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20.12.2005

FIN CH NORDW-05 Tawastway's Sunshine
Helsinki INT, Nordic Winner-2005-show: BOB, CACIB, NORDW-05!!!
Helsinki INT, Winner-2005-show:  placed 4th in champion class with excellent
Jyväskylä INT 19.11.2005: BOB, CACIB, Group-4

Tawastway's Hippopotamus
Helsinki INT, Nordic Winner-2005-show: excellent in open class
Helsinki INT, Winner-2005-show: excellent in open class

FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy:
Helsinki INT, Winner-2005-show: very good in working class

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Helsinki INT, Winner-2005-show: very good in champion class
 

New  x-ray results:
Tawastway's Dinky Ducking: Hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK
 

New Show Results:

Helsinki INT, Nordic Winner-2005 -show
Helsinki INT, Winner-2005 -show
Jyväskylä INT 19.11.2005
Valkeala 12.11.2005
Ranua 06.10.2005



15.11.2005

Pictures of T-puppies at 7 weeks

Newcomers:

Tawastway's Trick or Treat

Tawastway's Truth or Dare


11.11.2005

Pictures of T-puppies at 6 weeks



07.11.2005

Tawastway's Hippopotamus
Lahti 05.11.2003: Winner of open class with excellent, RES-CC
This was Roope's first show, some pictures taken there:

Tawastway's Hippopotamus

Tawastway's Hippopotamus
 
 

Newcomer:

Tawastway's Yippee
at 17 months below
Tawastway's Yippee

Tawastway's Cobacabana
at 10 weeks below
Tawastway's Cobacabana

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Finnish Retriever Association Main Specialty, Hyvinkää 16.10.2005

Tawastway's Dogmatism: 
placed 4th with excellent in a strong junior class (22 entries)

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
placed 3rd in champion class with excellent

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known
working class, excellent

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LRC Puppy & Veteran Show 2005

Tawastway's Ding-Dong;
placed 3rd in puppy4 -class bitches (15 entries)
Tawastway's Ding-Dong

Tawastway's Dogmatism: 
placed 3rd in puppy4 -class dogs (10 entries)

New photo of :
Tawastway's Don Corleone
Tawastway's Don Corleone

INT&FIN&S CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Knock on Wood:
placed 1st in her class, went best bitch veteran and finally BIS-veteran! 
This was Hippo's  first veteran class entry

FIN CH FIN TR CH Mistmoor's Blandbaker
placed 1st in her class (over 10 years), and got beaten only 
by Hippo in the competition of the best veteran bitch

New Show Results:

Lahti 05.11.2005
Seinäjoki 23.10.2005
Seinäjoki 22.10.2005
Finland's Retriever Association Specialty, Hyvinkää  16.10.2005


03.10.2005
 

FIN CH Tawastway's Quack Quack:
Äetsä  02.10.2005: 
Winners class 1st prize, Santra finished her FIN TR CH -title (MEJÄ: VOI1(48) ==> FIN JVA)

FIN FT CH Tawastway's X-it
Siilinjärvi 24.09.2005: Field Trial Winner's class 3rd prize (cold game) (NOME VOI3)

Tawastway's Ding-Dong
Lammi, Evo 24.09.2005: qualified in the field  (NOU1)

New photos of :

Tawastway's Dinky Ducking
Tawastway's Ding-Dong
FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy:
 

Newcomers:

Tawastway's Casablanca
Tawastway's Cobacabana
 

We have puppies:
3 black dogs and 3 black bitches were born October 1st 2005
More information in Litters
 

New Show Results:
 

Oulu International  02.10.2005
Eckerö International  25.09.2005
Orimattila 24.09.2005
Hyvinkää 18.09.2005
Äetsä 17.09.2005
Porvoo 11.09.2005
Kotka International 10.09.2005


07.09.2005

FIN CH Tawastway's Sunshine
Närpiö 17.09.2005: Field trial open class 3rd prize (NOME AVO3)

Tawastway's Yahoo:
Äetsä 17.09.2005: placed 2nd in junior class with vg
also couple of pitures of Rambo at 1 year old  below:
Tawastway's Yahoo at 1 year

Tawastway's Yahoo at 1 years

Tawastway's Don Corleone:
Hyvinkää 18.09.2003: placed 3rd in junior class with vg



07.09.2005
 

FIN FT CH Tawastway's X-it
Mänttä 04.09.2005: Field Trial Winner's class 1st prize (cold game) (NOME VOI1, Piirinmestari)

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known
Kotka International 10.09.2005: Best Bitch-2, RES-CACIB

Tawastway's Ding-Dong:
Kotka International 10.09.2005: Winner of junior class with vg



07.09.2005

Tawastway's Ding-Dong:
Kouvola 27.08.2005: Winner of junior class with vg

FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy: 
Heinola 28.0.2005: Best Dog 1, BOB

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Heinola 28.0.2005: Best Dog 2

Tawastway's Knockabout: 
04.09.2005: Field tracking winners class 2nd prize (MEJÄ VOI2(39))

FIN CH Tawastway's Quack Quack:
04.09.2005: Field tracking winners class 3rd prize

Some new pictures of
FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known
 

New picture of FIN CH Tawastway's Sunshine
after successful duck hunt
FIN CH Tawastway's Sunshine

New Show Results:

Vantaa 03.09.2005
Heinola 28.08.2005
Kouvola 27.08.2005



24.08.2005
 

New Show Results:

Luumäki 20.08.2005
Rantasalmi 03.07.2005



21.08.2005

Tawastway's Ants In Pants:
Hämennlinna International 21.08.2005: Placed second in open class dogs with excellent, Best Dog -3, RES-CACIB

Tawastway's Knock Knock:
Hämennlinna International 21.08.2005: Winner of intermediate bitches with excellent

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Hämennlinna International 21.08.2005: Winner of working class bitches with excellent, Best Bitch -3

FIN CH FIN TR CH Mistmoor's Blandbaker
Hämennlinna International 21.08.2005: BOS-veteran
 

New Show Results:

Hämeenlinna International 21.08.2005
Vesilahti 24.07.2005


18.08.2005

Labrador Club Show 2005, Espoo 13.08.2005:

Tawastway's I Like Foxes
placed 2nd in puppy1 -class bitches
New picture of Helmi at 5 months

Tawastway's Dinky Ducking:
placed 2nd in puppy2 -class bitches
New picture of Sylvi at 8 months

Tawastway's Dogmatism: 
placed 4th in puppy2 -class dogs
Tawastway's Dogmatism, 8 months

FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy: 
 4th in champion class dogs 
2nd in Field Trial class dogs
4th with CH Tawastway's Private Eye in brace class

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
3rd in Field Trial class dogs
4th with CH Tawastway's Howdy in brace class

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known:
 4th in champion class bitches
3th in Field Trial class bitches
1st with CH Strongline's Heaven Knows in brace class

FIN CH FIN TR CH Mistmoor's Blandbaker:
Juuli celebrated her 13th birthday with a big cake and plenty of friends 
and grandchildren in several generations around...

She also  placed 1st in special veteran bitches
Judge's (Chris Mills, kennel Lembas) critique:
"Unbelievably 13 years today. Super bitch. Lovely shape and make.
Still moves with drive and enthusiasm. Lovely head and expression. Belies her age"


Tawastway's Sunshine:
Kihniö 06.08.2005: Best Bitch-4, RES-CC
Mikkeli 07.08.2005: Best Bitch-2, RES-CC
Nurmo 13.08.2005: Best Bitch-2, CC ==> FIN CH!!!

Picture of brand new champion:
FIN CH Tawastway's Sunshine

 New picture of Tawastway's Ding-Dong at 8 months

Tawastway's Quick Quack:
Rantsila 07.08.2005: Field tracking open class 1st prize (MEJÄ AVO1(45))

Tawastway's Knockabout: 
Rantsila 07.08.2005: Field tracking winners class 1st prize (MEJÄ VOI1(50))

New photo of INT*&RUS&LTU&UKR CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek
* Pending FCI confirmation
New homepage for Hippo: Miconti Labradors
CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek



Litter News
 

We have puppies:
6 yellow dogs and 3 yellow bitches were born 16th August
More information in Litters

Unfortunately Tawastway's Ain't No Saint is not in whelp.

Tawastway's Quackety Quack has been bred:
Black and yellow puppies are expected to born in the beginning of October
More information in Litters



New Show Results:

Turku 14.08.2005
Parikkala 14.08.2005
Nurmo 13.08.2005
Joensuu 07.08.2005
Mikkeli 07.08.2005
Raahe 06.08.2005
Kihniö 06.08.2005
Joensuu International 06.08.2005


02.08.2005

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Laukaa 23.-24.07.2005: Field trial open class 3rd prize (NOME: AVO3)

Tawastway's Yahoo:
Pori International 30.07.2005: placed 1st in junior class with vg

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Pori International 30.07.2005: Best Bitch-1, CACIB, BOB

FIN CH FIN TR CH Mistmoor's Blandbaker:
Pori International 30.07.2005: Best Bitch-2, BOB-veteran

New Show Results:

Pori International 30.07.2005



24.07.2005

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Antskog 16.07.2005: Field trial open class 2nd prize (NOME: AVO2)

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Leppävirta 09.07.2003: Field Trial open class 3rd prize (NOME: AVO3)

Tawastway's Shamrock:
Piikkiö 22.07.2005: Qualified in the field (NOU1)

Tawastway's Quick Quack:
Haukipudas 09.07.2005: Best Dog-2, RES-CC

FIN TR CH Tawastway's Here'n'There
Vesilahti 24.07.2005: Best Bitch-4

Tawastway's Ain't No Saint:
Ypäjä 17.07.2005: Best Bitch-2, RES-CC

Tawastway's Sunshine:
Kuopio 24.07.2005: Best Bitch-1, CC, BOB
 

New Show Results:

Kuopio 24.07.2005
Vantaa 22.07.2005
Ypäjä 17.07.2005
Nivala International 16.07.2005
Karjaa 10.07.2005
Virpiniemi 10.07.2005
Virpiniemi 09.07.2005
Rovaniemi 25.06.2005



05.07.2005

FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy
Loviisa 03.07.2005: Field trial beginners class 3rd prize (NOME: ALO3)

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Loviisa 03.07.2005: Field trial open class 2nd prize (NOME: AVO2)

Tawastway's Knock Knock
Loviisa 02.07.2005: Qualified in the field (NOU1)

FIN TR CH Tawastway's Here'n'There
Tuusula 02.07.2005: Best Bitch-4

Tawastway's Ain't No Saint has been bred: Yellow puppies are expected to born in the end of August
More information in Litters
 

New Show Results:

Uusikaarlepyy 03.07.2005
Hyvinkää 03.07.2005
Tuusula 02.07.2005



23.06.2005

We have a new tracking champion again:

FIN CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Vierumäki 19.06.2005: Field tracking winners class 1st prize ==> FIN TR CH  (MEJÄ VOI1(40)) 

Tawastway's Knockabout: 
Muhos 19.06.2005: Winners class 2nd prize in field tracking (MEJÄ VOI2(35))

Tawastway's Quick Quack:
Muhos 19.06.2005: Open class 2nd prize in field tracking (MEJÄ AVO2(39))

New owner for FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy

Tawastway's Step By Step 
Kotka 19.06.2005: Winner of Intermediate class with excellent, Best Bitch-2, RES-CC
Sinna has also been bred: Yellow puppies are expected to born in August
More information in Litters
 

New Show Results:

Saarijärvi 19.06.2005
Kotka 18.06.2005
Rusko 18.06.2005



13.06.2005

We have a new tracking champion:

FIN TR CH Tawastway's Here'n'There
Orimattila 05.06.2005: Field tracking winners class 1st prize ==> FIN TR CH, Best dog in trial. (MEJÄ VOI1(44))
Lara finished her  title easily straight in 5 trials always getting the 1st prize!

FIN CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Orimattila 05.06.2005: Field tracking winners class 1st prize (MEJÄ VOI1(40))
Vierumäki 12.06.2005: Field tracking winners class 1st prize (MEJÄ VOI1(46)), 3rd best in trial.
Kettunen is also on her way to FIN TR CH, she needs only  one more winners class 1st prize to finish her title.

Tawastway's Knockabout: 
Pyhäntä 05.06.2005 : Open class 1st prize in field tracking (MEJÄ AVO1 (50)) !!!
Kuusamo 12.06.2005: Winners class 1st prize in field tracking (MEJÄ VOI1(45))
 

Tawastway's Ain't No Saint:
Rauma 05.06.2005: Best Bitch-2, RES-CC

Tawastway's Sunshine:
was awarded with the trophy of the most beautiful labrador of the year 2004 by Finnish Retriever Association.

Her littersister Tawastway's Step By Step has started her season and will be bred within some days
Pieksämäki 12.06.2005: placed 3rd in intermediate class with excellent

New photo of these two littersisters below:
Tawastway's Sunshine and Tawastway's Step By Step

New Show Results:

Suonenjoki 12.06.2005
Nurmes 12.06.2005
Joutseno 12.06.2005
Närpiö 12.06.2005
Pieksämäki 11.06.2005 
Lammi 11.06.2005
Teuva 11.06.2005
Rauma 05.06.2005
Tervakoski 05.06.2005
Hamina International 22.05.2005
Helsinki International 21.05.2005



29.05.2005

The working season has been opened:

Tawastway's Knockabout: 
22.05.2005: Open class 1st prize in field tracking (MEJÄ AVO1 (48))

Tawastway's Knock It Off:
14.05.05 Bække, Denmark: 1st prize beginners class field trial (cold game)

RUS&LTU&UKR CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek:
St. Petersburgh, Russia 20.05.2005: International working certificate ==> INT* CH
* Pending FCI confirmation
Helsinki INT 21.05.2005: excellent, Best Bitch-4
Hamina INT 22.05.2005: vg

Tawastway's Sunshine:
21.-22.05.2005:  2nd prize beginners class field trial (NOME: ALO2)
28.05.2005: 1st prize beginners class field trial (NOME: ALO1)

Tawastway's Step By Step:
Hamina INT 22.05.2005: vg
Mäntsälä 29.05.2005: Qualified in the field  (NOU1)

FIN CH Tawastway's Quack Quack:
Golden Track, Labrador championship field tracking test  29.05.2005: 
Winners class 3rd prize (MEJÄ: VOI3(22))

Tawastway's Here'n'There:
Golden Track, Labrador championship field tracking test  29.05.2005: 
Placed 3rd in winners class with 1st prize (MEJÄ VOI1(47))

FIN CH Strongline's Well-Known:
Golden Track, Labrador championship field tracking test  29.05.2005: 
Winner of open class with 1st prize (MEJÄ: AVO1(48))
 

New Show Results:

Kokkola 25.05.2005



19.05.2005

New photo of Tawastway's Step By Step

Tawastway's Step by Step

New photo of RUS&LTU&UKR CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek
training for international working certificate... 

Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek

Tawastway's Knockout was recently  tested by Finnish Guide Dog School:

Tawastway's Knockout

New Show Results:

Halikko 15.05.2005
Oulainen 15.05.2005
Valkeala 14.05.2005
Helsinki 14.05.2005


08.05.2005

Tawastway's Step By Step
Mikkeli 05.05.2005: Winner of intermediate class, excellent, Best Bitch-4, CC

Tawastway's Ants In Pants:
Hollola 07.05.05: Winner of open class, excellent, Best Dog-1, CC, BOB

New photo of Kumu
Tawastway's Ants in Pants

Tawastway's Quack Quack:
Hollola 07.05.05: Winner of open class, excellent, Best Bitch-1, CC ==> FIN CH, BOS
 

New Show Results:

Oulu Specialty 08.05.05
Oulu 07.05.2005
Hollola 07.05.2005
Kokemäki 07.05.2005
Mikkeli 05.05.2005
Sipoo 24.04.2005
Viitasaari 24.04.2005
Evijärvi 23.04.2005



27.04.2005

RUS&LTU CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek
Kiev, Ukraine 23.04.2005: CC, CACIB, BOB, Group-1
Kiev, Ukraine 24.04.2005: CC, CACIB, BOB, Group-2

Hippo became Ukraine champion also.

CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek in Ukraine

New Show Results:

Sipoo 24.04.2005
Viitasaari 24.04.2005


23.04.2005

FIN&N CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Lahti International 23.04.2005: Best Dog-4

New Show Results:

Lahti International 23.04.2005
Simpele 23.04.2005
Rovaniemi 16.04.2005


16.04.2005

pictures of I-litter at almost 6 weeks

Hämeenlinna 16.05.2005:
Tawastway's Ants In Pants: Winner of open class with excellent, Best Dog-2, RES-CC
Tawastway's Quack Quack: Winner of open class with excellent, Best Bitch-1, CC, BOS
Tawastway's Ain't No Saint: Placed second in open class with excellent, Best Bitch -3

Newcomers:
Tawastway's I Like Foxes
Tawastway's Isn't She Foxy

New Show Results:

Maalahti 16.04.2005
Hämeenlinna 16.04.2005


11.04.2005

The first pictures of I-litter at 5 weeks

Tawastway's Sunshine
new pictures of Sanni

Tawastway's Sunshine

New Show Results:

Sysmä 10.04.2005
Pälkäne 09.04.2005



03.04.2005
 

Tawastway's Sunshine
Korpilahti 03.04.2005: Best Bitch-3, RES-CC

FIN CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
Bergen, Norway: Best Dog-2, RES-CACIB, CC  ==> N CH

Tawastway's Quack Quack:
Mäntsälä 03.04.2005: Best Bitch-3
also a  new pictures of Santra:

Tawastway's Quack Quack

New Show Results:

Tohmajärvi 03.04.2005
Mäntsälä 03.04.2005
Korpilahti 03.04.2005
Kokkola 02.04.2005
Ruovesi 28.03.2005
Lappeenranta 27.03.2005



21.03.2005

Added link to Tawastway's statistics in DogNet

Tawastway's Sunshine
Tampere International 20.03.2005: Winner of working class with excellent
 

New Show Results:

Tampere International 20.03.2005
Punkaharju 20.03.2005
Parkano 12.03.2005



08.03.2005

We have puppies. More information in litters

RUS CH Tawastway's Hide'n'Seek visited in Lithuania and came back home with  RES-CACIB and CC
 

New picture of FIN CH FINJW-02 Tawastway's Howdy

FIN CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye
was recently  tested by Finnish Guide Dog School:

New Show Results:
Tornio 19.02.2005
Turku International 29.01.2005


15.02.2005

Unfortunately it seems that there will be no puppies for Tawastway's Ain't No Saint.
We'll try again in summer/autumn 2005


14.02.2005

LRC main specialty, Lahti 06.02.2005:

FIN CH FINW-04 FINJW-01 Tawastway's Private Eye: winner of working class with excellent
INT&FIN&EST CH WW-98 SW-98 ESTW-99 FINW-00 Tawastway's Fooling Around: winner of veteran class, Best-Dog-3, BIS-veteran
Tawastway's Quack Quack: placed 3rd in a strong open class (22 entries) with excellent 
Tawastway's Ain't No Saint: got vg in open class
FIN CH Strongline's Well-Known: placed second in working class with excellent
INT&FIN&S CH FIN TR CH Strongline's Knock on Wood: placed third in working class with excellent
FIN CH FIN TR CH Mistmoor's Blandbaker: placed second in veteran class with excellent

New X-ray -results:
Tawastway's Knockabout:  hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK

New photo of Tawastway's Sunshine

New Show Results:

LRC Main Specialty, Lahti 06.02.2005
Tuusniemi 06.02.2005
Raahe 29.01.2005



24.01.2005

We have a brand new champion: FIN CH Strongline's Well-Known
Alavus 22.01.2005: Winner of Field Trial class with excellent, Best Bitch-1, CC ==> FIN CH, BOS
Ilomantsi 23.01.2005: Winner of Field Trial class with excellent, Best Bitch-1, BOB, Group-1, BIS-2

New photos of Kettunen

Strongline's Well-Known

Strongline's Well-Known

New photo of Tawastway's Dinky Duckling

New Show Results:

Ilomantsi 23.01.2005
Alavus 22.01.2005


09.01.2005

New X-ray -results:
Tawastway's Knockout:  hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK 
Tawastway's Snowman:  hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK (in France), Optigen A1

New Show Results:
Kajaani International 09.01.2005


03.01.2005

Newcomers:

Tawastway's Ding-Dong

Tawastway's Dinky Duckling

Tawastway's Ain't No Saint has been mated. 
Yellow puppies  are  expected  week  09/2005

Strongline's Well-Known has been mated
Yellow puppies  are  expected  week  10/2005

New X-ray -results:
Tawastway's Knock Knock: hips A-A, elbows 0:0
Tawastway's Keep Knocking: hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK
Tawastway's Knock It Off: hips A-A, elbows 0:0, eyes OK  (in Denmark)