The Handler

I wanna introduce you someone, but first let me tell you something about my junior handling past:

I started my own "junior handler career" when I was about 14 year's old. The competing it self wasn't for me, breed rings where my thing,  but I loved to watch when talented handlers make their dogs work perfectly. I started to search good dogs for my friend's to JH-ring (many of my friends didn't own a dog them self or they wanted to try something other) and borrowed my own dogs to them. I also competed randomly in Junior Handling.
When I turned 17 and my own career was over I borrowed  my dogs sometimes to junior handlers but not that much as before, usually just for people that I knew somehow.



Well, to the presentation;

I met this girl few years ago when I was a judging a junior handler competition in match show. She presented a scottish terrier. I know how hard breed it can be to handle. I drew my attention to that calm and professional style how she make that dog shine.

I placed her as a 2 that time. When she came to me and asked feedback, I told her that she's going to succeed in junior handling!

Envy & Miitta @ Tuomarinkartano Speciality

Orlando & Miitta at Lappeenranta Nat. where they were 1/1!
Orlando had just turned 9 months.

And I was right.
So the girl I have been talking about is super talented Miitta Mellanen. In 2011 she placed in Finnish championship final on 4th place! Last year she didn't compete that much but she placed in big competitions many times and handled my dogs in breed ring with super results!
Miitta has something that I wish that I would have. She makes every dog work with her. All my dogs love Miitta, and always when she comes to my house, my dogs go crazy. My c/o dog, tibetan spaniel Danny is really hard to handle. He's so shy guy that if he could, he would just lay on his back at show place :D
In Swedish winner last december she made Danny to work in ring with her and Danny got his first excellent and placed 3 in big junior class under highly considered judge Hans Lehtinen.

Mäntsälä Nat. where Envy got her first finnish BOB

Happy owner, dog & handler at Mäntsälä

In summer 2012 I gave Miitta handle Envy in Mäntsälä Nat. our judge had changed to another and first my plan was that I'm not going to show Envy in there. But, because we where already going I decided to take Envy with us however. Miitta promised to handle Envy because I was afraid to that I wouldn't make to Envy's ring on time before tibbie ring would be over.
And what they did? They came out of the ring with CAC & BOB rosette!

Mai & Miitta at Seinäjoki Int where they were 1/2!

This year is Miitta's last one in junior handling and she's going to compete as much as she can, so you will see her allot in this year in Jh ring's and breed rings too ;)

We are the champions!!

Oh, how could I start it?
We had a F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S weekend at Estonia!

On friday morning Jaana & Mimmi picked me and my dogs (this time Envy & Austin) from Kerava and we started our journey to Estonia and to this years first shows in Tarto.

"Gimme that treat!!!" 

This was the first show for Austin to try close his J Ch title, and what he did? On saturday under Jan Stääv he was JUN EXC1, CQ, J-CAC, BOB-JUNIOR & BM2! So now he is Balt, Ee, Lv & Lt Junior Champion!
On sunday he got again EXC and placed 2 on big junior class with CQ loosing only for that male who Austin won on saturday. Austin was also BM3.



Envy's show weekend didn't start so nicely. She got VG on saturday. Judge sad that she's not a good mover. But on sunday judge thought differently and results were: EXC1, CQ, BB1, BOB, CAC and later BIG3! That was "the last CAC" for Envy to close her CH title, so now you can call her: FI, EE, LV, LT, BY, RU & BYW-12 Xaga's Lúthien!!!
She's my first dog who have gained adult CH title and I'm soooo proud of her!









So we had super weekend, and I wanna thank everybody who was involved with it (Mimmi, Milli, Pilvi, Tiia etc.), I'm gonna remember this for a long time. :)

Next time you will see us at Kaunas Int, so c u there! And again, if you have something to ask or something else, leave a comment below! 

New year, new start

It's been a while since I last time wrote here. I have been so busy (Yeah right...) that I haven't got any interest to update my blog. I have tried for a long time to start write my blog in english, but it's not that easy. But because now it's a new year, I think that my blog needs a fresh start so it's good time to start it with new language. As usually, my spelling is not finest but hope that it doesn't bother you.

So, it's year 2013 and we had quite nice rest of the year 2012 with my dogs.

Our team got a new beautiful member when Lil' Miss Beverly moved to our life. She's quite energetic young afghan girl who make's people to notice her. Thank u Liisa for this wonderful little girl, I'm so happy to have her in our lives and hope that you will be proud of her!

We had a pretty busy time at shows, we traveled in all Baltic country's + also visited Sweden and Denmark too, and got some nice results: Envy won her first BIG placement in Lithuania, Austin won his first BOB in Estonia and Hoover got his firs Junior CC from Lithuania. Mai the whippet was BB2 and Res, Nordic Winner in Denmark.

At home Hugo has had been on a show break, cause I cutted his fur down on last christmas. Now it have grown back, so you'll see him in rings quite soon! ;) Now because Hugo is coming back to show's I decided that it's Orlando's time to rest for a while and grow his fur to full length. He's going to be in JH-ring's if Miitta wants to compete with him but I think that's all for a while. I'm planning also to try something else with Orlando, like agility etc. so that he will have something to do .

Envy is going to have a show break also after she closes her CH title and hopefully C.I.B title too. I hope that we will have lure books soon so we could try that with her.
Of course nothing is sure, cause you never know what is going to happen.



Well, that's all for this time! If you want  to know something, leave a comment below. :)