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FSCA Show Female of
the Year 2002,
Best of Opposite Sex
2000 & 2001 FSCA Specialty,
2001 #1 Finnish Spitz bitch
#4 Finnish Spitz Allbreed Points
Finnish Spitz Club of America
Registry of Merit Recipient Cisco, a/k/a AM. Int'l CH. Ice Caps Chankiita Sunrise, was our first Finkie from Ice Caps kennels. She did not disappoint us in demonstrating the beauty of this breed. Cisco completed her championship run at the age of 20 months in a spectacular 5 week period winning 5 majors for a total of 18 points. In her first Specialty appearance at the 9th Annual Finnish Spitz Club of America Specialty show on September 20, 2000 Cisco was awarded Best of Opposite Sex after just turning two years old. She repeated her performance the following year and in her third year of showing was awarded the Finnish Spitz Club of America's Show Female of the Year Award for the year 2002. A loving, happy girl, Cisco prefers chasing the birds and squirrels in the backyard to more structured acitivities. She has an independent personality but can neither retire for the night nor start her day without some cuddling. A wonderful yodeler in true Finkie fashion, she loves to carry on long conversations with her humans. When not caring for puppies, she spends much of her day on the top step of the swimming pool and caring for the cats. Although Cisco left us for Rainbow Bridge unexpectedly in July, 2005, she lives on in our daily thoughts and remains the foundation of our breeding program. The structure and movement she passed on to her offspring is the movement we are striving for in the breed. We see her legacy and contributions to the breed in her offspring including the grandpups. Cisco was awarded the Finnish Spitz Club of America Registry of Merit ("ROM") award in September, 2005 for producing six AKC championship offspring.
Cisco's Pedigree
 Our second Finkie also came to live with us from Ice Caps. K.C., a/k/a CH Ice Caps Crowns King of Pauper, has that devilish look in his eye, but is more easy going than Cisco. He is a son of Best In Show winner CH. Tanssi Inua Midnight Phantom, a/k/a Phantom of Ice Caps, and he is following in his father's footsteps. In his first show with competition at the age of not quite 8 months, KC was awarded Best of Winners for his first points and a major win. In his next show at the age of 9 months, he earned an additional point by defeating the number one ranked Finnish Spitz in the United States in the Best of Breed competition. KC repeated this feat his first weekend out as a "special" just before his second birthday. And in his first appearance at the Westminster Kennel Club 2003 show at Madison Square Garden, KC received the one Award of Merit in breed competition at just two years old. KC has retired from the show ring but is working on his certification as a therapy dog. With his easy going temperament and sense of humor he is perfect for bringing joy into the lives of others.
KC's Pedigree
 CH Crowns Joulu Marjukka, fondly known as "Maja", is a Cisco daughter with a completely different temperament from her mother. While retaining her mom's beauty and movement, Maja is the cuddler in the family and loves to be held. She is a gentle soul who enjoys playing with the pups and kittens. She is an example of the slow maturation that is often seen in the breed. Because she continued to look like a young pup until she was nearly two years old, we held her back from showing until she finally showed some maturity. It was gratifying to see the potential we saw in her as pup borne out in the ring. In her first major competition in February, 2005 she waltzed into the ring in Denver and came away with 10 of the 15 points needed for her championship title. Two of those wins were four point majors earned by going Best of Opposite Sex over the bitch specials. Maja now spends most of her time keeping everyone else in our household in line. Maja's Pedigree
 CH Pyrakka Nasse is the culmination of our dream to import a puppy from Finland in order to strengthen the health and genetic diversity behind our lines. Eighteen months before his arrival, we started searching for dogs in Finland whose conformation would complement the type we are breeding here. We then began many months of correspondance with Finnish breeders that resulted in an email informing me that one of the studs we were interested in had just been bred to a very nice bitch. Twenty weeks later our friend, Ernie Lloyd at Ice Caps, boarded a plane for Finland and returned with our lovely boy. Ernie and Nancy co-own him with us and he continues to reside with them. When he started his show career he chalked up 12 points of the 15 points needed for his AKC championship in short order including three major wins. We were thrilled that he was awarded Best Puppy in Sweeps, Winners Dog and Best of Winners at the FSCA 2006 supported entry held in Spokane, WA. We are expecting our first litters from him soon and we are excited to see what he produces. Our thanks to Antero Valkama for entrusting this boy to us! Nasse's Pedigree
Crowns Chili Pepper ("Pepper") earned her special place in our hearts in a much different fashion. Due to a birthing accident, Pepper lost her right front leg. For the first few days we were not sure she was going to be with us for long. But her indomitable spirit and will to live ruled the day. She learned to walk and fight her way through with the other pups and survived a very difficult surgery at five months of age to repair as much of the damage as possible for the long term. She is a beautiful girl who runs with the other dogs, hops in and out of the swimming pool all summer, and refuses to allow herself to be anything other than normal. In addition to her beauty she has a sweet personality that makes her a favorite with anyone that meets her. She will be be bred to Nasse for her first litter and we are looking forward to seeing what she produces.
Pepper's Pedigree
Finkkila's Nalle Poika, affectionately known as "Villi", comes to us from the Walkers. The son of a Finnish import, American and multi-European championships Katajahaan Nalle, Villi brings additional genetic diversity to our lines. We fell in love with him when we first saw him at nine weeks old and he has not disappointed. A sweet, loving personality combined with the air of the devil about him makes every day interesting! The potential we saw in him as a pup is becoming very apparent. In his first show at the FSCA 2007 national specialty Villi trotted into the ring and walked away with the Best Puppy in Sweeps and Winners Dog awards. We look forward to his career in the show ring. Villi spends most of his time with our friends the Swishers at Punaukea Finnish Spitz in OK but comes back often enough to feel a part of our family. Our thanks to the Walkers for sending us this beautiful boy! Villi's Pedigree
Up and coming!
 Tuli, a/k/a Crowns Talvi Tulinen Auringon, is another young girl that is very special. She is the result of our first line breeding on Cisco. Tuli is very similar in structure to her granddam but with some added diversity and positive attributes contributed by sire Sami. Like Cisco she is very slow maturing and we are not rushing her into the ring. But her potential as an adult is apparent as we watch her run in the yard. She does not, however, have the feisty Cisco temperament. Tuli is a sweet, loving girl who is happiest when she is cuddling under the covers in my bed! Tuli's Pedigree
Up and coming! Crowns Finlandia Paavo is the result of another one of our outcross ventures. We were thrilled to learn in 2005 that a girl from Finland would be coming to the Dallas area on a short term basis. Her "dad" was amenable to having her bred and she delivered six beautiful pups in February 2007. At one year of age, Paavo, who is from that litter, reminds us so much of his mom, Pimu. Our heartfelt thanks goes out to Sakari Hietala who made this litter possible. Paavo is growing into a lovely boy with the long legs, long tail and elegant neck that is so characteristic of Pimu. We enjoy watching him change as he matures and have recently begun his show career. With those long legs and his speed, we also couldn't resist starting him in agility training. Watch for his future development! Paavo's Pedigree
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