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22.11.2014 Ansa im Memoriam
Ansa, CH Drover's Visual Effect died yesterday at the age of 11 years 1 month. She lived her retirement years with Jaana and Helinä the OES and she was one from our last litter of OES's.


27.12.2013 Kerttu im Memoriam
Kerttu, C.I.B. Drover's Verbal Acrobat got suddenly very ill on 26th of December. She was taken to the ICU at the veterinary high school in Helsinki where she spent the night. The test results in the morning showed that nothing could be done for her so Riitta and Matti made the tough decision to let her sleep away. She was 10 years 2 months old and she was one from our last litter of OES's.


19.08. Tallinn Int'l, Estonia/Balt W-12
Kerttu, C.I.B. Drover's Verbal Acrobat won veteran bitches and got the titel BALTVW-12. She was BOS-veteran. The judge was Mrs Gunilla Skallman from Sweden.


28.04. Lahti Int'l
Kerttu, C.I.B. Drover's Verbal Acrobat was 3rd best bitch and BOB-veteran. The judge was Mrs Nina Janger from Finland.


21.01.2012 Turku Int'l
Our last OES litter turned eight years old last October. Kerttu, C.I.B. Drover's Verbal Acrobat made her debute in veteran class today by winning BOB-veteran.


05.04.2011 Sören in memoriam
We received sad news today as FI, NO, DK CH Drover's Upon Request, Sören died at almost 12 years of age. Sören moved to live with family Kurki 10 years ago due his very bad hips. Though his HD status he lived a long and happy life.


21.07.2010 Health result
Today Helli, C.I.B. Drover's Very Best had her eyes cleared.


11.10. Somero, temperament test
Today Helli, C.I.B. Drover's Very Best and her littersister Kerttu, C.I.B. Drover's Verbal Acrobat did their temperament tests with flying colours. Both got +110 points and were secure to gunshots. The judges were Mrs Sirkka Lempinen and Mrs Carita Koskinen.


21.09. DNA result for PCD
Today we received good news from Heidi. She had sent DNA sample to University of Liége in Belgium out of her Helli, C.I.B. Drover's Very Best already last spring. The waiting was long but now we can tell that Helli is clear for PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesis) which is an inherited lung disease in OES.


30.08. Fiina in memoriam
We received sad news that Fiina, CH Drover's Unique Fenfire passed away yesterday. Fiina was almost 10 years 4 months old.


02.08. Tuomaala, specialty
Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best was EXC4 in a class of 13 champion bitches. The judge was Mr Mark Wibier, Sweet Expression's OES, Germany.


20.06. Nipa in memoriam
Just before the midsummer we got the sad news that Nipa, Drover's Undercover Cop had passed away june 18th at the age of 10 years and 1 month.


13-14.06. Riga Int'l, Latvia
Kerttu, CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat was shown in Latvia during the weekend. On saturday our judge Mrs Marion ten Cate from Holland gave her 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB and the judge for sunday, Mr Philip John from India gave her BOS with CACIB! So Kerttu finished her International championship with this win.


01.06. Eye clearance
Kerttu, CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat had her eyes cleared today.


24.05. Österbybruk Int, Sweden
Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best was 2nd best bitch. The judge for the day was Mrs Irina Poletaeva from Finland (Russia).


06.04. Viljami in memoriam
This morning gave us again sad news as family Mäenpää had said goodbye to their beloved Viljami, CH Drover's Special Edition. Viljami was 11+ years old.


24.03. Health result
Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best visited eye specialist today and everything was in order with her eyes.


17.03.2009 Valma in memoriam
We woke up in the morning to a SMS telling us that early morning Riitta and Matti had said goodbye to their beloved Valma, CH Drover's Unforgettable. Valma was almost 10 years old.


22.11. Jyväskylä Int
9,5 years old Fiina, CH Drover's Unique Fenfire won BOB-veteran and 4th best bitch. The judge for the day was Mr Francisco Salvador Janeiro from Portugal.


16.11. Riga Int, Latvia
Kerttu, CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat won BOB with CAC and CACIB. Kerttu is now also Latvian champion. The judge for the day was Mr Dennis Kuzelj from Slovenia.


05.10. Lassi in memoriam
More sad news for this weekend as we received a phone call from a very sad Merja telling us that they had said goodbye to their Lassi, Drover's Reality Bites. Lassi received a very honourable age of 12 years and 9 months.


03.10. Tupsis in memoriam
Tupsis, CH Drover's Untamed Heart was sadly put down today at the age of 9,5 years due to severe pyometra.


28.09. Eckerö Int'l
Fiina, CH Drover's Unique Fenfire was 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran! The judge was a breed specialist Mr Pedro Sanchez Delerue from Portugal.


26.07. Pori Int'l
Fiina, CH Drover's Unique Fenfire has not been shown for ages. Today she made her first outing as a veteran by winning 3rd best bitch and BOB veteran! The judge was Mrs Frances Hickey from Ireland.


19.04. Harstad Int'l, Norway
Kerttu, CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat did some excellent job in Norway! She won BOB with CAC and CACIB and is now also N CH. The judge was Mrs Leni Finne from Finland.


17.04. Loppan in memoriam
With tears in our eyes we said goodbye to our sweet Loppan this morning. Loppan, INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01, NW-02, SW-02, NORDW-03 Drover's Snow Princess lived up to 10 years and 3 months. As so often with this breed her rear weakened quite suddenly and as pain killers did not help so we had the toughest decision to make. Goodbye sweet Loppan.


23.02. Bö i Telemark Int'l/Norway
Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best won BOB with CAC and CACIB and got her Norwegian title. The judge for the day was Mrs Agnes Ganami from Israel. Helli was also picked among the six finalists in the group.


16.02. Masi in memoriam
We received sad news from Päivi and Kari Viinanen. Their beloved Masi, FIN, EST CH FIN OBCH Drover's Right On Target passed away at the age of 12 years and 1,5 months.


04.02. Ansa has a new home
Ansa, CH Drover's Visual Effect moved to Sipoo at Jaana's home last satuday. Jaana is the owner of Ansa's neace, Soft Motion's All Untamed, "Helinä". We had been talking about re-homing Ansa if we find a good permanent home for her. As her hips are not good, having "only" grade C she had difficulties to keep up with our Aussies. We wanted her to have a more quiet home and found it at Jaana's place. Last saturday we met Jaana and Helinä together with Ansa and as the girls made friends immediately Jaana took Ansa to her home immediately. Everything has worked out just perfect so we are happy for Ansa and Jaana is happy of Ansa :-)


27.01. Turku Int'l
There was an entry of 19 for Mrs Marja Talvitie from Finland. Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best won BOB and her littersister Kerttu, CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat was 2nd best bitch with CACIB. Helli made the cut among 10 finalists in the group.


22.01. Health result
Helli, Drover's Very Best had her eyes cleared today.


16.01.2008 Happy 10th birthday Loppan!
The queen of our household Loppan, INT, FIN, S, DK, N CH FINW-00,-01 NW-02 SW-02 NORDW-03 Drover's Snow Princess is celebrating her 10th birthday today!


15.12. Stockholm Int, Sweden/NORDW-07
Mrs Charlotte Höier from Denmark judged an entry of 20. Helli, INT CH Drover's Very Best was 4th best bitch.


09.12. Helsinki Int/FINW-07
Mr Hans Lehtinen from Finland judged an entry of 27. INT CH Drover's Very Best won champion class bitches and placed as 3rd best bitch. CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat got an excellent.


12.08. Oslo Int/Norway
Mr Stelios Makaritis from Hellas judged an entry of 12. INT CH Drover's Very Best was 2nd best bitch.


29.07. Vantaa
There was an entry of eight for Mrs Susan Badick from Canada. INT CH Drover's Very Best won BOB and a visitor from Germany, Viljami's (CH Drover's Special Edition) daughter Emma, INT CH Sweet Expressions' Circus Circus was 2nd best bitch. Emma won BOB yesterday in Pori Int'l and got her CAC for FIN CH!


02.06. Tallinn/Estonia, ESTW-07
There was an entry of 10 for Brigita Kremser from Slovenia. INT CH Drover's Very Best won BOB with CAC. With this CAC she got her EST CH title and the title of ESTW-07.


19.03. Health result
Drover's Very Best visited eye specialist today and everything was OK in her eyes.


18.03. Riga Int'l/Latvia, LVW-07
CH Drover's Very Best is a new INT CH! We were showing in Riga and Helli won BOB with CAC and CACIB so she is now a new INT, FIN, LV CH LVW-07. The judge was Mrs Gunnel Holm from Finland. When we entered our dogs to this show we did not know who the judge would be so it was a surprise when the schedule came and showed that there will be a finnish judge. Helli was picked among the nine finalists in the group.


05.03. Health result
CH Drover's Verbal Acrobat, Kerttu visited eye specialist today. Everything was well with her eyes.


14.01. Lahti
We have a homebred champion #47! Kerttu, Drover's Verbal Acrobat won BOB with her final CAC and is now FIN, EST CH. The judge for the day was Mrs Marja Talvitie, Finland. We are very proud of this CAC as Kerttu was the only one of today's entries in our breed who received an excellent.


06.01.2007 Pablo In Memoriam
We received sad news from Riikka Jokela. Their beloved pet Pablo, Drover's Pitch And Toss, had been put to sleep at the age of 14 years and 2 months.


06.11 Emma TOP OES in Germany!
We are very proud to announce that the daughter of CH Drover's Special Edition, Multi CH Sweet Expression's Circus Circus is the TOP winning OES in Germany for 2006! Not bad for a bitch! There is only one more show to go for this year and Emma is leading the competition so clearly that she is the clear winner. Warm congratulations goes to Mark and Roosmarie :-)


14.10 Dortmund/Germany
Again a SMS from Mark which tells us that "Emma", INT CH Sweet Expressions's Circus Circus continued her winning ways by winning BOB at the VDH-Centennial Show under breeder-judge Mrs Heike Bilsheim, Germany. Congratulations Mark & Roosmarie, we are very proud of Viljami's daughter!


13.10 Dortmund/Germany
A SMS from Mark tells us that the daughter of CH Drover's Special Edition "Emma", INT CH Sweet Expressions's Circus Circus has won BOB and the title BndSg-06 under Lew McWilliam from England!


17.09 Hyvinkää
Drover's Verbal Acrobat, "Kerttu" was 2nd best bitch with a res.CAC. Judge for today was Mr Rajko Rotner from Slovenia.


09.09 Porvoo
Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu" got a VG1. Judge for today was Mrs Lena Eskills.


02.09 Helsinki
Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu" got a G because she was moving too soundly for the breed! Judge for today was Mrs Wendye Slatyer from Australia.


13.08 Oslo Int'l, NW-06, Norway
Our "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect has not been shown too many times during her career. But once again she kept the hopes we once set for her. Mrs Hassi Assenmacher-Feyel from Germany judged an entry of 14 OES's at the Norwegian Winner-06 show. Ansa won BOS with CAC and CACIB and she is now FIN, N CH NW-06 Drover's Visual Effect. This win also gave her a ticket to Crufts, once again. One more CACIB from which ever country and she will be INT CH!


21.05 Giessen Int'l, Germany
Once again a SMS from a happy Mark Wibier. Their CH Drover's Special Edition-daughter CH Sweet Expression's Circus Circus won BOB and is now INT CH !


20.05 Bad Salzhausen, Germany
While we were celebrating the SBIS win of our aussie Drover's Almost Unreal here in Finland we got a happy SMS from a happy Mark Wibier telling us that their CH Drover's Special Edition-daughter CH Sweet Expression's Circus Circus has won BIS at the National Specialty of the British Sheepdog Club of Germany. The breedjudge was a breed specialist from USA, Mrs Marilyn O'Cuilinn and BIS was judged by Mrs Erika Heintz from Germany. Congratulations goes to Ringe, Germany!


14.05 Hamina
Our own "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect has not been shown since last August but what a way to make a comeback as she was shown for the first (and last) time in the open class: BOB with final CAC! She is our homebred champion # 46! She also made the cut among the eight finalists in the group. The breed was judged by Mrs Jaana Hartus and the group was judged by Mr JAU Yrjölä.


29.04 Vaasa
Johanna and Tilda, CH Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover were in action again. This time the breed was judged by Mr John Rowles from Australia who placed Tilda as BOS.


15.04 Stockholm Int'l/Sweden
Johanna travelled to Sweden with Tilda, CH Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover and they had good success. The breed was judged by Mrs Barbara Müller, Pennylane OES's, Switzerland. Tilda won BOS with CAC and CACIB and is now a new S CH!


18.03 Tampere Int'l
Mrs Beryl Hession from Australia judged an entry of 24 OES's today. Heidi showed Helli, CH Drover's Very Best to BOS with CACIB so Helli is now one CACIB away from her Int'l title! Johanna showed Tilda, CH Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover and she was placed as third best bitch. Riitta's Kerttu, Drover's Verbal Acrobat was placed as 2nd with an Exc in open class.


14.03 Health results
We have been to eye specialist today. Both Loppan (Drover's Snow Princess) and Ansa (Drover's Visual Effect) among three of our aussies had clear eyes.


29.02 Results for TOP OES 2005
Our "Tilda", who lives with Johanna is TOP SHOW BITCH for 2005 and TOP young OES 2005! Tilda, CH Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover is bred by Wibiers in Germany. Heidi Andersson's "Helli", CH Drover's Very Best was second best young OES. We did not send in Ansa's points so no placement for her.


21.01.2006 Turku Int'l
We stayed home today but Johanna and Tilda were in action in Turku. After a change of judge the breed was judged by Mr Roger Vanhoenacker from Belgium. Tilda, CH Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover won BOB.


18.12 Helsinki Int'l, NORDW-05
Today was the second day of Finnish Kennel Club's two days Winner shows. Drover's was represented by champion bitches Drover's Very Best "Helli" and Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover "Tilda". 19 OES's were entered for Mr Svend Löwenskjaer, Denmark. Helli was 2nd Best Bitch and Tilda was 3rd Best Bitch.


17.12 Helsinki Int'l, FINW-05
Today was the first day of Finnish Kennel Club's two days Winner shows. Drover's was represented by Drover's Very Best "Helli" and Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover "Tilda". 25 OES's were entered for Mr Stuart Mallard of Tuckles OES's, GB. Helli was shown in champion class and she was placed as 2nd and later on 3rd Best Bitch and Tilda won the open class and was placed as 2nd in Best Bitch. With this win Tilda finished her title and is now FIN CH!


10.12 Stockholm Int'l and somewhere in Germany
Drover's Very Best was shown in Stockholm for Mrs Diane Anderson, Likeabear OES's, USA. Helli was placed as 4th in her class with grading champion quality. Meanwhile Mark and Roosmarie Wibier were showing their Drover's Special Edition-daughter Sweet Expression's Circus Circus at an international show as well. Emma finished her German and German VDH Champion titles!


05.11 Tartu Int'l, Estonia
Drover's Verbal Acrobat was placed as 2nd best bitch. The judge was Mr Bo Skalin from Sweden.


31.10 Linda Im Memoriam
Our thoughts are with Merja and Pauli Stenholm who have today said goodbye to their beloved "Linda". "Linda", FIN CH Drover's Quadrille Girl died at the age of 10 years 9 months.


23.10 Seinäjoki
Second day in Seinäjoki was a success to Drover's in both breeds. Drover's Very Best aka Helli is a new champion as she won BOB with her final CAC! She is the champion #45 for Drover's OES's. Helli was picked among the seven finalists in group. The judge for the day was Mrs Jaana Hartus from Finland.


22.10 Seinäjoki
Drover's Very Best aka Helli was shown today in Seinäjoki. She was placed as 3rd Best Bitch with res.CAC. The judge for the day was Mr Diego Ramalho from Portugal.


16.10 Rakvere/Estonia
Kerttu, Drover's Verbal Acrobat was shown in Estonia in Rakvere. She won BOB with CAC and was picked among the six finalists in the group. Breed judge was Mrs Annika Ulltveit-Moe from Sweden and the group was judged by Mrs Beata Betkevice from Latvija.


14.10 Ansa & co turned two years old yesterday
As our V-litter turned two years old yesterday it was time to give a bath and brush to our Ansa, Drover's Visual Effect and shoot some birthday pics. You can see some beutiful headshots of Ansa on her own page. She was showing different kind of expressions like any Claudia Schiffer would have done :-)


22.09 home again
We spent a two weeks holiday in France with Pinja-the-aussie and Helli-the-OES. Of course there was some shows also booked. First show was in Pontoise Sep 11th. The breed was judged by Mrs Janette Larive from France. Helli, Drover's Very Best won BOB with CAC and CACIB and was picked among the five finalists in the group where only the winner was chosen. A week after Pontoise was Helli shown in Compiegne while Pinja headed to the French Aussie national. This time our breed was judged by Mr Georges Kraemer from France too. After he had told to the ring side audience how an OES should look like having Helli as an excample was Helli awarded with res.CAC and res.CACIB.


03.09 Vantaa
Today it was Helli's, Drover's Very Best turn to represent Drover's in the showring. She ended up as BOS with CAC under breed specialist Mrs Kristina Purens, Honeysuckle OES, Sweden.


28.08 Heinola
This time we saw a new judge in our breed judging for the first time, Mr Harry Tast, who is one of Finland's few all rounders. He fell for our "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect and gave her BOB with her 7th CAC.


20.-21.08 Herding in Kausala
We have again spent one herding weekend in Kausala. There were 11 different dogs during the weekend, some dogs and owners for the first time, and it was marvellous to see how much the dogs enjoyed doing the thing they were bred for! Our three "herding girls" Ansa, Helli and Kerttu continued to learn the skills of herding and they are developing very well. In the end of the weekend our instructor said that with little bit of more training is Ansa ready for herding competitions next summer. Guess if we are proud of her!


13.08 Aura
Our "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect won BOS with CAC (her sixth) today. The breed was judged by beardie breeder Mrs Lena Eskills, Finland.


06.08 Joensuu Int'l & 07.08 Joensuu
Mr Hans Bierwolf from Austria judged the five OES's entered on saturday. Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover won BOB, CAC and CACIB again and norwegian Mr Helge Lie placed Tilda as BIG2. On sunday was Mrs Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen judging and she gave Tilda BOB out of the two dogs shown. Tilda was later picked among the eight finalists in the group.


31.07 Pori Int'l
Mr Seamus Oates from Ireland judged our breed today. BOS with CAC and CACIB went to "Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover. Drover's Very Best was third in her class with a very good.


24.07 Vantaa
Marja Talvitie judged our breed today. Our blue eyed beauty Drover's Visual Effect, "Ansa" charmed her and ended up as BOB with CAC on a very, very windy but sunny day.


16.07 Panelia, Finnish Bobtail Club's specialty
Yesterday was the club show for Finnish Bobtail Club. The judge for the day was british Mr Steve W Hall, Shenedene OES's. Out of an entry of 51 dogs we showed six dogs. Best did "Tilda", Sweet Expressions' Dashing Drover who was shown by Johanna. Tilda went all the way to Best Bitch and BOS. 2nd Best Bitch was Heidi's "Helli", Drover's Very Best. Taija showed "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect who was 4th in the class with an excellent and Hanna showed "Kerttu", Drover's Verbal Acrobat for Riitta and got an excellent too. "Ransu", Drover's Take My Word who is the proud father of these four girls was shown by Taija and Ransu got a very good critique in champion class but because lacking in amount of coat he got a very good. Satu was showing "Tupsis", Drover's Untamed Heart who is the mother of our V-litter was 3rd in champion bitches with an axcellent. We also had a breeders group which was placed as second out of three groups. There is always a special competition for the best coat quality of the day at the Finnish Club show. Our judge wanted to see our Ansa, Helli and Tupsis in this competition. Thank You everyone for a very nice day!


Capacity of our homepages
As many of you propably noticed our homepages were down since yesterday. Reason for this was that so many of you are visiting our pages per month that the server could not deal with it. The only way to fix this was to buy more capacity. Our Thanks goes to all of you who feel the interest to visit the Drover's pages!


19.06 Kotka
Mr Austin Long-Doyle from Ireland judged our breed today. Drover's Very Best, "Helli" won BOS with CAC.


18.06 Iitti
Drover's Verbal Acrobat, "Kerttu" was shown today with superb result. She won BOB with CAC under Ms Päivi Eerola and on the afternoon she was picked among eight finalists in the group which was judged by Mrs Elena Ruskovaara.


11.06 Vänersborg INT (S) and 12.06 Hilleröd INT (DK)
We were showing "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect on saturday in Vänersborg in Sweden and on sunday in Hilleröd in Denmark. On saturday she won BOB, with CAC and CACIB under australian Mr Wayne Burton and on sunday she got a CQ but did not place in best bitch-competition under Mr Carlos Saevich from Argentina.


08.06 Tilda's HD-result
"Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Results came today as bad as was expected: hips D-D, elbows 0-0.


22.05 Helsinki Int'l
"Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover was in action again. She won BOB with CACIB and CAC under Mr Kari Järvinen from Finland.


21.05 Hamina Int'l
"Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover was in action again. She won BOB with CACIB and CAC and was later placed as 3rd in Group. Both breed and group were judged by Mr Joao Vieira Lisboa from Portugal.


14.05 Raisio
A SMS from Johanna tells us that "Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover has won her second CAC with BOB today! The judge for the day was Mrs Lena Eskills.


07.05 Harjavalta
A SMS from Johanna tells us that "Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover has won her first CAC with BOS today! The judge for the day was Mrs Elzbieta Chwalibog from Poland.


23.04 Lahti Int'l
Our own Drover's Visual Effect has not been shown since Dec -04. Now she made "the effect" by charming totally our judge for the day Mrs Elena Ruskovaara who was judging an entry of 16 OES's. She gave "Ansa" her first BOB with CAC and CACIB. 2nd Best Bitch was Heidi Anderssons Drover's Very Best and 3rd in the class with an Exl was Riitta Nenonens Drover's Verbal Acrobat.


27.03 Lappeenranta
We had a very good day today. Two Drover's dogs were shown to Mrs Jaana Hartus, a border collie breeder. Her choice as BOB with CAC was Heidi Anderssons Drover's Very Best "Helli" and 2nd best bitch with res.CAC was Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu".


Golden medal
Satu has had the great honour to been given Finnish Kennel Club's golden medal for her work in various cynological venues during the years.


21.02. Third In Memoriam story whithin a month
This time our thoughts are with Kia & Petri Wikholm who have today said goodbye to their beloved "Sessi" (FIN, S CH Drover's Proper Princess) and "Kalimero" (FIN CH Drover's Prince Charming). These littermates spent their last four years with the Wikholm family as their previous owner had to give them away due to some changes in her family. Sessi and Kalimero went over to the rainbow bridge at the age of 12 years 3 months.


14.02. Not so Happy Valentine
Our hearts are broken. We have today said goodbye to two of our dogs, both getting critical health problems during last night. The queen of our household Matilda (INT, FIN, S, DK CH Shaggybob's Balloo Satin) left as at the age of 12 years 8 months due to cancer which had spread all over to her lungs causing severe problems of breathing. Exactly at the same time her son Esko (FIN, S CH Drover's Read My Lips) got ill with high temperature and feeling very sick. They were taken to the vet high school this morning and alot of examination was done with x-rays, ultra sound and blood tests to both of them. Esko left us at the age of nine years due to cancer in his stomach.


29.01.2005 a day with sadness and joy
We have today said goodbye to our beloved "Hjalmar" (INT, FIN, S, DK CH FINW-99 SBIS Drover's Quite the Best) who yesterday turned 10 years old. He became weak very suddenly and unexpectadly. In only four days he lost his strength to lay down and get up and this morning we saw that only one decision was right for him. Satu stayed home while I went to Turku to an International show to show "Helli", Drover's Very Best for Heidi. Our V-litter just turned 15 months old and "Helli" did not disappoint us when she won the breed with CAC and her first CACIB under Mr Miklos Levente from Hungary. Later she was picked among nine finalists in a huge herding group which was judged by herding breed specialist Mr Peter Harsanyi from Hungary.


17.12 Ultrasound
Tupsis was in ultrasound today and unfortunately she is not going to have any puppies.


12.12 Stockholm Int, SW-04
Drover's Visual Effect was 2nd Best Bitch and her littersister Drover's Very Best was 3rd Best Bitch and they are only 14 months old! Ansa is now Crufts qualified as she was the best junior bitch. The judge was Mr Davor Javor from Croatia.


More happy news from Kennel Club
Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu" and Drover's Visual Effect "Ansa" were x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today came the results: Kerttu's hips A-A and elbows 1-0 and Ansa's hips C-C and elbows 0-0!


Happy news from Kennel Club
Drover's Very Best "Helli" was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago. Today Heidi got the results from Finnish Kennel Club: hips A-A and elbows 0-0!


21.11 Jyväskylä INT
Drover's Visual Effect "Ansa" won her second CAC today from junior class and was placed as second Best Bitch! Her litter sister "Helli", Drover's Very Best was exl2. The judge for the day was Mrs Patricia Chadwick from England.


Mating
FIN CH Drover's Untamed Heart "Tupsis" made a trip abroad during last weekend. If we are lucky we will have puppies mid January. Inquiries are welcome!


23.10 Seinäjoki INT
Johanna showed Tilda (Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover) in Seinäjoki. She won her class with a grading of very good. The judge for the day was Mrs Elina Haapaniemi who gave Tilda a very nice critique only wishing that she gets more ring confidence.


03.10 Tampere
After a change of judge we saw Mrs Jaana Hartus judging our breed for the first time today. Her choice as BOS with CAC (her first) was Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu".


19.09 Kausala, herding
We spent again one most interesting day in Kausala. Two more Drover's dogs are now herding instinct tested! Valma, FIN, S CH Drover's Unforgettable and Kerttu, Drover's Verbal Acrobat both did a very good job with the stock. Kerttu is now third from our V-litter to show a very strong and beautiful style of work with the sheep. We also had Ansa, Drover's Visual Effect and Helli, Drover's Very Best with us. There is no clue about that an OES is a worthy worker! Photos will follow.


12.09 Porvoo
After almost three weeks long computer crash we are well behind of all the updates! Austrian Mr Erwin Deutscher judged our breed in Porvoo. Drover's Very Best "Helli" was 3rd Best Bitch with CAC (her third). Our German import Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover "Tilda" was 3rd in junior class with an excellent and Drover's Verbal Acrobat "Kerttu" was 4th with an excellent too.


05.09 Helsinki
German Mr Christofer Habig judged our breed today. Drover's Visual Effect was 3rd Best Bitch with res.CAC.


28.08 Kouvola
Australian Mr Peter Flynn judged our breed today. BOB to Harry & Jaana Turtiainens CH Drover's Unique Fenfire "Fiina", 2nd Best Bitch from junior class with CAC to Drover's Very Best "Helli" and 3rd in champion class to CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover "Nuppu". Fiina was picked among the eight finalists in a very high quality herding group.


22.08 Tervakoski
We have had a superb weekend! Today Mrs Maret Kärdi from Estonia judged some of our dogs with following results. BOB and later BIG 2 to INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01 SW-02 NW-02 NORDW-03 Drover's Snow Princess. Second best bitch with CAC (her first) to Drover's Very Best and third best bitch to FIN, N CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover.


21.08 Parainen
Mrs Elena Ruskovaara judged our breed for the first time. We were busy and could not enter any of our own dogs but Harry & Jaana Turtiainen did great job with their "Fiina". BOB and later BIG 2 was CH Drover's Unique Fenfire!


31.07 Pori INT'l
The Portugese breed specialist Mr Pedro Sanchez Delerue (da Quinta D'Abroeira OES) had an entry of 18 OES's. BOB went to our Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess. CH Drover's Unique Fenfire was 2nd in champion bitches and 3rd Best Bitch. Junior bitches was dominated by Drover's as the class winner with CAC and 2nd Best Bitch was a daugter of Ch Drover's Special Edition, the beautiful "Emma" Sweet Expression's Circus Circus. 2nd with an excellent was Drover's Visual Effect and 3rd with an excellent was Drover's Very Best. We also showed a breeders group for the first time since summer of 2001 and our group was placed as 4th in the Group finals.


24.07 Helsinki
First time out as a junior and our Drover's Visual Effect wins her first CAC with BOS! The judge for the day was Mrs Maret Kärdi from Estonia.


17.07 Orivesi
Our German import "Tilda", Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover was shown in official classes for the first time. She won junior class with an excellent. The judge was Mrs Noreen Harris from Ireland.


12.-13.07 Kausala, herding
We have spent two days in Kausala herding sheep. And boy did we have fun! And the fourlegged too shared the fun with us! We are proud of our "couch potatos"! Following Drover's bred/owned dogs were showing the sheep who's da boss :-) Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess "Loppan", Ch Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover "Nuppu" and the only 9 months old littersisters Drover's Visual Effect "Ansa" and Drover's Very Best "Helli". Ch Drover's Unique Fenfire "Fiina" almost made it. She needs some more self confidense to really let it go. Congrats also to Ulla Hellman of Grey Coat's OES's for her two excellent performances with CH Grey Coat's Classical Lady and CH Hurlyburly Hedwig of Beautiful Highland. We are hooked on herding! Photos are coming.


11.07 Mäntsälä
Today was the last show in puppy class for our V-litter. We were showing "Ansa" and "Helli" for the Croatian breed specialist Mr Davor Javor, Reata's OES. Both girls got most flattering critiques with prize of honours. Drover's Visual Effect ended up as BOB-puppy and Drover's Very Best was second.


04.07 Karjaa
A sunny day in Karjaa and Mrs Lena Eskills was the judge for the day. Drover's Visual Effect was BOB-puppy, her sister Drover's Very Best was 2nd in puppy class. Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess won BOB and was picked among seven finalists in the group.


03.07 Espoo, OES Specialty
Mr Claude Ritter of Ebonyivory OES from France was judging our club show this year. The day was spoiled by continous rain but we survived (LOL)! Our own 8,5 months old Drover's Visual Effect was Claude's choice as BIS puppy, followed by her half sister, our German import Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover, 3rd was Drover's Very Best and 4th Drover's Verbal Acrobat. Their dad CH Drover's Take My Word was placed as 4th in a big champion class and the mom of our V-litter, CH Drover's Untamed Heart was 4th Best Bitch of the show! Heidi and CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover ended up as BOS.


13.06 Virkkala
Heidi had a great day today in Virkkala as she showed both of her girls all by herself. "Nuppu", CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover took the Breed and "Helli", Drover's Very Best was BOB puppy. The judge for the day was Mr Jan Nesvadba from Switzerland.


06.06 Happy 12th birthday Matilda!
INT, FIN, S, DK CH Shaggybob's Balloo Satin, our sweet "Matilda" is celebrating her 12th birthday today! She has some harmless lumbs here and there on her body but otherwice than that she is still in splendid condition. Check out her new pictures on her own page at 1990's.


05.06 Duisburg, Germany (DOESC specialty)
"Emma" has been in action again! BOS with CAC to Sweet Expression's Circus Circus. Judge for the day was Mrs Jeanette Burns.


30.05 Sursee-Nottwil, Switzerland (Euro OES Show)
One very, very happy Mark Wibier phoned last night to tell us that the daughter of CH Drover's Special Edition Sweet Expression's Circus Circus had won the huge class of 27 junior bitches and then continued her winning ways by being BIS Junior at the show out of 74 juniors! Way to go Emma! We are proud!! The judge was Mrs Maureen Cowie, Southview OES, Great Britain.


30.05 Rauma
Our "Ansa", Drover's Visual Effect was shown for the first time today. The judge for the day was the norwegian herding breed specialist Mrs Wera Hübenthal who gave Ansa a flattering qritique with BOB puppy! Ansa's litterbrother "Masi", Drover's Very Big Boss was also shown for the first time. We had not seen Masi since he left to his new home and it was a big disappointment for us to find out that he has an undershot mouth. He still won the male puppies because of his super structure but he was left without the prize of honour. "Ransu", CH Drover's Take My Word, was 3rd Best Male. Better results will follow after some weight loss :-)


22.05 Helsinki INT
It is a long, long time ago we saw Finnish all rounder Mr Kari Järvinen judging our breed. Today there was a change of judge and he was called on duty judging an entry of 13 dogs. Our TOP WINNING Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess is back in business as she won BOB and was later placed as 4th in a very tough herding group under the well known Swedish shapendoes breeder Mrs Gunilla Skallman.


25.04 Lahti INT
Today we saw a breed specialist from New Zeeland judging our breed as Mr Ian Smith (Ronndal) was judging our breed. FIN CH Drover's Unique Fenfire won BOS with CACIB and her litter sister FIN, S CH Drover's Unforgettable was 4th Best Bitch. Our TOP WINNING Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess was graded as Very Good.


12.04 Lappeenranta
As our Aussie Tres Colores Gabrielina has started her maternity leave we took Multi Ch Multi W Drover's Snow Princess aka Loppan as only dog to this show. She went BOB and Group 3rd. The breed was judged by finnish Beardie breeeder Mrs Lena Eskills and the Group was judged by Mrs Leni Nousiainen.


11.04 Lilja moved to her new home
Lilja, Drover's Valentine Heart, moved to her new home in Hajala near Paimio today. Good luck with Lilja to her new owner Jenni Heinonen!


04.04 Kerava, all breed puppy show
Helli and Kerttu were shown for the first time today. They were the only OES's and the breed judge was Mrs Eeva Resko of Daragoj beagles. Her choice as BOB was Drover's Very Best "Helli". Drover's Verbal Acrobat " Kerttu" stood as 2nd with a price of honour too. The herding group was judged by Mrs Saija Juutilainen and Helli was placed as 3rd. This is what we can call a start of a career!


03.04 Orimattila, character test
Nuppu (CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover) passed the character test with excellent points of 174. Tupsis (CH Drover's Untamed Heart) got 71 points.


Lilja is looking for a new home
As a big disappointment for us our pick bitch from the V-litter has developed an undershot bite. Therefore Lilja is looking for a new home where she could live as family pet. Please contact us if you feel like willing to give her a home.


20.03 Tampere Int'l
Our Loppan - INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,01 SW-02 NW-02 NORDW-03 Drover's Snow Princess was shown for the first time in Finland since last August. She was placed as Best Bitch and BOS under Mrs Margaret Everton from Great Britain. There was an entry of 17 OES's.


27.02 Oili moved to her new co-owner
Oili moved to her new co-owner here in Espoo and she got a new callname, Tilda. Tilda will be seen in the show rings in the future.


2003 Year end awards
Our CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover ended up as TOP OES for 2003 in Finland! Congratulations and Thanks for good coat care goes to her co-owner Heidi Andersson. Also INT CH Drover's Ultra Classic has been listed in two countries as Kasper was 10th on the Norwegian list and 11th on the Swedish list. Congratulations goes to his owner Kicki Fundin in Sweden. Heidi has been busy on agility competitions as well as her late Drover's Unique Surprise, "Kamu" won the title of TOP Agility OES of 2003.


16.02. Oili has arrived
Our German girl Sweet Expression's Dashing Drover "Oili" flew to Finland during the weekend. Pics are coming shortly on her page at upcoming stars.


07.01.2004, eye examination
Nuppu's eyes were checked today and everything was just fine.


04.01.2004, Puppy meeting
We invited all the puppy owners from our V-litter who are living nearby to spend some outdoor time at Puolarmaari. All the puppies except Masi from Panelia and Grace from Kymi came. Pups did have great time when the five girls together with Vertti kept us owners busy. Pups at this age (12 weeks) do have very selective hearing;-).


13.12 Stockholm Int'l, Sweden, NORDW-03
Wow, Loppan did it again! BOS and a new NORDW-03 in Stockholm. She is now INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01 SW-02 NW-02 NORDW-03 Drover's Snow Princess. The Danish judge Mr Ole Staunskjaer just kept smiling on Loppan while going over her and he gave a very flattering critique to her. Needless to say, we are very proud.


06.12 Helsinki Int'l, FINW-03
I think it was first time in Finnish Winner-show's history that there was not a single Drover's bred dog entered! After a change of judge we saw Mrs Jean Lanning from England doing our breed. We showed CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover who got an Exl but did not place in her class.


We are looking for a co-owner
We are looking for a show home for a bitch puppy which is coming from Germany. The puppy is out of CH Drover's Take My Word and CH Sweet Expression's Say Cheese. If you think you could give a good home for this girl, please contact us.


22.11 Hamar INT, Norwegian Winner-show
Good news from Kicki. She was showing Kasper today in Norway. The judge was herding breed specialist Mrs Wera Hübenthal (Picador briards). \"Kasper\" won Best Male and BOS and is now INT, FIN, S, N CH NW-03 Drover's Ultra Classic.


10.11 Puppies four weeks
The puppies are today four weeks old. We tried to shoot photos of them but...you know puppies at this age. They are not too co-operative! We publish the photos anyway, please check the page under the link coming litters .


06.11 Domino In Memoriam
We have today said goodbye to our dear Domino (INT, FIN, S, DK CH Shaggybob's Balloo Ribbon). Her everyday life became slowly more and more difficult as she was ageing. She had a good and worthy doglife of 11 years and 5 months.


20.10 Puppies one week and there is only one boy left
Puppies are one week today and because they all have grown well and everything has been fine with them it was a big shock when the smaller of the two boys was found dead today between his sleeping littermates.


14.10 Drover's V-litter is here!
Tupsis, FIN CH Drover's Untamed Heart is the proud mother of eight puppies! The pups were born yesterday and everything is fine with them and mother. We have two boys and six girls. Pics are coming to coming litters-page.


13.10 Ransu's puppies born in Germany
Congratulations goes to Roosmarie and Mark Wibier on their litter of 11 puppies! The proud parents are CH Sweet Expression's Say Cheese and FIN, S CH Drover's Take My Word.


20.09 Ekeberg, Sweden, herding instinct test
CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover aka Nuppu was herding instinct tested with flying colours! She passed the test easily and the judge Mr Calle Borgström said that Nuppu is promising enough for future herding training.


14.09 Porvoo
The British breed specialist Mrs Ferelith Somerfield was the judge for the day. Her choice as BOB was INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01 SW-02 NW-02 Drover's Snow Princess aka Loppan. Second after Loppan in champion class with excellent was FIN, N CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover aka Nuppu. Nuppu was first time shown by her co-owner Heidi Andersson.


07.09 ultra scan
We are expecting a litter after 4,5 years as CH Drover's Untamed Heart showed several puppies in her ultra scan today. See more on the coming litters-page.


30.08 Vantaa
CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover aka Nuppu continued her winning ways as she took one more BOB. The judge for the day was Mrs Rigmor Ulstad from Norway.


17.08 Merikarvia, herding
We had a most exciting day in Merikarvia as some of our OES's with their Aussie friend had a possibility to try herding on sheep. Multi CH Drover's Snow Princess and CH Drover's Take My Word showed that they are true working dogs. See photos on their individual pages under 2000's. Our agility star Drover's Unique Surprise was too excited to be let to run free but he definately showed interest on stock. CH Drover's Unforgettable needs some more contacts with the stock before we can call her a herder.


09.08 Petäys, OES specialty
53 OES's were judged by Mrs Eleanore Singer, Enchant OES, Austria. Her choice as BIS was FIN, N CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover aka Nuppu. Big hug goes to Nuppu's co-owner Heidi Andersson who is so perfectly taking care of Nuppu's coat. Our big moving champion bitches Drover's Snow Princess, Unforgettable, Unique Fenfire and Untamed Heart didn't impress Mrs Singer although they all got their excellents. So first time ever in the club history we decided not to take our breeders group in to the ring.


03.08 Sundsvall Int'l, Sweden
While we have taken a free weekend from showing here in Finland have Kicki and INT CH Drover's Ultra Classic aka Kasper been in action once again in Sweden. British Mrs Brenda Banbury gave Kasper BOB and norwegian Mr Ralf Campbell placed him 3rd in Group finals.


27.07 Helsinki
We had a change of judge and the breed was judged by Mrs Barbara Müller from Switzerland. Multi CH Multi W Drover's Snow Princess was shown for the first time since the world show and she went BOS. CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover was exc 3 in champion bitches.


26.07 Mikkeli Int'l
Nuppu is nowadays FIN, N CH Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover as she was BOB today and won her final CC with CACIB. The breed was judged by Mrs Soile Bister from Finland. Mrs Elina Haapaniemi picked her among the eight finalists in the Group.


13.07 Hyvinkää
Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover was shown for the last time in intermediate class and won one more CC with BOB and she was picked among the eight finalists in the group. The breed was judged by Mrs Päivi Eerola and group was taken by Mr György Sczemere from Hungary.


05.07 Alfta, Sweden
Kicki and Kasper (INT, FIN, S, N CH Drover's Ultra Classic) are cleaning the tables in Sweden! Today they were in Alfta and Kasper won one more BOB and was later placed as 4th in the group. Both breed and group were judged by Mrs Natalia Gapaniuk-Nekrosiene from Lithauen.


28.06 Trondheim Int'l, Norway
Great news from Kicki. INT, FIN, S, N CH Drover's Ultra Classic won BOB under the Norwegian judge Mr Helge Lie.


Birthday party
Litter sisters Matilda and Domino had their 11th birthday on June 6th. Today we took some photos of them. You can find the pics on their individual pages under the 90's.


07.06 Vännäs Int'l, Sweden
Kicki and Kasper (INT, FIN, S, N CH Drover's Ultra Classic) have been in action again. BOB and among in the cut of seven finalists in the group. The breed judge was Mrs Noreen Harris from Ireland.


01.06 Dortmund, World Dog Show
We had great time in Germany. Our Multi CH Multi W Drover's Snow Princess placed 3rd in champion class and Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover made the cut among seven finalists in an open class of 17 entries. The judge for the day was Mr Luis Pinto Texeira from Portugal.


25.05 Ånge, Sweden
INT, FIN, S, N CH Drover's Ultra Classic went BOS under Swedish Mr Benny Blid.


25.05 Helsinki
Eva Mosimann from Switzerland judged an entry of 7 OES's. Her choice as bitch CC winner was Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover and exc2 in Champion bitches went to Multi Ch MultiW Drover's Snow Princess.


03.05 Somero and Congratulations goes to...
Marika Lahtinen and her NEW FIN CH Old Cobbler's Brandy By Heart. "Brandy" is sired by our "Esko" and is his fifth champion. Naturally congrats also to Satu & Kai Nurmela, the breeders of gorgeous Brandy.


Bad news
Our future brood bitch Nuppu was x-rayed a couple of weeks ago and today came the results from Kennel Club telling that she has D on both hips.


15.03 Tampere Int'l
The German judge Mr Walter Schicker had an entry of 20 OES's and his choice as BOB with CC and CACIB was Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover.


23.02. Kerava, agility competition
Heidi and Drover's Unique Surprise aka Kamu have been in action again. This time in Kerava, where they got a total result of 16.72 and were placed as 21st out of 36.


2002 Year End Awards
We are very proud to announce that INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01 NW-02 SW-02 Drover's Snow Princess aka Loppan was the TOP BITCH in Finland for 2002 although she was shown only seven times. Her sire FIN, S CH Drover's Read My Lips aka Esko was again TOP STUD DOG/BROOD BITCH in Finland and Drover's was the TOP BREEDER for 2002. Drover's Unique Surprise aka Kamu was the TOP AGILITY OES for 2002.


25.01 Turku Int'l
CH Drover's Unforgettable went BOB with CACIB and Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover won CC. The judge for the day was Mr Torbjörn Skaar from Sweden.


18.01 Kirkkonummi, agility competition
Drover's Unique Surprise aka Kamu and his owner Heidi Andersson have been in action again. Kamu got a result of 15 points and his final placement was 10th out of 19 entries in Maxi I class.


08.12 Stockholm Int'l, SW-02
We had an excellent trip to Sweden! Swedish Mr Conny Byström liked our girls as Multi Ch Drover's Snow Princess aka Loppan went BOS and got one more title to her already long list of titles. She is now also SW-02. Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover aka Nuppu stood next in line up as 2nd Best Bitch with CC and reserveCACIB.


17.11 Kerava, agility competition
Kamu, Drover's Unique Surprise, got his first result in official agility competition. He got 20 mistakes and the time was 53.29. Way to go Heidi!


09.11 character test in Tampere
Ransu and Valma were in character test with gunshot today and both of them passed with excellent points. Ransu, CH Drover's Take My Word, got 152 points and Valma, CH Drover's Unforgettable got 140 points.


16.10 no puppies
Fiina was in ultra sound and unfortunatelly she is not pregnant.


13.10 Oulu Int'l
FIN, S CH Drover's Unforgettable was 2nd Best Bitch with reserve CACIB. The judge was Mrs Rita v Mechelen from Belgium.


Mating
FIN CH Drover's Unique Fenfire has been mated to FIN CH Drover's Prince Charming. If we are lucky the little ones will be born on November 14th.


07.09 Helsinki
FIN, S CH Drover's Unforgettable was BOS and Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover 2nd Best Bitch witc CC under Mr Torbjörn Skaar, S.


10.08 Oslo, Norwegian Winner-show
We had a great trip to Norway. Loppan went BOB with cacib and was placed 3rd in Group. She is now INT, FIN, S, N, DK CH FINW-00,-01 NW-02 Drover's Snow Princess. Our young Dutch import Nuppu, Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover was 3rd Best Bitch with CC. The judge for the day was Mrs Ulla Eriksson, Crony's rough collies, Sweden. She also took the group 1.


20.07 Helsinki
Tupsis went BOS with CC and is now FIN CH Drover's Untamed Heart. She is champion #44 for Drover's and 6th to finish from our U-litter. The judge for the day was Mr John Muldoon from Ireland.


14.07 Mäntsälä
Wow what a weekend we've had! Today we showed for Mr Davor Javor of Reata's OES, Croatia. Multi CH Drover's Snow Princess went BOB, CH Drover's Unique Fenfire was 2nd Best Bitch and Bab at the Bowster's Superdrover was 4th Best Bitch. Loppan then continued her winning ways by winning the group under Mr Zlatko Kraljic from Croatia and she was 5th in BIS under Mrs Hassi Assenmacher-Feyel from Germany.


13.07 Östersund INT
Great news from Sweden. Kasper has been to a show today and went BOB with cacib. He is now INT, FIN, S, N CH Drover's Ultra Classic. The judge for the day was Mrs Gunnel Holm from Finland. Congratulations goes to his owner Kicki Fundin for a job well done!


30.06 Forssa INT
CH Drover's Unique Fenfire won BOS+cacib and CH Drover's Take My Word was 2nd Best Male with reserve cacib. The judge was Mr Helge Lie, Norway.


16.06 Virkkala, specialty
Boy what a day we had! Multi Ch Drover's Snow Princess went BOB and won the special prize for best coat quality. Drover's Untamed Heart was 2nd Best Bitch with CC (her second), Ch Drover's Special Edition was 3rd Best Male and Ch Drover's Unforgettable was 4th in open bitches. Drover's had best breeders group in breed out of four groups presented and was placed 2nd in group finals in very strong competition. The specialty was arranged together with an all breed show. There were 39 entries for Mrs Joyce Crawford-Manton, Scallywag OES, Ireland.


02.06 Tuusula
After a last minutes change of judge we saw Mrs Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen judging our breed. Her choice as BOB was Fin Ch Drover's Special Edition.


19.05 Helsinki
Multi Ch Drover's Snow Princess goes BOS and Drover's Untamed Heart wins her first CC with 2nd Best Bitch. Judge for the day was Mrs Grethe Bergendahl from Norway.


28.04 Lahti INT
Drover's Unforgettable goes BOS with CACIB and CC and is now FIN, S CH. "Valma" is champion #43 for Drover's. The judge for the day was Mr Åke Cronander from Sweden.