Hello, I am Laila, married to Mathias Stava Rasmussen, we are living in Norway, sharing the love of dogs, our children, grandchildren and each other.

We have two adult children and 3 grandsons, and a granddaughter soon to join us, who we love to spend time with.

When I, Laila met Mathias more than 30 years ago, he wasn’t very interested in dogs, he didn’t want one. But time passed, I never stopped wanting one, and finally he caved in. We got our first dog together in 2002/3, and allthough we only had the love of Copper for almost five years before he was tragically taken away from us, we will both remember him with great pleasure and as the dog that made Mathias come around to dogs. I am very lucky to have a husband that allows me to follow my dream despite the fact that it is a money sucking business, and not something we have or will get any sort of income from.

My passion has always been dogs, and I have owned and loved a varitey of breeds in my life time. My family has always owned dogs and also a variety of other animals. The first family dog lived to be 16 years old, and you could always count on Toya to be there when you needed a hug or just some fun. She also had five litters of healthy puppies! Still she managed to have the energy of a puppy her whole life. My father built me a set of agility equipment when I got my first own dog as a 14 year old girl, and the Border Collie Bamse and I was inseparable for a long time. As an adult I have owned and co’owned quite a few of dogs, before a tragic car accident killed our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Copper in 2007. For a few years we were without a dog in our house. We didn’t want to go through the grief of loosing another dog like we did Copper. We had the freedom to go on holidays, and do what we pleased, but to me  it felt empty.  After a few years, and after the kids and I asked allmost dayly, we decided that we needed a dog in our lives, and this time we were happy to wait for the dog of our dream.

I have always loved the looks of the smart Boston Terrier. We decided that even if we would have to wait, we would do that, as this was our dream dog.  In 2012 we finally met Molly, and fell in love. She was the sweetest girl we had seen, and haven’t regretted letting her into our home for one moment.  Allthough the most important thing about having a dog is that it is a part of the family, we had a small dream in our minds of  breeding Boston Terriers on a small scale.  Therefore I  dedicated (and still do) much of my time to learn about the breed, so that I would have the knowledge I needed to choose the right dogs to breed. I tried to collect as much information as I could about breeding in general and breeding Bostons in perticular. I look to old time breeders, many of whom say they are still learning decades down the line. I hope I will keep an open mind that far into the future.

We got the oportunity from kennel Beauty Gremlins in Slovakia to buy a 5 week old bitch after 2x WW, EW Int Ch Ax Dagbej x Gold Gelb Box Csini,  and we were delighted to travel to Slovakia in October 2012 to pick up the then 10 week old puppy, Jezzy. We met her wonderful parents, both loving and beautiful bostons.  Right after deciding to buy Jezzy, I got a picture of a mega cute male from kennel Sunwood in Usa, and fell in love! It was not my plan to buy a male… But two weeks later I went to Oslo and picked Sunwood Cleared For Take Off – aka Nico, up from his long jurney from Usa to Norway. I will never regret jumping on this oportunity, he captured my heart from the first time I saw him in the far back of his crate Sept 25. 2012.  The prefix Mollyville was approved by FCI ad NKK in the winter of 2013, planning on breeding Boston Terriers  with structural soundess, great temper and super health.

By July 2013 we mated our bitch Molly and our male Nico. On day 24 I took Molly to the vet where ultrasound confirmed puppies were on the way. The feeling the the vet said “Oooh, there are many” can’t be described. It was shere happiness. Not that there were many, but that there were puppies. Our long time dream was coming true and we were breeders of the best breed in the world. Later we have had many of these moment, where we see the little bubbles on the ultrasound screening and try to count.

Our first litter was born Sept. 22. This was the start of a new Adventure for me and my kennel. One of the girls, Sunny, would live be the foundation for our kennel prefix Mollyville. We kept one girl and one boy from this litter, and Sunny became the mother of three litters.

07. June 2014, Mollyville got it’s first Champions. Nico and Molly was our first, of many, champions.  What a day! I will never forget the feeling of having not one, but TWO champions at the same day, and that our first big success was made double.  I never imagined them both to become champions at the same day.

One and a half month later, on her second birthday, 27. July 2014, Jezzy finished her Norwegian, Danish and Sweedish Championships, wich also made her a Nordic Champion.

The first ones are allways special, but as it is hard to get a Champion, we still treasure every time we get a new one. Mollyville has bred dogs who hold 15 Champion titles, two Winner titler and two International Champion titler. In addition our imports hold a few Champion titles too.

In 2015 was an eventful year. We had two litters, we also imported Aiden from Austria.  With these pups, Aiden, and Franklin and Wendy from our B-litter, and Sam from the C-litter, we had a blast in the show ring in Norway, Danmark, Sweden and Finland for a few years. Only Franklin and Aiden went on to having puppies, but all of them lived happily in forever homes.

In 2016 we had one litter, and only one puppy, that we kept for a while. She had a litter (in our kennel name) at her forever home. We also imported Floppy in 2016, a boy we had so much fun showing, and who we had several litters from.

In 2017 we had our first litter from frozen aperm, from which we got our lovely Mendie. This litter was a very consistent, nice litter. Mendie and her siblings also had the beautiful heads from their mother, Sunny.

In 2018 we had a very special litter, where we got to use frozen sperm from the famous Cosmo, Flashpoint Cosmic Ray, for the first time. We had planned this litter since Sunny was very young, and we were over the moon from joy when Sunny had three puppies, and very sad that we had to put one of the males down at three weeks old. We kept Adele from this mating. Sadly, we lost her at only four years old to poisoning. This is the dog most dear to me I ever owned to date, and I miss her every day. I think she will forever be my heart dog.

We had a second litter in 2018, from our import Floppy and our Mendie. We didn’t keep any of the puppies this time.

I had so much fun showing Floppy and Adele. They both loved it, and we had many trips to shows around Scandinavia. Floppy won a lot, and got many CAC and CACIBs. He would still be quite old when he finished his C.I.B as he had most of his CACIBs in only two countries. But in 2024, just before becoming a veteran, we took a trip to Sweden and he got the last one he needed. Adele was Norwegian Champion and got a couple of CACIBs before we tragically lost her. We were going to breed her, and had an appointment to do progesteron testing, but life turned upside down, and we had to let her go after days of trying everything the vet could do to save her. Adele was the perfect dog to me. She never barked, she never jumped on anyone. She never pulled the leash.  She allways knew how to make me feel good,  and she was my therapy dog. She was also the one who was trained to be a visitor dog and went with me to my red cross visitors friends. She was with me wherever I went,  she was a once in a lifetime dog.

In 2019 and 2020 we didn’t have any litters, we just enjoyed the dogs we had, and we imported sweet Olive in 2019, who we had two litters from in 2021 and 2022. Olive wasn’t a show star, but have the temperament to die for. And eyes to get lost in. In 2020 we went to the shows we could, allthough not many due to covid19 cancellations.

In 2021 we had three litters. One was borned and raised at the bitch’s forever home. We planned to keep one of these girls for showing and breeding, but ended up selling her to a nice couple. From the other litters in 2021, we didn’t keep any puppies, but sold one girl, Villa, to another breeder. We hope to eventually get a grandbaby or great grandbaby back from Villa.

In 2022 we lost Adele, as before mentioned, and didn’t see how I would ever want another litter. Or another dog. We had two litters in the autumn. We didn’t plan for any of it. But I am so happy it went like this. From the first litter we got two girls, one I sold to a new breeder wit a contract that I would be involved in everything, from chosing the male, to having a puppy back. Sadly some times words are only words. Lesson learned. From the second litter I got Chloé, who is my most special Boston terrier. She makes loud noises when she disagreed with me, or just to greet me or visitors. She is so eager, happy, my shadow. She did what I thought nobody could, to put a patch on the scar left by loosing Adele.

In 2024 we had to let Sunny go. She was very weak,  she allways wanted to go for walks, but didn’t walk long before she wanted to be carried, she lost fur, and she had a hard time doing things that were normally easy for her. She still allways managed to get up on “her chair” at dinner time, and we never could tell her no.  Her eyes let her get her way most og the time. But her eyes started to lose the lustre. She had pains in her stomack, and we knew it was time. An era was over. We had her on pain medications the last days, so she could have the best days possible befor letting her go. Our first home bred Boston terrier died at 10 and a half years old. It was sad, but still felt calm and the right thing to do. Our last favor to our princess. Who will raise our puppies now? Who will steal puppies from their mamas? Who will beg for food at the empty table chair? Sunny wasn’t a show star, but she had a gorgeous head, and made beautiful puppies that we are proud of. Mentioning a few that we kept Sam, Mendie, Kelso, Adele, Kygo. A very nice, but sad, list, as only Mendie would go on having future Mollyville puppies.

Bad news travel in groups, and it was true for us. We had to let Molly go right before Christmas 2024. She was 13 years old. She had some neurological problems the last months, she was in recovery, but it worsened, and the right thing to do, was to make sure she didn’t suffer. Our first Boston, our kind, clever, obedient “nanny”. Will we ever se your little tails was again?

In 2025 we got news that our first boy, Nico had died. The most kind and loving boy. Nico gave our puppies the nice heads that we try to keep while also working on structure.

In march we had to say another hard Goodbye. This time to our little Jezzy who we imported from Slovakia at 10 weeks.  One of our happiest, wildest little things. The one who slept in my bed because anything else was beneath her. She behaved like she was 2 years old, showed until 12. Judges and fellow breeders couldn’t believe her age. I thought she was never going to get old, let alone die this young, or ever. We all know it. But it is allways too soon. But she went through a few traumatic episodes, and after a great recovery, she suddenly deterriarated, she started showing strange behaviour and couldn’ settle. We had to take another difficult choice and let her go. I hope balls are indestructible in doggy heaven. Or they magically reappear after being shred to peaces. Jezzy had two litters, and one of her sons had litters at other breeders.

Now, in easter of 2025, we have just Mendie, Olive and Chloé left here at home.

Mendie is soon to be 8 years old. Maybe we will show her in veteran class this year. She is a motor. She can walk (pulling) for hours, she never gives up. She is very friendly to everybody off leash. Allways the first I let other dogs meet.

Olive is 6 years old. She is our grandkids’ favourite, allways easy going allways happy to play along. She is never more than one meter from me on our walks, No leash needed. She will not risk getting one treat less than the others when I call them or they come running to me.

Chloe is our future hope. She is 2,5 years as I write this. She is a very spesial dog to me. Maybe because she became my next dog after loosing Adele so tragically, only months before. I don’t know, but the connection to this dog is strong.

~ * ~ * ~

I will breed when I am planning to keep a puppy, and will thereby occasionally have puppies for sale.

We have (vague) plans for the future, maybe autumn 2025 or spring 2026?

More to come!