11.10.2009
We were in Jämi at a sleddog camp with Nuki, Chena and Kayimi. Home stayed Nanuq and Waho to keep company to each other. At saturday we drove six kilometers with cart. The trail had already gotten a bit soft because there was a dog race in the trail earlier and there were two of us people in the cart so the dogs had working to do, but they were all very happy and eager to go. We also had very nice "bypass" trainings with few other dog teams.
Kayimi also got to train first time in her life working with complitely strange dogs. Kayimi was in a team with two siberianhuskies and she did a great job!
On sunday we drove again the six kilometers long trail, this time with a little less weight and then it was time head back home.
8.11.2009
We were at a group show in Tuulos with Chena, result "very good/1". Kayimi has started her third heat. We also have snow, but unfortunently not enough for the sled yet, but the dogs have been very exited of even just this little amount of snow.
In the spring when everyone else where in the malamute specialty show, I was sitting in Finnish Kennelclubs obedience trainer-course. During the spring and autumn I have done all the practise trainings and followed all the obedience trial classes, so finally I have an obedience trainer-card on my hand.
15.12.2009
Very busy "long weekend" behind. On saturday we were at the Finnish Winner show in Helsinki with Chena. Chena wasn't suprised about the huge amount of dogs and people and she was perky and cheery through the very long day. Chena got a very nice evaluation, "excellent" and won her class.
"2,5 years. Good size and proportion. Feminine head. Good bite and pigment. Good stop. Right shaped eyes. Good arctic ears. Good neck and topline. Excellent tail. Very good forechest. Good angulation in front and back. Excellent bone and paws. Movements parallel, balanced and energetic. Good arctic coat and charecter."
On sunday in the Nordic Winner we were just as tourists. On monday we got for a lovely visit Chenas and Kayimis breeder Erna Upmeijer. It was very nice that Erna was able to come visit us and see the dogs and Chena and Kayimi were very exited about the visit too, it looked like Kayimi also seemed to remember Erna.
21.2.2010
There
has been plenty of snow this winter and more is
coming! The dogs have been very
exited about this “real winter”.
Unfortunently
Nuki started to “pace” in the team in the
beginning of winter. At x-ray we found out that
he has a little reaction in one of his back
joints and because of that his back is a little
hurt. So Nuki had a month rest and a
physiotherapist came to treat him. Now we will
wait and see how his back is starting to feel
like.
Our
pack has a new member of a lovely little
Siberian husky Takoda (Ristinummen
Sulosusi). Takoda is brave and energetic little
rascal. Takoda has many lead dogs in his
pedigree so hopefully Takoda will grow up to be
a good worker too. In sioux Takoda means “friend
to everyone”.
The sledding season has ended and now we are waiting the roads to dry suitable for the cart and kickbikes. Takoda has adapted well in our pack and as you can see from the frontpage Kayimi has gotten very fond of Takoda.
Gallerypage has changed a bit and there are now new photos. Some of the dates of the pictures are wrong, but at least there is now more to look at. More pictures are coming soon as possible.
24.4.2010
We were at
kennel Ristinummen
puppymeeting with Takoda. It was
very interesting to see how the
other puppies have developed and
Takoda had a great time playing
and running with his
littermates, his mom Witsi and
with a little older puppy Taiku.
Takoda was very tired in the
evening and went straight to bed
when we got home.
Here are some pictures of
the day.
We have been spending our holiday with the dogs
and enjoying summer. Takoda has grown a lot and
he has practiced his swimming skills and at out
summer cottage the life of a camper dog. In the
winter Chena and Kayimi went through every bush
in our yard and at walks in the search for
berries. Soon they can eat them as much as they
wish, in the summer cottage they already tried
to eat raw berries.
Kayimi has been in new hip x-rays. The Finnish
Kennel Club evaluated the hips as C/C, so the
result didn’t change there. We also sent the
pictures to United States to Orthopedic
Foundation for Animals to be evaluated. At OFA
the pictures were evaluated separately by three
different veterinarians and they evaluated
Kayimis hips as “GOOD” and stated that there
were no signs of hip dysplasia. In the Finnish
Kennel Club both of the x-rays were evaluated by
the same veterinarian and the same veterinarian
evaluates all the pictures from all of the
breeds in Finland.
OFAs evaluation “GOOD” matches to FCIs
evaluation “A-2”. For more information about
OFAs hip-evaluations can be found
here.
We visited a dog show in Karjaa, where completely naked Chena got the result “very good/1”.
15.8.2010
We had a trip with Takoda to Helsinki and
Suomenlinna. In the tram car Takoda wasn’t
bothered at all that the tram car was full of
people and there wasn’t much space and he just
slept on the floor. In Suomenlinna many tourists
recognized the breed and very happily shouted
“husky husky”.
We were also in a second puppymeeting in kennel
Ristinummen. Takoda was very happy to get to
play and run around with the other puppies, his
mom Witsi and with Geea too. Takoda is a very
social dog.
We are waiting for the weathers to cool down, so
Takoda could start training working in harness.
When Takoda is waiting just to go for walk in a
leash he is so exited that he almost starts
flying in the air.
Here are some photos of the
puppymeeting.
27.9.2010
Autumn has arrived and trainings
with the dogs have started.
Takoda has started to practice
working in harness and it has
gone great! He is a very eager
and strong minded puppy. Takoda
has pulled alone and with Chena
and Kayimi and also got to run
with Kayimi in the team of his
breeders. Takoda and Kayimi were
very exited to run in a team of
7 dogs and worked well.
Unfortunately Nuki has retired
from working because of his back
problems. Nuki has a high
working moral and still would
like to run in the team, but it
is better for him to take it a
bit easier now.
Kayimis x-rays went to the
Finnish Kennel Clubs panel,
where two veterinarians
evaluated the hips once again as
C/C. So the situation is now
even; in the USA three
veterinarians think that Kayimis
hips are healthy and in Finland
three veterinarians think that
they are not. So far Kayimis
hips have never bothered her
even after a hard sledding trip
so we don’t believe that they
could be that bad and bother in
the future.
Takoda visited in the Finnish
Siberian Husky Clubs specialty
show in puppy class, where the
judge thought that he is way too
big, placement 6/7. Takoda is a
slightly big boy, but then again
he is also very fast.
Last weekend I participated with
Takoda and a kicbike in an
unofficial sled dog race Pekolan
Pakolliset in a combined one to
two dogs cart- and bike-class.
Takoda worked well and we even
got to pass other dogs. In the
finish line we unfortunately had
to stop and wait because two
dogs ahead of us started to
fight with each other. The
situation ended quickly and we
got to the finish and Takoda
didn’t even seem to notice the
situation.
At the age of 9 months Takoda
got good practice for future and
since we went to the race just
for training, the result was
also very nice especially
because there were also racers
with two dogs in the same class.
Our result was 5/19.
20.10.2010
We were at a short autumn
holiday with Chena and Takoda in
our cottage and in Jämi. Kayimi
is in heat right now and Takoda
is quite noisy and cries after
her, so putting all the three of
them working in the same team
could be a bit tiring so we
decided to take just two dogs
and kickbikes.
In the cottage it snowed
“sleet”, but in Jämi the weather
was better.
In Jämi Chena and Takoda also
got to run in a real “mix-team”,
because they ran in a team that
had dogs of four different
owners. This was also Takodas
first time in Jämi so he had
again good practice for
travelling and “camping life”.
12.2.2011
There is plenty of snow here and we have been able to train the dogs with the sled a lot.
Our pack has a
new member, a year old Siberian
husky Pave (Mustankallion Bavel)
has joined our pack. He came
with us in December first for a
“test period” and since he is
such a nice dog, he stayed here.
Pave has adapted in our pack
well. Thank you Erkka and Katja
for a good dog!
