MARCH

23/03

A boys day out at Herts & Essex CS Premier Open Show supporting our breed classes. Under judge Racheal Bailey (Akna), Noah wins 1st Open & Best of Breed (handled wonderfully by friend Stacey), Jack claims 1st Puppy, Best Puppy & Reserve Best of Breed and even Ryan comes out to give some numbers, coming 1st in Junior (and having the best time being handled by Heather).

16/03

Our second day in Ireland, this time competing at the St Patricks Day National Championship Show. Under judge Sean Delmar (IRE) our duo have another good set of results, with Jess picking up 1st / Exc Champion Bitch, Green Star Female & Best of Breed handled wonderfully by our friend Donal. Jack wins 1st  / Exc Junior Dog, Green Star Male & Best Opposite Sex, gaining him another step towards both his Irish Junior Champion & Irish Champion titles. 

15/03

A trip to Ireland this weekend for our red & white duo, Jess & Jack. We kick off proceedings with the Celtic Winners International Championship Show with a lovely set of results under judge Elly Weggemans (NED). Jess claims 1st / Exc Champion Bitch, Green Star Female, CACIB & Best of Breed. Jack has an equally good turn out, winning 1st  / Exc Junior Dog, Junior-CACIB, Green Star Male & Best Opposite Sex, these awards not also starting his Inernational Junior Champion, Irish Junior Champion & Irish Champion titles. Todays wins also give them both the Celtic Winner 2025 & for Jack the Celtic Junior Winner 2025 accolades.

09/03

The final day of Crufts 2025 is show day for Working & Pastoral Breeds, seeing four Greenland dogs from our kennel competing in the breed, along with a further three Fenrirkin dogs resident elsewhere. Under judge Dr Annukka Paloheimo (Finland), our results as follows:

Jess - 1st Open Bitch, Best Bitch & Best of Breed

Noah - 1st Open Dog, Best Dog & Best Opposite Sex

Jack - 1st Post Graduate Dog, Reserve Best Dog & Best Puppy in Breed

Alice - 2nd Open Bitch & Reserve Best Bitch

Elska (owned by Charlotte & Kurts) - 1st Post Graduate Bitch

Kulu (owned by Jo & Carl) - 2nd Post Graduate Bitch

Nuuka (owned by Jo & Carl) - 3rd Open Bitch

A fabulous day all round in lovely company! And Jess even managed to sneak onto Channel 4 when presenter Clare Balding stopped for a quick chat in the backstage collecting ring!

07/03

Day 2 of Crufts, and this time the Discover Dogs stand is manned by our own Alice & her son Winter (owned by Sophie & Stuart). The duo have a lovely day with plenty of cuddles from the general public.

06/03

It wouldn't be March without talking about Crufts, and this year is no exception! Day 1 sees half sisters Nuuka (Dylan x Alice) & Kulu (Birk x Alice) with owners Jo & Carl on the Discover Dogs, representing the breed wonderfully as always. They make me very proud!

04/03

Today we get to say a big happy birthday to my much loved Harry who turns 12 years old!

My last remaining Malamute and still my chief Greenland-puppy sitter (being kennelmates at current with both 8 month old Jack & 15 month old Ryan), still as bouncy as ever when it comes to food, walks & especially weight-pulling (albeit at a slightly slower pace) and still giving all the woos & cuddles (solicited or otherwise).
I certainly hope we have a few more years of memories left to make and remain ever grateful to his breeder Sylvia Gremm for entrusting him to us.

02/03

While sadly today marked our final weightpull at it's current venue, the dogs certainly made sure it was one to remember with all seven resident Fenrirkin dogs present for the CEDCGB-AMCUK weightpull getting some time in the chute. It was the warmest pull we’ve had this season by far – and not the biggest turn out for a few different reasons – but the dogs were all on fine form and we had a really fabulous day!

Alice claimed 1st in the 41-60lb class with an equal PB of 1500lb which (weighing in at 53lb that morning) also earned her Highest Percentage of Bodyweight pulled on the day with a fantastic 28.3x – good girl!

Noah also had an awesome day, claiming 2nd in the 101lb+ class pulling not only a new Personal Best but also a new UK Breed Record for highest weight pulled, with an awesome final weight of 2200lb / 20.18x his bodyweight – what a dude!
We decided to withdraw on a good note rather than try for the next weight up as he had worked his socks off.

The 81-100lb saw my veteran boys Harry and Dylan head to head – with the latter deciding he actually felt like putting some effort in for the first time this season! – claiming 1st & 2nd respectively with final weights of 1600lb (Harry pulling it less than a second faster to claim the win) – a respectable set of results, being over 19x their bodyweight for both boys.

And last but not least, I had three dogs in the novice class with Ryan showing much improvement versus his last attempt (which had veered from trying to climb out the chute to staring at me in confusion), Jess actually deigning to pull for me in the absence of Jo (although dear Lord is she stubborn!) and Jack having a couple of rounds at the lowest weights for experience and seemingly unphased by it all –super pleased with them!

And a quick shout out to Elska too, who was 4th in the 41-60lb class with Kurts; not her best day results wise - perhaps due to the warmer weather more than anything else as she was not the only dog who dropped out earlier than normal – but she still makes me proudJack also winning his class and taking Best Puppy & Reserve Best of Breed in the challenge. Good pups!

01/03

A fun start to our month with our ginger duo Jess & Jack heading North West to support our breed classes at Ashton In Makerfield CS Open Show.
Under judge Kat Copley-Holland Jess topped the Open class and claiming Best of Breed, with Jack also winning his class and taking Best Puppy & Reserve Best of Breed in the challenge. Good pups!

FEBRUARY

15/02

A trip to support our breed classes at National Working & Pastoral Breeds Society’s Open Show which was a long but lovely day in good company, even with horrible, drizzly weather making our original plan to work out the van a bit less viable.

Our judge for the day was the lovely Avril Roper (Tokosha), with final results as follows:

1st Open & Best of Breed – Jess

2nd Open & Reserve Best of Breed – Noah

1st Puppy - & Best Puppy in Breed – Jack

1st Junior – Ryan

3rd Open - Alice

Thank you as always to Janice Robertson for sharing some phone snaps of our day and of course to all our friends who helped with handling & ringside swapping, making showing five dogs solo possible!

09/02

A solo trip to Ashington & DCS Premier Open Show for Jack who has a fabulous day, taking 1st Post Graduate, Best Puppy in Breed, Best of Breed and a fabulous Working Puppy Group 2 under judge Marion Scott - his second puppy group placing from three shows! 

01/02

A relatively local open show to start our month, with breed classes scheduled at Isle of Ely CS Open Show. Our Judge Cath Moffatt (Kyleca) chose Jess as her Open class winner and Best of Breed, with Noah 2nd & Reserve Best of Breed, Alice 3rd Open and Jack 1st Puppy & Best Puppy in Breed. Good dogs!!

JANUARY

26/01

A sharp contrast to last week's successes, not our best weightpull for any of our dogs today - which I will largely take the blame for due to being full of cold and unable to give the dogs the normal level of enthusiasm in the chute but deciding to bring them along for at least a short outing.

Despite the performances not being the best, our gang still came away with some podium placings, seeing Noah 1st in 101lb+ class and Dylan 2nd in the 61-80lb class; Harry and Alice missed out on the top 3, with Harry taking 4th after I decided to withdraw him and Alice tangling herself out by saying hello to the chute handler twice in a row and coming 5th. Jess & Ryan had a short stint in novice too - before I again decided to withdraw - and Jack enjoyed a day of socialising.

All was not lost for our affix, however, as Kurts had a fantastic day with Elska - Fenrirkin Out Of The Black - winning the 41-60lb class and also claiming highest percentage of bodyweight pulled - such a good girl!

19/01

While Jess stayed in Thetford (see yesterday's update), I jumped into the van with the rest of the gang and headed North once more to attend the CEDCGB-AMCUK Weightpull.

It wasn’t one of the largest entries – circa 15 dogs entered but still lovely to see a mixed Malamute / CED / Sibe entry – and I think it’s fair to say none of the dogs pulled the best we have seen them (perhaps because rounds were coming around quite quickly or maybe the colder weather – if only we could ask them but even so the Fenrirkin gang certainly gave me a lot to be proud of with a hat trick of top honours in the overall competition.
Noah – 1st 101lb+ class & Highest Weight Pulled (1900lb)
Alice – 1st 41-60lb class, Highest Weight Pulled by Opposite Sex & Highest Percentage of Bodyweight Pulled (1200lb / 22.2x)
Elska – 2nd 41-60lb class (pulled by owner Kurts Reders, an equal 1200lb to her Mum but not quite as fast)
Harry – 3rd 81-100lb class (1500lb – so glad he still enjoys his time in the chute)
Dylan – 3rd 61-80lb class (I think his final weight was something super unimpressive as I had skipped rounds before he made his refusal, maybe 800lb, but he had fun)!
Ryan – in novice class but pulling the maximum 1000lb for the first time. And while still a pain for wanting to jump the barrier to say hello to those officiating on the other side showed some moments of improvement in his concentration)! Not a bad day's work!

18/01

After finishing up the groups on Friday, it was a case of packing up the van as quickly as we could to head back across the country to Thetford Forest ahead of Jess teaming up with friend Kim Godfrey’s Greenland Duo Wolvey & Strike for two days of racing at BSSF Round 2 Santon Downham.
Though Jess has ran with Wolvey before both as a 2 dog and as a 3 dog with Mum Alice, this was to be the first time running Strike & Jess together in a team (our attempts at a trial run prior to the event were thwarted by weather conditions, alas) but we needn’t have had any concerns as they made a fabulous trio, clearly having the best of times on the trail and ultimately coming away with gold in DF4 over the two days and a respectable set of times, too!! 
Congratulations Kim and well done dogs!!

17/01

Today was a trip to Stafford for Manchester Championship Show, another debut for young Jack with this being his first UK Champ Show Experience. Results as follows under judge Tom Johnston:
Jess – 1st Open Bitch, Best Bitch & Best of Breed (even being in her bikini)!
Noah – 1st Open Dog, Best Dog & Best Opposite Sex (handled wonderfully by Stacey)
Jack – 1st Puppy Dog, Reserve Best Dog & Best Puppy in Breed
Alice – 2nd Open Bitch & Reserve Best Bitch (also handled wonderfully by Stacey)!
The highlight of these wins? Jack is now Crufts qualified for 2025 – just in time for us to get our entries in for March - clever little man!!

12/01

Today was a boys day out at Darlington & District CS Open Show for Jack’s first UK Show experience, with Noah tagging along to keep him company.
Under judge Tony Allcock OBE we had a wonderful set of results, with Jack winning Post Graduate and Noah winning Open, Noah then claiming Best of Breed in the challenge and Jack winning Best Puppy and a default RBOB – good boys!
Onto the groups, where I was delighted with Noah being shortlisted to the final six from the 10+ breeds present but Jack was our superstar here, placing a fantastic Working Puppy Group 2 with some really lovely comments from our judge – what an awesome first show for my youngest Norwegian 
And - after double checking my records at home – I am also delighted to report that this Best of Breed gives Noah the 50th and final point he needed to close his Show Certificate of Excellence title (subject to confirmation, of course). Way to go big lad!! This makes him the first male and only the second Greenland to achieve this title here in the UK (his kennelmate Jess being the first) and suffice to say, with this being the only RKC title a Greenland Dog can achieve in this country outside a Veteran Warrant, it really does mean a lot to us!!

01/01

A happy new year to all our friends, family & general supporters! And as is tradition, we start the year by confirming our 2024 Dog placings in the Our Dogs 2024 Competition, where we had a fairly clean streak across the board with our Greenlands.

Top Dog - Noah
Top Puppy - Ryan

Top Stud Dog - Dylan
Top Brood Bitch - Alice
Top Breeder - Fenrirkin!

Super proud of all our accolades, but especially so to our Dylan x Alice babies elsewhere - Nuuka, Elska and the much missed Zippy - who along with their sister Jess picked up Best of Sex / Best of Breed awards at UK Championship Shows and contributed to our Top Breeder, Stud Dog & Brood Bitch Awards - so proud of you all!