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elcome to the web page of Lakkas - breeders of Irish softcoated wheaten terriers since 1987

Interested in buying a puppy?
So far, we have bred a total of 48 litters with 69 conformation champions, and have received awards from the breed club, the Swedish Terrier Club and the Swedish Kennel Club (Hamilton plaque – the first wheaten breeder to receive this prestigious award). Kennel Lakkas has previously sold puppies to Denmark, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Canada and USA, so we are experienced in exporting dogs with all the paperwork etc.

Ch Lakkas Pink Lady, Stella

Ch Lakkas Rebella, Belli

In the winter/spring of 2022/2023, we plan to breed two females; Ch Lakkas Pink Lady ’Stella’) and Ch Lakkas Rebella (’Belli’). Both girls are Swedish and Danish champions, A-hips and have passed a mentality test (BPH) with very good results. Stella will be bred to Ch House Of Softy Iban in December-January, and Belli will probably be bred to a male in UK in March-April.

We believe that there will be some really exciting puppies since both of these girls had very nice litters in March 2021, resulting in 8 and 10 puppies, respectively (U- and V-litters). Nine of those puppies were entered at dog shows in 2022 with extremely successful results: six pups together received a total of 15 CACs and another two pups received reserve CACs. They also received several CACIB, BOB and BOS, and even a group placement in spite of their young age. Moreover, nine of the puppies have been hip X-rayed: 6 with A/A, 1 with A/B and 2 with B/B. Finally, 15 of the puppies have passed a mentality test (BPH).

Lakkas Uva Bianca (Legally Blond Mago Di Oz x Ch Lakkas Rebella), until December 2022: 5 CACs, 1 Nord CAC, 1 CACIB, 3 BOB, 2 BOS and 1 group placement

Lakkas Vista Bella (Ch House Of Softy Vargas x Ch Lakkas Pink Lady), 2 CAC, 1 BOS

Sires for breeding
We have several very nice males for breeding, all of which have been shown, X-rayed and mentality tested: 4-year old Ch Lakkas Rubens (has 2 litters), 3-year old Ch Lakkas Sävstaholm (1 litter), 2-year old Lakkas Tumanga, and youngsters Lakkas Ultra Gold and Lakkas Victory. In addition, we can also help with making contact with owners of some additional males that have already been used for breeding, as Ch Lakkas Roxbury’s Russet (2 litters) or hope to, like the youngsters Lakkas Underleaf, Lakkas Urshults Kungsäpple and Lakkas Utility. You can find pedigrees and additional info about these males in the link ’Valpkullar’. We have sent frozen sperm abroad, with good results.

Ch Lakkas Roxbury’s Russet

Ch Lakkas Rubens

Ch Lakkas Sävstaholm

Lakkas Tumanga

Lakkas Ultra Gold

Lakkas Underleaf

Lakkas Urshults Kungsäpple

Lakkas Utility

Lakkas Victory

General overview
We are happy that you have found your way to our web page about Lakkas, but unfortunately we haven't had the time to translate these texts to Swedish. Here, I will give you a short overview, after which you will hopefully be able to navigate also the Swedish pages and find the information you need.

The page called 'Presentation' provides a short presentation of the kennel. The breeders are myself, Hilde Nybom (retired professor of genetics) and, since 2009, also Linnea Luthman (veterinar). The kennel started in 1987 when I had my first litter. All of the 48 litters go back to my foundation bitch, Ch Teinikedon Avustaja, whom I imported from Finland in 1985. Her call name was 'Lakka' after the sweet, golden-coloured cloudberry liqueur which is a Finnish specialty. Lakka was my first dog, and I competed with her in agility, obedience, tracking, search and rescue, and conformation. Lakka proved to be excellent at just about everything, and I just tagged along...

The next page 'Rasen' (The breed) describes the breed, which presently has about 250 yearly registrations in Sweden. A book that I have written (available in most internet-based bookstores) is mentioned. There are also links to the Swedish kennel club (SKK) and to the Swedish breed club (SWTK) where I am presently involved as an editor of the newsletter Wheatenbladet and secretary of the Southern local branch, whereas Linnea is a board member and a regular contributor to the newsletter.

The page 'Uppfödning' (Breeding) describes our kennel in more detail. It all started with Ch Teinikedon Avustaja (Lakka), who became a Swedish and International conformation champion, an obedience champion and a certified search and rescue dog. In 1990 I bought a stud dog from the USA, Ch Doubloon Hobgoblin (Cobby), who has also had a large impact in the breed. Recently, we have mostly used stud dogs with lines from Ireland, Denmark and Germany. There are presently three dogs in my home; Ch Lakkas Honeycrisp born in 2010, Ch Lakkas Lord Lambourne born in 2012, and his son Lakkas Wolf River born in 2022. My co-breeder Linnea lives with Ch Lakkas Rebella born in 2018 and her son Lakkas Ultra Gold born in 2021. In addition, several dogs are co-owned with our amazing puppy buyers, who support us in so many ways – having fun with friends is a large part of dog breeding!

In 1998, Kennel Lakkas was the second wheaten terrier kennel in the country to receive the Swedish Terrier Club Medal for successful breeding. In 2013 we received the most prestigious award in Sweden, i.e. the Hamilton Plaque, as the first wheaten terrier kennel.

Until now, 69 Lakkas dogs have attained at least one conformation champion title (many of them have several titles). We consider mentality to be a very important factor in the breeding program, and about 150 of the Lakkas dogs have been mentality tested, including almost all the dogs that have been used for breeding. Several dogs of our breeding have also competed successfully in, e.g., agility, obedience, tracking, and search and rescue.

'Köpa valp' describes how litters are whelped and puppies taken care of until they are old enough to move into their new homes.

Possibly, you will find the page 'Valpkullar' (Puppy litters) the most interesting. This is a list of all the litters born at kennel Lakkas. Click on names in bold text to find a photo and a pedigree. Several of the males shown here have been used as stud dogs. Please just contact me if you have any further questions about anyone of them.

Another potentially interesting page is 'Avelsresultat' (Breeding results alias 'serious bragging'). So far, there have been 48 litters at Lakkas, representing 35 different combinations, with a mean number of 6.4 puppies in each litter. 36 different stud dogs and 28 different bitches have been used in our breedings. A total of 33 male Lakkas dogs have been used for breeding, with litters born at more than 60 different kennels in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, UK, Canada and USA. A total of 38 female Lakkas dogs have been used for breeding, 21 of these only within our kennel, and the other 17 at various other kennels, listed on the Swedish page. Until now, 69 Lakkas dogs have achieved conformation championships, listed on the Swedish page. Some of the most successful are Nordic and International champion Lakkas Esmeralda (number one wheaten in Sweden, group placements in Sweden and Denmark, also obedience-titled), American and Canadian champion Lakkas Ulmus (number one wheaten and number 3 all-terrier in Canada, multiple BIS and BIG wins), American and Canadian champion Lakkas Ustilago (number 6 wheaten in USA, group placements, and two awards of merit at Montgomery in USA), Swedish, Danish and International champion Lakkas Calville Blanc d'Hiver (number 2 wheaten female in Sweden, group placements), Swedish, Danish and International champion Lakkas Durello (number one wheaten male in Sweden, group placements) and Swedish and Danish champion Lakkas Rebella (number 1 wheaten in Denmark, number 3 wheaten female in Sweden, group placements). At least 15 dogs have achieved obedience trial titles, also listed on the Swedish page, one has become a certified search and rescue dog and another is a certified assistance dog. Several dogs have also acquired their 'wildlife tracking' championships, showing that there is still a fair bit of terrier in these dogs!

The page 'uppfödaren' (the breeder) provides some info about ourselves. The page 'Aktuellt' provides some news about what is going on with the Lakkas dogs. 'Annonser' shows some advertisements and 'Länkar' means links. Have fun!