In 1973 we bought a lovely German Shepherd bitch from the world famous breeder/judge Mr. Bo Nyman. Her name was Triumphs Elka. With her I competed in obedience and working trials. She was a lovely dog and healthy and well during her 15 years. We decided that we wanted one more dog. Not another German Shepherd, but a smaller dog, that still had the attitude of a big one and suited our one-room apartment. My (to become) sister-in-law, Catharina Almroth, had a Miniature Schnauzer bitch - Wigsands Z Galinka - bred by Mrs. Asta Lindgren in Finland.

When we met this dog we knew this was what we were looking for. But where should we find one?
During a trip through Europe in 1974, we stopped at kennel van Gyldenlöwe in Holland, from where a dog and a bitch were going to be picked up and brought back to Mrs. Asta Lindgren. We looked at the dogs for our own sake as well but did not find any so we continued our trip down to the Riviera for a few weeks holiday. During our stay there, we decided to contact Signora Milia Pozzi-Tarlarini of the Malya kennels in Italy.
I had seen her dogs in all books I had been reading about the Min Schnauzers, and they were the dogs I liked the most. Also, the chairman of the Swedish Schnauzer/Pinscher Club, Mrs. Marianne Frestadius got something special in her eyes when she was talking about Italian Min Schnauzers.

But we could not really get rid of the idea to get another dog from the Malya kennels. We had contact with Mrs. Pozzi all the time and as soon as we asked to have a new one she offered us a black dog puppy - Malya Flipper. We decided to have him but had no company for him in the quarantine, so that is why the bitch Malya Diky-Diky came along as well. She was a half sister to Flipper and time would tell that she was to be the best brood bitch we could ever wish for. Diky became the foundation bitch of kennel Fixus. She later became Int and Scand Ch, KBSG, and a specialty BIS winner and was also placed in group finals in Finland as well as in Norway. Diky was sound and healthy all her life and was the natural leaders in the kennel. When she finally, due to old age, gave up some of her ranger ship to the younger bitches, she still kept total control over her favorite place in the kitchen. She just had to give them a look and they moved away from the place that belonged to her as long as she lived, which was for 15 years.

Flipper, a real SCHNAUZER, was a big winner and a very good ambassador for his color in Sweden. At the time they still competed in mixed classes. He was extremely short, a bit thin for a male but with a very showy and outgoing temperament. He loved the show-ring. He got his Int and Scand Ch and KBSG titles and was for all time my very special dog. He would do everything for me. If I was away he picked one of my sweaters, pulled it to the front door and stayed there waiting for me. He would go out to do his things but that was all. Flipper lived until the age of 12.

Basirius Zaza was never bred from as I did not think she was good enough for the purpose. My idea is that the strength of a kennel is in its bitches and I always stick to that opinion. It took some time to get the Italian and American lines to co-operate with each other and to give the desired results. To start with we got a lot of better details like more filled-out muzzles, better shoulder placements etc but the important "all over" touch was still missing.

In Diky´s C-litter the two top-winning puppies were sold to Asta Lindgren in Finland. They were Fixus ComCorona and ComCozzo, and both got their Int and Scand Champion titles. Their sire was the American import Int Scand Ch Goughs Ebony Edge of Knight (Jamo), owned by the Impact kennels.

The best of Diky´s daughters that we kept were Fixus Accara (by Flipper) and Fixus BaCaril (by Jamo). They never managed to get their titles even if BaCaril got two cc´s. Both had very good details, which they also passed on to their offspring, but as I said, the over-all balance was still missing.