We have puppies!

I'm going to go ahead and completely ignore the fact that I haven't updated the blog in almost two years... :D

Our red Akita female Tuuli (Candida's Non-Stop Song) was bred to a beautiful white male Neo (Go Harukos Akihito Yuki), and their litter was whelped today! We now have two red males and two red females available, if you're interested, please contact us!

Tuuli has been extensively health checked with great results: she has clear eyes, knees, elbows, back and heart, and her hips have been graded B (good). Neo has clear eyes and knees and an excellent hip score.

The litter's pedigree and photos of the dam and sire can be found on our website.

Kokkola INT

A lot has happened this summer, that I haven't gotten around to blog about. Like the fact that we now have puppies! But more about that later, after I get my camera working again. Right now I'd like to tell you about the international show in Kokkola this summer.

We headed out to Kokkola July 7th, with a whole bunch of Akitas to be judged by Mr. Pekka Teini from Finland. With us we had Huurre (Candida's Attention Please), Utu (C's Aurora Borealis), Roku (C's Name of the Game), Tuuli (C's Non-Stop Song) and Lumi (C's October Opal).

Huurre did quite well at his first official show, he got a Very Good and won his class.

Candida's Attention Please "Huurre"

Huurre

Huurre

Tuuli also got a Very Good and won her class. She and I had very different opinions on how a dog should behave in the show ring... She won :D

Candida's Non-Stop Song "Tuuli"

Tuuli

Lumi got an Excellent, CQ, won the Champion class and was placed 3rd Best Female. Unfortunately we were a little too short-staffed to get any pictures of her from this show.


Utu got an Excellent, CQ, won the Junior class, was placed Best Female and finally Best of Opposite Sex with CAC! For some reason all the shots of her turned out to be horribly overexposed :(

Candida's Aurora Borealis "Utu"

Roku, finally, blew it out of the park with his performance! He got an Excellent, CQ, won the Intermediate class, was placed Best Male and won Best of Breed with CAC and CACIB!

Candida's Name of the Game "Roku"

Roku

Roku

Roku

BOB Candida's Name of the Game & BOS Candida's Aurora Borealis

And as if all this success wasn't enough for one day, I also had the pleasure of showing my very first breeder's class! Unfortunately, once again, too many hands were needed inside the ring, and none were left free to take a picture. Kennel Candida's ended up getting an Honorary Prize, and was deemed the Best Breeder's Group of the Breed.

This has definitely been one of my proudest moments yet, and all the thanks go to the owners of Candida's Akitas, for taking such good care of them!

Seinäjoki INT

We headed up to Seinäjoki on October 29th with Kukka (C's Flower Dance). Roku (C's Name of the Game) and Tuuli (C's Non-Stop Song) came with their respective owners,and we also had our friend's American Cocker Tahiti (Heavenly Way's Career Girl) with us. Unfortunately the rings happened to be on at the exact same time, so I couldn't show Tahiti. Luckily we found Merja Koskela to show her, and she ended up placing 2nd best female under judge Mia Sandgren from Sweden. Congrats to Tahiti's owner Marita Kaasalainen and breeder Karita Kempas!

And now to our results. Judging Akitas was Gunilla Sandberg, also from Sweden, and she did not hand out "excellents" to just any dog. Our juniors had a bit too much fun in the ring with me, and neither of them felt like standing still for more than half a second. Roku got a "very good", as did all the males that day. Tuuli got a "good", but seeing as this was only her first official show, we'll see how she turns out later.

Roku, Candida's Name of the Game

Roku

Tuuli, Candida's Non-Stop Song

Tuuli

Kukka had better success in the ring, she made an impression on the judge by behaving herself (unlike the juniors...). She got an "excellent", and was the only Akita to get a CQ (certificate quality), won her class, was placed best female, and finally Best of Breed!

Kukka, Fi CH Candida's Flower Dance winning BOB under Gunilla Sandberg

Kukka

Puppy show

Tuuli, aka Candida's Non-Stop Song, made her show debut at a puppy show in Helsinki today after just turning five months last week. Tuuli won the baby puppy class, got an honorary prize, and was placed 2nd female under Finnish judge Jussi Liimatainen.

Not feeling up to being photographed after all that running in the ring

Candida's Non-Stop Song

aka "Tuuli" is now 14 weeks old, and she is still looking for a home.

Tuuli etsii sijoituskotia Suomesta, mieluiten Etelä-Suomesta. Tuuli on nyt 14 viikkoa vanha ja on saanut ensimmäiset rokotuksensa. Jos olet kiinnostunut tarjoamaan sijoituskodin akitanartulle, ota yhteyttä Merjaan, candidas@candidas.fi tai 0400-716826.

edit 23.3.2011: Tuuli has found a great home from Kokkola, Finland!

 

 

 

 

Puppies 4 weeks

Red female Candida's Non-Stop Song, "Tuuli":

 

Red female Candida's Northern Lights, "Pilvi" (now "Keiko"):

 

Red male Candida's Name of the Game, "Raita" (now "Roku"):

Puppies 2 weeks

The puppies are now 2 weeks old, and are doing great! Their eyes have opened, and they're starting to learn how to walk.

Geisha's puppies

Akita puppies were born yesterday night 5th November 2010.

Sire Fi & Se Ch Kaminari Halne Wzgórze "Kelso" and dam C.I.B & Multi Ch Candida's September Song "Geisha". She had one red male and two red females. Geisha had to have a c-section, because the whelping wasn't going fast enough and the puppies' heartbeats were getting too slow. Everything is fine now and Geisha is taking so good care of her newborn puppies.