About us

We are Family of four, living in Nurmijärvi (Kiljava village) about 50 km from Helsinki to North. That means, there are wonderful pine heats and lakes around or near of our house! Nurmijärvi is the biggest rural local authority area of Finland. Best known Nurmijärvi is as the birth county of Finnish national author and writer Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872).   

What shall I tell you about myself? First, my name is Aila Murto. After working many years as a nurse at the hospital, I passed a University master´s Degree in Nursing in 1999.  Nowadays I´m working as a nursing teacher at the University of Applied Sciences. Still, all my free time belongs to our dogs! Even the dogs are the lifestyle specially for me, my husband and both of our sons give me their full support. 

As a breeder I have just started, even we have had dogs since 1987. The reason is, we have had only males before the year 2004 when we imported our lovely kooikerhondje bitch Finja from Holland. Finja lives as a placement dog where she is beloved member of the family. Finja has have one litter (2007). At home we have kooikerhondje male Kissmo (also imported from Holland in 2001), english springer spaniel bitch Inka (born 2005) and Finja´s puppy, kooikerhondje bitch Antje (born 2007). All our dogs live with us at home, and they all are important and central part of family´s life. 

As our very big sorrow, we lost our dear “frisian gem”, stabyhoun male Niki on Spring 2007. None the less, there is still possible to read also about stabyhoun as a breed from our sites. However, we will have also a staby again in the near future!

My breeding method is very simply: the most important thing for me as a breeder is the health, and character of the dogs – and naturally typical appearance and structure of the breed. I got the kennel name “Frisian Gem” in the year 2001. Two years later I passed the Breeder´s basic course arranged by Helsinki Area Dog District. I have shown the dogs except in Finland, but also abroad. I´m a member of the Finnish Kennel Club, Finnish and Dutch Kooikerhondje Association, Finnish Springer Spaniel Club and Finnish Dog Breeders Association. 

I hope you will enjoy visiting on our sites! Frisian Gem sites are designed by Mari Sysimies. Our big thanks for great work and co-operation belongs to her!

If you have any question or you want to have more information about our dogs, do not hesitate to ask!