Gundog hobby is an essential part of our every day life. I breed Gordon Setters under the name Courtier's and my spouse Jussi breeds German Wirehaired Pointers under the name Jasulan. Our sweet little girl Emilia was born in August 2001. Emilia has shown tremendous interest in dogs at very early age. She always helps mommy and daddy with the dogs.

We breed litters seldom and plan them thoroughly. Our main goal is to breed Gundogs that are up to the breed standard both in looks and in working ability. We are very enthusiastic hobbyist; at fall and winter we spent  as much time as possible in the fields hunting with our dogs. At summer we attend dog shows here in Finland and abroad.

COURTIER'S
Prefix Courtier's was acknowledged to me in 1996. After a long search Gordon Setter "Donna" arrived in 1997. At the age of two years she gave birth to the first Courtier's Gordon litter. At the early times of my Gundog hobby I've been a member of The Gundog Association of Satakunta. After several years in the commitee, I was selected as the president in 2002. This work continued for three years.

I've been a member of different dog show commitees and organized several dog shows. I'm also a judge's assistant trainee. Same day I'll hopefully become a judge myself. I've also organized Field Trial Tests for Gundogs and worked as an official field trial functionary.

I started professinal grooming in 1991. I have customers all around Satakunta and they represents several dozens of breeds. Later I started my clothing company, Promaria.

One of my passions has always been handling dogs in shows. It's intrieging to get out the best from a dog in a short moment. Dogs I've handled have won many titles,  championships and group-placements. I've showed dogs from every FCI breed group. I attended many Junior Handler-competitions as a yongster and succeeded very well. I competed twice in Finnish Championships.

Maria handling


HISTORY
My dog hobby started, when I was nine years old. I met a Labrador breeder and after that I have been very active in the dog world. My first dog was a Labrador "Daniela", which I got from this Labrador kennel. We trained field work and obedience. My second dog was a Cocker Spaniel "Sonu" and with her I started my breeding work in 1995.

 In Memoriam

I got familiar with Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers in the 90' when I worked in two Finnish "Toller"-kennels.  I attended many European shows like World Dog Show 1991 in Dortmund, Germany and WDS 1992 in Valencia, Spain with them. I have also wrote a breed book about Tollers, called "Novascotiannoutajat Suomessa" (Tollers in Finland) with my dear friend Hilkka Mäkitalo.