NEWS 2008

21.12.2008 two newcomers

Early on Saturday morning Oodi gave birth to four pups, one boy and three girls. Unfortunately the boy had cleft palates and the last girl had an opening in her belly and these two were put to sleep. What we have left is two beautiful girls who have tiny stars on their foreheads. They are named Pirre and Hansu after a characters in a famous finish comedy series in the sixties. Will another one of the girls be my next hope for the future and become a foundation bitch which I have been desperately hoping for? I don't know! Sense and feeling tell me different things!

13.12.2008 retrieve test & winner show

Yesterday great news from Sweden reached us. Impa, Daughter of Toppa and Kössi passed the retrieve test, only 8 months old! Congrats! Today Eppu and Essi were shown in Finnish winner show. Eppu got very good and Essi as well, Congrats!

Two Redadicts were entered. Otto finished fourth best junior male and his brother Nitro won the youth class! Congratulations!

7.12.2008 Some more news

Great news from Sweden: Three more Kössi-offspring at the West Coast Tollers have finished their Swedish game tracking championship. The new champs are Charlie, Majsan and Kosi. Congratulations, well done!

Inca and Löwe from Redadict First litter have done agility with good results. Löwe got a zero round in class MAXI1 and Inca got the result she needed to move to the highest level by winning MEDI2-class.

The worries with Tiitus are not over :-( A while ago we noticed he drinks and pees a lot. He got a diagnoses of kidney malfunction and is an a special diet now. In few months we'll do the blood work again and see if the urea is lower. I'm pretty optimistic fight now because he's already drinking les.

22.11.1008 news again

Lets start with health related results: Kössi's son Luigi has A/A hips and 0:0 elbows. Congrats! Two of WCT Muumin's have gotten their PRA-test back: Rusa is A, Red Baron B.

Shows then: Ville has been to his first show and it went really nicely, he was BOB puppy, congrats! Ville's mum Oona has earned a new title, BH. BH is a title you get when passing the test needed before being allowed to start in utility in Finland.

Otto and Kössi daughter Essi were at the Jyväskylä int show. The judge Harto Stockmari found Otto too short in body and his legs were too long and therefore he got a Good. Essi, representing the very opposite proportions was chosen best female and got her second CAC and CACIB. Congrats! Otto's sister Jing won the junior class in Norwegian Winner show! Congratulations!

And this is some kind of result as well: Oodi is definitely pregnant :-D

22.11.2008 Training in Sweden

Last weekend we spent in Sweden and took a course of  Anita Norrblom. She is told to have a special touch for training tollers and that seems to be very true. She has a very nice system suitable for tollers. I'm really looking forward following her methods and advice. A big thank you for Jing's Johanna who made all this possible. Marja-Liisa, who has Kössi's daughter Rasa was there as well. Thanks for the company Marja-Liisa. And it was really nice to meet other participants and not to mention Rasa's siblings Impa, Gnista and Toppen with their owners.

11.11. news update

What's happened? Nothing much... We're just relaxing after the summer :-D Relaxing and training for next year.

Jing the Redadict has had some action! First she passed the qualification test and is now allowed to start in a hunting test. She has also been to a conformation show and finished third best female. But the best news is that she has A/A hips and 0:0 elbows! Congratulations!

Some of Kössi's offspring have been x-rayed as well. Rilla (Hulivilin Happy litter) has A/B hips and 0:0 elbows. Her brother Luigi has been x-rayed as well and the results should be here any day soon. five out of seven Muumin pups (West Coast Tollers) have been checker and all had A hips and 0 elbows. Jihaa!!!

Both Daisy's and Oodi's owners are abroad right now. Meaning it's like circus here :-D Bitti and Daisy had a nice weekend last week when we visited our friend and did lots of training. Oh boy that little Daisy sure can retrieve! No matter what the task (search, memory thingies or marking), she solved easily.  When she gets more self confidence and better self esteem she will be super! Bitti's work looks nice as well but we still have a long way to go until we cans tart in open class working test next year.

15.10 Dog flying...and flying back home

as you already know Johanna and Jing visited us to take part in the training weekend. They flew in on Friday and flew home on Monday. Jani drove them to the airport so that they could be on the flight to Oslo leaving at noon. Around three o'clock I see on my cell that Johanna is calling. Why is she calling, I wonder. The beginning of the conversation goes something like this: Me: Hi, everything OK? Johanna: Noup. Me: What's wrong then? Johanna: Johanna: Jing is still on the plane and flying back to Helsinki! It really took only seconds for me to drop everything at work and drive to the airport. Even though the people at the airline had promised Johanna they would take care of Jing, I insisted to go make sure she got out of her crate, got water and was taken for a walk. When I entered the arrivals hall I was advised to contact ground services at handling firm RGT. So I did. First the lady made some phone calls but finally refused to help me find out how I could locate Jing and get to her. It was not her job, she said. Well, I made the decision to turn to the airline Blue1. When I was already at the counter telling what was my problem a person from SAS ground services reached me. together with him we located the dog and arranged for her to get water and go out. Thank god for his help and kindness. But there was still one problem to be solved: Jings crate would not have fit into the next Blue1 plane to Oslo. Great! Gladly there was a Finnair flight that could take her. So she flew back home with blue wings. Now they are luckily home... I just can't stop wondering how all this could happen! I hope we will find out soon enough... And how lucky we were that the plane come back to Helsinki and did not fly somewhere else from Oslo!

15.10 health stuff

Otto, son of Mila and Jouni, has been x-rayed and the official results are: Hips A/B elbows 0:0. Fantastic!

Tiitus has been castrated. Reason for this was him loosing his appetite and getting skinnier and skinnier every day. He also madly fell in love with our neighbors lapponian herder and sow and heard nothing else accept that beautiful princess of his. The final decision to castrate him was made after he got problems with his prostate. So far so good? No. He got an allergic reaction toward the thread made to do the stitches five days after the surgery. Off the stitches went and antibiotics in stead. After few days he got a huge (I mean huge!) boil on his left side. It's getting better so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And the best part is him getting his appetite back!

13.10 Training weekend!

This weekend we spent in Inkoo training dogs. This was the first Siipiveikon & Redadict training weekend. Hopefully we can make this a new tradition :-D On Friday we started with agility. The more advanced dogs did a short course and the pups could try some of the obstacles Sonja Holopainen as our instructor. On Saturday and Sunday we trained retrieving with Kikka Koljonen, Kati Tuominen  and Ville Rantala as instructors.

I'm really happy that so many of the Redadicts were there and enjoyed the weekend with us. Thank you all for coming!

Picks will follow soon!

13.10 Results and other stuff

A lot has happened since the latest update - again. Even though there has not been any news I have tried to update results on every dogs own page. The hole home page is still unfinished. In addition to the new lay out there was supposed to be only few small chances, yea right.... ;-D But it's coming.

Among others sibling Essi and Hulda have succeeded. Both got a first prize in beginners class in obedience. Eetu passed the retrieve test together with his owner Liisa. She deserves a medal for the good work and the right kind of chance of attitude towards dog training and handling. Congratulations!

Bitti, Rasa and Daisy visited the show ring in Retriever organizations yearly show. Rasa got HP and finished BOS-pup! Daisy didn't get a HP in her class but behaved really nicely inside the ring so this show was good training for the future. I had high hopes for Bitti but did not know what to expect. The last two Belgian judges have only given her a very good. But the judge for the day, Gera Toeters-Riethoff, liked her, made her second best bitch and gave the last CAC needed for the championship!

22.9 Toller club's club championships in obedience in Kuopio

we should have stayed home if we look at the results Speedy and Bitti made (yes, I'm a perfectionist. Only 200 or 320 points is enough...) Speedy made many stupid things and got three zeros, third prize. I think it's not that he would not know what to do. He just can't do it in a competition situation. Lack of concentration, lousy nerves? He sure wants to do and loves to do all these tricks but it must be that the excitement is just too much for him. What would be the solution? More competing or no competing at all. who knows... I really have to think what I am going to do with him regarding competing in obedience. I have learned to control my behavior and do trust him but still there is a problem. Frustrating! Bitti got a first prize in open class. We took a zero in lay down from heel, My command was not exactly the same as in home and the second command come too late. she took a nine from call in. But other moments were full ten points. This was her first competition out of the normal surroundings and I'm really glad to notice she took no disturbance. She takes her work really seriously :-D

Thanks to Kati and Atti who let our gang stay over night at their place. It was very nice to see Kössi daughters Essi and Hulda. Not to forget their mum Eve who just become tracking champion last weekend. We also met "the ladies with long legs" Pihka and Tinka. Thanks to mum & dad who took care of Tiitus and Nina & Harri who had Kössi while we were away.

8.9.2008 Toller clubs hunting test and toller show

highlights of the year in Finnish toller world: hunting test and show. Because Bitti is in season right now Speedy got her place in beginners class. He is seven years now and what do you know! He decided to leave a game he had found. Goes without saying it was a zero. If it's any comfort (it's not) many others had the same problem. Actually, out of 15 starting tollers only 2 got a prize. the other, Siipiveikon Muusametsätähti (1st prize) was announced hunting test new beginner and the other one was Kössi-daughter "Oona", first prize as well. they also got the prize for best co-operation in beginners class. Congratulations! Kössi-daughters Rilla and Essi started in beginners as well. Zero it was :-(

Kössi started in open class. We really had to work for the direction, he missed the other one in the double marking but had an excellent search. That was enough for the second prize. So my dream become true! he become a real Swedish champion and can join the magnificent retrievers such like Drögstas Cat-Ri-Ona and Rödrävens Björnbär. He was the best toller in open/winners and is now hunting test master of the Finnish toller club. We also got the trophy for best co-operation.

On Sunday we had the show: Rasa was third best pup in class of young females, Daisy was in the same class but was not placed. Both got very promising critique, though. Bitti was second best female in hunting class and in best female ring the final cac was not that far away! Speedy got very good in champions, Tiitus exc and third best champion. Kössi excellent and second best veteran. He was also chosen toller master (show and hunting test combined) of 2008! Kössi's son Kamu was also in the show and finished second in hunting class. Congratulations! the only Redadict was R. Rodeo Rider "Otto". Otto hit the jackpot by winning the junior class and taking a CAC. Congratulations!

10.8 summer show

Bitti participated in the Helsinki Summer Show and ended up getting a very good from Belgian Monique van Brempt.

9.8 working test in hollola

Finally, first prize for Bitti! Also Speedy was entered and he got a third prize because he only got only five points from search even though we had enough points for second prize. I'm really happy with Speedy's work, he was concentrated, listened well and not too excited. Bitti was normal herself, my little princess doing her best. And when there was a mistake it was me doing it by interfering with her work. The tasks we had were a single marking, near search, marking over a ditch + heel work to the other side + a line and finally line on water. Bitti ended up to have same points with a flat and we had to do a small walk up so the judges could place us. Bitti got second place and the flat third place.

9.8 other results

Congrats to Rilla (Eve & Kössi) for first prize in beginners class obedience and to Puntti for first prize in game tracking!

6.8 Specialen!

Speciality! That just is a must place to be. So we were there :-D. This year we even left earlier than usually in order to make it to the Barkarby Outlet area near Stockholm. I managed to resist most of the temptations - our friend Heidi not so well :-D After shopping we drove to Gålo camping where we had booked a cabin and spent rest of the Thursday exploring the place and mingling.

Friday was Bitti's working day. We participated the Working Test. the test consisted of five tasks: memory marking, water marking, heelwork + marking, marking + line and search. Three of these went perfectly but on the water and on the marking + line she needed some help. We managed to be among the five best and took part in the final which was a walk up. Our final placement was second and we also got a special price for the best search. Great! (Next year we will make it to the price giving ceremony!!!! I promise!) The winner of the class was Jill the Mayflowerdancer Vom Lech Toller Nest. Congratulations!

Saturday was a day for the masters class and junior hunting tests. From a breeders point of view it was a pity that the masters class was done with dummies because you could not see how the dogs work on game. Nevertheless it was a nice competition. Bitti's mum Gremmy won the test. Congrats! I managed to be just right on time at the junior test area to see two Kössi ofsprings work. Both got a zero because not a one bird was picked up spontaneously. What a pity!

Then was the show day! And what a nice day it was! Kössi was BIS senior and second best male, Bitti second best female in hunting class and also participated the Lech-toller breeders group finishing in second place. Kössi & Toppa pups (four months and two days) did well also: in smaller female pup Impa (A. Fiina i Kråksången) won her class, Fiina (A. Fiinfiina) was fourth and Gnista (A. Fiinemang) fifth. Toppen (A. Fiinlir) was second best male young pup. Sushi & Kössi pups did well in the junior class: Third best female was Kaxi (WCT Morran) and fifth best XX (WCT Lilla My). In junior males West Coast Juniors finished second, third and fourth: Kosi (WCT Snusmumriken), Charlie (WCT Sniff) ja Red Baron (WCT Mumin). Jing held up the Redadict flag attending junior females. After the poring rain and the finals it was time to pack our things and head to the ferry.

We would like to congratulate all the winners and placed dogs! Special congrats go to Lech-toller, West Coast Tollers and Agrosofens. Than you for being there :-D Big thanks to Heidi and all other friends who helped or just gave their input for this wonderful weekend by being there! Next year we'll do it again :-D

I will put some pick here!

25.7 Lyyli

I have co-owned Kössi-daughter Jadored's Red Rocket "Lyyli" together with Anu Koskivaara. I had the right for one litter. Now I have decided not to use my right and Lyyli become Anu's dog. There were many small things that made me do this decision, Lyyli lacks water passion, has very little coat etc but the biggest factor was her two siblings having allergies. I do not want to make a deliberate choice of producing possibly ill dogs. I wish good luck for Anu and Lyyli in the future!

17.7 puppy test

Pups were tested by Janne Ruokonen yesterday. As expected, they turned out to be normal pups. Bertta and Elina were most energetic, fearless and very outgoing - almost dominant. Calle was a bit surprising, he was not the energy package we are used to see in the pack. But after a while he relaxed and performed like any normal pup. Daniela and Alma were the ones to act most reasonably, Daniela had stronger reactions but dealt the situations very well by herself.

Today the pups will be checked by a vet, microchipped and also some blood to be sent to Optigen will be drawn. By the end of the weekend the house will be empty. Alma will move to Kajaani, Bertta to Ikaalinen, Calle to Sweden, Daniela to Oulu and Elina to Kuopio. Good luck!

14.7 Ruska has become FIN OB CH!

Kössi & Helmi daughter Ruska has become Finnish Obedience Champion! Congratulations to Juha & Ruska!

14.7 Results from previous weekend

Very nice show results for Redadict's Otto and Nitro who both got excellent and were placed in best male competition, congratulations! Their brother Kairo debuted in junior class a while ago and got good. Well, that's a start. Itu & Kössi son Teppo and Eve & Kössi daughter Essi were in a game tracking competition and both managed to get a first prize. Congratulations!

14.7 World Winner Dog Show

WW is a place to be when it's as close as it was: Stockholm. Our trip had three purposes: Show Bitti (went pretty well: excellent the other day and very good in the actual ww), look for interesting male candidates (found some!) and mingle with friend I can't see that often (highlight of the trip, of course). Johanna and Jing were there as well and made me a very proud breeder by finishing fourth in the competition for the junior title. Congratulations!

25.6 latest news

We have been pretty much stuck at home while others have been busy. So there are pick & result updates here and there. Only if I  could remember where!

The pups are growing and have reached their four weeks milestone. Unfortunately we have had kennel couch. First Tiitus got sick, then Speedy and Bitti, then Oona and Kössi. Despite our efforts to avoid the pups getting it, they did. Luckily all accept for Calle had only mild symptoms and everyone is OK now. The camera has not been used much but we promise to improve on that.

3.6 JOSH has earned his WCX

Wonderful news from Canada have reached us. Josh has earned his WC, WCI and WCX tittles and can be called Redadict Road Runner WCX now. And he is only 10,5 months old! Congratulations Sue and Josh! I'm sooo proud right now. Also Dixie, Foxgrove's Whistling Dixie, half sister to Daisy earned her WCX title, congratulations!

1.6 puppy news & game tracking results

Oona and the pups are doing fine. You can almost hear them grow! I almost envy their easy living: eating, sleeping, crawling a bit, eating, sleeping.... :-D

Nitro from R & R litter has been to a game tracking test and has finished with 47 points and a first prize! Congratulations Niina & Nitro! Jing in Norway did no worse, she took a first prize with a HP as well! Congratulations Johanna & Jing!

28.5 Alma, Bertta, Calle, Daniela & Elina

The little one's are here! One male and four females. Oona and the pups are doing fine.

21.5 Pup news

On Sunday me and my friend Marja-Liisa flew from Helsinki to Stockholm to visit Toppa & Kössi pups. The main purpose of this trip was to check out the pups and decide who would be "Rasa", Marja-Liisa's new friend for all kinds of activities. Altogether there was eight pups: four girls and four boys. All of them very lively, playful and all had pretty sharp teeth ;-) Bit thank you to breeder Annika who put up with us the hole day and let us "inspect" the pups. Picks will follow as soon as I can figure out who is who...

While we were on our holiday managed Eve & Kössi pups some fantastic results: CAC's for Hulda & Essi and Rilla finished second in Mölleri, an unofficial hunting test dome with game. Way to go! Congratulations!

Oona is at our house now. One week to go until the pups arrive...

17.5 IN NEW YORK AND VISITING josh

Last few days we spent overseas together with our friends Laura & Tomi. Our trip started with few days in New York. When you go overseas it's definitely a city you just must go to. We visited the famous tourist attractions like the statue of liberty, Time Square, Central Park, Wall Street, Empire State Building. Due to bad weather we also found our selves indoors: Macy's just around the corner from our hotel was the nicest and most expensive place to avoid rain...

New York buildings as seen from Central Park.

From New York we drove north. Our destination was small village called Glen Robertson in Canada. That's where Josh lives now. Laura and I spent few days observing and discussing how dogs are trained in their style while Tomi and Jani went to see Montreal and Ottawa, the biggest towns nearby. Josh was doing well and he works really really nicely. Thank you so much, Sue and Pierre for letting us stay with you in the middle of your training season.

Sue Kish, Josh & Pierre Mathieu

Training ideas and tips was not the only thing we brought back from there! We also brought the sweetest puppy ever: Daisy.

Before our flight back home we had just enough time to visit the famous Niagara Falls. Here is a picture from the American walls. You simply could not keep dry without the lovely yellow rain coat.

We also would like to thank people who made our trip more relaxed and nevertheless possible: Thanks mum and dad for taking care of Tiitus & Speedy, Nina for taking care of Kössi and Anna & Ville for taking care of Bitti!

4.5 result update

Excellent Redadict results: Couple of obedience wins in class 1 for Löwe who has been competing with Tiina Kinnari. Jing got HP and CK in Norway and also finished as second best bitch in the other show. Her brother Nitro won the junior class with excellent in Lahti INT. Congratulations!

Speedy and Tiitus competed in obedience. Should have stayed home... Tiitus was on a another planet than I was and we can't speak of any kind of co-operation between us so I decided to retire instead of making things very unpleasant for both of us. Speedy started with four tens but we got couple of zeros as well so the result was a third prize. Shame on us.

Bitti started in a Working Test. Can you guess the result? A round zero... Well she missed a marking and we could not get the dummy with directing so there went the result as well. In three other tasks she got 19, 18 and 15 points so otherwise I can be really happy on her performance.

Lyyli has been mental tested. She got together 174 points, everything was on the plus side so we can be happy with her performance.

6.4 unofficial team hunting test

Toller clubs team for this year consisted of Mila & Jouni son "Kairo", Kössi & Eve daughter "Rilla" and Bitti. Our team finished eight out of seventeen teams. Kairo and Rilla did really well considering their level of training and amount of experience their handlers have. So we can be proud.

Bitti did really nice. Her search was good after she got her diesel engine working. Line was good accept for me needing to stop her and send her forward again. The double marking was perfect. Out of sixty point we pulled together fifty-five :-)

5.4. obedience, shows & pups

How good idea is it to be out of the house for a week and next day start in obedience? Not very good. We did it but the work was not very well finalized. Speedy, Tiitus and Bitti started in our own club test last weekend. Speedy was the fast and inpatient himself and managed to pull together enough points to get a first prize in elite. Tiitus started in winners class (level three out of four), was a bit  unconcentrated in one moment plus got a zero in the jump. This together with some unfinalized moments he got enough points to get a good second prize. Bitti was her usual: very obedient and trying her best. Trying too much and that caused us to get a zero in standing because she lied down. But altogether enough points for a first prize.

In the same test R & R pups dam Mila got her third first prize in beginners and got the title TK1.Her son Otto, Redadict Rodeo Rider finished second best male pup in a show in Korpilahti the same day. Congratulations to both of them!

We also want to congratulate Toppa, Agrosofens Kastanjetta, who gave births to four beautiful girls and four handsome boys. Daddy Kössi and rest of the Redadict gang send their congratulations!

29.3 oona mated

Oona has been mated to quiz and now we just wait and keep our fingers crossed! Big thanks to Tina and Jörgen at Lövenborg for their kindness and hospitality!

29.3 bitti and speedy at a show

Bitti  and Speedy were shown to Raimo Louhio in Ruovesi. Speedy become second best male, Bitti got "just" VG.

23.3 josh safely into Canada

Josh and Jani had a safe trip to Canada via New York. Now Jani is back home after spending few days at Sue's place and few days in New York. A place worth visiting, I hear... Josh is doing fine in his new home.

16.3 winter hunting test and show

On Saturday Bitti and I participated in an unofficial hunting test in Middle Finland. Bitti started the search nicely, her own rather slow style but she used her nose pretty well. Her catch in the time allowed was four birds out of six. After the search we moved to another area to do the markings and the line. We had some serious discussions on whether to bring the seagull from the marks but finally she did what she was told. The line went perfect, though.

On Sunday we drove to Tampere Int show. It turned out to be a success! Bitti won the hunting class, an was selected best itch and was awarded her first CAC & CACIB. Ramon, Fireheart Kid Sundance was selected BOB and Bitti was BOS. Congratulations to Ramon! And thanks for the company Heidi and Ossi, who drove with us :-)

BOB Ramon (Fireheart Kid Sundance), judge Tapio Eerola, BOS Bitti (c) Matleena Kallio

12.3 Bingo in memoriam

We have received very unfortunate news. One of Kössi's sons, Bingo, had bit his owner badly and was put down. Condolences to Bingo's family.

11.3 on his way to a new home

This is a story of how there can be always something good in bad things as well: One and half months ago, Mila & Jouni son Toffe come back to me. One thing led to another and now he is on his way to a new home in Canada. His new name will be Josh and he will be owned and trained by Sue Kish at the Foxgrove kennels. Good luck to both Sue & Josh!

18.2 jing in shows

Mila & Jouni daughter Jing has been to two shows in Trondheim, Norway. Both times she was BOB puppy and become BIG-4. Perfect way to start lady Jing's carrier, Congratulations!

4.2. a date in Sweden

On Friday evening my friend Marja-Liisa and I drove to Turku and took a ferry to Sweden. The wind was awful and  the night a bit restless but we made it to Sweden :-) In the morning we drove to Tärnsjö, north of Uppsala. It was time for for Kössi and Toppa to meet and have their date. Everything went perfect. The weekend was joyful and we had a really nice time meeting some dogs and people of the Agrosofen "gang". Thank you all! Special thanks to Tico's "mum" Johanna who had fixed our accommodation and kept our hunger away. Now we are back home, tired but happy. We'll keep our fingers crossed for some more exciting news in nine weeks!

4.2 parkano SHOW: Bitti 4TH best female, Lyyli 3rd best female

While I was in Sweden took Jani and Nina took both our Bitti and Nina's Mila to a group show in Parkano. Big thanks to both of them for doing this and  for Nina for showing Bitti. Mila got VG and Bitti was second best female in working class and finished fourth best female. Lyyli was also shown and she finished third best female and go a res-CAC. Congratulations!

4.2 kössi veteran toller of 2007

Finnish Toller club gave out the "title" Veteran Toller of the year for the first time. It was Kössi who won the title for 2007. The old guy made us very proud :-)

2.4 toffe is doing fine

Toffe is doing fine here among our gang. He is getting along with the boys and Bitti really well. Only if they would melt little more and start playing more. So far just a little running beside. But they will melt...

Looks like Toffe has found a new nice family. We will know for sure in few weeks. Until that we'll continue with basic training.

24.1.2008 bitti eye examined

Bitti has been eye examined and the diagnoses was now confirmed to be cataract. I still had hope in my mind that it could have been something else - after all the chance was in an untypical place etc. Such a pity!

24.1. Five dogs...

...is absolutely too much! Even though that is the current number of red coats in this family. On Saturday is was informed that Toffe, son of Mila and Jouni had to move. Family reasons said the owner. The very next day Toffe was already here with us. He is getting along with rest of the dogs very nicely. He will be training basic obedience etc here with us until we find him a good home.

7.1.2008 past, present, future...

Few birthday congratulations are in order. A bit late but better late than never? Tiitus and his littermates turned four on December 27th, congratulations. Kössi and Itu -litter aka the Rockets' turned two on new years day, congratulations! And one congratulation already in advance: Small fetcher Idols after Kössi and Debi will turn one on January 13th.

This weekend we spent Kuopio and Kajaani. Up north that is... Oona, Lyyli and their half siblings Essi and Hulda from the Hulivilin litter attended INT show. Lyyli got res-CACIB and Hulda was third best female. Well done :-) Oona got VG and Essi EXC. Thanks to our host family, Essi's owners for the nice company and accommodation!

Our plans for next year? The plan is not to have plans. Oona's pups will be a big project for the spring. Then we'll see how Bitti develops in her "job(s)" and go from there. The boys will sure have something to do also. Maybe something new, who knows. Also a Redadict-training weekend is planned for the autumn. But the biggest and most important goal is to enjoy our time together and have as many memorable moments as possible :-)