Kiira & Agility

Finally Kiiras heat is over and the puppyplans will have to wait until the fall. With the weddingplans and the honeymoon coming up in May and June we decided that it´s better to wait to fall when we have more time to spend with her and her puppies.

As usually on friday evening it´s agilitytime and due to the heat, Kiira have missed a couple of trainings. But now it was her turn to come with us to the training. Because I´m the trainer it´s Mats that trains with her. It seems like the pause has done Kiira some good. She was more focused and now she´s learning to read the obstacles and I believe that when Mats learns how a sheltie works that they´ll be really good at the agilitycourse =)

Puppytraining and such

Well that was it. =(
The last session of puppyschool. All three pups has developed a lot in 8 weeks. And I´m very proud breeder (and owner) of them all! I´m already planing our next steps in Merjas training (yes, only Merjas because I´m training Merja, Mats Kalle and M. is training Pyre). A little bit of junior-agility and a little obedience and some rally obedience =)
And for all three dogs some showtraining!

Our first puppyshow is coming up soon so the training is much needed!

Luckily there´s a Match show (unofficial dogshow) this weekend and we get a chance to train all three there.

Or perhaps I should start playing soccer with Merja? =)

Puppyschool again

Well tuesday evening and as usually we attended puppyschool with the pups. Merja was today very unconcentrated at first, her nose were more on the ground and the ears seemed to be closed. The first exercise was heeling on-leash and I have too confess it didn´t go at all well. The second exercise was heeling without a leash and that went a whole lot better. =) Then we had to train having the dog waiting and once again Merjas overactivity caused some minor problems for me. Being still is boring if you ask Merja. Then I trained some more heeling with Merja as long as I waited for everyone else to get ready with the waiting-exercise. And WOW, 100% concentrated on the task and at all time her eyes stayed on me. Very impressed I tried it again and with the same result. At that point I had to stop so that we wouldn´t stop with a failure. Then came the leave your dog and go outside exercise. I already knew that Merja would not be fond of that at all. And so right, she "sang" the whole time I were gone. But overall Merja functioned well and I´m so impressed with her heeling =)
Kalle has come in hos defiant age and he did at times as he wanted but Mats handled it well and he got Kalle to do the exercises. Pyre did also very well today, but she is like her mother and haven´t a clue where her paws are.

Our two-headed cockerspaniel =) Merja/Pyre

A few updates

When I yesterday looked in my camera I found a few old movies from when the puppies were younger. As the movie shows Kiira (Hillfire Tri To Be Good) acted as playpal. She played so nice with the pups and had the worlds best patience with them. =)

Also Mats has attended the breeders basic course last weekend and yesterday we got the news that he passed the course and with good grades too =)

Puppyschool

As usually on tuesday evening we attended puppyschool. Me and Merja, Mats and Kalle & Mats`s mother (co-owner) and Pyre.
I have to say that considering that they are only 6 months old that they behave very well.

The exercises today was:

• heeling with the leash 
  The track: there were 4 cones  placed as a T first sit at the first cone and then att the second take a leftturn and at the third turn about then pass the second cone and at the last cone you had to take an obedienceturn about (it´s when you turn towards the dog and the dog goes all the way around you and the leash go in the other hand) at the second cone then we had to sit and then make a leftturn again.
• heeling without a leash
  same track as above
• leaving the dog and going out (with a leash of course)

All of the 3 puppies rocked both heelingexercises. Pyre and Kalle wasn´t that troubled that their owners left them. Merja on the other hand wasn´t at all fond of the idea of being left. She sang a lament until I was back and I haven´t seen a happier dog =).

I also have to mention that Merja had her new collar today (a pink hurrta lifeguard.) Isn´t she the cutest? =)

Merja with her new Hurttacollar

Kati
Kennel Westtorpets

Shame on me!

I know, I know. I really should update my blog more often. But in my defense I haven´t had the time and also I´m having some problems with my hands, Going to the doctor´s office at the 21 and 27 of march to see what is wrong with them.

Now you might think why I´m blogging in english, that´s because I´ve got some request from friends that all of them don´t understand swedish so that´s why I´m atleast trying to write in english ;)

Well to the good news. Our puppies are growing and the training has began. Every tuesday evening we are attending puppyschool with Merja, Kalle and Pyre i Maalahti. Merja and Kalle has attended 2 Match shows (unofficial shows) were Kalle became blue puppy 2nd at the first show. Go Mats and Kalle!
At the second show Pyre also attended (with my mom as handler) and got a red ribbon. Merja (with me as her handler) also got a red ribbon and she became 3rd red puppy. Kalle got a blue ribbon and he became 3rd best blue puppy, Good puppies =)

 

 

 

Kalle and Merja after Kauhajoki puppyshow

And then I have some more good news. We´re getting married in May <3.  There´s another reason that my blog hasn´t been updated, I´ve been busy planning =).

I´ve now also got me degree from Yrkesakademin and I graduated in top of my class and got a scholarship. I´m a bit proud of myself.

I´ve taken alot of new photos and you´ll find them here

I wish you all a relaxing weekend and hope to have a chance to write soon again ;)

Kati
Kennel Westtorpets