JAFFI owned by Siv Grönholm.
His full name is Rosso Di Sera Di Selvaspina and his breeder is Ms Anna Albrigo in Italy. He was imported to Finland in the autumn 1996 by a finnish breeder that later on decided that she had too many Maremmanos. We bought him as a pet in December 1997 and are very pleased with him. After moving from the suburbs to a small farm in October this year Jaffi now spends a lot of time outside guarding his own territory. Jaffi has turned out to be a wonderful family dog when remembering he was brought up in a kennel in Italy, imported to Finland to live in a flock consisting of 4 other Maremmanos, and then re-homed in a family with two small children, Mathias and Pamela, at that time aged 3 ½ and just under 2. Though Jaffi was not used to small children we have not had any problems. As a curiosity I can tell that my daughter Pamela is born 20.01.96 and is thus one week older than Jaffi. These first photos of my son Mathias, then aged 4, and Jaffi were taken in summer 98.

This photo of Jaffi trotting along is one of my absolute favourites. It is taken in the evening after the World Dog Show in Helsinki, Finland, in June 1998. Jaffi won the Open class and was beaten only by the two Italian champions participating. Needless to say I was very proud of him.

Meet Ardito, my new pup from Italy!

15 weeks and all 'muscles' on ma's kitchen table