Riihirouvan

Riihirouvan is a small-scale dog breeding operation based in Tornio, specializing in chihuahuas. The breeding focuses on this dog breed, and the scale of the operation has been kept small. Chihuahua is the only listed breed of the breeding operation, and the dogs are at the center of the breeding activities in everyday life. Riihirouvan’s dogs live together with a dog pack and the family. The breeding environment is connected to ordinary togetherness, where the chihuahuas participate as part of the life of the family and the rest of the pack. In this small-scale breeding operation, the dogs’ everyday life is built around being close to the family and other dogs. In the description of the breeding operation, the chihuahuas are characterized as cheerful and brave. Riihirouvan emphasizes these traits of the dogs, as well as the family-centered everyday life taking place among the pack. The breeding operation based in Tornio combines the chihuahua breed, a small scale, and the dogs’ life with the family.