



We celebrated Topi's 3rd birthday with a sausage-oatmeal cake. Topi has moved to adulthood now officially. He's been acting accordingly for sometime now, probably because of the "little sister" Supa. We have some doubts if the junior in our family will ever start to be an adult. ; )
Itīs the beginning of a new year, so itīs good to look back and see whatīs happened and also plan for this year.
Last year was a quiet one especially with training because owner was ill still. Dogs had a lot of forest walks where they could roam around freely. Topi passed his Finnish mentality test. We went for a few dog shows also, Topi had his 3rd CAC and became Finnish champion and Supa got her first CAC. In summer we went to Sweden and participated in MH-tests with both dogs. We also brought back with us one of Topi's puppies, Jeppe.
To owner one of the years biggest things was when we went to practice herding with Supa. The training went well and the owner learnt a lot of herding basics.
We also heard news from Topi's and Supa's breeder. Topi's brother Gayley has continued his success in dog shows and gained also a title in herding, he has now a PT-title. Gayley has also had his hip and elbow examns. He has Good hips and healthy elbows. One of Topi's sisters has also been checked for hips, with result Good.
Because the owner liked so much of herding, we will continue to practise it in the summer with both dogs. Our training place is Kuttukuu's goat and sheep farm, where we will go for a ovenight camps for couple of times. I hope I could get a HCT-title for Supa next summer. We will see how it goes. We also plan to visit Sweden next summer, where Jeppe should take his MH-test. We will probably see the other puppies there as well.
Originally the plan was to have a summer breeding with Supa. But because the summer will be so busy and there may be too little time for Supa to have her Finnish mentality test, we plan to have the breeding next winter instead.
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Previous entries: 06.10.2009 Thoughts for the future 11.08.2009 Health exams and results 05.07.2009 What a hot weather! 09.12.2008 Snowy days 22.09.2008 Playing and training 16.06.2008 Moving plans 12.05.2008 Show success 12.02.2008 Obedience practice 08.01.2008 1-year old superman 14.10.2007 At that age 12.08.2007 Puppy shows 28.07.2007 Agility obstacles 08.07.2007 Six months and growing... 03.06.2007 Swimming lessons 21.05.2007 Pups are cute! 02.05.2007 Topi in a new home |
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