The story of Heathkeeper's begins in 1996, when my prefix was acknowledged. At those days I had bullmastiffs in my life.
I bred two bullmastiff litters with a quite nice success. There have been Heathkeeper's bullmastiffs in five countries. Half of all my breedings are at least Champions. Heathkeeper's Bullmastiffs have also won several Winner Titles. One of the greatest moments with bullmastiffs were when Int & Fin & S & Lt & Est Ch, FinW-02, BaltW-05, BaltW-06 Heathkeeper's Be With Me went BEST IN SHOW at Swedish Bullmastiff Clubs Specialty 2005. After lots of consideration I decided to finish breeding bullmastiffs. The main reason was the loss of motivation and so many disappointments. Bullmastiffs gave to me many dear friends around the world. I will also give all my support for Heathkeeper's Bullmastiffs owners as long as they need.
The top winning bullmastiff breeder at the moment in Finland, Satu Timlin (kennel Bullgrin's) took over my breeding lines and continues bullmastiff breeding from where I finished. Since the moment Satu took the bull by the horns has the bullmastiff breed quality raised a lot in Finland. I can indeed sleep calm at nights! =) All my respect for the work that Satu does with the breed.

I started to search a small breed. I wanted a breed with challenging coat, cause I felt every now and then that it was too "easy" with bullmastiffs. I wanted a breed that was lively and confident enough to live in family with children. Most of all, I wanted to find a healthy breed, after everything I had been through with bullmastiffs. I’d earlier lost my heart in 1998 at Helsinki World Winner Dog Show to the black miniature schnauzer, a breed legend called “Uffe”. Uffe was BIS-5 at that huge show, and I remember that I just couldn’t get my eyes off of him. So years after it was quite clear, that miniature schnauzer was my breed, and thanks to “Uffe” my first choice of color was black.

I’m not sure was it destiny or what, but it was extremely crucial to find my first black miniature schnauzer Iida and her breeder Mikko Samuli. It is hard to even describe, how much sacrifices Mikko did, as he compiled me to become a valid miniature schnauzer owner. Thank You for trusting me!
Another person who has deeply influenced to me and my learnings is Ninni Suhonen. She has shared huge amount of information and her amazing skill of grooming. Mikko and Ninni never turned their backs to the newcomer. They patiently learned, learned and learned. My deepest bow to the both of them!

The biggest influence for me with this dear hobby has been Irish (lives in Sweden) dog genius Mr. Gerard O'shea. I have attended 3 times to Gerard's handling course and those courses gave me much more expertise than 10 years active competing at the dogshows before the courses. However the course what influenced me the most was Gerard O'shea's Dog Anatomy Class at my hometown in fall 2007. Like the pieces were finally put together. The course last for only 2 days, but it imprinted totally my breeding stances - not mentioning the view from the groomer's aspect. It's unbelievable feeling to hobby, compete, breed and groom, while you really know something about what you are doing (not just imagine that you know). All my praise to Mr. Gerard O'Shea.

My aims to breed black miniature schnauzers are very high, but still trying to be realistic. My studs and bitches will always be the top quality and health examined. I aspire for the best. Therefore I do co-operation with other breeders in Finland and other countries too. Sharing information is important part of successful breeding. Everyone of my combinations is the result of long consideration. I leave some of my dogs and lines out of breeding if my criterions are not filled.

As a breeder I aspire to give my puppies the best possible start for a good and happy life. The new family is responsible for what life brings with it. I would love to hear about all the joy that the dog gives to it's family, as much as I want to guide, advice and help with the all problems that comes by. Every single dog bred by me is equal in my heart. I'll give my support for my puppy owners for the rest of the dogs life. Every dog earns happy and carefree life.

At this far my puppy owners have been very active people and I have had a good connections with them. The years have build many strong friendships with new owners. We are like a big family! -There's always room for one more.