Decathlete's Velocissima "Dion" doing some obedience and agility. She is almost 1 year old.
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24.12.2010
Janita, Hitti & TD / Picture: Mauri HelleThanks to the owners of Decathlete's dogs for the year 2010:
- Team Championship at European Open
- Double win at Nordic Championships
- Three Decathlete's dogs on the Finnish Team in agility
- Finnish Championship placements in agility, obedience and canicross
- Five Decathlete's dogs in teams that were placed in Finnish Championships
- First and third place in Open Finnish Agility Championships
- 15 new champion titles
- Almost 300 clean runs in agility class 3
- Dogs getting up in classes in agility, obedience and water rescue
- Four Decathlete's dogs in the top 10 of Timanttiset Ranking
You are absolutely incredible and have made this year immemorable! This year will be hard to top...
We wish the best of health and a lot of success in year 2011 to Decathlete's dogs and their owners!
Relaxing Christmas time and a Happy New Year to our friends and people who we have been coaching!
Agility Sports Bullet's Ranking winners 2010, Janita & Hitti / Picture: Mauri HelleHitti made unprecedented 70 clear rounds in competitions in 2010!
10.12.2010
We went to pick up two puppies from Norway.
The bitch puppy is staying with us, her name is Fjell til Decathlete's aka TD.
The boy Noxu til Decathlete's aka Harald went to live with Niina-Liina Linna.
The puppies are full of power and afraid of nothing!
TD / Picture: Mauri Helle
Harald / Picture: Iris Kieme6.12.2010
Rico (Decathlete's Comet) and Julia got a first prize and a first leg towards obedience champion title. Congratulations on a fantastic result!
Yra (Decathlete's Golden Snitch) and Susann Finnermann-Olin got a first prize result in class 1 of search & rescue with 195/200 points! Congrats Sussi and Yra!
5.12.2010
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen won an international agility competition and Hitti got the INTERNATIONAL AGILITY CHAMPION title.
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka were placed 2nd and received the res-CACIAG.
Hitti. Picture: Iris KiemeHitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen won also the second agility course.
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) and Jaakko Suoknuuti were placed 2nd and Chi received her second agility certificate.
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) & Mikko Aaltonen won the jumping course and Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen were second. Sky is now qualified to compete in Finnish Championships and the national team tryout competition, wow!
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) and Elina Jänesniemi won two class 3 agility competitions.
Another great weekend for Decathlete's dogs :)
4.12.2010
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi won an agility course and were second on the jumping course. Omie received his third jumping certificate and is now FINNISH JUMPING CHAMPION! Super congrats Elina & Omie!
Omie. Picture: Iris KiemeJaime (Decathlete's Gallardo) & Tiina Kuusisto continued their fantastic obedience career by winning a class 2 competition by a first prize result of 183/200 points! Tiina & Jaime will next be seen in class 3. Heartfelt congratulations :)
28.11.2010
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen won an agility course and
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti were placed 3rd.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen won a jumping course and were placed 3rd on the second one.
Also Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti ran clean on the first jumping course but Zen was not moving properly afterwards and skipped the other courses.
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti ran clean on their first class 3 jumping course.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen won the last agility course.
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti were placed 3rd and Chi got her first certificate and double-0 for next year's championship events :)
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti ran clean on an agility course.
27.11.2010
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) & Heidi-Maria Puolakka won an agility course and a jumping course. The two of you are in such a perfect shape right now, congratulations on the fantastic runs!
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi won an agility course and were 4th on a jumping course. Congrats!
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) and Mikko Aaltonen won an agility course. Congrats!
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a class 2 jumping course and moved up to the top class :)
21.11.2010
Janita Leinonen had a DOUBLE WIN IN THE NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIPS with Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy)! Hitti won the championship for a second year in a row and is entitled to compete in the Nordic Championships in 2011 :)
Omie, Janita & Hitti. Picture: Iris KiemeFinnish Team Large (Janita Leinonen & Omie, Jaakko Suoknuuti & Zen, Heidi Karanko & Rico and Anja Lehtiö & Pray) were placed third. Nine out of the total of 12 medals came to Finland. Pretty superior!
Finnish Agility Team. Picture: Iris Kieme
Thanks to Leena Piira and Tanja Kotti for taking such good care of our dogs! Thanks also to our sponsors Tapiola and Eukanuba for making everything easier. Thanks to team leaders Tiia Vitikainen & Harri Huittinen for organizing everything and letting us competitors concentrate on competing. Thanks to Vappu Alatalo for helping me gain the inner strength as a competitor.
A big thank you to Elina for the amazing 6 months I have had with Omie!
Thank you Omie
Finnish Agility Team. Picture: Iris KiemeThanks to Leena Piira and Tanja Kotti for taking such good care of our dogs! Thanks also to our sponsors Tapiola and Eukanuba for making everything easier. Thanks to team leaders Tiia Vitikainen & Harri Huittinen for organizing everything and letting us competitors concentrate on competing. Thanks to Vappu Alatalo for helping me gain the inner strength as a competitor.
A big thank you to Elina for the amazing 6 months I have had with Omie!
Thank you Omie
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a jumping course. Since this was Zen's third Danish jumping certificate she is now DANISH JUMPING CHAMPION!
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen were 3rd on the jumping course.
Zen. Picture: Iris KiemeOmie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen won an international agility course in Denmark. They received a certificate and a CACIAG.
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti were placed 3rd and
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen were 5th.
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Tiina Kuusisto won a class 2 agility competition! Super! A huge thanks to Tiina for handling Chi, you're perfect!
Maya (Decathlete's Mistica) & Anu Rikkilä were placed 2nd in obedience class 1 by 188/200 points. Congrats on moving up to class 2!
7.11.2010
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti won an agility competition, congratulations!
Jaime (Decathlete's Gallardo) & Tiina Kuusisto began their obedience career by winning a class 1 competition with amazing 199/200 points! Pretty classy Tiina & Jaime :)
6.11.2010
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won two agility competitions and were placed 2nd on one course.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen ran two clean runs being placed 2nd and 3rd.
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) & Mikko Aaltonen ran three clean runs! Congrats on the triple-0 :)
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi ran two clean runs. They won one of the competitions and were placed 3rd on the other.
1.11.2010
Yra (Decathlete's Golden Snitch) & Susann Finnermann-Olin passed a search & rescue test A with excellent suorittivat raunioiden A-kokeen erinomaisin marks. Yra is now officially a search & rescue dog! Well done!
24.10.2010
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a class 2 agility competition.
23.10.2010
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) & Veijo Koistinen got a SILVER MEDAL IN THE FINNISH CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CANICROSS in the class of men over 40 years! Congratulations!
16.10.2010
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti ran clean on a jumping course.
12.10.2010
Dion & Jaime 9 kk and Omie & Elmo.
10.10.2010
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti ran clean on an agility course.
9.10.2010
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen won two agility competitions.
Janita & Hitti
9.10.2010
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen won two agility competitions.
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) & Mikko Aaltonen were placed 2nd on one of the courses. Congrats on a clean run!
1-3.10.2010
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen were placed 8th in the Agility World Championships.
Janita & Omie. Picture: Walter Hupfer26.9.2010
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a class 1 agility course and a jumping course and moved up to class 2.
Jaakko & Chi
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a class 1 agility course and a jumping course and moved up to class 2.
Jaakko & Chi
Haka (Decathlete's Le Livre Blanc) & Tiina Koistinen were place 2nd on a jumping course. Haka received his third jumping certificate and is now FINNISH JUMPING CHAMPION! Super congrats Tiina & Hakkarainen!
Haka. Picture: Iris KiemeJuju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) & Veijo Koistinen were placed 2nd on an agility course. Congrats!
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen were placed second on an agility course.
Rico (Decathlete's Comet) & Heidi Karanko were third.
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen were placed second on a jumping course.
Our team won the district championship with four fantastic clean runs :) The team consisted of Jaakko Suoknuuti & Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black), Janita Leinonen & Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) and Niina-Liina Linna & Rhett.
20.9.2010
Handling technique 1 -dvd is out!
19.9.2010
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti were second in the district championships in Helsinki, congratulations!
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen won an agility course.
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won a jumping course.
18.9.2010
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) & Mikko Aaltonen won an agility course. Congratulations!
12.9.2010
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi won two agility competitions!
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Elina were placed 2nd on a jumping course. Thanks Elina for handling Hitti :)
Chi (Beck's Hill Goldeneye) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won their first agility competition.
Jaakko & Chi.
Janita & Tuulia went to the Finnish Championships of mountain cross car driving after qualifying. Janita was placed fifth and Tuulia was sixth. Can't do much better after just a few practise sessions :-0 Thanks for the company Tuulia :)
Janita. Picture: Iris KiemeOmie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Janita Leinonen won an agility course.
Rico (Decathlete's Comet) & Heidi Karanko were placed 3rd.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita Leinonen won an agility course.
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti won an agility course.
The winning courses of Omie, Hitti & Zen.
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) & Heidi-Maria Puolakka won two agility courses. Such a steady pace, super!
Heidi & Erre
Haka (Decathlete's Le Livre Blanc) & Tiina Koistinen were placed 2nd on a jumping course.
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) & Veijo Koistinen were fourth on a jumping course and fifth on the agility course. Congratulations to the whole family for clean runs :)
Cosmo (Tending Magic Mind) celebrated his 11th birthday. Happy Birthday dear Cosmo!
5.9.2010
Ninja (Decathlete's Firebolt) & Julianne Kemppainen were placed THIRD in the FINNISH JUNIOR OBEDIENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS! Heartfelt congratulations to Julianne and Ninja!
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti ran two clean runs in agility competitions. They were placed 3rd on both courses. Congrats!
4.9.2010
Vinka (Decathlete's Starfighter) & Anne Juslin were place 2nd in the district obedience championships! Congratulations on the first prize result and the silver medal :)
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti won an agility competition. Huge congratulations!
30.8.2010
Thekla (Decathlete's Little Thekla) and Louisa Wibroe won the Danish Championship in the Expert -class of Rally Obedience. Congratulations!
29.8.2010
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) & Heidi-Maria Puolakka won an agility competition and are now qualified to the championship events in summer 2011. Well done :)
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi were placed 2nd in an agility competition. Congratulations!
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) & Jaakko Knuutti ran clean on a jumping course.
27-29.8.2010
An agility competition in Hungary.
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) & Jaakko Suoknuuti went to the Open Hungarian Championships. They won to agility courses and one jumping course. They were also placed 3rd on two agility courses. Jaakko gave an agility seminar while he was in Hungary.
28.8.2010
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) & Veijo Koistinen were in a team that won the district championship in Häme. Congrats on a clean run!
27.8.2010
Tekla (Decathlete's Black Velvet) and her litter mates out of our first litter celebrated their 13th birthday. Happy Birthday everyone! Tekla went to a vet check up with x-rays and all. Grandma is completely healthy :)
22.8.2010
Vinka (Decathlete's Starfighter) & Anne Juslin won an obedience competition in Norway with a first prize result. Vinka is now NORWEGIAN AND NORDIC OBEDIENCE CHAMPION! A big hug to Anne & Vinka, you are pop!
VinkaDiva (Decathlete's Cassiopeia) & Anu Rikkilä got their first leg toward the obedience champion title by winning an obedience competition by 283/200 points! So great!
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi won two agility competitions! Huge congrats to double champions :)
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi won two agility competitions! Huge congrats to double champions :)
21.8.2010
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) & Heidi-Maria Puolakka won two agility competitions and Erre became a FINNISH AGILITY CHAMPION! Fantastic!
Erre. Picture: Iris KiemeRico (Decathlete's Comet) and Heidi Karanko came second in standard agility course and earned their third and final leg for the Champion -title, so now Rico is FINNISH AGILITY CHAMPION! You guys have really had pretty awesome year, super nice work!
Rico. Picture: Iris KiemeVimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Jaakko Knuutti managed to make three nice clear rounds in agilitycompetitions, placing once second and two times third. Awesome day for you! Congrats!
13-15.8.2010
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) with Janita Leinonen and Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) with Jaakko Suoknuuti went to England to attend Agility Festival-competition.There was 18 rings in progress at the same time and in course walking even up to 300 handlers at the same time :-0 Some day we had to walk through four couses before we actually could run the first of those... The maximum distance between obstacles is not determined in the rules, so they were anything from 3 to 20 metres. It was really interesting for a change to get to do so different course profiles! We really can recommed one of the world biggest agilitycompetitions for everybody!
Hitti made 9 clear rounds out of 12 and Zen made 8 clear rounds out of 11 with several wins and podium finishes. In Nations Cup our Team Nordic tooked victory. Our third team member was Mette Björne from Sweden with Tux! Thank you Mette!
Potpourri from our visit to England.
Lee Gibson course: 1st Zen, 2nd Hitti
15.8.2010
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka won yet another two agilitycompetitions and at the same time their District Championships! Four wins from four competitions during two days, not too bad!
Heidi & Erre jumping
Heidi & Erre agility course
Heidi & Erre.Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka won two agilitycompetitions at the same day! Great work to start with doublewin after a brake :)
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Jaakko Knuutti were also victorious in agility competitions! Super!
8.8.2010
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti won Finnish Bordercollie Championships.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen took third place and
Omie (Decahtlete's Galaxy) with Janita placed fourth. Congratulations also for Minna and Suvianne, who are training with us, for second place :)
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen came second in jumping and
Rico (Decathlete's Comet) handled by Heidi Karanko placed third. Victory from this course went for Chi´s italian breeder Marco with Fetch, who were visiting us. Huge congratulations for Jumping Sertificate for Chi´s father :)
7.8.2010
Three first places for Decathlete's dogs in standard agilitycourse, when Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen took the first place,
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti were second and
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) with Janita Leinonen came third.
In second competition two first places for Janita with Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy).
3.8.2010
Vinka (Decathlete's Starfighter) and Anne Juslin won the highest class of obedience trials with the score of 281/320! Congratulations!
31.7.2010
Border Collie Classic in Hungary.
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen won two standard agility runs out of 196 and 207 competitors. Hitti placed 6th in BC-Classic final. Jaakko Suoknuuti & Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) won jumping run out of 203 participants.
Janita & Hitti
26-27.7.2010
Janita Leinonen and Jaakko Suoknuuti were keeping agility clinic in Czech.
We made it to TV :)
24.7.2010
EUROPEAN OPEN - TEAM VICTORY for Team Decathlete's in Czech!
Picture: Iris KiemeThank you team members for indescribable experience!
Thank you for filming our runs Nina Frantsi and Pirjo Ylijuuti!
Jaakko & Zen Team jumping
Mikko & Sky Team jumping
Janita & Hitti Team jumping
Jaakko & Zen Team standard
Mikko & Sky Team standard
Janita & Omie Team standard
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti came 2nd in Individual jumping out of 329 participants.
Jaakko & Zen. Picture: Iris KiemeHitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita Leinonen placed 4th in Individual standard out of 329 competitors.
Conditions in EO were quite interesting...
18.7.2010
Vinka (Decathlete's Starfighter) and Anne Juslin won the Class II water rescue trials with score of 96/100! Huge congrats!
17-18.7.2010
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) and Janita Leinonen won 2010 FCI World Team Tryouts.
Rico (Decathlete's Comet) and Heidi Karanko placed 2nd.
Pray and Anja Lehtiö came 3rd.
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti placed 4th and qualified for Nordic Championships.
Hitti´s preparation for Tryouts was not optimal and she dropped one bar in three rounds out of five :( Hitti also has a spot in Nordic Championship Team as an raigning Nordic Champion.
Tryout runs.
Janita & Omie. Picture: Iris Kieme
