The Parents

Kailo is our very sweet and cuddly, accomplished and gorgeous import male. He has been the perfect gentleman in his first several months of life with us here in Australia, and has taken all major changes across his life in stride. 

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It was a mammoth effort for Kailo's journey to Australia. His lovely previous owners became ill and thus had to find him a new home, and we are beyond pleased that they and his breeder, Susanne Håheim in Norway, agreed to our whirlwind idea to send him across the globe.

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He first went to America to my very good friend Jackie Barbour of Midnight Island, who piloted him from a pet dog, to an esteemed show dog through a very competitive environment to not only his AKC Championship, but also his AKC Grand Championship before his arrival here in Australia. He had two lovely litters while in the US, the progeny of which have been doing fabulously in the show ring.

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He has a good off switch, is steady, non-reactive, and honestly the easiest house guest I could hope for. He is extremely biddable and very food driven, but will also do anything for a cuddle. He likes to be the centre of attention. He has fit into all of our packs with ease, gets along with everyone and is socially sound. He is from some fairly active lines, that do benefit from working, however he himself will take or leave whatever you are up for. We say he has a very high level of emotional intelligence, though he's not always so intelligent when it comes to logic (much to our comical relief).

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Structurally, I can't put much wrong against him. He is an average sized, strong boy with a big boofy masculine head with a lovely muzzle and underjaw, well set ears and lovely thick, long, correct coarse and waterproof coat, good bone, correct feathering to feet. He has a sweet expression with nice dark eyes that look into your soul. He is about 48cm, just under the ideal in standard for boys (49cm +/- 3cm). He sits at 17.5kg. He has a lovely tailset and topline, as well as front and rear angulation and proportions. If I had one thing I would change, it would be for a slightly more oval eye and wider skull, but he is in my opinion still more than adequate. 

His lines have some stellar favourites of mine, including the very well-known Lecibsin Suoritis (Tori), as well as Herding Instinct's Nalle-Maija (sister to Swedish import Osku owned by Taigakaoira), Lecibsin Kuponki and Shacal CGE Popeda (Putte). It brings together a bunch of lines across Europe that would have taken us generations to produce here. The line is fairly free from epilepsy for many surrounding related generations, a disease which seems to be creeping up on the breed, as well as from Addison's disease. Dental occlusion is sometimes an issue in the line, however none have been severe enough to require surgery. 

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​Ghost is very sweet and cuddly - she's somewhat of a heart dog for my husband and myself. She was a fairly easy puppy, quite biddable and for lappie standards is quite calm. She blends into most households with ease and is a very welcoming girl to everyone. She never barked (unusual for the breed) until she had a litter, now she will be a slight watch dog in the yard but it is rare. She is not lazy and very happy to work - she just has a very good off switch. We have done less training and sports overall with her as we were doing a big state move and dealing with some health issues but hope to start to do more with her in the near future after her motherly duties.

Ghost has had a litter already for her breeder and so far the puppies took after her calm, cuddly temperament for the most part, as well as a litter with our boy Arctos, who all are more between the two, with several puppies being her carbon copies physically. We kept one of her sons, Calcifer - he is a little more independent than she is but still a very sweet, non reactive boy who has been a easy to raise and live with.

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Structurally she is well put together, has a beautiful head, typical dark oval eyes and soft feminine expression. If I were to be picky, she could have a little less slope in her croup, a slightly higher tail set and a slightly wider ear set, but overall I am very happy with her for a cream girl.

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She is 45.5cm at the withers, so just above typical height for a girl (44cm +/- 3cm) and weighs 15kg. Her lines are mostly Finnish, from several big show kennels (Lecibsin, Lumiturpa, Peikkovuoren) as well as a few personal smaller favourites (Pakkasukon, Terhakan, Dagolas) and is overall of fairly healthy lineage for most major issues in lappies (very few cases of epilepsy, heart disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes etc). The highest risk would probably be cataracts in her line, but they seem later developing (8-9 years old+) and no cases for a couple of generations now that I am aware of.​

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We're hoping for some activity levels ranging in between the two of them, but they should be fairly active, cuddly sweet puppies overall, with a lovely blend of features of their parents!