Kennel Villa Perla's Spanish water dog

Warmly welcome to our pages More information e-mail villaperlas@elisanet.fi Please leave your regards in the Guest Book!	Kennel Villa Perla’s is a very small SWD home kennel in Tampere, Finland In 2002 we lost our heart to Spanish Water Dog with our first one, “Helmi” Herman’s Joya and she had her first litter in 2006. At our home we have “Helmi” and her son “Onni” living with us. We also have two teens and a cat. The dogs and puppies eat home-made food, mostly raw and they live among the family. Our hobbies are agility and walking in the woods and the dogs love to track. Our future plan is to train "Onni" as a hunting dog. Puppies are born very rarely and the important issues for me are health tests (hips, elbows, eyes with PRA gene test and Hypothyroidism Test) and a suitable character.
NEWS:	Miro (Villa Perla's Montearroyo) will become father at the end of the January Miro and my Alma
SWD in Finland Picture --> TK1 Villa Perla's Montearroyo "Miro" 2 years "lives in Lappland, quite far away from his roots" Autumn in Finland	In 2007 Spanish Water Dog was the 40th most popular breed in Finland. In the beginning of January 2008 there were 1705 registered SWDs. The most common hobbies are shows, agility and obedience. Some dogs work as hunting dogs and searching lost people. We have a waterdog society and on those pages you can find breeders, puppies etc. Health: We may register puppies (from 1.1.07) whose parents: have x-ray statement of elbows have `x-ray`statement of `hips, limit HD D` * `have been recently eye-tested (no earlier than 24 months) and no HC, PRA, RD degrees 2-3 or PHTVL/PHPV degrees 2-6` Most breeding dogs are also tested for hypothyroidism. The latest health tool in breeding is PRA gene test. A few Finnish SWD have been tested (by 01/2008) and about 1/3 of them are carriers. So, without tests, there is a high risk of putting two carriers together and ending up with sick puppies.

Warmly
welcome
to our pages

More information
e-mail
villaperlas@elisanet.fi

Please leave your regards in the Guest Book!

Kennel Villa Perla’s is a very small SWD home kennel in Tampere, Finland

In 2002 we lost our heart to Spanish Water Dog with our first one,
“Helmi” Herman’s Joya and she had her first litter in 2006.

At our home we have “Helmi” and her son “Onni” living with us. We also have two teens and a cat.
The dogs and puppies eat home-made food, mostly raw and they live among the family.
Our hobbies are agility and walking in the woods and the dogs love to track.
Our future plan is to train "Onni" as a hunting dog.

Puppies are born very rarely and the important issues for me are health tests
(hips, elbows, eyes with PRA gene test and Hypothyroidism Test)
and a suitable character.

NEWS:

Miro (Villa Perla's Montearroyo) will become father at the end of the January

Miro and my Alma

SWD in Finland

Picture -->

TK1 Villa Perla's Montearroyo "Miro"
2 years

"lives in Lappland, quite far away from his roots"

Autumn in Finland

In 2007 Spanish Water Dog was the 40th most popular breed in Finland.
In the beginning of January 2008 there were 1705 registered SWDs.
The most common hobbies are shows, agility and obedience.
Some dogs work as hunting dogs and searching lost people.

We have a waterdog society and on those pages you can find breeders, puppies etc.

Health:
We may register puppies (from 1.1.07) whose parents:

*have x-ray statement of elbows

*have x-raystatement of hips, limit HD D

* have been recently eye-tested (no earlier than 24 months) and no HC, PRA, RD degrees 2-3 or PHTVL/PHPV degrees 2-6

Most breeding dogs are also tested for hypothyroidism.

The latest health tool in breeding is PRA gene test. A few Finnish SWD have been tested
(by 01/2008) and about 1/3 of them are carriers.
So, without tests, there is a high risk of putting two carriers together and
ending up with sick puppies.