History

Jitterpug Kennel is still very young. The kennel’s name was confirmed in May 2005, but four litters already bear the name Jitterpug.

Dogs, however, have been a part of my life since 1968 when I got my first pug, Jaska (Rosedale Bluebeard), from Leena and Leila Gauffin’s kennel, Rosedale. The race was rightly chosen: a soft and gentle little dog to hug.

After Jaska came a male, Jasseri, the most personal pug I’ve ever known. One unfortunate part of that great personality was that he never could forgive me the birth of my first child. I had no choice but to give him to my sister Minna, with whom he lived many happy years.

Years passed by without a dog while my daughters were young. But there lingered, deep in my heart, the desire to have another little pug one day. At last, in 1990, my wish came true when Sinimetsän Uranus, better known as Henkka, came into our life. Later on he also became progenitor of the crowd we now have here. Of course Henkka needed a friend, and so in 1991, Laku-Pekka (Sinimetsän Musta Yliveto), a black male, moved in.The year after that Eero (Sinimetsän Ai-Ai) came to live with us. In 1993 we were again without a ‘baby’, so we went to fetch Paavo (Sinimetsän Humu-Petteri) from Sini and Esa. Sadly, Paavo developed such a bad lesion on his spine that his young life ended before he was one-year-old.

At the same time Mosse (Sinimetsän Figaro) was looking for a new home, and of course we offered ours. Mosse proved to be a very good breeder, who even at the age of 10 and 11 fathered a couple of great litters. We had hoped for a son from his last litter, but his mate produced only bitches. The decision was then easy: Mosse’s daughter, Tessi-Lotta, joined our family in 2002. In 2003, Nuppu, another of Mosse’s daughters from the same mate, joined us.

With Tessi and Nuppu the idea of our girls having puppies became reality. Both ladies have given birth to two litter each, and my own enthusiasm for raising pugs is increasing. Daisy, Nuppu's daughter from his second litter (2007), stayed with us and our black girls Miisa came from Sinimetsä that very same year.

Jitterpug is not only a play on words: I would like to emphasize the importance of breeding healthy and joyful pugs, whose lives will hopefully be long and full of "dancing"!

Photos: The two first ones of Rosedale Bluebeard (Jaska) are taken by Leila or Leena Gauffin in the year 1968. The next two are taken of Jasser by Harri Slip - years 1979-1980. The last one is probably taken by my mother in the year 1975.