Kristina Brannlund Westin

63, Female

Örnsköldsvik

Sweden

Profile Information:

How many Irish Setters do you have?
At the time I have 2 bitches and 4 dogs
How long have you owned Irish Setters?
I bought my first Irish at 1987
About Me:
I live in the middle of Sweden out on the countryside, with a lot of woods around me. I am married but have no children (except the dogs ofcourse). I started my kennel at Mars 2005 and my kennelname is Cherry Bloom´s. I have only had two litters, but maybe it will be some more in the future.Except the dogs my hobbies is my garden and my 120 orchids.

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  • Charlotte Godart - Riverwood

    Hi ,
    Thank you for your lovely comment about Girly at Crufts.
  • elaine barry

    Hi Kristina, thanks for your comment. Firstly, I am sorry you lost your girl. I am not sure of the Swedish translation, but it does sound very much the same thing. It is not the same as a heart attack, it is basically a weakness in the wall of the aorta, which the dog is born with, and can rupture at anytime.
    Did you have a post mortem done at the time and do you mind if I ask what lines she came from?
  • elaine barry

    thanks for that Katrina, I am trying to work out how to securely send you my email address, any idea how I do it? Elaine
  • Jenny Ronnebro

    Hej Kristina! Tack för fina ord om valparna! Måste säga att så här långt är vi väldigt nöjda med dem. Blir svårt att välja bara...
  • Red Feather

    Dear Kristina,thanks for kind words about my boy!
  • Nicole Wilson

    Hi Kristina,
    Thank you for your nice comments on my photos :-) It was a lovely sunny weekend and we thought we'll take advantage of it and go to our favourite beach!! Hope spring is coming slowly where you are too. I love your new main photo. He's such a sweetie!
  • Danica Morarova

    Thank you,Kristina=o)))
  • Trudy Walsh

    Hi Kristina,
    Did I judge your dogs?
    What did I do?
    Trudy
  • Trudy Walsh

    Well Done!
    I can see from his photo that I would like him.
    Trudy
  • Trudy Walsh

    I think that is very true of me.
    I actually remember your boy, and he fully deserved his placings. I liked him a lot.
    Trudy
  • Agnieszka Rola

    I agree Kristina, sunlight fits to our dogs :)
    kisses
  • Zatu Rimpisalo

    Halloja! Jamen solen skiner ju =) Underbart vår väder. Men flunsan håller mig inne :/ Kram Kram
  • Zatu Rimpisalo

    Nu på morgonen hade vi varmast i landet =) Solen skiner o jag med den =) Madamen har äntligen börjat!!! :) Tror jag ska orka på en kortare promenad, men då gäller dubbla luvor he he.
    Kram kram
  • Zatu Rimpisalo

    Yes!! ;)
  • Zatu Rimpisalo

    Morgon! Du, temp i går var 9,8 i skuggan ;) ;) ;) Bor nog inte i världens ände hehehe...Lika kanon i dag med!! Ska försöka ta en skidtur faktiskt. Får packa ryggsäcken med snordukar o bisolvon ;)
    Ha en underbar dag! Kram kram
  • Lise-Lotte Persson

    Tyvärr finns det bara snödroppar och krokus och liknande, du får vänta lite till..........
    Har ni snö ännu???
  • Pat

    Wonderful and lovely photos of your Irish Reds - gorgeous dogs.
    Pat
  • Pat

    Hi Kristina,
    Ray is my first Red & White Setter. I have had other Breeds in the past but didn't know what I was missing until I got my impish irish boy. Life is never dull with the Irish around.
    I quite agree that Setters are really amazing dogs and exceptionally intelligent. It has been a challenge training Ray but very rewarding.
    Your Reds look really happy dogs in the photos.
    Pat
  • Myra Thomas-Rhodes

    Hello Kristina,
    I absolutely adore my animals too, and spend my life looking after them and loving them.
    I assure you we thought very long and hard about bringing Lupin in this way, and Camilla knowing her so well and myself spending quality time with her in Sweden last year,knew that the trip would not bother her. She loves travelling and meeting people and that is what would be happening. If there had been a problem from stress, she really would have reabsorbed the puppies in the beginning.
    Her care has been of the very best, with love from everyone who has met Lupin. The staff at quarantine wished all the dogs coming through would be Irish, because she had been so easy to love and look after, and I know the girls spent extra time with her because she was so special.
    Her life with Camilla, with me, and even in quarantine, has been nothing but pure love, enjoyment and fun, and will continue that way for the very long rest of her days.
    I hope if you ever come to Australia, you will visit us and see what a lovely life all of our dogs enjoy.
    Best Wishes,
    Myra.
  • Susan Stone

    Thank you Kristina! We love our old lady Shannon:-))
  • Caroline Klebl

    Thank you I am also more than content with Crackerjack
  • Špela L.Sušnik - Rubinus Verus

    Thank you for lovely comment, om my page. My baby Rubin is a little FROG :-)
  • Susanne Legneskog

    Tack så mycket! Vi syns väl kanske på lördag i värmland.
    Kram
    Susanne
  • Susanne Legneskog

    Tyvärr så missa jag och anmäla dit så jag får snällt stanna hemma. Kanske åker på jaktprov istället.
    Ja varför inte trädgårdsmässa.. Du har ju så snygga orkidéer :)
    Kram
    Susanne
  • Rachel Millan

    Thank you for your kind remarks.

    Rachel.
  • Michelle Webster

    Thank you so much for your comments about Oliver, he was a real sweetheart and I adored him. When I got Flynn I took Oliver's photos to show June Coates (Twoacres) she found it hard to believe that I hadn't shown him as he was always trimmed as if he was a Crufts winner!!
    Best wishes,
    Michelle
  • Chris Knight

    Hi again kristina ,
    Bruno and Charlie look so very handsome !
    Regards
    Chris
  • Annika Liikanen

    Hej Kristina!
    Hur går det med våren där uppe?
    Vi har haft 15+ idag och jag är inte avundsjuk på all er snö längre...
    Det har varit härligt.
    Kram Annika
  • Katarina Hansson

    Hej Kristina !
    Ja jag ska till Stockholm så det gör vi säkert. Här nere har vi haft härligt vårväder underbart. Fast med våren följer leriga hundar :-)) Hälsningar Katarina o Gänget
  • Catherine Carter

    Hi Kristina,
    Thank you for your comment on my Peter! Touch wood, although he has a very grey face, he is very young for his age and I still show him in Veteran as he is fit and enjoys every minute of it!
  • Lise-Lotte Persson

    Tack för grattiset till Moa!
  • Lise-Lotte Persson

    Hej
    Tack för kommentarerna på mina bilder!!
  • Louise Moberg Örn

    Man tackar :D Alltid kul att få en gratulationshälsning !
  • Jenny Ronnebro

    Tack Kristina! Han, Ronaldo, är hur go som helst! Hoppas att ni har det bra och kanske lite vår också. Här har det varit 17 grader idag. Ha en bra helg! Kram Jenny
  • Esther Siegrist

    Hi Kristina
    your new photos are so super! Thanks for share it!
    Kisses to all of you
    Esther
  • Carmel Murphy

    That must have been a big surprise!!! Lovely pups ;o))
  • Red Feather

    Hi Kristina,thanks for wishes and kind words about my boy!!!
    regards marina.
  • Brigitte Goossens

    Hello Kristina,
    Thanks that you see my picture!!!
    I am very good friend of Vera and Willy de Wilde I see you on the Clubmatch in the Nederlands.
    Greetings Brigitte
  • Lise-Lotte Persson

    Hej Kristina
    Tack för hälsningen till Tea,roligt att du tyckerom henne!
    I mina ögon är hon så klart vackrast av alla:))
    Vi älskar varandra oerhört!
  • ursula wilby

    Tack för snälla ord om Ninja, vårt första föl någonsin...och i VÅRA ögon = otroligt vacker!
  • Špela L.Sušnik - Rubinus Verus

    thank you, kristina! :-)
  • Nunzio Dimauro

    grazie da parte di Jose'..........anche i tuoi Setter sono bellisimi.......
  • Mariana Åhnberg

    Tack Tack =) Kommer du till Vännäs?
  • Esther Siegrist

    Hi Kristina
    thank you so much for your Birthday greetings for Glenn. We realy enjoy this day. He is such a confident, lovely dog and woud be "everybodys darling" :-) At the moment he is also very successful in Shows. (Next weekend we have International Dogshow in Switzerland ,St. Gallen. Carmen Lorenzi will to handle him, because I have a furthur training).
    Have a nice weekend, regards Esther
  • pat predeth

    Hello Kristina Thank's ,,Digby's kennel name was Wynjil Gamesman ,,from Jill Holley I had the pick of dog's I don't think I did to bad in my choice ,,he was alway's a very free spirit & a very out going boy ,full of fun,,nothing worried him he was a joy to have,,sorry to say I lost him when he was young , ,he got a cooked chicken down from a working surface,, & during the night ,the schipperke woke me up crying I went down stairs to see what was wrong & found him very distresed & with his tummy all swollen up,, I got to the vet's as soon as I could ,,but it was to late to save him ,the vet said the tummy had turned black ,what had happened the chicken bone's had made a hole in his tummy,, you don't think you will lose them so young ,,he was only 5yr's old still a baby,,that was 5yr's ago,,, when I got the schipp. it was so Digby would not be by his self,, at that time I had a very poorley 9yr old boy,,& a 13yr old girl ,also setter's,, the boy was put to sleep 1 month & 1 day later,, I then got the girl schipp to keep the boy schipp company ,,the old girl was put to sleep in my arm's 18month's later,,, isnt life strange ,, I have now decided that the schipp's will be my last dog's,,as time goe's on you reach an age that you dont want to leave your dog's with anyone else,, so sad that's how I feel ,,I will close this for now take care PAT x
  • pat predeth

    Hi Kristina ,, the schipperke's are a wonderful little dog ,,they think they are 10 foot tall ,,are very inderpendent ,,willful,, stuborn,, & very deaf when they want to be I was showing Digger my first male dog when I,first saw them & they stayed in my mind,,& I didnt think I would ever get one but that's life look at me now !!! with 2,,thank you for your kind word's,but you must remember when you have had them 28yr's you have a lot of pain but also a great deal of fun ,pleasure from them but most of all their love & trust bye for now PAT x
  • pat predeth

    OH I will put some more photo's up when my friend come's over to show me how to do them both Setter's &Schipperke's xx
  • Monique VIRY

    Hello Kristina,
    Thanks for your wisches.
    Have a nice day.
    Monique
  • pat predeth

    Hi Kristina thank's for viewing Digby's photo ,,he is the young dog I lost with the chicken bone's, he was a nicely built boy ,with a good coat very out going with a truly loveable nature,,,the other photo's are of Gold Digger of Balintyne, he was born 1983 & died 1995,,,my "Digger" he was a truly handsome boy & so cheeky a true Irish lad,, the love of my life ,,I hope to put some more photo's with my other setter's from 1980's ,,take care PATx
  • ursula wilby

    Japp...men jag är mest glad över att den stora högen inte var ännu större...det var mest det jag fasade för. :-)