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I, Elena, have been fond of dogs since I could remember my self. I wanted to have a dog, but my parents could not buy one for me because they did not have their own flat; we lived in Moscow. When I became older I dreamed about a collie dog – that time the serie ”Lassie” was very popular and I followed this TV serie. But reality was that I had got a foxterrier puppie when I was about 12 years old and my parents got their own flat. But I was happy anyway.
 
When I grew up I moved to the North, to Murmansk region. I and my husband (that time) both worked in Lapland natural reserve. I worked and lived their for 18 years. All those years we had several West-Siberian laika dogs since my ex-husband was a hunter. All those dogs were working dogs and males. We choosed them from the good working lines and the very first one was bought in Mocsow through Moscow Hunting Club. There were many good breeds after our males in Murmansk region. But our family life ended in the year 2000 and it was the end for laika for me too.
 
Then life turned that way that I met Arni Björn and moved to Norway in 2001. Here I felt that my dream about my own collie could now become a reality. I did not think about a kennel, I just wanted to have a collie. In 2004 we bought a blue merle girl which we named ”Laska”. It is a Russian name and means ”cosy” and ”weasel” at once. And she is like that, she is very cosy but brave. She showed to be a really working dog. Before we got her, we had a huge problem with reindeers. They used to come into our fields in the autumn and spoiled them. We had to run and get them away and it was very exhausting. But Laska took over this job. She used to watch around and when she saw the reindeers come, she run, screamed them away from the fields and came back. She never followed them futher into the forest! So we have solved a problem.
 
After a while we thought that it would be good to have a puppies from Laska and some people asked us about it, but first we wanted to know if she was healthy and good for breeding. Her hips and elbows were perfect and at the Dog Show in Kirkenes she got a first premium. It meant that she was a good breeding dog. She got her first litter in 2008 with the Finnish champion ”Lucky”.
 
In a meanwhile my daughter bought a Japanese Chin girl which was 7 mounths. This dog lived with her 4 mounths before it suddenly died. It was a big tragedy for my daughter, but to my surprise I felt that I became attached in some degree to this dog too! That Jappe girl loved people, but at the same time she was very invisible, unostentatious, unassuming and patient. My daughter wanted to buy one similar and I helped her to surfe in the net to get info. We found lot of positive information about this race, but unfortunately it was just impossibly to get a bitch of Japanese Chin in Norway.
 
I realised that I wanted to have a Japanese Chin as well. I thought about the case and talked to Arni Bjørn. We decaided to buy 2 Japanese Chin bitches and together with our Rough Collie «Laska» start to breed these 2 races, i.e. establish a kennel. We do not have capacity for a big kennel, but just for small home one. Why kennel? Because all we do, we try to do well and with hugh quality. We are proud for our young horses and we are proud of the puppies we produce. But then it is good to have our «signature», i.e. kennel name, after the name of our puppies.
 
In our breeding work (both dogs and horses) we think first about health of the offsprings, we work to preserve the working and valuable qualities of our animals and we try to keep their nice look that is determinated by race standard. It means that we have to study much info about the possible mates for our animals. It is not easy to get a good mate when we live so long up in North, but we try to get the best males for our «girls» and do not spare for that.
 
Arni Björn took the Course about breeding of icelandic horses in year 2007.
 
Elena took a cynology course in 2009 which included history, body structure, body movement, genetics and rules for the breeding of dogs.
 
Name of the kennel «Canis Borealis» came just from where we are: we are here above the Polar Circle with our dogs.

Updates at last! :))

It is long time since we updated our news, it has happend so much and so lot of things to do!
The greatest news are that we are going to move from Finnmark! We bought a small farm in Southern Norway (Hedmark) and are going to move during April 2011. We sell "Laugen". Of course, it is a lot to do in this connection, so now we have not so much time for horses and dogs and to update our site. But we will do our best! Thanks to all of our friends who write to us and leave comments, we really appreciate that!
Now few pictures from this winter :))

Skjóna enjoys her training in Balsfjord (Troms) / Skjóna trives med sin trening i Balsfjord (Troms)

Skjóna enjoys her training on Stornes farm in Troms. This photo we got from Agnete Kristoffersen and there is "Fúsi" who trains her here.
 
Skjóna trives med treningen på Stornes gård i Troms. Dette bildet fikk vi fra Agnete Kristofferse: "Fúsi" har arbiedsøkt med Skjóna. 
 


Our litle Snotra becomes "big" ! / Vår lille Snotra er blitt "stor" !

Our Snotra, 1 year old mare, has been quite litle through the winter, while her halv brother Snarfari has been growing whole the time. We started to think that Snotra was going to be a very litle horse.... But just during May and June she has been growing a LOT!!! She became at least 1,5 times bigger than she was in the beginning of may, and today she turnes to become a very nice young horse!

Vår ung hest Snotra, 1 års gammel hoppa, har vært ganske liten i vinter/vår, mens hennes halfbror Snarfari har vokst hele tiden. Vi tenkte at Snotra vil være en veldig liten hest.... Men, bare i løpet av mai og juni klarte hun å vokse enormt! Hun er blitt i all fall 1,5 ganger større enn hun var i begynnelsen av mai! I dag er hun en veldig fin unghest!


Skjóna and Gæfa are in Stornes farm (Troms) for training

Our young 4 years old meres, Skjóna and Gæfa, are delivered to Stornes farm in Troms for training. There are Agnete Kristoffersen and Thorsteinn Marinósson who own the farm and arrange the horse training now. Sigfús comes 5th of July and Jón William Bjarkason comes 2 weeks later. Those professional trainers will work with the horses for Icelandic horse show and competition which will take place 17 -19th of September at Stornes farm.

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