ABOUT ME - The person behind www.heidishounds.net. Owned by pharaohs. I have always been keen on animals. Well, actually my first pets were bees, spiders,frogs and other "wild animals", which I used to carry to my room from my journeys in the nature. As a child I was driving my parents crazy by bringing all kinds of animals indoors! Finally at the age of 6 years I got my first pets.. my first real pets were rabbits (...ha haa and now I have rabbithunters;) and my first rabbit lived to be 9 years old. I got my first dog at the age of 7 years. Lola, the little spicy girl was my best friend and she taught me how deeply an animal can love a human. She showed me the meaning of unconditional love. By the time Lola was in the afternoon of her life I had another dog, Nuka. Nuka was a mixed breed dog who shared her life with me for 16 years. She was a dog filled with love and miss her with every breath I take. In 1995 I saw a pharaoh hound for the first time. I was looking for a new dog into my life and the breed I was mainly thinking of was pincher. Everything changed when I saw a pharaoh hound running gracefully in the ring - my heart and soul was sold to this beautiful breed instantly. It didn´t take long that I had my own pharaoh hound - only 6 months after the first encounter I carried a little red dog into my home. My journey with pharaoh hounds had started. The little red package was my Noora. Together with Noora I got to know all about the showbusiness and we didn´t do bad at all, considering that we were both beginners when we started back in 1996. For the first time that I had to take Noora to the groupfinals I remember shouting to the phone to Noora´s breeder: " I dont want to go! It is too much for me...;)" Well, after that phonecall back in 1997 Noora has won several groupwins handled by me, even though I first didn´t want to go..! Noora was a star. And the light of my life. Wise and selfconfident leader within my dogs. In 2000 my pharaohhound fever arouse again and I started to look for another pharaoh to my life. Then after long and hard waiting came Weera, Faouziahs Crown Jewel of the North. I really can say that a precious gift is always worth waiting for! Weera was brought to Finland from Sweden by kennel Northgate´s back in 2003 and I was honoured give her home with me.Again I was blessed with a star. In 2006 Weera gave birth to 2 puppies under prefix Northgate´s and the story continues in her offspring. Year 2006 was also the year that ph # 3 came to my life, since Weera´s little girl -Merit, stayed at our home. This girl is chosen by the heart. In 2008 I leased Weera to kennel Northgate´s, since Hanna wanted to use Weera again for her breeding program. Weera´s second and last litter was born on december 2008 under kennel Northgate´s. And one of the puppies stole my heart and stayed with us. That puppy was our Nealah. So today there is 3 pharaohhounds running around my house - my dogfamily. Every dog has fullfilled their places in my heart. Noora is the one who taught me the meaning of calmness, Nuka taught me to always look on the bright side of life and Weera, she taught me how deep the connection between human and a dog can really be...and Merit for sure she has taught me that best things can be seen only by the heart. And Nealah has showed me how there is always light in the darkest hour if you only open your eyes to see it. -Heidi-