The Breeder:

Since childhood I've always been surrounded by animals and specially dogs. When I moved away from my childhood home I could finally have the saluki I had always admired, Julia. I hoped to breed this breed since it has always interested me enormously. Unfortunately I wasn't able to use Julia for breeding for she had a serious womb infection and she had to be sterilized.

We happened to get acquainted with a small red pharaoh hound boy with Julia and we fell totally in love! In May 2004 a pharaoh hound baby girl Ruu came into our home and family from the north. Soon this dog and the breed conquered me completely and in the future I will concentrate on living in the wonderful world of pharaoh hounds.

Our home is enrichened by our two pharaoh hound females: CH Northgate´s Ray of Sunshine or Ruu and CH Xemxija Clueless at Pareesa or Ella and one male CH Farao Anubis Phoenix or Fenix. More info, pictures and results can be found behind the links at their own pages.

I got my prefix Pareesa in July 2003. Pareesa is an ancient Persian word and it means "like a fairy". I originally applied for this name thinking of salukis because I always thought that a saluki running, jumping and galloping in the field gave me a supernatural feeling, like fairies do! The pharaoh hound may not give as an etheric influence but it has the timeless mysticism in its gaze and its appearance reminds us from the ancient animal gods.

We live in Espoo, near Helsinki, with my husband Taneli and our two children Lily and Leo. I work for Tapiola-Group and my spare time is spent with doggy activities. I also work as a show dog and junior handler trainer, show ring secretary and possibly in the future as a behaviour tester for Pharaoh hounds.

I am a member of the Finnish kennel club, the Finnish sighthound club, the Finnish pharaoh and ibizan hound club, The Swedish Pharaoh hound club, Helsinki sighthound club and the Finnish dog breeder´s club. I am a Finnish kennel club contract breeder and a member of our breed clubs board and breeding board.