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ABOUT US
It all started with an unexpected phonecall...
It was my old-time friend asking, if I could help to find a good new home
for a small purebred dog.
At that time there were two american cockerspaniels living in my home and I
didn't even dream about another dog. As I asked about the breed of the dog,
I was surprised to find out that it was a silky terrier.
I asked my friend, a breeder of boxers, to describe the dog and she abruptly
told me that it looked like bottle brush. I promised to call her back and
started to dig through all the "dog breed"books I had at home. Luckily I
found that I was looking for.
The correct name of the breed was Australian silky terrier. I got very
excited. The breed looked very much like a Yorkshire terrier. I had seen
that fabulous dog at a dog show many years ago and I was enchanted at once.
At that time this breed could only be seen at big international dog shows
and all the owners were so bigheaded and unapproachable, that I went home to
my cockers with no hope at all.
And suddenly, what a success( not a yorkie, but very similar though)! I
called back and we decided to take this little dog to my mother at first.
That's how a three year old Jerry(Fayhill Jerry for long) came to live with
us. Jerry comes from a very famous Finnish kennel "Fayhill", what is the
first silky terrier kennel in that country. The owners of that kennel are
Iris and Kurt Gerlin. Their first silky terriers came from Sweden in 1972
from kennel "Västerbackens" and the first litter was born in 1973. Since
that time silky terriers have become very popular in Finland. The best
representatives of the breed were brought to Finland from Australia,
Austria, America, Sweden, France and Germany. Later Finnish dogs were
exported to Europe and to USA were they became quite successfull in the
showrings.
But Jerry was not a good specimen of his breed. He was sold to be a house
pet and I became sure of it very soon. The first and last attempt to show
him at a dog show, was a failure, to put it mildly. And a disaster to be
honest. Jerry bit the judge and we were sent away with a note about his
temper. We were very ashamed and unhappy. But there was no turning back.
Jerry had stolen my heart. Pride, intelligence, wild personality, shrewdness
and the fantastic, silvery-blue silky hair. My dream of a yorkie was
instantly replaced by a silkie. Diligently I started to look for more info
on that breed and instantly I was facing serious troubel. I didn't have a
computer back then and nobody in Estonia or Russia was interested in that
breed. Piece by piece I gathered all the info I could find. Based on the
info from show cataloques, I made up a file on all the best dogs and kennels
and in less than a year I knew all the pedigrees of the most famous silkies
by heart.
Enchanted by the breed, I turned to the owner of Jerry in Finland, to ask
her to help me find a good show dog.She turned out to be a very sociable
person. From that moment my friendship with Albina Alanen started and has
been going on for almost 10 years now. I want to express my sincere respect
and gratitude to her. It would never have been possible to get the best dogs
for my kennel without her help. She has been my helper and co-owner of the
kennel since 1993.
In 1994 from kennel "Fayhill" in Finland, I got a puppy that met every
requirement for the breed. Fayhill Rita, Shelly to us, became the foundation
bitch for silky terriers in Estonia. Thank you Kurt and Iris!
Shelly became a champion before she was two years old.
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CH Fayhill Rita - 2 aastane |
Her first litter with a Finnish male, CH Bombix Moren Bactrim-Maxi, was born
in 1995. By that time a kennel named "Magic Show" was registered and the
owners to this day are we: Natalja Mamedova and Albina Alanen.
Slowly I gathered the know-how. When Albina suggested on buying two new
puppies, I accepted. So in december 1995 from a famous Finnish kennel "Bombix
Moren"(owner Irma Leino) came two four-months old puppies: male Bombix Moren Royal Smile and female
Bombix Moren Matkaleena. .
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CH Bombix Moren Royal Smile |
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CH Bombix Moren Matkaleena |
We are very proud to have Irma for our friend, she is a famous silky terrier
breeder and a truly wonderful person. Her silkies are excellent. I consider
her to be my mentor and a good friend. Irma has helped our kennel to start
from a solid base. Bombix is our best show and breeding dog. He is the
father of many champions from our kennel. Bombix is retired from the show
ring but can sometimes be seen in the veteran class.
In ten years we have bred 8 litters. It may seem not much for some of you,
but we are not after the great numbers. All of our puppies are in loving and
caring homes.
Specially chosen, important for our future breeding , puppies have
participated successfully in shows and have aquired the Champion titles.
Since 2002 we can carry on our breeding program with bitces that carry our
kennel name "Magic Show". These dogs are CH Magic Show Christmas Sweet,
CH Magic Show Valentina and
CH Magic Show Sweet Sweet.
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CH Magic Show Valentina |
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CH Magic Show Sweet Sweet |
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CH Magic Show Christmas Sweet |
Recently I got a royal gift from kennel "Bombix Moren" - a four month old
silky boy
Bombix Moren Amron’s TopCopy, the offspring of American and European
champions. On his first show, less than 6 months old, our Topyi got BIS 2.
I'm sure that a great show career is waiting for him. Thank you so much,
Irma!
In 2001 a new breed came to our kennel. After two years of searching and
waiting, from a Finnish kennel"Little Step's" came a wonderful four months
old long haired chihuahua boy
Little Step's Kalahari(
Stepasha for us)
Thank you so much for that marvellous dog, dear Saija. It is just pure luck
and a true happiness to have a chihuahua, that is a true image of the breed
standard, in my kennel. our success is not so very great yet, but it will be
achieved.
Our moto is : true love + hard work = the best
representative of the breed.
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