My dogs


Päkäpaimenen Korkojen Kera



Photo © Katri Pietilä


Hips: A/A | Elbows: 0/0 | Back: VA0, LTV0, SP0
Shoulders: x-rayed, healthy | Hocks: x-rayed, healthy
Eyes: OK as a puppy and in 2016 & 2018 | Heart: healthy | Knees: 0/0
DNA: CEA carrier, NCL TNS IGS MDR1 PLL DM normal

Agility: maxi3

Chhaina is an easy dog to go anywhere with. She is confident with gunshots, thunder, fireworks and other sounds, and doesn't mind metal, broken bricks or a slippery floor under her feet. She really knows how to relax and she loves petting and all sorts of touching. She is not much interested in guests or other people than her own family members, but she is playful with other dogs. Chhaina is also quite an easy dog in agility because she follows both bodily and oral commands very carefully and isn't the fastest type of a BC. All I needed to do was to get her familiar with the obstacles, and we were ready to start competing. By her nature, she isn't a silent dog but can bark, murmur, gnarl and so on. However, already when she was a little puppy, we ignored her making sounds, and so she grew very silent at home. If I am late with my commands in agility, though, she makes sure I'll hear it! Of all the dogs I have ever had, Chhaina is clearly the funniest dog, and no one can ever get mad at her as she does everything in such a jolly way!



Päkäpaimenen Lentoon Lähdössä





Hips: B/B | Elbows: 0/0 | Back: LTV0 | Shoulders: x-rayed, healthy
Eyes: OK as a puppy | DNA: CEA normal genetically

Agility: maxi1, Topteam 15-16
Obedience: Open class 1st prize
Shows: Very good, 4th in junior class

Hoina, then, is quite an opposite in everything compared to Chhaina. She's fast as a cannonball, very sensitive, serious and soft. She has also developed a few fears that sometimes affect our everyday life. However, she does not fear anything specifically, but it is more about her overall stress levels making her react to something. She is completely fine for example with thunder, fireworks or strange materials under her feet. Hoina is the kindest and the most obedient dog I have ever had, and when it comes to everyday obedience, she is very trustworthy. Hoina and I were chosen in the TopTeam 2015-2016 of Finnish Agility Organization for Hoina's potential to be among the fastest agility dogs in Finland. Hoina has also competed in obedience a couple of times.


Nekaros Benzema



Hips: - | Elbows: - | Back: - | Knees: 0/0 | Teeth: no missing teeth
Eyes: OK as a puppy, distichiasis 2019 | Heart: murmur 3/6

Agility: training
Obedience: training
Shows: only puppy class entry

Purna is a Shetland Sheepdog girl, our sweet kiddo, who could be best described as a super ball or happyhappy joyjoy. She was literally our dog from the day she arrived to us, such a trusting and closeness-loving creature. Purna has very special learning skills. In my over ten years' and six dogs' experience I haven't met such a learner. She has nice concentration skills, and she's active in trying new things, yet she doesn't offer any extra or unwanted behaviors. Therefore, she learns things in a split second, and always seems to know immediately what she got the reward for. Any activities with her are extremely rewarding for me as an owner, because we hardly ever have bad training sessions, take any steps back or just mess around. I don't think I have reached such a constantly high level of training quality with any other dog before. Purna is also a very open character and nice to go anywhere with. She is quite bold and always likes to go ahead of everyone in leash, to be the first to check the new place. She's also a rather silent Sheltie. Her only dislike (and the only thing I do not like about her) seems to be young kids running unpredictably or screaming as they go. They clearly make her nervous and often cause her to bark too.


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