Who are we?

My name is Anna Riutta-Salo and I live in Eurajoki, which is a little village between Rauma
and Pori in Western Finland, together with my husband Arto (known better as Aku) and
our dear children Niklas (born 03/06) and Inka (born 07/07).
Our "hairy" familymembers are australian terrier Latte and basset hound
Fanni. Veteran-aged Fanni is retired, but still good company for energetic Latte.
We have also two self-assured cats, who spend their life inside of our house.

Anna & "Nana" (Somehow Cappuccino)
photo: Anne Moilanen

Our children Inka & Niklas gives some hugs to puppies
Photos: Laura Fröberg, Anna Riutta-Salo


Nipsu took me into aussieworld, Fanni introduce to bassetlife

I got to know aussies in the begin of 1990's, when an aussie called Ransu came to guard
my parent's house. I got my first very own aussie Nipsu year 1995 - after that there hasn't
been the return back to life without aussies :) When Nipsu came to us, I wasn't even
dreaming of breeding aussies, Nipsu was my pet with whom I did just everything;
dog shows, obedience, agility and so on. Nipsu lived all her life together with me and she
managed her job as a friend just excellent. When I moved to my own, Nipsu moved with me
and she was very adaptable, she was my only dog for a while until Tessi - her grandchild -
was born. It was so so big sorrow when Nipsu moved to the rainbow bridge in November
2005, we still miss her so much. But it has been very nice to noticed, that there is some
flashs of Nipsu in my own breeding as well, even though Nipsu leaves quite far in the
pedigree of my litters.
In November 2010 we had to let our dear Tessi go to the rainbow bridge as well, she was
10,5 years and she had a cancer. This same line still countinues in my breeding and at our
home: our lovely Latte is Tessi's child and Nipsu's grand-grand-child.

In Basset Hound's miraculous world I was banging ten years later than aussies, when
basset hound Fanni moved to us. I have bred two Basset Hound -litters, but there is
no more to come. I have not enough time to effort to two breeds as much as I would
like, so I decied to give up basset breeding. So, there will be only australian terrier litters
in our house in the future, aussie is "my own breed" and much more familiar to me.

Breeding in very small scale

Kennel Somehow breeds australian terriers in very small scale - and I really mean it.
Litters are born only when our resources in a family with small children allows it.
I mate my bitches for a reason, not only for fun. I have left couple of bitches
out of breeding, because I don't like to mate them, even though it would be possible what
comes to the agreements and so on. I have never accept the principle that all possible
bitches which looks at least a little bit like aussie, has to be mated. What for? Every
breeder should have some kind of aim, every breeder should need to know what kind of type
they want.
Our dogs are just our pets, not puppymachines or show objects. Most imporant to us are
dogs themselves; their happiness and healthy, well-being before anything else. This hobby is
particularly happy hobby to us, not any kind of business or fight in the ring with taste of
blood in the mouth. I have couple of co-owned dogs and I have learn that the co-own homes
really need to choose with very very good care, because co-operation with co-owners has to
be fluent! I'm very happy that this hobby has given me many good friends who make this
hobby even more pleasant.

Aims

My goal is to breed healthy, breed-typical aussies with a great character - and
which are as close as possible to the breeding standard. My goal is also to find them such homes
that they can live their life with balance and great care.
What comes to the details and the dogs of my dreams, my ideal aussie has a good balance and
proportions (not too low and too long, there is own breed group to Dachshunds!), good head
(both inside and outside) with bred-typical character (brisk, happy but not too lively, nowadays
there is so many over-lively aussies in the ring, which are also too hard for another dogs - and
aussie should not be like that!).
My own aussie Remu (Multi CH Truozzy's Rock Me) is very close to my ideal aussie. From my own
breeding I want to introduce you especially our Latte (CH Somehow Take-Away). That girl is something
I really love - inside and outside.

Hobbies

At this moment I don't have time for any other hobby than dogs, because of my very
young children. We visit quite often in dog shows, not only in Finland but also abroad,
especially the Baltic countries are quite familiar to us. We try to visit also in unofficial
dog shows, Match Shows, but unfortunately I don't have time to Match Show practises
so often anymore.

Making and updating the homesites of my own and also couple of my friends is also
some kind of hobby to me. I try to update my own sites as often as possible, because
I just hate the sites that is not updating and layout is the same for year to year.

I'm member in many different associations and together with my husband we are
supporting childrens welfare around the world with many different directions. Children
and animals - who are innocent for everything bad and unfair - are very close to our hearts.

 
This is me and my dear Tessi -aussie.