I got my first labrador year 2000. I am a serious hunter and I wanted a dog that can pick up game. My first dog made me interested about competing in retriever events. I have trained three international champions (one need to get show title) and four cold game test champions. CIT FI & SE & NO KVA FI & DK & SE KVA-FT Blackthorn Bion has been most succesful dog for me. I have won with him a lot of trials and working tests. He has also won Finnish Labrador championship 2009, Swedish retriever championship year 2012 and 2014 and he has elected best hunting Labrador of the year four times in a row. My other international champion is CIT FI KVA FI KVA-FT Wijmas Mumin who finished second place in ICC 2017. .
I started small breeding working labradors year 2012 with kennel name NO MORE. Now we have four dogs at home and I am competing with two of them: Carmals Olympic Medalist and Batmoors Anfield Harvey Elliot.
I have been full time professional gundog trainer for retrievers since 2013 when I started my own company called Koirapalvelu Tomi Sarkkinen. Working with different dogs and races has made me better trainer.
I am FCI judge. I love to watch dogs which can work in a good relationship with handler and can still work independently. We don’t need a dog to pick up that bird which we can pick up ourselves – we need a dog if the game is missing!
Thank you for inviting me and looking forward to see you all!
Tomi Sarkkinen