Vandreem Imperial Minerva for Svetllen

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Sonechka comes from the globally esteemed Vandreem kennel in Cumbria, which has bred and exhibited Samoyeds for over 33 years, winning 192 Challenge Certificates, with 32 champions, including multi-group and Best in Show winners, and has been Top Breeder for 7 years. Easily shrugging off the challenges being a pandemic puppy could have thrown at her, Sonechka has a beautiful temperament, possibly the strongest handler focus of all our Samoyeds, and has made a strong start to her performance and showing career, gaining her Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Bronze and Silver awards in a single testing session at just 16 months old with very little prior formal training, and then Gold shortly after having her first litter. She made her showing debut at Darlington Championship show in Sep 2021, standing alone in her class (placing 1st) in Junior Bitch. Sonechka likes spending her time tracking rabbits and pheasant around our smallholding, training with me, and playing endless games of tag with her long-suffering kennelmates.