Excellent breedtype. Shows great promise for the future. Quality is ready. Thank You Mr Thompson! Our group did not get any placement in group finals. Pinja's, Multi Ch MultiW Tres Colores Gabrielina progeny group was placed as 3rd in the best progeny group under Mr Antonio di Lorenzo from Italy. 19.05. Helsinki Int'l There was an entry of 15 aussies for Mrs Elina Haapaniemi from Finland. Our Gösta, CH Drover's Attent'n Please won champion males and ended up as 2nd best male. Gösta received a super-duper critique full of superlatives. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd in junior males with grading very good and Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd with an excellent in open class. Our Thyra had to stay at home due to a minor foot injury which she got on wednesday. 13.05. Österbybruk Int'l/Sweden, SW-07 We travelled to beautiful Österbybruk in Sweden for their Winner show. After a change of judge we saw Mr Peter Harsanyi from Hungary to judge the 34 aussies. Our Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please was 4th best male and got CAC so he is now FIN, S CH. Our barely 11 months old Thyra, LVW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel moved her heart out in the ring and she ended up winning CAC, best bitch, SW-07 and BOS. We are thrilled! Tuula's Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 4th in open class with a CQ. 12.05. Mjölby/Sweden Terhi travelled to Sweden with her Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It. Gizmo won junior males with a prize of honour. Judge for the day was Mr Bo Wiberg from Sweden. 05.05. Helsinki First outdoor show for the season in sunny but chilly Helsinki. 33 aussies were entered for swedish Mrs Carin Åkesson. This time we only showed boys. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was graded as good and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was graded as excellent and he was placed as 2nd in juniorclass. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd best male with CAC. 03.05. Health result Becky, Drover's Breakthrough was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came the good news from Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! 29.04. Lahti Int'l There was an entry of 26 aussies for Mr Bo Skalin from Sweden. Best did Tuula's Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough who won the breed with CAC! Our 10 months old Thyra, LVW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel was 2nd best bitch with res.CAC and Pinja, Multi Ch Multi W Tres Colores Gabrielina won champion bitches and placed as 4th in best bitch class. Thyra's litterbrother Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep won junior males with grading very good. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed stood alone in intermediate males and he also got a very good. Gösta, new FIN CH Drover's Attent'n Please was alone in champion males and he got a very good too. Our breeders group (Gösta, Oswald, Thyra and Becky) got a prize of honour. 28.04. Uusikaupunki/Temperament test Our own Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please passed his temperament test with flying colours and is now a FIN CH! He got 208 points and is secure to gunshots. The judges were Sirkka Lempinen and Carita Koskinen. 23.04. Health result Pia from Sweden sent e-mail about her Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart. She visited eye specialist last friday, April 20th. Titzi's eyes were clear. 21.04. Sillamäe/Estonia Sanna showed her boys in Estonia. Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was 3rd best male while Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was not placed in best male class. The judge was Mrs Irina Azen from Belarus. 15.04. Helsinki, temperament test Lempi, Drover's April Love was temperament tested today with superb result +170 points but unfortunately she is unsecure with gunshots so the test was not passed. The judges were Mrs Lea Yli-Suvanto and Mr Jorma Lankinen. 07.-08.04. Cérilly/France, National Our easter holiday was to France and to their Nationals in a small village Cérilly in center France. There was an huge entry of 323 aussies for the show plus all the agility and herding entries. This makes the French National the biggest aussie event in Europe. The judge for the adults was Mrs Sheila Polk, Tri-Ivory, USA and as Jim Polk passed away suddenly they had invited Mrs Loes Mouchart from Netherlands to do puppies, juniors and veterans. Males were judged on saturday and our Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please was graded as Good as the judge wanted to have more size on him. Gösta, Wappu (Drover's All Eyes On Me) and Shannon (des Chemins Cathares) passed their temperament tests on saturday. Sunday was for the bitches. Wappu was also graded as Good due to the size. Pinja, Tres Colores Gabrielina was placed as 5th with Excellent in a class of 55 open bitches though she too was smaller sized for todays judge. Shannon des Chemins Cathares was placed as 4th with an Excellet and she got a super critique in a class of six champion bitches. Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel was graded as Excellent but she got no placement in a class of 45 junior bitches. This judge did not make any cuts. Photos will follow in a day or two. 08.04. Lappeenranta Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was graded as very good and he placed as 3rd in junior class. The judge was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara. 31.03. Värnamo/Sweden Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart did good job in a temperament test required for all breeds under working dog club of Sweden. She is secure for gunshots and an absolutely fearless dog according to the judge of the test. 31.03. Rakvere/Estonia A SMS from Sanna tells us that Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed has won CAC and 2nd Best Male and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep was placed as 3rd Best Male in Rakvere. The judge was Mrs Elzbieta Chwalibog from Poland. 26.03. Eye clearance Kielo's puppy visited eye specialist today and we are happy to tell that his eyes are perfect. 25.03. Tampere Int'l Tampere Int'l is one of the biggest all breed shows in Europe and the next biggest show in Finland after the Finnish Winner show. This time there was an over all entry of 7041 dogs with an entry of 55 aussies for Mr Ole Staunskjaer from Denmark. First out in the ring were litterbrothers Gizmo and Oswald. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was graded as Good and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep as Very Goog. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was shown in intermediate class and he was graded as Good. But then in the open class the ring was taken by our Mr Gösta, Drover's Atten't Please who won the class with an Excellent. Gösta, who took the best placement in Best Male (he placed as 5th) after the four champions, won his final CAC! Then the bitches. Thyra, LVW-07 Drover's Crown Jewel was shown in a class of eight junior bitches and she was placed as second with grading Very Good. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won intermediate bitches with grading Excellent and was placed as 4th Best Bitch with res.CAC. Pinja, Multi Ch MultiW Tres Colores Gabrielina had shed her coat and was far from her best. She was placed as 2nd in champion bitches and 3rd in Best Bitch. Drover's won breeders class out of four groups with Gösta, Thyra, Oswald and Becky. 18.03. Riga Int'l, Latvian Winner show We were showing in Latvia for the first time and the experience was very, very positive. Good show ground and a well organised show. When we sent our entries in we did not know who the judge would be so surprisingly we had a finnish judge as Mrs Gunnel Holm was judging an entry of seven aussies. Our Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel who just turned nine months made her debut in show business and what a way to start! Thyra won jun.CAC, Best Bitch and BOS and got the title LVW-07! CH Shannon des Chemins Cathares won open bitches and was placed as 2nd best bitch with CAC after Thyra. Shannon is now also LV CH. 05.03. Health result Shannon des Chemins Cathares and Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please visited eye specialist today. Both passed their eye clearances. 04.03. Helsinki all breed puppy show There was an entry of ten aussie pups for finnish Päivi Eerola. This time Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It won over his brother Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep. Both were awarded with prize of honours. Gizmo continued to best male puppy towards the winner of the 5-7 months class and Gizmo placed as 2nd after the younger pup. 25.02. Helsinki all breed puppy show and Aussie Club's annual meeting in Jyväskylä There was an entry of nine aussie pups for Mrs Kirsi Nieminen. Our boys from Bernard-Pinja litter took it all as Sanna's Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep won BOB-puppy and Terhi's Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was 2nd Best Male with a prize of honour after his brother. Meanwhile we were almost 300 km north from Helsinki were Finnish Aussie Club held its annual meeting. Our juniors did very well at the Top conformation aussie 2006 competition. Tuula's Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 2nd and Sanna's Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was fourth. Congratulations to Sanna, Terhi and Tuula for todays honours! 09.02. D-puppy is here Breeding dogs is not always as easy as 123. This morning Kielo went through a c-section and whelped one mismarked red merle boy with full tail. Both the puppy and Kielo are doing well. Kielo is a good mother and the puppy is very lively. 27.01. Turku Int'l First show for the year. There was an entry of 37 aussies for australian Mr James Hayward. "Oswald", Drover's Counting Sheep and "Gizmo", Drover's Can't Help It were shown for the first time in puppy class. Oswald placed as 2nd and Gizmo as 3rd. "Indy", Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 4th with grading very good in intermediate class. "Pinja", Ch Tres Colores Gabrielina won champion bitches and was placed as 2nd best bitch. 02.01.2007 D-litter is on the way! Our Kielo, FIN CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal is in whelp. Puppies are due week six. 10.12. Stockholm Int'l, SW-06 We continued our show weekend in Sweden as they had their winner show on sunday. There was an entry of 53 aussies for Swedish Mr Sonny Ström. Best did our Pinja, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-04,-05,-06 SW-04,-05 NORDW-05 Tres Colores Gabrielina who ended up as 3rd best bitch. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 4th in his class and his litter sister Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart was 2nd in her class with CC quality. Pinja won champion bitches and Shannon des Chemins Cathares, who again had shed her coat prior to a show, was placed as 3rd. As usually our crew had great time in Stockholm Int'l :-) 09.12. Helsinki Int'l, FINW-06 WOW! Pinja, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-04,-05 SW-04,-05 NORDW-05 Tres Colores Gabrielina did it again! After whelping her litter just 5 months and three weeks ago she made her come back to the show business by winning BOB and FINW-06 out of an entry of 46 aussies! We are thrilled for the flattering words and comparing Pinja to Judy, CH BISS BIS Bayshore Russian Roulette! Thank You Mr John Reeve-Newson from Canada. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was exc2 in his class and his littersister EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was VG2. Unfortunately we could not make it to the groups finals this time. 04.12. Health result Drover's Body And Soul was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came the results: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! 19.11. Jyväskylä Int'l and herding in Kausala 22 aussies were entered to finnish Mrs Elina Haapaniemi. Tuula was showing her Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough who was placed as 3rd best bitch. Meanwhile we spent our day in Kausala with some of our dogs. We had with us Pinja who showed some nicest herding she has ever done. Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal was introduced to sheep for the first time. The puppy gang was also there. The five months old littermates Thyra, Drover's Crown Jewel and Oswald, Drover's Counting Sheep and their mate the two weeks younger OES puppy "Hjallis", Soft Motion's Am I Hot Gossip all knew what to do with the sheep. The aussiekids were brave and especially Oswald showed some really nice working already. Hjallis is more laid back and seems to think that better with a good plan before the action :-) But all in all all the dogs showed herding instinct. Gizmo, Drover's Can't Help It was introduced to sheep two weeks ago and he showed great intrest to sheep. 09.10. Health result Luca, Drover's Braveheart was x-rayed a while ago. The results are now here: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! 02.10. Frozen fiancé Kielo's, CH Drover's Almost Unreal frozen fiancé has today arrived safely to Helsinki-Vantaa airport. 01.10. Grenoble Int'l/France Drover's Aurora Borealis, Vanille was shown today in Grenoble. There was an entry of 80 aussies for Mrs Valentina Ivanicheva, Russia. Vanille got an excellent but did not place in a strong class of 11 open bitches. 29.09. Health result Drover's Beyond Belief, "Wilma" was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. The results came back from the Kennel Club today as bad as expected: hips C-D and elbows 1-1. 17.09. Hyvinkää Drover's Bathn'n Brushed, Indy won junior class with an excellent and his littersister Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough was 2nd in junior bitches with an excellent and 3rd best bitch. The judge was Mr Hans Erik Pedersen from Denmark. 12.09. Health result And more happy news. Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart was x-rayed a while ago. Today came the results from Swedish Kennel Club: hips B-B and elbows 0-0! 12.09. Our home bred champion #1 is here! Today we got a letter from Finnish Kennel Club that they have approved the conformation title for Kielo. She won her final CAC at the European Winner show in Helsinki and as our Kennel Club had changed the rules for this show Kielo got her title without any working merit. So she is now FIN CH EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal and our champion #1 in Aussies! 10.09. Helmi moved back Sometimes things in life don't go as planned. After a serious thinking the co-owner of Drover's Crown Jewel "Helmi" made the hard decision that in this stage of the happenings in her life a puppy is too much for her to take care properly. So Helmi moved back to us yesterday and we gave her the name we used to call her before she went to Sirpa's place: Thyra. 09.09. Porvoo Freezing stormy wind from north during the whole day at an outdoor show. But we don't complain! There was an entry of 30 aussies for Mr Philip John from India. He fell totally for our Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please who won his 2nd CAC with a BOB. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd best male with res.CAC. Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal won BOS to her brother and Wappu, Drover's All Eyes On Me was 2nd best bitch. Together they performed in our winning breeders group which got a flattering critique: All of excellent quality. The blm dog is outstanding and just the right type. Black dog has good bone & substance and good add to the breed. I was pleased to award them. 03.09. Helsinki Mrs Lena Eskills judged our breed today. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed picked his second CAC with a BOB! Jonna, Drover's Again And Again was placed as 3rd with a very good in open bitches. 02.09. Kausala, specialty Our read head did it again! Finnish Australian Shepherd Club held it's first ever official special show with CAC with alltogether 100 entries. The males were judged by Mrs Leslie Sörensen of Colorado aussies, USA and bitches and BOB were judged by Mrs Sharon K Sparks of Dasha aussies, USA. We had entered two males. First out was Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed who was placed 3rd with grading very good in a junior class of 10 males. Our Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please was shown in open class and he got a "good". In the bitches first one to try her luck was Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough. She was placed as 4th with an excellent in a class of 10 junior bitches. "Wappu", Drover's All Eyes On Me got a "fair" and her sister Kielo, EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal won the class of 18 open class bitches. Kielo then continued her winning ways by winning best bitch and BISS! 25.08. Health result Drover's Bath'n Brushed was x-rayed already a month ago. Today came finally the results back from Kennel Club. Indy has A-A hips and his elbows are 0-0! 19.08. Nyköping Int'l and 20.08. Norrköping Int'l/Sweden Drover's Burning Heart was shown in Sweden on both days during this weekend. She was 2nd best bitch with CAC at both shows! The judge for the saturday was Mr Nils Molin from Sweden and for the sunday the breed was judged by Mrs Sue Brune from Australia. 20.08. Heinola EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won her 5th CAC with BOS today. The breed was judged by Mr Reijo Tuovinen from Finland. 18.08. Health result First official health result of our Bid-Shannon litter has arrived. Drover's Breathtaking was x-rayed last month and her hips are C-C and elbows 1-0. Eyes were checked clear. 13.08. Oslo Int'l/Norway "Kielo", EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was shown in Oslo. Mrs Annika Ulltveit-Moe had an entry of 33 aussies. Kielo was placed as 2nd Best Bitch. 12.08. Ronneby Int'l/Sweden "Titzi", Drover's Burning Heart won her first CAC with a BOS today. The judge was Ms Beata Petkevica from Latvia. 05.08. Kuopio Int'l Mrs Wera Hübenthal from Norway had an entry of 18 aussies. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won BOS with CAC. 05.08. Riihimäki, mental test Ladies Lea Yli-Suvanto and Lea Haanpää judged the mental test in Riihimäki. We have seen a lot to happen in mental tests during the years but as you say, there is a first time for everything. So this was our first time to get a result unsecure for gunshots with a dog who did not move her leg or ear during the gunshots. We still don't know why the judges decided to shot more than those two gunshots required in the rules for Finnish mentaltest. Alltogether they shot four times for Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal but still she did not show any fear for gunshots. She gathered +86 points but because she did not pass the gunshots she did not pass her mentaltest. Luckily the whole test is on our videocamera and we are thinking how to handle this. Jonna, Drover's Again And Again was also tested and as expected as she is a very soft aussie bitch she did not pass. She, though, was OK with gunshots. We as spectators did not see any difference on her behaviour during the gunshots when compared to Kielo. 01.08. Health results Puppies visited eye specialist today. All had as clear eyes as can be :-) 30.07. Mikkeli Int'l EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won her first BOB with 3rd CAC today! The judge was Mrs Liliane Hanniste from Estonia. Congratulations goes to "Becky's" owner Tuula Korhonen! 29.07. Räpina/Est We travelled to Estonia with Shannon des Chemins Cathares to try to get her last CAC for the champion title. And boy did she fullfill our dream. She not only won BOB with that final CAC. She also won herding group! Both breed and group was judged by Mrs Yvonne Brink from Sweden. 23.07. Mäntsälä Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 3rd Best Male and EUW-06 Drover's Almost Unreal was 2nd Best Bitch. Drover's All Eyes On Me was 2nd in open bitches with "very good" and Drover's Again And Again was 3rd in open bitches with "very good". The judge for the day was Mrs Kitty Sjong from Denmark. 22.07. Saarijärvi Mrs Hilkka Salohalla judged today. Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won her class with grading very good. 16.07. Helsinki We had a most interesting exprerience today as Mrs Gillian Crunchey from Australia judged our breed today. She seemed to have big problems with tails on Finnish dogs and did not like them to carry their tails naturally like they do. Aussies are not carrying their tails like borders but she wanted them to have low tails. So our dogs (and many others) got graded only "good" because too high tail set, which was also wrongly said as she obviously ment tail carriage. We showed Drover's Bath'n Brushed, Drover's Attent'n Please, Drover's Again And Again and Drover's All Eyes On Me, which was the only Drover's bred dog to get "very good". Wappu placed as 2nd in open bitches. 15.07. Laukaa Becky, EUJW-06 Drover's Breakthrough won her class with grading very good. The judge was Mrs Leni Nousiainen from Finland. 09.07. Karjaa Mr Garry Newton from USA had an entry of 30 aussies. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 3rd with excellent in junior males and Wappu, Drover's All Eyes On Me lived up to her name by winning BOB with her final CAC! Now she has to pass the character test to gain her conformation title. 08.07. Tvååker/Sweden Agnes Ganami from Israel had an entry of 14 aussies. "Titzi", Drover's Burning Heart was placed as 3rd best bitch. 02.07. Porvoo Beata Petkevica from Latvia had an entry of 19 aussies. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was placed as 2nd Best Male with res.CAC. "Gösta", Drover's Attent'n Please did not fell at all to this judge and he got grading "good". Wappu, Drover's All Eyes On Me was 2nd Best Bitch with a res.CAC. 18.06. Forssa Sun was shining from cloudless sky and we are shining together with the sun. BOB to "Kielo", Drover's Almost Unreal, BOS with first CAC to "Indy", Drover's Bath'n Brushed and 2nd best male with res.CAC to "Gösta", Drover's Attent'n Please. Breed was judged by Mrs Gunnel Holm. 17.06. We have three puppies left We are so sorry to tell that the smaller of the black boys lost his battle for life. The remaining trio is very much alive and kicking. 15.06. C-litter is here! Pinja whelped a litter of four puppies. We have three boys and one girl. Pictures coming soon to upcoming litters-page. 10.06. Helsinki Int'l/European Winner show The other one of Finland's two breed specialists, Päivi Eerola had an entry of 33 Aussies at the European Winner show in Helsinki. First one to enter the ring was Drover's Bath'n Brushed who was shown in junior class. Indy got his excellent but this time he was not placed. Drover's Attent'n Please, Gösta was 2nd in open class. Tuula showed her Becky, Drover's Breakthrough in junior bitches and Becky took the class by storm by winning it and she got her first title, EUJW-06! Our read head was in action again. Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal won open bitches. The dam of Becky and Indy had her chance to get shown in Finland as she is docked. Shannon des Chemins Cathares was placed as 3rd in open class although being quite naked at the moment :-) Kielo also won her final CAC and the title of EuW-06! We are thrilled with this succes. We showed our breeders group with all dogs graded as excellent and out of two groups we were placed as 2nd with a prize of honour. Thank You all again for a day to remember! 04.06. Mänttä Mrs Elena Ruskovaara judged today in Mänttä. Drover's Breakthrough, "Becky" was 2nd Best Bitch with res.CAC. 03.06. Tallinn Int'l/Estonia Our Shannon des Chemins Cathares was today shown in Tallinn. Most unluckily she started to shed her coat heavily some three weeks ago so she looks more like a smooth coated version of an Aussie. Despite of that her great movements gave her a good placement as 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB. After a change of judge we saw finnish Mrs Soile Bister judging an entry of 18 Aussies. 25.05. Bjuv/Sweden Drover's Burning Heart "Titzi" was shown again. She was 2nd in junior bitches with a prize of honour. The judge was Mr Bo Wiberg from Sweden. 21.05. Hässleholm Int'l/Sweden Drover's Burning Heart "Titzi" was shown today. She won junior bitches with a prize of honour. After a change of judge our breed was judged by Mrs Birthe Larsen-Rosvall from Sweden. 21.05. Helsinki Int'l Two Drover's dogs were shown today for the swedish Mr Anders Lyrholm. Drover's Bath'n Brushed "Indy" was placed as 2nd Best Male with res.CAC. He lost the CAC because the judge saw him slightly overweight. Drover's April Love "Lempi" was shown very well by her young owner and she was placed as 2nd in open bitches with grading very good. 20.05. Järvenpää, Aussie Open Boy did we have fun at the Aussie Open! We have not been able to participate to this event since the very first Aussie Open in 2003. This year our club had decided to invite two judges from USA due to the ever increasing number of entries. The total entry of 150 aussies made the entries to new record in Finland. Mr Rick Gann (After All aussies) judged bitches, BOB, BOB-puppy and best breeders group and Mrs Melinda Gann (After All aussies) judged dogs and best progeny group. We are on cloud nine as our "Kielo", Drover's Almost Unreal won BOB! She won her class in red bitches and continued her winning ways all the way to BIS. Her dam "Pinja", Multi Ch Tres Colores Gabrielina won blue merle bitches, 3rd in blue merle bitches was "Becky", Drover's Breakthrough and 4th in blue merle bitches was "Wappu", Drover's All Eyes on Me. "Lempi", Drover's April Love was also shown in blue merle bitches and she too got a very nice critique. "Vilma", Drover's Breathtaking and "Jonna", Drover's Again and Again were shown in black bitches both getting very nice written critiques just needing more self confidence in showing. On the males we had two boys to show. "Indy", Drover's Bath'n Brushed was placed 2nd in black males and our "Gösta", Drover's Attent'n Please was placed as 3rd in the biggest class for the day, 25 blue merle males. Out of the seven shown breeders groups Drover's was chosen as the winner. Thank you all for making this day a memorable one! 14.05. Hamina Aussies had a change of judge and we saw Mrs Jaana Hartus judging our breed. Drover's All Eyes On Me "Wappu" won BOS with CAC. This was Wappu's first CAC after her second birthday but unfortunately she already has a CAC from Mrs Hartus so she can not use this one for her conformation title. 10.05. C-litter is on the way! Pinja's easter dating with "Bernard" was successful so we are waiting a litter to be born mid June. Please see the link for coming litters for more information. 07.05. Suolahti Drover's Breakthrough aka Becky won BOS with her second CAC. The judge for the day was Mrs Elena Ruskovaara. 06.05. Lund/Sweden Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart was shown today. She won junior class with a prize of honour. The judge for the day was Mr Rodi Hübenthal from Norway. 23.04. Lahti Int'l We stayed home this weekend but our puppybyers did wonderful job at Lahti Int'l. Mr Rajko Rotner from Slovenia judged an entry of 28 aussies. 11,5 months old Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was 2nd with an excellent in junior class and was placed as 4th best male. His littersister Becky, Drover's Breakthrough made it all the way and won bitches with her first CAC and BOS! 26.03. Bergen Int'l/Norway Long, long drive to beautiful Bergen on Norways western coast. Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina won her Norwegian title as she won BOB with CAC and CACIB under norwegian Mrs Wera Hübenthal. 18.03. Tampere Int'l Mr Salvatore Giannone from Belgium judged an entry of 53 aussies today. Our Shannon-pups were shown for the first time in junior class. Sanna's Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed was placed as 2nd with an excellent and Vilma's Luca, Drover's Braveheart who was at his first show ever was one of the six junior males with an excellent in a class of 15 juniors. Indy was later placed as 4th in Best Male class. Well done! Tuula showed her Becky, Drover's Breakthrough also for the first time and she also got an excellent and was placed as 4th in a class of 10 junior bitches. Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal was shown in intermediate and she was placed as second with an excellent in a class of two. Our Pinja, CH Tres Colores Gabrielina got her excellent but she was not placed in a class of five champion bitches. We showed our very first breeders group and we were placed as second out of three groups but surprisingly with no prize of honour although all the dogs in our group had been graded as excellent=champion quality. 14.03. Health results We have been to eye specialist today. Pinja (Tres Colores Gabrielina), Gösta (Drover's Attent'n Please) and Kielo (Drover's Almost Unreal) were checked among our two OES's. All the five dogs had clear eyes. 12.03. Pinja is TOP conformation aussie for 2005! Today we finally can tell the big news that our Pinja won the title of Top conformation Aussie in Finland for 2005 and her daughter Kielo was third on the list! 15.01.2006 Lahti, show for FCI groups 1&2 and all breed puppy show The first show for the year 2006, and what a way to start the year. There was an entry of 33 adult aussies for finnish Mrs Marja Talvitie and seven puppies for also finnish Mrs Lena Eskills. All together there were over 1800 dogs at this show! First out were the adults. We had entered Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please. He first won his class and then continued on to win Best Male with his first CAC. We would have been more than pleased with this but our boy went all the way to win the breed and in the afternoon he picked a Group second! Eight months old Drover's Beyond Belief, "Wilma" was shown for the last time in puppy class and she did not disappoint us. She won BOB puppy and in the afternoon she picked a Group third to her credit. 18.12 Helsinki Int'l, Nordic Winner show And now it was the second day of Finnish Kennel Club's biggest event of the year, the double winner shows. There was an entry of 50 aussies for Mr Pedro Sanches Delerue from Portugal. We had entered Gösta, Kielo and Pinja. Gösta, Drover's Attent'n Please made his debut in Finnish showrings by winning the intermediate class (well, he was the only one :-)) with an excellent. He made us proud by making the cut among six finalists in Best Male and he finally won res.CAC. His redheaded sister Kielo, Drover's Almost Unreal has not been shown since May but what a way to make a comeback. She was entered in open class to compete among the "big girls" just accidentally. The class held 10 bitches but our Kielo, shown by Satu, won the class with style. She ended up as 3rd Best Bitch with CAC. The dam of Gösta and Kielo is our CH Tres Colores Gabrielina "Pinja" who showed her heart out today and she, if anybody else, was happy to win Best Bitch and NORDW-05:-) She was finally placed as BOS after the Danish owned American bred Gefion's Chronicle. Pinja was also one of the four dogs in Tres Colores breeders group which was chosen as best out of the three groups shown. 17.12 Helsinki Int'l, Finnish Winner show Today was the first day of Finnish Kennel Club's biggest event of the year, the double winner shows. There was an entry of 44 aussies for Mrs Lena Eskills from Finland. We had entered only Pinja and she picked one more title to her already impressing list of winnings as she won BOS. She is now also FinW-05. 10.12 Stockholm Int'l/Sweden, Swedish Winner show Oh my goodness, what a show! Where do I start :-) 36 aussies were entered to norwegian Mr Frank Christiansen. We knew nothing about this judge beforehand so it was really exciting to show for him. First out in the ring with his show debute was our "Gösta", Drover's Attent'n Please. He was shown in the intermediate class (18-24months) and he was placed as 2nd in a class of seven with a grading champion quality. Our french beauty Shannon des Chemins Cathares won open bitches and "Pinja", Tres Colores Gabrielina won the champion class. In best bitch class Pinja took the first place with another new title, SW-05 and Riitta showed Shannon to a 4th place with CAC! Pinja then met her half brother in the BOB which she took by storm. Very nice show with superb results for our team! 09.12 A letter from Swedish Kennel Club Yippee! Pinja is Swedish Show Champion! Today came the letter from SKK stating that they have accepted her Finnish mentaltest for their conformation title. They changed the rule (again) recently after Finnish Kennel Club sent a question to SKK asking why they don't accept our mentaltest. 04.12 Helsinki, all breed puppy show Sanna was showing her Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed today at an huge all breed puppy show with over 600 puppies entered. Six aussies were judged by Mrs Satu Ylä-Mononen of Ricarron Bernese Mountain Dogs. Indy won BOB-puppy! 17.11 Health result Shannon des Chemins Cathares was x-rayed on elbows a week ago. Today came the letter from Kennel Club stating that she has clear elbows! 13.11 Helsinki, puppy show Mrs Taina Nygård of Washakie landseer continentals judged aussiepuppies today. Indy, Drover's Bath'n Brushed won his class and Wilma, Drover's Beyond Belief won BOB puppy and was placed 4th in the group. 05.11 Tartu Int'l, Estonia While the kids from B-litter were practising the skills of showbusiness in Finland their mom Shannon des Chemins Cathares headed to Estonia to win her 2nd BOB with CAC and CACIB on her second show ever! The judge was Mr Ralf Campbell from Norway. 05.11 Espoo, puppy show Mrs Hilkka Salohalla judged a big entry of 19 puppies. Drover's Bath'n Brushed "Indy" and his co-owner Sanna Kumpumäki both made their show debutes and they did wery well. Indy was placed as third in a class of seven male puppies. His sister "Wilma", Drover's Beyond Belief made also her debute with her co-owner Hanna Mäkiaho showing her. Wilma was best bitch and ended up as BOS-puppy. Puppy show success in Sweden Titzi, Drover's Burning Heart has done some excellent results in Sweden. She was shown for the first time on Oct 16th and she went BOS-puppy to an older male bred by her owner Pia Augustsson. Last sunday, Oct 23rd Titzi took BOB-puppy shown by Claes as Pia was unable to participate to the show. Claes and Titzi did not stay for the group finals. Well done Titzi and the Augustsson family! 23.10 Seinäjoki Today was the second day for this show weekend in Seinäjoki. This time Drover's All Eyes On Me, "Wappu" made it all the way. She won her second CAC with BOB! The judge for the day was a border collie breeder, Mrs Jaana Hartus from Finland. 22.10 Seinäjoki Drover's All Eyes On Me, "Wappu" was shown today. She was placed as 3rd Best Bitch with a res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mr Diego Ramalho from Portugal. 16.10 Rakvere/Estonia Our French lady Shannon des Chemins Cathares was shown today for the very first time in her life. And what a way to start a show career. She won BOB with CAC and continued her winning ways in the group finals as she was placed as second in group! Breed judge was Mrs Annika Ulltveit-Moe from Sweden and group was judged by Mrs Beata Petkevica from Latvija. 05.10 No S CH title for Pinja Today we received a letter from Swedish Kennel Club stating that they are no longer accepting the Finnish character test for Swedish championship! The biggest problem with this is that a dog has to be under four years of age when it is tested in Sweden and Pinja turned four years old in July. We are hoping to get her tested in Sweden and we have sent a letter to ask a special permission to do the test during next spring. Sometimes dogs from abroad may get this permission. 29.09 Health result again Drover's Aurora Borealis, "Vanille" was x-rayed a month ago. Today came finally the results: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! We are thrilled about these splendid results of our Ethan-Pinja litter. 27.09 Health result Drover's Almost Unreal, "Kielo" was x-rayed two weeks ago. Today came the results: hips A-A and elbows 0-0! 22.09 Back home from France Pinja's two weeks holiday in France is over. We spent 10 days in Pierrefonds in a beautiful country house where dogs enjoyed themselves as much as we between the shows. Pinja was entered to two shows which she took by storm. 11th September was our first show in Pontoise, just some 40 kilometres north from Paris. Before we headed to the show grounds had Aussies had two changes of judge and finally we saw Mr Javier Sanchez Fernandez from Spain judging the eight Aussies. Pinja won BOB with CAC and CACIB. After some relaxing days as tourists was the highlight of this trip, the French National in l'Isle Adam 17.-18.09. Mrs Gail Karamalagos, Callisto aussies judged the main classes while french OES breeder Mr Pascal Grappin judged puppies, juniors and veterans. There was an entry of 163. We are still on cloud nine as Pinja won res.CAC after the BIS winning bitch who took the CAC! Pinja's daughter Drover's Aurora Borealis "Vanille" was placed as 9th in a class of 19 intermediate bitches. 04.09 Macon Int'l, France Vanille, Drover's Aurora Borealis was shown today. She was placed as second in her class with a grading excellent. The breed judge was Mr Jean Lory, France. 03.09 Vantaa Lempi, Drover's April Love was shown today. She won her class with grading Very Good. The judge for the day was Mrs Kristina Purens from Sweden.