Arbindra Finnish Lapphunds
Finnish Lapphunds are Nordic dogs -- originating in northern Scandinavia in the region known as Lapland. (The photo above shows a phenomena common where lappies originate, Northern Lights.) Lappies do love the snow and the cold (as you can see from the photo to the left) and will tolerate warm weather but are not the best breed for really hot conditions. So far, they have done fine in the Hilo area but the weather here does not tend to get outrageously hot and there tends to be cooling trade winds. There are other locations in the Hawaiian islands that may not be as well suited, although there are also some higher altitude locations here that would be great for them as well. If you click on this picture, it will take you to our shutterfly site with pictures of our first litter plus some pictures of our two boys, Buster and Marvin, who were not able to join us in Hawaii.
Suzi (UKC Ch Kastanje- torpets Indra) - our little "Swedish girl"; her breeder, Ann-Britt Waldau brought her over for us when she was coming for a visit to the UKC Premier show. Suzi may still be shown on occasion and we do hope to breed her again.
Suzi the snow queen
Suzi in the finals at the 2008 FLCA Nationals. Suzi won her class.
A happy Suzi with her first litter.
Suzi playing with her son, Marv.
Suzi practicing agility
Practice is a year-round thing.
Lola, Suzi, & Buster tearing it up in the snow!
It's not normally this crowded, the girls are about to gang up on poor Buster!
Buster enjoying a toy in his favorite color, red.
A 'chip off the old block'. Buster's son Zander.
Marvie posing for our ad in the FLCA specialty program.
Lola (UKC Ch Sugarok Long Awaited Lola) - now retired from the show ring & not being bred,she is just a "lady of leisure" here.
Lola's first show - the day we picked her up (what a surprise!)
Lola meeting Kira on the first New England lappy gathering
practicing free stacking with Lola
Lola enjoying the snow
Lola at the Jim Hartnagle herding clinic
Lola practicing agility
Lola enjoying a toy after an agility session.
Lola & Suzi posing with the star magnolia
Lola, Buster, & Suzi at Old Orchard Beach, ME
Marvin beginning agility
Marv trying a new type of jump.
Done with his agility lesson, Marvie's ready to play!
Suzi's daughter, Suzie-Q, celebrating her 3rd birthday.
Check back for more pics of Lola & Suzi, in Hawaii as we get them . (Our original plan was for each of them to have their own web page but, after developing a number of different pages, we found that they would not be displayed despite having plenty of available memory space due to the intentionally limited design program provided by FatCow.) Unfortunately, our boys, Buster and Marvin, were not able to join us in Hawaii and are in good homes in Massachusetts. We miss both of them greatly but, initially moving to a rented property here, even having 2 dogs was tough.
The origin of our kennel name is a contraction of the Saami word 'arbi' meaning 'the legacy of'
and Suzi's registered name, Indra.