Finnish Lapphund Breed Lecture - Victoria

[armahani]

Hi all,

For anyone interested, please find below information on a Finnish Lapphund Breed

Lecture being held by the Finnish Lapphund Club of Victoria on the evening

Tuesday, 8 May 2012 at Bulla.

We are very excited to be welcoming Linda Marden, Sugarok Kennels, President of

the Finnish Lapphund Club of America, and 25 year veteran of the breed to

present this lecture.

Further details are pasted at the bottom of this post.

Please feel free to cross-post and further distribute.

For your further information, the first championship show for Finnish Lapphunds

in the Southern Hemisphere is scheduled to be run at KCC Park on Monday 11 June

2012. We are anticipating a large entry, and for anyone having an interest in

the breed, this will be an excellent opportunity to see a large number, from

most States of Australia, in the one place.

FINNISH LAPPHUND BREED LECTURE

LINDA MARDEN

SUGAROK KENNELS, USA

PRESIDENT, FINNISH LAPPHUND CLUB OF AMERICA

Date:

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Time:

7.30pm

Followed by supper

Venue:

Room 1, Bulla Exhibition St

Uniting Lane, Bulla

To attend:

Please RSVP to president@... to assist us with catering

This lecture is being provided by the Finnish Lapphund Club of Victoria free of

charge, however, in recognition that we are a small and relatively new club, a

gold coin donation by attendees who are neither judges nor aspiring judges would

be greatly appreciated. Raffle tickets for our annual raffle are also likely to

be being sold by enthusiastic committee members.

About our speaker:

Linda Marden has had a lifetime involved in the showing and breeding of dogs,

from her first Pomeranian as a 14 year old, to her successful line of Samoyeds.

She was first introduced to Finnish Lapphunds in 1977, although it took 10 long

years of negotiation before she imported her first, Jesse, from Finland to the

USA in 1987.

During the last 24 years, her involvement in the Finnish Lapphund breed has been

extensive, with numerous trips to Europe to learn more about the breed, the

importing of 22 dogs, and the breeding of 232 puppies across 45 litters, which

have assisted to forming a solid foundation in the North America.

She is the President of the Finnish Lapphund Club of America, and has been

instrumental to lead that organisation in their efforts to gain full American

Kennel Club recognition of the breed on 30 June 2011.

Prior to AKC recognition, her Finnish Lapphunds were heavily campaigned in UKC

shows, five of which were Best in Show winners, and also in Canada after breed

recognition was gained there in 2007. Since AKC recognition she has titled 12

American Champions and 4 American Grand Champions, with numerous group

placements, and her highly successful male Bruce (Sugarok Born in the USA) was

the first Westminster BOB winner this year.

Linda has lectured extensively on the breed across the USA and Canada, and we

are enormously grateful that she has agreed to provide this lecture for us

during her trip to Melbourne in 2012.

[armahani]

Just a reminder that this is still going ahead next Tuesday night. Please RSVP if you haven't already done so.