Bernese Mountain Dogs by FUNATIC

29.4.2012 Lahti International

Tuuli — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:47:00 +0000

WOW! What a thrilling day at Lahti International Dog Show!

We had two juniors in the ring and both Gusto and Leona had a fantastic day!
Gusto won junior class with fine critique, then continued his success by winning CAC and best dog class over all of the intermediate, open and champion males and finally he was BOS.

Leona, at tender age of 9 months, entered the ring for the first time as a junior. She won the class with CQ and showed her heart out in best bitch class. What a fine young lady she is!
Juusto’s daughter took 2nd place in the same class. It is lovely to see these kids of our Funatic boys in the ring doing so well.

I was also very happy to see yet another Skumppa kid to finish her title as Lipasun LollyDolly took open class win and was 4th best bitch with CAC and new champion! Congrats to the owners and breeder!

» Funatic Mucho Gusto EXC1 CQ in junior class, BD#1, CAC, BOS
» Funatic Kiss And Tell EXC1 CQ in junior class
judge: Satu Ylä-Mononen (46 entries)

Below you can find some pics and videos.

Gusto and Goldbear’s Qismet in BOB ring

Leona winning junior class

First one in the row is Funatic Kiss And Tell

After the ring we took some new pics of the young ones. Here’s Gusto 16 months and Leona 9 months. Click the thumbnails to view the pics in full size.

15.4.2012 Vaasa International

Tuuli — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:32:26 +0000

I always forget how far away Vaasa is from Helsinki. Until the previous night when I start planning how early in the morning we need to start driving. Oops… 5 hours! Maybe it is the show site and the atmosphere that takes me back to Vaasa every year nowadays. It was worth driving this time, too!

53 entries in Bernese this year and very competitive classes in both males and females. Our German import George made me so proud! His third show in Finland and he won open class, was the best male over specials, and took CAC, CACIB & BOS! Also Skumppa, Essi and the young girls Molla and Hertta took nice class placements. What a day!

And now… let the Certificate Hunt begin ;-)

» George Clooney von Bernice Love EXC1 CQ in open class, BD#1, CAC, CACIB, BOS
» Funatic Taittinger EXC 2 CQ in champion class
» Funatic Miss Behaving VG3 in junior class
» Funatic Moschino VG4 in junior class
» Funatic QT-Ness EXC3 CQ in open class
judge: Jan De Gids, NL

left: BOS George Clooney von Bernice Love, right: BOB Berondan Belicia (photo: Kaisa Kerman)

George in the ring (photo: Kaisa Kerman)

8.4.2012 Lappeenranta

Tuuli — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:26:00 +0000

While I was on a vacation in Lapland Natalia took our young hopeful Gusto to Lappeenranta Easter Show. And what a day they had! Gusto won Junior class, placed as 4th best male after champions and took his first CAC. Well done Gusto and Natalia!

» Funatic Mucho Gusto EXC1 CQ in junior class, BD#4, CAC
judge: Nebojša Savičić, Serbia

More great news came after Easter when we finally received health evaluations of Gusto and his sister Molla.
Funatic Mucho Gusto HD-A, ED-0, Patella-0, Heart Normal, Eyes Clear, DM DNA Clear,
Funatic Miss Behaving HD-B, ED-0, DM DNA Clear (eyes, heart and patella to follow in May).
And their sister Funatic Mulberry HD-B, ED-0, DM DNA Carrier.
Now we wait the last sibling Hertta to be x-rayed. She was already DM tested and result came back as a carrier.

So happy to receive such great health results for Saimi’s kids! She has left quite a legacy.
And first and foremost: such wonderful and beloved family members with great temperaments.

Gusto pictured at the Winter Specialty in February 2012 (photo: Sanna Kinnunen)

1.4.2012 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Tuuli — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:24:12 +0000

Congrats Budy for winning CAC & CACIB from a big entry of over 70 Bernese!

» Funatic O’Boyd EXC1 in open class, CAC, CACIB
judge: Tibor Havelka, SK

25.3.2012 Rijeka, Croatia

Tuuli — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:43:56 +0000

Congratulations Tajana and Tyra, Funatic Keep Going Forward, for winning BIS 3 Puppy at CAC Rijeka CAC Show!
Thank you judges Mr Tino Pehar and Mrs Jasna Matejčić.

18.2.2012 Finnish Winter Specialty

Tuuli — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:53:41 +0000

Great day at the Winter Specialty!
Our lovely Freddy/Pulla daughter Leona started her show carreer with style: Best of Breed Puppy from a big entry of 25 puppies! And many hours later in the finals she still strutted her stuff and was BISS-3 Puppy. Super job Leona and Nelli! Our handsome junior boy Gusto made us also very proud: at almost 14 months young he won the huge junior dog class (over 20 entries) and later in the best dog final made the cut in TOP 5! He was also BOS Junior. Gusto’s sister Molla took second place in a big and competitive class of junior bitches. Bono took a class placement in intermediate dogs and so did Kerttu in a huge class of open bitches. Skumppa placed third in a very competitive champion dog class. So proud of all in team Funatic – both people and dogs! Thank you for a wonderful day for everyone!

Funatic Kiss And Tell BOB Puppy, PBISS-3
Funatic Kiss Kiss Bang Bang no placement in puppy bitch class
Funatic Mucho Gusto EXC1 CQ in Junior Dog Class, BOS Junior
Funatic Miss Behaving EXC2 CQ in Junior Bitch Class
Funatic Mulberry VG in Junior Bitch Class
Funatic Notorius BMD EXC4 in Intermediate Dog Class
Funatic SpongeBob EXC in Open Dog Class
Funatic Supernatural EXC4 in Open Bitch Class
Funatic Razzmatazz G in Open Bitch Class
Funatic Roquefort EXC in Champion Dog Class
Funatic Taittinger EXC3 CQ in Champion Dog Class
Judges: Jelly de Jong Bol (NL), Bernard Léger (SUI) & Petra Schultheiss (DE)

My best friend is gone

Tuuli — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:59:49 +0000

My Love, My Best Friend, My Heart Dog

Ch. Funatic Vanity Fair

9.5.2004 – 28.1.2012

Saimi, I miss You so much!

I cannot find words how much it hurts… A week earlier everything was looking good and now she is gone. Saimi passed away after having spay surgery because of suspected Pyo. She collapsed five days after surgery. Autopsy reveiled that she unfortunately had ingested foreign object, a small toy, which had cause a secondary Peritonitis. What was also found in the autopsy was an extremely rare tumor Pheocromocytoma (benign) in adrenal gland. I’m wondering if it could have caused this “symptom” her to swallow the toy? Maybe far reached but she just never did such thing so I couldn’t even imagine it. I am so saddened and devasted.
Rest in peace my sweet Darling…

22.1.2012 Turku International

Tuuli — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:35:09 +0000

Skumppa took BOB at the Turku International and made the cut in TOP7 in the Group!
Piquet won intermediate class and was 2nd best bitch with res.CACIB res.CAC and Mona won junior class again.
Very exciting day!

» Funatic Mucho Gusto EXC4 in junior class
» George Clooney von Bernice Love EXC in open class
» Funatic Taittinger EXC1 CQ in champion class, BD#1, CACIB, BOB
» Funatic Mulberry EXC1 CQ in junior class
» Funatic Now I’m Stepping Out EXC1 CQ in intermediate class, BB#2, res.CAC, res.CACIB
» kennel Funatic 3rd place with Prize of Honour in breeder class
judge: Jukka Kuusisto

15.1.2012 Lahti Group Show

Tuuli — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:05:41 +0000

First show weekend of the year!
Our German import George (a.k.a Keijo to his Finnish friends) participated his first show in Finland today. He was second best male with reserve certificate from open class – not too shabby for his first outing to a Finnish show ring!
Mona was shown in junior class and did an excellent job as well: junior class winner, 2nd best bitch and reserve certificate!
Oh, and last but not least… my mother attended a dog show for the first time in a long long time – to cheer for George :-)

» George Clooney von Bernice Love EXC2 CQ in open class, BD#2, res.CAC
» Funatic Mulberry EXC1 CQ in junior class, BB#2, res.CAC
judge: Reia Leikola-Walden, Finland
(53 entries in Bernese)

George after the ring in Lahti

Finnish Winner 2011

Tuuli — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:11:49 +0000

Last show of the year and wonderful results once again.
Congratulations Seikku for Mona’s first title: Finnish Junior Winner 2011!

4.12.2011 Finnish Winner 2011
» Funatic SpongeBob EXC in open class
» Funatic Taittinger EXC2 CQ in champion class, BD#3, res.CACIB
» Funatic Now I’m Stepping Out EXC3 in junior class
» Funatic Mulberry EXC1 CQ in junior class, Finnish Junior Winner’11
judge: Evgeny Kuplyauskas

Funatic Mulberry at 11 months old, Finnish Junior Winner 2011