I got my first Tibbie, Ansku, from Pirkkala. That was in summer of '85 and I was 14 years old at the time. I had just moved from Paltamo (located in Kainuu) to Tampere with my parents and had decided to have a small companion dog, which would adapt well to living in a city.

I had the following breed choices in mind; Poodle, a west highland white terrier and a tibetan spaniel. Poodle didn't seem to fit well to my heavy rock style nature at the time so I was left pondering between the terrier and the tibetan spaniel. While my parents were away for the summer in Paltamo, I started to watch closely the classified ads in Aamulehti (a local newspaper) for 'puppies for sale'. I had decided to get a male terrier or the tibetan spaniel.

On a certain August day I finally noticed an ad: "tibetan spaniel pupppies for sale". I still have that particular newspaper clip in a safe place. I called the breeder the very moment I had read the ad and we agreed that I'll go and see the puppies on the same day. I also called my parents and as an announcement I told them that I am going to get a tibetan spaniel puppy today from Pirkkala.

I asked a friend from school to accompany me and aid in navigating to the breeder's address because I wasn't too familiar with my new surroundings. It turned out that even with my friend we couldn't find the location right away. Instead we wandered around in Härmälä and Pirkkala for quite some time. All is well that ends well and I did get back home late in the evening with the world's cutest little male tibetan spaniel puppy.

Ansku grew up to be a very open, social and potent dog, who was always with me and family wherever we might have travelled. Ansku's charming nature was evident even when he was already at a veteran age and when I started to long for new 'dog family members'. Ansku accepted the new family members graciously and so he lived his last years in the company of two tibetan spaniels, a gordon setter and two persian cats.

I got interested in breeding and genetics in '95, courtesy of Orvokki Keskinen (Central Point-kennel) who lived in my neighbourhood. I received lot of information from her and she sparked my interest to deepen my involvement with this hobby. I had always been interested in dog shows but it was only after I got Jippu (Toyway Jinja) that I actually entered into a dog show in '96.

I got my own kennel name in '96. My primary goal was to breed gordon setters and possibly tibetan spaniels. A gordon setter was my childhood dream and after moving away from the city I simply had to fulfill that dream. I had so much bad luck that I was never able to use the foundation bitches which I had planned for breeding.

When Ansku passed away there was a quiet period in my hobby with dogs. Then finally on year 2000 I got started again and I declared my interest to a puppy by the sister dog (Toyway Jo-Han-Na) of Jippu. That puppy (Toyway Fa-Bi-Anna) turned out to be more than worth the waiting period of one year. Cisco became the charmer of the ring and quite a character.

Elsa (Toyway E-Lea-Nor) stayed home from Cisco's only litter which was born in 2005. At this time our posse consists of four Toyway tibbies. The newcomer is called Armi (Toyway Verity). After waiting for many, many years I finally got a puppy from Toyway Talika's litter!

The passing of Jippu caused a lot of grief and sorrow so there was no better time for the first WindPower-litter to be born. The litter of Sylvie (Toyway Se-Ra-Fina) consisted of two fabulous male puppies and they were born in March 2010. At such a sad time this litter really lifted up our spirits and brought joy and happiness to our lives. Out of the two males, Calle (Kyle Busch) moved into a placement home and will start practising for dog shows along with Armi.

In my breeding work I will follow these values: dogs used for breeding must have a balanced and pleasant character, good health and several excellent-awards at the dog shows. I will follow the breeding rules of the Finnish Kennel Club & Tibetan Spaniel Association and strive to achieve the best possible results according to the breed standard.

The puppies are born and grown amidst our warmhearted family, creating marvellous social skills already at the time when they are at the release age. Breeding is my hobby, albeit a hobby which I take seriously, and I am expecting to have a litter or two per year.

Besides our tibbies our family consists of me (Tuuli) and my cohabitant (Pekka), we both work at ICT-related jobs and currently reside in Nokia. Since we both are on the move a whole lot our tibbies are being taken care of by Pekka's mother Arja and our friend and handler Jenna.

Since we have space constraints at our home I can't breed an unlimited number of tibbies. I am thus looking for flexible joint ownership homes and placement homes in the near future. Don't hesitate to contact me if you feel at all interested in having a tibetan spaniel living with you.

I wish you have pleasant browsing moments on my website.

Tuuli & Co.