Laura and Zeta arrived to Finland. The charming gentleman immediately won Diva's heart by being very polite. The perfect and beautiful little stars might have started their way to the top of the world today <3
27.10.2009
After a lot of misfortune and diffifulties we ended up choosing the world's loveliest dog Zeta to Diva. Even thouhg Sky was mated to Zeta we still chose him also to Diva because at the moment there are no other dogs that I would want to sire this litter. I want to have a puppy myself with this dog as a close relative. Now my chances are better if the mating goes ok...Diva's fiancé is visiting us between 29.10-1.11. The people who are interested in meeting the Italian gentleman can come and meet him between Thursday and Sunday :)
Photo by Iris Kieme
26.10.2009
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) and Veijo Koistinen won the Finnish Veteran Championships in canicross! The time was 41 seconds faster than the silver medalists's. Heartfelt congratulations to the quick couple!
Veijo & Juju at the Canicross Championships. Photo by Maria JärvinenJuju (Decathlete's Cryffindor) and Veijo Koistinen were third at a class 3 agility competition. Congrats for the clean run Veijo and Juju!
17.10.2009
Diva (Decathlete's Cassiopeia) and Anu Rikkilä were placed 2nd on a class 2 jumping course. Congratulations for the clean run to both Anu & Diva and to our friend Anja & Pray who won the class and moved up to class 3 :)
11.10.2009
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna won a class 3 jumping competition and also ran clean on an agility course! Congratulations to the champions :)
10.10.2009
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna won a class 3 jumping competition! Rico (Decathlete's Comet) and Heidi Karanko were placed 2nd! Since Vimma already is a Jumping Champion Rico & Heidi received a Jumping Certificate :) Huge congrats to both of you!
Ninja (Decathlete's Firebolt) and Julianne Kemppainen ran a clear run on an agility course. Congrats!
5-7.10.2009
Photos of Zeta by Iris Kieme
During our trip to Italy last summer I fell in love with a Border Collie dog called Zeta. He was very nice to both dogs and people. A quiet and calm dog outside the agility ring. Full of fire when running agility but still keeping his head together. All the qualities that I appreciate very much. When Mari and Mikko asked for my help in choosing a stud dog for Sky I couldn't think of other dogs that I like as much as I like Zeta. When Sky came into season we got Laura with Zeta and Sky to visit us for a few days. Even with a bitch in heat in the house Zeta and Cosmo had no problems with eachother. All the dogs ran free on the walks and spent time indoors together.
During these five days I totally fell in love with Zeta. I am very picky about dogs and Zeta passed all my tests: I saw no annoying features in him whatsoever during the visit. Even being so full of passion and fire in agility he was able to calm down immediately after the work was done. He also used his brain when working: if something did not work out he changed the way he acted to avoid the same mistake from happening again. A fantastic feature in a dog! He loves to be cuddled but does not act submissive. He gets along with all dogs and doesn't make a sound. The kind of dog that I would love to have! I must get a puppy out of the most perfect dog in the world, can't help myself! I was so lucky to have run into Zeta. We had a successful mating on three days, so we are hoping for some fabulous puppies...
Sky & Zeta. Photo by Mikko Aaltonen
5.10.2009
Zorro (Decathlete's I Did It My Way) became a father of a litter of four. Congrats to daddy: http://kaikille.blogspot.com/
5.10.2009
Zorro (Decathlete's I Did It My Way) became a father of a litter of four. Congrats to daddy: http://kaikille.blogspot.com/
4.10.2009
Diva (Decathlete's Cassiopeia) and Anu Rikkilä ran a clean run in class 1 and right after it they won a class 2 jumping course with a clean run! Huge congratulations on a great day to Anu and the Little Black Girl!
27.9.2009
Vimma (Decthlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna won a jumping course and Vimma received the title Finnish Jumping Champion! A heartfelt congratulations for a new title :)
Ludde (Lunde til Decathlete's) and Niina-Liina Linna ran a clean run in a class 3 agility competition.
20.9.2009
Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) and Elina Jänesniemi made their debute in the Agility World Championships in a fantastic way: they were fourth in the individual competition! A big hug to Elina and Omie. You are on top of the world both technically and by speed!
Introducing father and son: WC4-09 Omie and WC9-07 CosmoPhoto by Johanna Kuusi
Congratulations to the whole Finnish team, you were so great! Thanks for all the emotional moments you gave to the audience. A special congratulations to Anu and Niinu: all your hard work paid off, you were just super :)
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) and Veijo Koistinen ran a clean run again in a class 3 agility competition, placed 3rd. Congratulations on a great percentage of faultless runs during the weekend :)
19.9.2009
Juju (Decathlete's Gryffindor) and Veijo Koistinen ran a clean run and were placed 3rd in an agility competition. Congrats!
19.9.2009
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita won a class 4 obedience competition with a 1st prize result. Hitti is now a Finnish Obedience Champion! Yippee, we are now done with obedience and will be able to concentrate on coolest thing: agility :) Thanks to Elina and other friends who have been practising with us and are a part of our journey!Photo by Jenni Leino
13.9.2009
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) and Mikko Aaltonen ran two courses without faults. They won one of the competitions and were placed 2nd in the other. Congratulations on a fantastic weekend!
Ludde (Lunde til Decathlete's) and Niina-Liina Linna won a class 3 agility competition! Congrats on a great run :)
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka did a clean run in an agility competition. Well done H-M and Ertsi :)
Diva (Decathlete's Cassiopeia) and Janita were second on a class 1 agility course. One more clean run missing from class 2 :)
12.9.2009
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) and Janita ran two clean runs in a class 3 agility competition. They won one of the competitions and were 2nd on the other. This was the first competition where Hitti was allowed to receive her third certificate and she got it immediately. Hitti can be called a Finnish and Swedish Agility Champion from now on :) Hitti is also now qualified to the 2010 Finnish Championships and the national team tryout competition.Photo by Mikael Mildh
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti won an agility competition and a jumping competition. Zen got a jumping certificate and is now a Finnish Jumping Champion! Quite funny to have mother and daughter receive their title the same day :) Because there is no official jumping certificate document yet the staff made one out of toilet paper. Can you get better service anywhere other than an ATT competition?
Photo by Mikael MildhSky (Decathlete's Skyknight) and Mikko Aaltonen won a class 3 agility competition! They are now qualified also to the national team tryout 2010. Wow, the two of you are SO good...
11.9.2009
Our dear Cosmo (Tending Magic Mind) is celebrating his 10th birthday today! Happy Birthday Cosmo! You will be served a liver casserole, some agility and a long walk in the forest with your six friends :)Photo by Johanna Kuusi
6.9.2009
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna won a class 3 agility competition! Congrats on a great run!
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka were placed 2nd in a class 3 agility competition! Quite a nice percentage of faultless runs at the moment... Congrats!
Ludde (Lunde til Decathlete's) and Niina-Liina Linna were placed 3rd in a class 3 agility competition :) Congrats on a clean run!
5.9.2009
Hitti (Decathlete's Hornet) & Janita and Omie (Decathlete's Galaxy) & Elina Jänesniemi were the top two on a class 3 jumping course with only 4 hundredths of a second between them... Omie received his first jumping certificate and we have a new champion title countdown on it's way :) Congrats Elina and Omie!
Zen (Decathlete's Sirius Black) and Jaakko Suoknuuti won a class 3 agility competition and are now qualified to the 2010 Finnish Championships and the national team tryout competition :)
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna won a class 3 agility competition! Congratulations to the champions!
Sky (Decathlete's Skyknight) and Mikko Aaltonen won a class 3 agility competition! Congrats on a great run!
Erre (Decathlete's Raptor) and Heidi-Maria Puolakka were placed 4th in a class 3 agility competition. Nice amount of clean runs lately, we are probably going to have one more Decathlete's dog in the Championship competitions next summer :) Well done!
31.8.2009
Vimma (Decathlete's Fidelius Charm) and Niina-Liina Linna were place 2nd in a class 3 agility competition. Ludde (Lunde til Decathlete's) and Niinu were 5th in the same competition. Congrats on the clean runs!
