Kayimi with huskies
Kayimi chilling out

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.

Chena and Nuki playing

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.

12.11.2009

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”.

There is still this much snow in the forest
5.4.2010

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.

Running free

15.7.2010

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”.

Takoda has shown determination and own will since he was a little puppy
27.12.2010

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!