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 don’t 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 capable 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.

I am a qualified dog show judge since 1999.

I have judged in Specialty Shows in Sydney (Australia), Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland and in Czech Republic and in International/ National Championship All Breed shows in USA, Finland and Sweden.

I am qualified to give CC`s to following breeds so far:
All breeds from FCI group 8
From FCI 7 group I am qualified to give CCs to German Pointing dogs,
both short and wire haired and Bracco Italianos

List of approved breeds:
FCI 8: American cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, Clumber spaniel, Welsh springer spaniel, English springer spaniel, Lagotto romagnolo, Irish water spaniel, American water spaniel, Portuguese water dog, Spanish water dog, Field spaniel, Sussex spaniel, Kooikerhondje, Wetter hound, Wachtel hound, Curly coated retriever, Golden retriever, Labrador retriever, Flat coated retriever, Nova Scotia tolling retriever, Chesapeake bay retriever
FCI 7: Spinone, Bracco italiano, German pointing dogs (short & wirehaired), Korthals griffon, Point audemere spaniel

Tarja Hovila
Mustjoentie 51
31400 Somero
FINLAND

Phone: 358 2 7483 064
 Email: tarja.hovila@dnainternet.net 
 Website: http://www.adamants.com