Fin/Swed Ch
Jäkäläkummun Ensi-Lempi
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Finnish Lapphund (bitch)
By Orso-Farm Dundra ex Int'l/Fin/Norw Ch Jäkäläkummun Kamomilla
Whelped 9 Jan '97
Bred by Tapio Kakko
Eyes clear (Nov '06), hip score C (on scale from A to E)
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Lempi ('love' in old-fashioned Finnish) is my very first dog and I could not have got a
Made up in January '01, Lempi took a years-long break from the show rings and
made a comeback in veteran classes late 2006. Now she has a Best Veteran in Show win and many other BVIS placements to her credit. What is more, she has been consistently placed in the bitch challenge giving the younger ones a run for their money. A particularly proud moment was the international show in Gällivare, Sweden in June '08 when Lempi gained her Swedish title at the age of 11.5 years! As for other doggy activities, in March '02 Lempi took part in a reindeer herding test at Narkaus, near the Arctic
Circle in Lapland, and passed it with flying colours. Lempi also knows her way around the agility
course and has attended some basic obedience classes. Nowadays she is enjoying her retirement
to the fullest - she is absolutely spoiled rotten! Except for the mammary tumours, Lempi has been
very healthy all her life. I want to take this opportunity to thank Tapio for this precious dog!
better one. She is a perfect companion and I love her to bits. Lempi was co-owned with her
breeder Tapio Kakko until she had a litter of six males by Ch Orso-Farm Hiski under the
Jäkäläkummun prefix in October '99, after which the ownership was transferred to me. Lempi's
second litter (sired by Fidelis Miska), this time registered under the Cantavia prefix, was
born in June '01. In November '04, she gave birth to her third and final litter (sired by
Jäkäläkummun Dielku), which was registered under the Poavinävlin prefix. A couple of months
later Lempi had to have a mammary tumour removed and I decided to have her spayed at the
same time. Two more tumours were found early 2008 so Lempi had to undergo another operation.