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Our first dog came to us in 1986 and after that have dogs become a very important part of my life. My first dog was a shetland sheepdog named Nadisa Urja, but we called him "Urre". He was essentially a pet and a family member but we also trained a little bit obedience and we took part in one dog show too. Urre lived a long and healthy life and we didn´t had to put him on the last journey untill he was almost 15 years old.

After Urre I wanted to have a dog that could be suitable for dogshows and different kind of hobbies for example rescue work, obedience, agility, search, tracking etc. So in the beginning of february 2001 my dream came true and a little collie puppy called Black Sara´s Merry X-mas, "Romeo", came to us. And now, there are six rough collies that lives with us as our familymembers. We have also several collies and two shetlandsheepdogs placed with breedingrights.

My affix, Merry Moonray´s was approved for me by the Finnish Kennelclub and  FCI (Fédéral Cynologique Internationale)  in July 2002. Before that I passed a course for new dogbreeders in winter 2002. During the years 2004 - 2008 I also was secretary of the breeding committee of Finnish Collie Society.

You can find our collies HERE

More about herding

Showresults 2010

Porvoo, 7.8.2010 Stella Clarke
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB3

Haapsalu EE 18.7.2010
Merry Moonray's Blue Roulette BOB puppy

Marupe, LV, 18.7.2010 Jean Lawless
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB2 CC -> LV CH

Marupe, LV, 17.7.2010 Paul Lawless
Merry Moonray's Samba Swing Jun CC BB1 BOB -> LV JCH

Pärnu speciality show 16.7.2010
Merry Moonray's Blue Roulette BOB puppy BIS2 puppy

Pori INT 3.7.2010
Merry Moonray's Time To Dream BB4

Ozolnieki, LV, 13.6.2010 Aramis Lim
Merry Moonray's Samba Swing Jun CC BB4
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB3
Merry Moonray's King Of Swing Jun CC BM3

Orivesi 13.6. 2010 Helina Jyrgens
Merry Moonray's Touch Of Wonder BB4

Ozolnieki, LV, 13.6.2010 Aramis Lim
Merry Moonray's Samba Swing Jun CC BB4
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB3
Merry Moonray's King Of Swing Jun CC BM3

Ozolnieki, LV, 12.6.2010 Lidija Oklescen
Merry Moonray's Samba Swing Jun CC
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB1 CC CACIB BOB BIG3 !!

Tallinn, Estonia 6.6.2010 Helina Jyrgens
Merry Moonray's Time To Dream BOB junior, ESTJW-10
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB4

Järvenpää 30.5.2010
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB4

Helsinki 8.5.2010
Merry Moonray's Time To Dream BOB.-puppy, BIS4-puppy
Merry Moonray's Dream Once More BOS-puppy
Say Wuf Con Amore, res Best Bitch, resCC
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen, 3rd Best Bitch

Valmiera LV 20.2.2010
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen, Best Bitch, CC BOB
MULTI CH Black Sara's One Moonray, 3rd Best Bitch, BOB veteran -> LV Veteran Champion
Merry Moonray's Samba Swing BOB puppy

Tampere FIN 14.2.2010
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen CC BOB !

Showresults 2009

Tartu EE 8.11.:
Hidden Code Fantazija "Rasmus" CC CACIB
Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" BB3
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder "Salli" CC CACIB BOB !!

Vilnius LT 25.10.:
Hidden Code Fantazija "Rasmus" CC

Siauliai LT 18.10.:
Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" CC
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder "Salli" jun CC BOB Junior > LT JCH

Valmiera LV 17.10.:
Hidden Code Fantazija "Rasmus" CC BOB
Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" CC BOS > LV CH
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder "Salli" jun CC, res Best Bitch > LV JCH

Satulinnan Kuun Säde (sheltie) jun CC, BOS

Helsinki FIN 9.8.:
CH Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" resCC BB4

Mäntyharju FIN 8.8.:
CH Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" resCC BB2
Satulinnan Kuun Säde (sheltie) CC BOS

Druskininkai, LT 7.8.:
Hidden Code Fantazija BM1 CC CACIB

Tarto EST, 1.8.:
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen BB2

Riga LV 25. -26.7.:
Multi CH Black Sara's One Moonray "Rea" 2x BOB, CC -> LV & BALT CH
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder 2x jun CC, BB2 and BB3

Karjaa, FIN, 12.7.:
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder BB4

Pärnu, EST, speciality show 28.6.:
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen BB4, BOB&BIS3 junior, jun CC
Satulinnan Kuun Säde (sheltie) BB1 BOS, BOB jun & jun CC

Pärnu, EST, INT show 27.6.:
Satulinnan Kuun Säde (sheltie) BB2, BOB junior & jun CC

Kotka, FIN, INT show :
Merry Moonray's Masterpiece jun EXC2
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen "Roosa" BB1 CC BOS
CH Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" BB3 resCC resCACIB

Tallinn, EST, INT show, ESTW09:
CH Black Sara's Wonder Of Moonray "Siiri" BB2 resCACIB -> CACIB!

Helsinki, FIN, 24.5. Collie specialityshow :
Hidden Code Fantazija "Rasmus" jun EXC2 (19 jun dogs)
Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder "Salli" jun EXC2 (19 jun bitches)
Merry Moonray's Drama Queen "Roosa" jun EXC3
Multi CH Black Sara's One Moonray "Rea" champion EXC3 (10 champion bitches)
Merry Moonray's breeder class 4 th HP and Rea's progeny class 2nd HP

Also:
Salo 17.5.2009 Merry Moonray's Wild Wonder resCC BB3 and Hidden Code Fantazija resCC BM2
Helsinki 9.5.2009 Merry Moonray's Tuhkatriinu CC BOS

Temperamentest results 4.4.2009

LTJW07 Merry Moonray's Swing On A Star approved temperament test +142 gunshot secure

Temperamentest results in september 2008

Merry Moonray's Story of Stars +142 approved
Stoorybook's Mary Poppins +142 approved (sired by our CH Black Sara's Merry X-mas)
Stoorybook's Funny Face +157 approved (sired by our CH Black Sara's Merry X-mas)
Say Wuf Sunny Singer +125 approved (sired by our CH Black Sara's Merry X-mas)
Say Wuf Sunray Symphony +144 approved (sired by our CH Black Sara's Merry X-mas)

Sable-tricolour litter expected in September 2010 Sire: Merry Moonray's Masterpiece (Black Sara's Question Mark & CIB Black Sara's One Moonray) Cea-free/Cea-free, HD free, ED free, EXC classwinner Dam: Stoorybook's Sugar Face (Code Da Vinci Fantazija & CH Stoorybook's Funny Face) Crd/Cea-free, HD free, ED free You can find the pedigrees here Got interested ? Contact eija@merrymoonrays.com

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“Romeo” with his young son Say Wuf Sunny Singer (left, 8 months) / “Romeo” with his grandson Merry Moonray’s Be My Star (7 weeks)

CONTACT:

Eija Rainola
+358505951887
Carl-Johan Kotka
+358505200308
(Finnish, English, Swedish spoken)

eija@merrymoonrays.com
Porvoo (60km East from Helsinki)
Finland