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Welcome

Welcome to the web site of the Southern Finnish Lapphund Society (SFLS).

The Society is fully recognised by the Kennel Club and has been formed to meet the needs of owners and enthusiasts of the Finnish Lapphunds in the South of England.

The aim of the society is to promote and encourage the responsible ownership of Finnish Lapphunds and to provide events and social gatherings for the breed and its owners.

We accept membership from all over the UK and overseas, but our events will always take place in the South of England.

Our members can look forward to a regular quarterly newsletter and a variety of fun events for the breed, including doggy walks.

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Exciting news update

The SFLS is very pleased and proud to be able to announce that the UK Kennel Club has approved our application for inclusion on the Kennel Club Register and that the Southern Finnish Lapphund Society is therefore now officially an approved Breed Club.  A big thank you to all our members for their support – and we look forward to being able to offer new and exciting events in the future.

SFLS wins 1st Prize !

The Southern Finnish Lapphund Society has won 1st Prize in the Midland Counties/Dog World Handbook and Newsletter competition.

The competition was open to all breed clubs and was split into four categories, where ours was ‘Breeds who do not have Challenge Certificates’.  We submitted the 2009 Yearbook as well as the June 2009 and March 2008 editions of Lappy Tails.

The competition stated:

“In past years the competition has highlighted the remarkably high standard attained by many breed Clubs in the publications they issue to members. A number of them make use of modern production techniques which over the past decade or so has vastly improved the look and scope of the books and newsletters.

The best include, as well as advertisements from members and basic Club information, articles of interest both to the serious enthusiast and to the members who may not be interested in competing with their dogs.”

It is a fantastic accolade for the club to win this prize.  Special thanks must go to Liz Mowatt, for her wonderful Newsletter editing, and to Toni Jackson for collating information and editing the Yearbook.  And last, but by NO means least, huge thanks to our members.  Without their fantastic contributions to both Newsletters and the Yearbook, as well as compliments and ‘constructive criticism’ (without which we would be unable to continually improve), we would never have been able to attain the level of standards we have for our printed publications.

Amazingly, the prize is £200 for the club, so we shall now start discussing how we best spend the money for the benefit of our members. 

There will be a presentation ceremony at the Midland Counties show this Saturday (24th October 2009).

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Email problems

Due to a problem with emails from SFLS not getting through to Hotmail & AOL (and possibly a few other) email addresses, some members might not have received our March edition of Lappy Tails, which was sent out on 17th April. If you did not receive your copy, please email Pia (secretary@sfls.org.uk) and we will send your copy out by return.  Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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SFLS 2010 Yearbook

Orders now being taken

Further information available on the yearbook page.

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SFLS 2010 Calendar

Results of which 12 photos will appear in the 2010 SFLS Finnish Lapphund calendar.

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Championship Show Information

We are in the process of adding additional information for all Championship Shows to the site. Click on the icon on the Championship Shows page for information on the show venue, and follow the usual results link to see pre-show entry details for the shows as soon as we have them.

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Did you miss our first Southern Finnish Lapphund Society Open Meeting and Fun Day on 1st July 2007? Read all about it here.