My name is Tuija Johansson, I live on the south coast of Finland in Sipoo, Box, between Helsinki and Porvoo. I breed samoyeds under the name Funny Fabric, and also syrian hamsters (or gold hamsters) under the name Rio Grande. I am also an official hamster judge.

I have always been interested in dogs, when I was too young for school our neighbour had a wonderful collie male by the name Jopi. First I dreamed about dog just like him, but then we moved to Sipoo in 1974 and a couple of years later a friend of mine and I did catch two dogs on the run from their kennel. This was kennel Komaks. As a thanks we received a little money and an invitation to come and look at the dogs again. That's where it started! My friend was into siberian huskies and I fell in love with their samoyeds. This kennel also owned the legendary Int & Nordic Ch Fin W-68 Niklas*.

In 1974 they gave me my first dog, a bitch named Lumikin Leina (Int & Nordic Ch Lumikin Caesar* - Boona). She wasn't very pretty, out of the mercy of the judge shen once gained a BOB when 11,5 years old, but her temperament was as good as can be! She ran as the leader before the sled even in a husky-pack. We also took part in an obedience test once, ant took the 3rd place. When she died in 1986 I bought a new samoyed from kennel Komaks, FIN Ch Komaks Triumph (S & FIN Ch Norw. W-83 Dennis* - Komaks Misty*). In 1990 a new friend joined us, FIN Ch White Russian Nachalnek.

At the moment I have fiver dogs at home, all bitches: INT & FIN & S & EST CH Nordic W-03 Fin JW-00 Funny Fabric Ima Spitfire (Brie), FIN & EST CH Funny Fabric Takoda Blue Ice (Polka) and her daughter Funny Fabric Hot Blue Design (Holly),and Polka's daughter from her second litter, Funny Fabric Oraña Supernova (Mango) and Brie's daughter Funny Fabric Champagne Bee (Panda). 

INT & NORDIC &FIN & S & N & EST CH JWW-98 Funny Fabric Space Madness lives with one of Polka's other daughters close to us. My USA-import WhyteWynd's Mississippi Moondog is living with Elina Lintula at kennel Talvituuli for now, and she also co-cowns my english import FIN & EST CH Petsamo Royal Ima Barka.

Rio Grande Oops Too Fast*

My third hobby is my summer car, a Porsche 928 S -83.