the 'persikka' litter

I like to give my puppies middle names to identify them as a litter and in the past I've chosen Finnish words that mean something to the litter in question. The 1st litter had no middle name because I just didn't think of it at the time. The 2nd litter were the 'Monta' puppies (Finnish for 'many') as there were 9 of them and it was the biggest litter ever born in the UK. The 3rd litter were the 'Tuisku' puppies (Finnish for 'snowstorm') because of the terrible and unaccustomed snowstorms Kate and I faced to get Taika to France and back for the mating.

This litter very nearly became the 'sateenkaari' litter (Finnish for 'rainbow') and if we had got one brown puppy, then rainbow it would have been. However, 2 different colours and an additional pattern do not a rainbow make, so I'm reverting to my original idea. Welcome to the 'Persikka' puppies (Finnish for 'peach'). These puppies are so named because if the amount of fruit that their sire ate from the garden tree during his dates with Keksi is anything to go by, then these puppies actually are half-peach!


Elias Jr - Puppy 1

Sex: male
Colour: domino
Time of birth: 20.44
Weight at birth: 383 g

Named because he is the tiny image of his sire, Lapinlumon Kuuraturkki even down to the white blaze on his forehead.



Budgie - Puppy 2

Sex: female
Colour: black, tan & white
Time of birth: 21.56 pm
Weight at birth: 400 g

Named for the almighty squawk she emitted before she had even fully emerged from her mother.




Kicker - Puppy 3

Sex: male
Colour: black, tan & white
Time of birth: 22.08
Weight at birth: 371 g

In every litter there seems to be one puppy who is born kicking. In this litter it was this boy.




Honey - Puppy 4

Sex: female
Colour: cream & white
Time of birth: 23.15
Weight at birth: 387 g

The two cream girls were originally going to be called Marilyn and Jayne after two famously glamorous blondes, but one puppy was distinctly platinum blonde and the other a warmer shade.




Marilyn - Puppy 5

Sex: female
Colour: cream & white
Time of birth: 23.43
Weight at birth: 338 g

The petite platinum blonde.









Kuusi - Puppy 6

Sex: male
Colour: black, tan & white
Time of birth: 00.52
Weight at birth: 365 g

'Kuusi' is Finnish for the number 6 and a nice name into the bargain.






Vee - Puppy 7

Sex: male
Colour: black, tan & white
Time of birth: 1.30
Weight at birth: 364 g

Named for the large white 'V' on his chest.