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We live 2 hours drive north from
Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Helena's house is in the countryside, just
a stone's throw from a big lake. In the summer months the dogs can swim as
much as they want and in the winter time Helena and the dogs go for long
walks on the ice. Helena is currently a member in the breed club (Golden
Ring) committee. She is also a golden retriever mental test judge.
Heidi's family consists of Erik, born in Oktober 2001, Nora, born in May 2004, Katrin born in February 2007 and Kaj, her husband.
We show our dogs regularly and train them for the retriever qualifying test. This test should be passed in order to gain the Finnish Champion title. In Finland there are no SHOW champions. The retriever qualifying test is a cold game test. The dog has to retrieve from water and land and track & fetch a rabbit. After passing this test a dog can take part in a retriever field trial test. Our goal is to breed healthy golden retrievers, not forgetting that they should please your eye and have a lovely ' golden' temperament! We also strive to breed dogs that are easily trained and that like to please their two-legged family members. We only breed from dogs that have been screened for breed relevant health problems, i.e. hips, elbows and eyes. We also strive to that all Karvin bred dogs will be hip scored, elbow scored and eye-checked. To gain this goal we have, as the first breeders in our country, introduced a practice to ensure that these tests will be done before the dog turns two years. On these sites you may see dogs that we have either bred or owned as well as dogs that are sired by one of our dogs (Offspring News).
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