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FINLAND
Suomen Rottweileryhdistys
r.y. – Finlands Rottweilerförening r.f.

Suomen
Rottweileryhdistys r.y.
Pirjo Lipponen
Irjalantie
304 B
03400 Vihti
Finland
www.rottweiler.fi
Members
of the club : approx. 3000.
Early
History
Rottweilers were registered in Finland as early as 1920. The first
recorded Rottweiler was a bitch called LUTZI av MEDESTEIN, bred by
Lieutenant A. Winge and owned by Mrs L. Winge. She was sired by Nero av
Aso out of Gyllis-Lutzi.
The
first recorded male was HAMMARBY’S PUCK (King av Aso – Dolly av
Medestein), who was born on 1st of March 1923. He was owned
by Sea Captain Gustaf Apelgren. The first Rottweiler litter was born in
Finland in 1933. Sired by LINDHAGAS GERO, the dam was LINDHAGAS BELLA,
owned by Mrs Moen Ullberg of the Kiikkuniemen prefix.
The
Finnish Rottweiler Club was founded in April 1946. To begin with, it was
a breed club in it’s own right, but a sub-division of a bigger working
dog club. By the end on 1946 the club had 33 members, who owned a total
of 26 Rottweilers.
Establishing the breed
Initially, nearly all the Rottweilers were imported from Sweden. The
founding of the Finnish Rottweiler Club marked an important starting
point for breeding in Finland. Breeders had to overcome early
difficulties, particularly lack of knowledge regarding the pedigrees of
their dogs, and possible faults and weaknesses in imported lines.
As the
breed began to grow in numbers in Finland, vom HEIDENMOOR emerged as the
most important and influential kennel. In 1945 a Rottweiler bitch,
SONNBOS HAPPY (Tell Vonden Hackerbruecke – Nizy) was imported from
Sweden in whelp to Ch. RAJ. The Rottweilers from the resulting litter
included BELZEBUB and BARRY, who were to form the foundation of the
kennel HEIDENMOOR breeding programme. The prefix was given to Maria and
Olavi Pasanen in 1949.
In the
sixties the number of Rottweiler kennels gradually increased. They
included: Attalos, von Birkenweiler, vom Feuerwald, Finnweilers, von
Heidesee, Joukonheimon, Kaisukan, Katajiston, Katweilers, Negusheim,
Onnimannin and Vahvan-Tassun. Some of these kennels are still going
strong today.
The
current scene
Breeding is still on a small scale in Finland, with the majority on
kennels keeping a couple of bitches living with the family. A number on
kennels, formed in the last few years have achieved considerable
success. They include Finnjäntans, Fold Face’s, Heizelwood, Karmossen,
Ukko-Pekan, Vuorenpeikon and Yörnilän.
The
Finnish Rottweiler Club has grown as the popularity of the Rottweiler
has become more widespread. There are now about 3000 members. There are
12 sub-divisions of the parent club, plus three independent Rottweiler
clubs that organise training for Working Trials. The southern-most
sub-division located in Helsinki and the northern-most in Lapland.
Obedience training plays an important part in Finland, as the Rottweiler
is very much a dog who lives at home with the family and children.
Board of the Finnish
Rottweilerclub.
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President
delegate to the
IFR |
Jouni Nummela,
Tammerintie 4, 12310 Ryttylä, Finland,
mobile
+358/44/5252274, email jouni.nummela
(at) kolumbus.fi |
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Vice President |
Hanna Kotikangas,
Martinlaaksontie 38, 01620 Vantaa,
Finland
home
+358/40/7237142, email
hanna.kotikangas (at) netsonic.fi |
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Secretary |
Pirjo
Lipponen
Irjalantie 304 B, 03400 Vihti, Finland
mobile +358/50/5948443
email
rottweiler.fin(at)kolumbus.fi,
fold.faces (at) kolumbus.fi |
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Treasurer |
Suvi Lehtinen,
Saukkokuja 1 F 1, 01450 Vantaa, Finland,
home
+358/9/8572539, email suvi.lehtinen (at) luukku.com |
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Members |
Lilli
Fremling
Pitkämäentie
10, 01630 Vantaa, Finland
mobile +358/9/8544197
lilli.fremling (at) kolumbus.fi
Heidi Helin
Saratie
55, 01680 Perttula, Finland
mobile +358/400/900821
email
musanterin (at) kolumbus.fi
Jaana
Kivenjuuri
Luhtimäki 1 B 8,
01660 Vantaa, Finland
Mobile
+358/400/618305
email
jaana.kivenjuuri (at) pp.inet.fi
Hanna
Kotikangas,
Martinlaaksontie
38, 01620 Vantaa, Finland
home
+358/40/7237142,
email
hanna.kotikangas (at) netsonic.fi
Pirjo Lipponen
Irjalantie 304 B, 03400 Vihti, Finland
mobile +358/50/3204 007
email
fold.faces(at)kolumbus.fi
Mari Rahkila
Ulvilantie 17 a D
60, 00350 Helsinki, Finland
Mobile
+358/50/5879053
email
marrahki(at)welho.com
Ari Starck
Onkimaantie 485,
04660 Numminen, Finland
mobile +358/50/3646906
email
ari.starck(at)gmail.com
Aki Peltomäki
Kettumäentie 16 a
5, 13600 Hämeenlinna, Finland
Mobile+358/44/2833468
email
aki.peltomaki(at)gmail.com
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Numbers
· The
estimated total number of Rottweilers is 5000.
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Almost 99 procent are bred or owned by our clubmembers.
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The club does not organise littercontrols.
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year |
members |
rottweilers |
subdivisions |
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1946 |
33 |
26 |
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1954 |
68 |
54 |
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1962 |
280 |
250 |
1 |
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1980 |
1500 |
331 |
3 |
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1990 |
2400 |
870 |
8 |
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1993 |
3113 |
1070 |
9 |
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1995 |
3440 |
965 |
12 |
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1996 |
3375
no taildocking as of
01.07.1996 |
600 |
12 |
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1997 |
3242 |
763 |
12 |
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2000 |
2991 |
489 |
12 |
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2002 |
3033 |
574 |
12 |
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2003 |
3032 |
584 |
12 |
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2004 |
.3025 |
620 |
12 |
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2005 |
3028 |
644 |
12 |
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2006 |
2896 |
700 |
12 |
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2007 |
2745 |
547 |
12 |
Pedigrees.
Pedigrees are issued by the National Kennelclub of Finland.
There
are different registrations :
ER-register
This
register is for dogs, which parent-dogs, three generation backwards, are
not all in FCI-country register. Today we have 36 rottweilers in this
register.
EJ-register
(not for breeding)
The
breeder can register a puppy to this register, if he thinks that the
puppy has that kind of failure, that puppy is not suitable for breeding.
Today we have only one dog in this register.
The
national kennelclub is affiliated to the FCI :
Suomen Kennelliitto ry.,
Kamreerintie 8, 02770 Espoo,
Finland.
www.kennelliitto.fi
It is
affiliated to FCI.
Breedingregulations.
The
parent-dogs need a pedigree, which is issued by FCI-country.
The
parent-dogs needs HD, ED and eye-control. The results of the controls
have no effect to the registeration.
In
the beginning of 2006 the parent-dogs can have max. 60 puppies in their
lifetime. An exception can be granted by the breed-committee if 50 %
of the dog's progeny has been tested on HD, ED and eyes and at least 15
% participated the character-test or have a result over 240 points from
IPO/VPG or northern sports from class 2. In that case progeny up to max.
100 pups can be allowed, never more.
Dogrelated legislation.
Finland does not have a dogrelated legislation.
Activities.
All
our sub-locations organize training for obedience and for northern
sports. Almost half of them organice IPO/SchH training too.
Titles.
The
club does not issue its own titles like clubsieger etc. ..
The
national titles :
Showchampion (FinMva): Dog should get three CC from three different
judge and a result (240-269 points) from class 2 of IPO/SchH or
northern sports.
Workchampion /FinKva): Dog should get three 1-result ( 270 points or
more) from class 3 and excelent- or very good- price from show.
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