About us

When I was born my parents had a sable male collie FIN CH Friby´n Michael “Dani”. Dani was a beautiful dark sable with self-confident and calm temperament. He will always have a special place in my heart.  

After Dani died we lived 10 years without a dog! In 2000 my mom bumped into Jaana Laitinen (Friby´n) in a store and happened to ask her is there any puppies planned. And yes there was. May 2001 a litter of six puppies (2 bitches, 4males) was born (sire Friby´n Uppo-Nalle, dam Ketopin Lolitas Lulu). We wanted the only sable bitch, but she was already reserved. We thought tricolours were ugly compared to sables, but now I´m grateful for that tricolour bitch, who was to be my “once in a lifetime”- collie and my foundation bitch.

Nelly (Bh Tk 1 Friby´n Onsdag Flicka) grew and I was eager to learn everything I could about collies. Little by little I got interested in dog sports. By far I´ve trained agility, searching, tracking and obedience with my collies.

Soon came the time for a second collie, in September 2004 Helmi (Bh Danlyn Wanity Fair) moved to us. She was placed with breeding terms by her owner Jaana Pajunen, Juniperhill´s collies. In 2006 Helmi had a litter of five puppies at kennel Juniperhill´s. Nowadays Helmi lives with my mom as she never adjusted herself to our growing pack. She won´t be used in breeding anymore.  

In Autumn 2005 it was time for a third collie. Tikru (Bh Deathless My Wild Love) travelled long way from the Northern Finland to live with her co-owner Eila in Pyhäranta.  

First Leaftribe litter of five tricolour puppies (2 bitches, 3 males) was born August 2006 to Nelly. Litter is sired by Go-West Vom Hause Reinhard (German imp.).

The other bitch “little Nelly” Keena (Bh Leaftribe My Black Dahlia) stayed at home as I fell in love with her as soon as I first saw her. One of the males, Blacky (Bh Leaftribe Old Black Joe) is co-owned by my father.

The whole Black-litter is hip & elbow- examined, all five of them healthy. Four of them have been shown; two has their CC´s and Finnish CACIB´s, one has 2 CC´s from Estonia, one has 2nd Excellent. Three of them have approved BH-test and one has 1st prize from Obedience beginner´s class and two of the boys have 3rd prizes from Obedience
beginner´s class..  

At the beginning of 2007 an adult blue merle bitch flew from Israel to join us. INT ISR EST Ch Storm Cloud of Netiv Ha´Ayit “Lulie” is co-owned with Päivi Kaski (Piraatin).

January 2008 Tikru was mated to Blacky and we had a litter of four puppies. The only male “Becks” (Leaftribe Sunbeam Tiger) is co-owned. At 5 months age “Pipa” (Leaftribe Tiger Trouble) was returned and now she is co- owned by Miia Kallunki (kennel Polar Glacier). Two puppies of the litter are hip & elbow- examined, results being D/D and C/B, both clear in elbows. Three of them are shown, all have excellents and placings in their class.

Since we haven´t been lucky with our own litterplans lately, we purchased two new hopes for the future: Blacky´s tricolour daughter Windy Forest´s Unique Melody "Inga" and Blacky´s tricolour son Brudholmens Black Intenzo "Enzo" (Swedish imp.)

We shall see how many years I have to wait for that blue merle puppy I´ve been dreaming about...