19.12.2010 Husky wannabees :D

I got as an early Xmas present from my husband. A set of a special devided leash for jogging/ nordic walking etc we got from http://www.vul.fi/ . You can attach two dogs to it and it has an elastic part and also I got a special belt for it. It gives you great freedom for your hands and dogs seem to enjoy walking in their own harnesses.. Here are some pics from today. I took dogs out in 3 groups for a try out. Just swapped the jackets and off we went :D.

First I took out Tara & Nova (he was so loud about the fact that he wanted to go out so I couldn't refuse :)). Tara is wearing her new fleece from Janutex. As it wasn't made to measure, I had to make some changes to it a bit, but now it fits her fine.

Can you see a pink whippet in the garden? :).

Then I took out Nemo and Eppu. They were acting all pro as if to say

"Hey we've done this before." :)

And the last set of boys: Dante, Vili & Duffys (in his own leash).

I think I am ready to go back inside.. it is warmer there..

12.12.2010 Eppu & Nova in the snow

What do you mean I look demonic???

11.12.2010 Tara at the Helsinki Winner 2010 Show

This weekend we have both Helsinki Winner 2010 & Winner 2010 title shows in Helsinki. I entered our Tara to one show and I thought that Saturday was an interesting option for us as we had a breed judge judging whippets. Our judge today came to Finland as far away as from Argentina and her name is Jacqueline Quiros-Kuibat from Dragonfly Whippets. Competition was very tough today, as always at the Messukeskus shows. There were 68 whippets entered, 34 males & 34 females.

We had 6 dogs in the Intermediate Class and Tara performed very nicely (I on the other hand didn't seem to understand when to stop running :D. I think I am blind as a bat sometimes) and got an Excellent and won her class. In the Best Bitch ring Tara was bored and slightly frustrated and didn't really want to stand still.

Tara was placed 4th in the Best Bitch ring, which was just fabulous. A very nice result that we are very proud of!!! Well done our little one!!!

Picture by Laila Hokkanen (Dusilla)

Of course I had to "reward" Tara for such a good performance in the ring and no way she was ashamed of her oversized jump-suit :D I think I have to modify it a bit...

7.12.2010 New picture of Eppu's daughter EST & LV JCH, EST & LV CH Satangin Absolute Carrot

Est & Lv JCh, Est & Lv Ch Satangin Absolute Carrot

Have to say she takes my breath away...

Our Eppu is blessed to have so many beautiful offsprings!

10.10.2010 Eppu's son Satangin A La Armani wins CAC at track!

We are very proud to let you know that Reino, our Eppu's son has received his second CAC at the Helsinki Sighthound track at Team Race competition. He ran 280m with time 19,15 sec!!! Now Reino has one CAC from lure-coursing and one CAC from track. I have to mention that Reino has been twice very very close to receiving two more CACs from lure-coursing. He was once second in his class (his first race) and once he got the same points as the dog who came in third, but instead of placing them both on the 3rd place, the judges decided to put Reino as 4th..

Reino has done superbly on his first season in racing and we cannot wait to see how well he does next year. He is such a lovely dog with wonderful temperament and we are very glad that he is doing so well in Nelli's care :D. Huge congratulations to both of you as well as the breeders Merike & Tatjana!

5.9.2010 Mirra Kazkhstan CACIB, BOB, BIG-3!!!!

Mirra (Eppu's daughter and Tara's sister) Kazkhstan CACIB, BOB, BIG-3!!!! Well done Mirra and family!!!

5.9.2010 Tara at the Tampere Group 10 show

.....And she did us proud again by winning a tough Intermediate Class and Tara was also placed Best Bitch- 4 out of 27 bitches, judged by Walter Schicker from Germany. Well done our little princess!!! Congratulations to everyone who did well at the show. It was also nice to be able to meet up with Jouni & Nina who own Seti (Tara's half-brother) and Nuhis. Very handsome and lovely males :DDD. Hope to see you soon again!!!

Here are some lovely pictures from the show taken by Jouni Mattila.