We are living at lovely countryside in southern Finland. I moved to Somero permanently 1987, after I had finished my medical studies at Tampere University. After Mikko had finished his studies in agronomy at Helsinki University he has entertained farming at our Mustjoki farm, which was established already 1930. Veera, our daughter and our son Lauri have both made themselves their own web sites. Lauri loves football, Manchester United of course. Veera is our main dog trainer keeping our dogs in order and healthy and happy by giving them a lot of excercise, lessons of obedience, agility, blood tracking etc.

Another important hobby for me and Mikko is dancing! We enjoy a lot of dancing few times a week dances like Viennese waltz, slow waltz, fox-trot, tango, schottische, mazurka, jive, twist, samba, rumba, cha-cha. So at least as dancing I dont plan any dog things in my mind..good relaxing from demanding hobby!

Breeding dogs is not only a hobby but it is a life style of some kind. Dogs have been a part of my life since 1972 and dog breeding nearly as long. Dog breeding has given us a lot of friends, even all over the world. I have never had more than 5-7 dogs at home, so they have all been family members as well. We dont have any kennel buildings, but they are living with us taking part of our every day life.

Main purpose in my breeding work is to produce such English Springers, which fill well the requirements of breed standard and are capapble to do their original work as hunting dogs too. They should have correct temperaments of the breed and be sound and healthy. To gain success in main aims needs not less than all life time learning more about the breed and essential things in it.

During these 28 years of breeding Springers I have bred only about one litter per year. Every litter born under Adamant's prefix has been very carefully conceived and so I have managed to keep my own line since I begun. I am at the moment breeding 7. generation of my own and those generations are champions all through. We are especially happy, that our bred Springers usually have had also the great working abilities of the breed. We have bred many dual Champions and even 2 Triple Champions, of which the latest is Finnish Field & Tracking & Show Champion Adamant's Express Pride. So our original dream about breeding such springers who are not only beautiful but have those wonderful abilities of this breed to work on different fields is still going on.
Success is though only icing of cake, when the best moments as a breeder come may be when we get messages from Adamant's ESS owners, how happy they are with their dogs in their daily life and many kinds of hobbies, shows included. Especially happy we are if we notice that Adamant's ESS have had some good impact to the breed in their new home countries.