Our sweet soul Prim is following her father’s footsteps and has passed the therapy dog team exam with me with 98 points out of 100!
I’m super proud of her and she totally exceeded my expectations at the exam. Ever since she was a little puppy I knew she had it in her and she has gotten better and more confident with age. She’s such a gentle soul and it will be my duty to keep her happy when doing therapy dog work and make sure she enjoys it and not force anything on her. But I know she will bring so much joy to whomever we decide to do therapy interactions with. We will probably try out visiting the elderly in our hometown Elva, just like Boston and maybe even help out our friend who is a speech therapist.

On the 28th of November we welcomed sweet 7 heads of bundle of joy into this world – 5 boys and 2 girls.

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28. novembril tulid siia ilma 7 imearmsat uut maailmakodanikku – 5 poissi ja 2 tüdrukut.

At the beginning of September we had a wonderful end to a beautiful summer show season at the Retriever’s Specialty Show at Kumna Manor.
We will now take a little break from Dog Shows to do some field training, Boston will start doing his therapy dog work again and we have some exciting puppy plans for the near future 🙂

Boston (Meiepere Oh How Happy)
Excellent 1 with CQ in Working class
BOB Working Dog
Best In Show Working Dog!

Saara (Meiepere Paris In The Rain)
Excellent 2 with CQ in Open Class
Best Bitch 2, EST CAC






Prim (Soft Soul Heart Of Love)
Excellent in Junior class (she was totally out of coat!)

Luna (Lakebrook Love To Soft Soul)
Owned by Mari-Liis Rihkrand and Sirli Ottis
Excellent 2 with CQ in Junior class

Poseidon (Lakebrook Love Poseidon)
Owned by Kätlyn Freimann
Excellent 4 in Junior class

Boston was entered in Progeny class with his children from two different litters
BOB Progeny
Best in Show Progeny!



Boston and Prim were second in Braces



Boston and Poseidon were second in “Father and Son”

I haven’t had time to post about the Golden Retriever Main Specialty Show that we had in February. This is one show in the year that I try not to miss. Always wonderful breed specialist judges from the UK and great atmosphere altogether with close to 100 participants.

I entered Boston (Meiepere Oh How Happy) in Champion class for the first time at a specialty and almost regretted it as he managed to shed most of his coat couple of weeks before the show. To my big surprise he won the class and ended up as Best Male 2! To say I was happy is an understatement 😉

Prim (Soft Soul Heart Of Love) was entered in puppy class (7 months at the time). She was not placed (11 bitch puppies) but got a lovely critique from the judge. I love how she can relax just anywhere she is and that she did that in the show ring as well while waiting to her turn to be judged.

Saara (Meiepere Paris In The Rain), the momma of our “Love” litter, was entered in a large open class (14 bitches). She wasn’t placed but showed her socks off (first time back in the ring after her litter last April). Saara was so happy to be shown, with her nonstop tail wagging and playful silly temperament while waiting to be judged. Hoping to show Saara more in the upcoming shows this summer.

Some of our “Love” litter youngsters were also entered in junior classes.
Luna (Lakebrook Love To Soft Soul – owned by Mari-Liis Rihkrand and Sirli Ottis) was placed second in bitches junior class (out of 11).

The boys weren’t placed but showed themselves nicely and had a lovely show experience.

We are also super proud of Boston’s son Sparky (Soft Soul Heart Of Heaven) who did wonderfully at the show with being Best Of Breed Puppy and BIS Puppy III! Congratulations to the owners and the breeder Mari-Liis Rihkrand!

This spring we won’t take part in too many shows. Prim will start field training and Boston is busy with his therapy dog work and nose work training. We will also try to take Boston’s field work to the next level and try to take part in some Field Trials.