History
Rufus Irish Terrier
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Lotti – Spicy - Sweetie August 2003 |
Rufi –
Ruska - Stella 2008 |
Nurmi –
Julchen - Ruby – Pola N 1991 |
7 generations
of RUFUS IRISH TERRIER of same type
All my Irish
Terriers and litters since 1979
In1979 my foundation bitch BALTIC
ULU (her breeder moved to
Baltic Ulu didn’t liked shows too much - she became immediately tired
when we got into the ring, tried to lay down and relax!!! And was happy again
outside! Her mother indeed was a real cracker at those days and won a lot.
Ch
Harmony v d Frankenlerche
But her daughter had a beautiful
long lean head, correct bite, all teeth, good length of body and a sweet
character. And a very strong constitution, so she became -like her mother -
14.5 years old.
She was a real sound bitch and lay a foundation for my breed with her good
points. The sires should bring the other points!
Breeding only
few litters, but quality, not quantity,
is always my principle. None of my bitches had more than 3-4 litters
with exception of Spicy who convinced by
her excellent offspring , condition and super disposition as devoted mother to
have more litters ! ITs that did
breed and are shown are named in green ,
and those I own in this colour.
1. 1983 "N" litter 4/1 (Baltic Xeque -
Baltic Ulu)č R Nessie
2. 1987
"O" litter 3/2 (CH.Pirat von der Lichtenheide - Baltic Ulu)č Ch R OīRuby
3. 1990
"P" litter 2/2 (CH.Maghill of Benīs Heir - CH.Rufus OīRuby) č Ch R Pola Negri, R Pagan
4. 1991
"Q" litter 2/4 (CH.Maghill of Benīs Heir - CH.Rufus O`Ruby)č Ch R Quinta optima, R
Quassia
5. 1993
"R" litter 3/0 (Scarlet Runnerīs Paddy - CH.Rufus Pola Negri)
6. 1994
"M" litter 1/4 (CH Traleeīs Hurricane Kid - CH.Rufus PolaNegri) č R Magic Polestar, R Magic Millicent, R Magical Mystery
7. 1995
"T" litter 3/0 (CH Traleeīs
Design for Merrymac - CH Rufus Pola Negri)č R tim the Tramp
8. 1997
"M" litter 2/2(CH Merrymac Donīt Blame Me - Rufus MagicPolestar) č R Mystic Polarsun, Ch R Magic Carlsson
9. 1998 "L" litter 2/2 (Merrymac Lollapalooza - Rufus
MagicPolestar) č Ch R Look at me!, J Ch R Lady in red , R Lucy Letīs Fetz
10.1999 "F" litter 3/2 (CH
Merrymac Legacy - Rufus Magic Polestar) č Ch R Fire on Ice
11.
"N" litter 0/3 (
Ch Rufus Look at me! - Rufus Mystic Polarsun)č Ch R Noisy Ms
Hurricane
12. 2001 “ L” litter 3/2 ( Inchicore
Lionel - Rufus Mystic Polarsun) č J Ch R Lusty Lioness
13.
“M” litter 2/2 (
Inchicore Lionel – Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane)č R Mylady Malin
14. 2002 “N” litter 2/4
(Inchicore Lionel – Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane)
15. 2003 “O” litter 1/5
(Ch Rufus Look at me! – Rufus Lusty Lioness) č R Ch Orange Sweetie, R
O-la-la!
16.
“Q” litter 5/1 ( Ch Rufus Look at me! – Rufus Lusty
Lioness) č Ch R Quite a Lion
17. 2004 “R” litter 4 /3 ( Ch Red Rabbits Elliot – Ch
Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane) č J Ch R Ray of light , R
Rinaldo Rinaldini
18.
“S” litter 3 / 4 (
Ch Rufus look at me ! – Rufus Lusty Lioness) č R Stellar Light
19. 2005
“T”litter 4 /3 ( Ch
Red Rabbits Elliot – Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane)č R Touch of Class, J Ch R
20. 2006
“U”-litter 4 /3 ( Ch
Red Rabbits Elliot – Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane) č R Under my Spell
21. 2007 “V”litter 3/3 (
Okie Dokie v Koudenhoven – Ch Rufus Ray of light) č R Violet for Haseland, R
Valentino ?
22.
“W”litter 4/ 3 ( R
Under my Spell – Rufus Lusty
Lioness) č R Whoops itīs Buffy!
23. 2008 “X“ litter 5/1
(Lurvendhalis Sauron - Ch Rufus
Ray of light)č R X-tra Jubilee
Edition
24. 2009 ”Y” litter 6/1 ( Oliver James v Koudenhoven x Ch Rufus
Ray of Light)
1979 - 1993, “Julchen” 2 litters, 2
daughters in the breed , “Ruby” built a strong line spread over
cystinurie tested : clear, no CF and as well no offspring with CF , she died at
14.5 years due to old age weakness. Necropsy report by the Pathology of the
StateVeterinary in Bremen.
Male 1983- 1997, very nice Irish Terrier in type and
character, he spent his pet-life with us, he was a perfect Irish Terrier , due
to his oversize I never bred him.
cystinurie test : clear , no CF , died at 14 years due to sudden old age
weakness. Necropsy report of the
Veterinary Highschool in
3. CH Rufus O'Ruby
(CH
Pirat v.d. Lichtenheide - Baltic Ulu)
1987 - 2001, 2 litters, 1/3 of
her puppies were in the breed, and many of her grandchildren make this
family-strain grow a lot in many countries of the world !
cystinurie test: clear, no CF , same for
her offspring , she was euthanized at 14 y 2 months due to a malignant
skin tumor ( biopsy + histology report) .
1990, “Paula” 3 litters. All 3 excellent daughters were in
the breed and her best son Tim the Tramp also and also this family grows still
a lot in many countries. Her character is great, she is one of my
all-time-favourites.
cystinurie test: clear, no CF and same for her offspring, still alive and going
strong at 14 years!
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1994
- 2004, "Swedie", -
cystinurie test: clar, no CF
same, as for her offspring, euthanized due to a brain tumor (
meningeoma) at 10 years , (necropsy
report of the Veterinary Highschool Hannover, no other findings ) .
Coming from the first litter with
an american studdog in
In her first litter by Multi-Ch Merrymac Donīt Blame me she gave us the
“Top-winning Irish Terrier in Finland 99“, Fin Ch Rufus Magic
Carlsson who in turn sired as well one Top winning Irish Terrier son in
Finnland, Ch Jackpot True Tarzan . His sister R. MysticPolarsun was never
shown, but she is a similar excellent brood bitch with promising offspring in 2
litters.
From Swedieīs second litter by Merrymac Lollapalooza came the best Irish
Terrier I ever bred, Rufus Look at me! - He is an once-in-a-lifetime terrier
and the synthesis of all his forefathers united in one terrier. His
litter sister Lucy letīs fetz the kennel “ my celtic fellow”
produced the excellent son Int Ch Dexter by Inchicore Lionel has many Ch titles
with only 3 years and also some promising litters on the ground!
Her third litter by CH Merrymac Legacy showed the quality we hoped for
especially in heads, natural good ears and coat. Fire on Ice had been exported
to
After these 3 litters I have
retired our dear Swedie, she did already so much for my kennel, it
won’t be possible to top it! She was my second foundation bitch, her
influence is growing still continuosly. Sadly missed now, a brain cancer
shortened her life.
Noisy is a typey & excellent moving bitch of correct
standard size.
Cystinurie test: clear, no CF and
same for her offspring
After a promising first litter in 1999 with 3 girls of true Rufus Irish Terrier
type, - see " Spicy" -
her second litter in January 2001, by the English import Inchicore Lionel, gave us 5 pupoies, we did keep another
quality daughter “Lotti” – see below.
Noisy was a passionate mother to
her puppies , she did clean all perfect, she did feed them until 8 weeks – this she did pass to her 2 daughters
as well. They really enjoy their puppies .
7. Ch Rufus Look at Me!
(Merrymac
Lollapalooza - Rufus Magic Polestar)
1998, "Zora" and "Byron" were our 98
youngsters.
Both cystinurie tested : clear , no CF , same for his
41 offspring
See in stud dogs the chapter about Byron also. Both
reflect a lot of what I breed for: excellent movement, nice heads with
typical expression, red coats and typical Irish Terrier character! Zora
went to a pet-home meanwhile and Byron continued his show-success and finished
it in 2003 with best german bred-owned male Irish Terrier of the World Dog show
in
8. Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane
( Ch Rufus Look at me! - Rufus Mystic Polarsun)
1999, "Spicy“( left, with her daughter Stella at 4 months) - cystinurie test: clear, no CF and same for
her offspring - is a bit the female counterpart to Byron –
she is true Rufus Irish Terrier type and combines excellent movement with nice
coat & colour. She gained her titles very fast and showed in her 2 litters
of 2001 and 2002 that she is able to pass her quality.
Her 2004 – 2006 litters of 21 offspring by Red Rabbitīs Elliot
were so far my very best litters . 4 licensed studdogs came from them , 5
junior Ch and 2 European junir winners,
even only few shown.
We choose a male from irish lines to focus on the irish expression and
type and this was a full success. We did keep Stella from the R litter and then
her brother Rufi fronm Spicyīs final U litter, and these 2 were a big step
forward for my breeding programme.
9. Jun Ch Rufus
Lusty Lioness
( JCh
Inchicore Lionel- Rufus Mystic Polarsun)
2001, “Lotti” – cystinurie test : clear , no CF and same for
her offspring- is another quality
Noisy-daughter ; she started her show career in November 01 with a BOB at 9
months age (and 12 Irish Terriers entered) – not bad, little Lotti!
Meanwhile she is KFT junior Ch .
She had 3 litters with
“Byron” in 2003 and 2004 and some of their puppies became Champions
meanwhile and 3 of them have already also offspring . Byron and Lotti produced puppies of very
nice size and proper conformation, with maybe the best temperaments of all my litters. Her last
litter in 2007 by our young Rufi was a very even litter and one son, Buffy, is
already Jun Ch and will have a career as studdog as well.
10 . Ch Rufus Ray of Light
(Ch Red
Rabbits Elliot – Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane)
2004, “Stella”, cystinurie test : clear , no CF and same for
her offspring - on the pic with
her third litter april 2009 .
At her first show she won the
junior vclass under Veli-Pekka Kumpumäki/SF
“ Beautiful well-balanced
bitch, excellent construction, very nice head and expression, beautiful
topline, very good feet , good coat not in the best condition today, good
mover, lovely temperament”
Stella shows the nice movement
& coat of her american anchestors as well as the irish type of the irish
forefathers – a nice synthesis with typical Rufus Irish Terrier
expression on her. You can follow her maturing in these pictures:
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Stella
at 8 months – compare with the picture below at 8 weeks
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Stella at 8 weeks
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11. Rufus Under my Spell
(Ch Red Rabbits Elliot x Ch Rufus Noisy Ms Hurricane)
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7 weeks 9
weeks
16 weeks
2006, „Rufus“ , Stellaīs little
brother, cystinurie test : clear , no CF
Never I had plans to keep a 2nd male, and
Byron should stay No 1 in our home and hearts a lifetime…but then we were
fallen under the spell of this puppy and called him *Rufus* aka Rufi. He left
us no chance to escape his charme, he just had to keep him. The whole litter
was spoken for but then 1 buyer cancelled – this was fate!
He is all I breed for since 23 years, he is a copy of
his mother and you see also Byron in his outlines and this special
presence. And so far Byron accepts the
little boy, who follows him like a shadow and all is easy still , no jelousy!
11 Wochen
14 Wochen
16 Wochen
12. Rufus Xtra Jubilee Edition
(Lurvendhalis Sauron x Ch Rufus Ray of Light)
8 weeks old
2008, „Ruska“ , Cystin testresult: normal
Our youngest member of the pack is little Ruska. She
should be something special and she is – this year saw my 25 years as
Irish Terrier breeder , and this was also my 50th birthday –
so I planned to keep a bitch puppy for the future from a special litter. So a
finnish nice young male was selected for Stellaīs next litter and the
expectation was high. Ruska was born as
single girl among 5 brothers – well, I had no choice to select. And I
didnīt need to do so – she was simply the best of the litter.
We enjoy her a lot, she shows with her head, nice dark rimmed small eyes and ears true
Rufus Irish Terrier type, and her size is excellent as well as her movement and
sheīs got also all teeth.
Now at 10 months of age she looks very similar to Rufi
and also Stella. This would be a fantastic breederīs group.
Ruska shows her perfect double coat .