Former Dogs
Kriegerhof Apache Yanka
Ruosteposken Marilyn
Vladimira van't Sabbatsveld
Medusa von der Räuberhöhle
Kriegerhof Bardi Velda
Kriegerhof Diablo Grande
Dalmira's Agile-Macy
Natascha Number One
Co-owned dogs
Clinics Gino Toscanino
Nocturno Number One
© O. Vilkuna
Pablo, Muusa and Larbert & me, summer 2000
"Sacha"
1992 - 1997 (veterinarian malpractice)
sire: Falco Bino v. Dobermann-Borgh
dam: Fernmark Daphne
Kriegerhof A-litter
HD-B
CAH-free
PHTVL/PHPV-free
Finnish Charactertest (LT +190 p.)
Finnish Dobermann Club's BH (8.9.1998)
many CAC-qualities and Best Female -placements
My very first dobermann, my best friend, dearest companion, most reliable aid... my shadow.
"Mari"
1991 - 2000 (euthanasia)
sire: Ruosteposken Ugor
dam: Ruosteposken Orvokki
"Mari" was very badly treated and beaten by her former owner. The police rescued her to the animal shelter from where we got her.
We had to let her go before her time was due as the old injuries began to affect strongly on the quality of her life.
We greatly miss this noble dog who taught us much about trust and friendship.
"Ida"
1997 - 1998
(aneurysm; aneurysma/autopsy conducted by the Finnish Natioal Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary Science/EELA)
sire: Magister v. Brandenburg
dam: Umbra van't Sabbatsvelt
We greatly miss this beautiful dog who stole our hearts in the short time we had to share.
"My sister, my soul... the light of my life when the days grow old..."
FIN & EST CH
"Muusa" at 21 months
16.9.1998 - 29.12.2002
(lymphosarcoma; imusolmukesyöpä/autopsy conducted by the Finnish Natioal Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary Science/EELA)
sire: Alfa Adelante del Citone
dam: Nemesis Figi v. Koepsel
HD-B
CAH-normal
PHTVL/PHPV-grenzfall
HC-/RD-/PRA-free
Cardiotested - normal (February + December 2002; clinical + ECG + ultra)
Finnish Charactertest (LT +168 p. 1.10.2000)
BH, Search II (HK2), ADpr (kestävyyskoe)
Helsinki Advance Puppy Winner '99, EDC Junior Winner '99 & Youth Winner '00
3 x CAC/Finland (full CAC), 1 x CAC/Estonia, Res-CACIB, 2 x BOS, multi CAC-quality and Best Female -placements, also BIS 3 & 5 in puppy class
Progeny: O'zone B-litter
Medusa at 9,5 months
Medusa at 4 months - Who's the Boss?
at pause after training
Emppu & Muusa
Medusa on December 21st 2002 - last photo of her
Great personnalities are rare to meet, and never to be forgotten.
"Velda"
"Velda" at 10 years (autumn 2004)
"J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère;
L'automne est morte, souviens-t'en;
Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre;
Odeur du temps brin de bruyère;
Et souviens-toi que je t'attends."
(L'Adieu par G. Apollinaire)
19.7.1994 - 22.2.2005 (euthanasia; multiple tumours)
sire: FIN Working CH Gawin Castor v. d. Dobermann-Borgh
dam: Fernmark Daphne
Finnish Dobermann Club's BH (8.9.1998)
Shown in puppy class
V3 with honorprize for Mr K. Alén (FIN)
Shown in junior class
V2 with honorprize for Mr K.-E. Johansson (SWE)
Shown in youth class
V5 for Mr A. G. Domecq (ESP)
Shown in veteran class
V2 for Mr Walsh (IRL) in Tampere CACIB-show 2002
EX 2 for Mr Peper (GER) in Helsinki 31.8.2003
VG 3 for Mr Janeiro (Port) in Finnish Winner 2004 (CACIB) 5.12.2004
Our Lion King
BH
"Pablo"
at 8,5 years
Old boy must get some "therapy-working" too; field tracking in October '04
9.12.1995 - 25.1.2007 (euthanasia)
sire: Cosi'Con Marron
dam: Inez Glinqui de la Tanière d'Or
HD-C
CAH-normal
PHTVL/PHPV-free
vWD-carrier (kantaja; Laboklin DNA-test)
Finnish Charactertest (LT +180 p.)
BH, Obedience 1 (TOKO ALO 1 x 2)
2 x CAC, BOS, BOB-veteran
many CAC-qualities and Best Male -placements
e.g. 3rd Best Male and CAC-quality in Helsinki Winner 1999 CACIB-show for Mr v.d. Berg (NL)
4th Best Male and CAC-quality August 2000 in Hämeenlinna CACIB-show for Mrs Talvitie (FIN)
31.8.2003 EX 1 & Best Male & CAC & BOS for Mr Peper (D)
2.9.2006 EX 1 & BOB-veteran for Mr Reisinger (Austria)
"Pablo" had excellent character, high drives & sociability and he was very keen to do anything... just as long as it was with.
Some setbacks on his health (osteoarthrosis, endocardiosis diagnosed at 4½years and torn tendon) made us "take it easy".
"Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
why don't they stay young
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fleeing horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
Forever young, I want to be forever young......"
(Alphaville; Forever Young)
Our beloved old lady
"Hulda"
8.11.1997 - 6.7.2009 (euthanasia)
sire: Caesand's Tops Smile
dam: Marnellin Palma de Marina
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, Ill say it clear,
Ill state my case, of which Im certain.
Ive lived a life thats full.
Ive traveled each and evry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.
-Frank Sinatra, My Way-
My loved one is gone
"Ghia"
24.4.2000–10.1.2010
euthanasia (akuutti munuaisten vajaatoiminta - acute renal failure)
Ghia's own page
I'll be loving you always
with a love that's true, always
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will understand, always, always
Days may not be fair, always
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year, but always.
I said that I'll be loving you, always
with a love that's true, always.
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will, I will understand, always, always
(…)
L. Cohen “Always”
Co-owned dogs
"Oiva"
2000 - 2002 (euthanasia)
sire: Gino Gomez del Citone
dam: Utheba v.d. Wieteke's Hoeve
HD-A
CAH-free
PHTVL/PHPV-free
Thyroid - clear
Passed the Finnish Army's mental & character & working abilities tests in summer 2001
BOB-puppy and CAC-qualities from junior and youth classes
at 26 months
at 26 months
Sometimes the greatest injustice is in loving too much and not wanting to let go - and sometimes the greatest act of love is letting one go...
Run free; this world was not yours...
"Basso" with his "Dad", Petri
24.4.2000 - 10.9.2003 (fatal accident)
sire: INT & YU & HU CH IPO1 Come As You Are Agor
dam: Gold-Drachen Dirty Dancing
PHTVL/PHPV-grenzfall
HC-/RD-/PRA-free
at 3 months
Our golden boy, eternal sunshine of our lives. Sadly his life ended way too soon as he was run over by a truck.