"WILLY'S AND BITTI'S DIARY"

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YEAR 2008

24.12. - 26.12.2008


Christmas 2008

Willy tell:
We got our first presents before Christmas. Master's parents gave us "rain-mud-jackets" We like those, because now we haven't had to go to the shoewr all the time.

This was our first X-mas in our new home. Mistress had bought much new decoration, because this house is much bigger than old one. Below the christmas tree was small gnome. Bitti didn't remember it and snarlled and barked it first. Now our gnome has also a reindeer.

Master's parents and brother visited us at christmas eve. We got also some delicates.


I and Bitti got also presents. I liked my bone, but Bitti didn't eat his. So I took care both of those.

At Christmas day we visited master's parents. We enjoyed this holiday season, because we got a lot of smoothing and long walking tours. We also trained some dogdance tricks and visited agility hall.
6.12.2008

 

Willy:
Race A:  DSQ
Race B:  DSQ 

Bitti:
Race A:  2.     
0(45,32/-0,68/0) 
first 0-result from second class

Race B:   1.    
 6,54(50,54/+6,54/0)

Race C:   2.    
17,23(48,23/+12,23/5) 

 

Seinäjoki Indepencency Day competition

Bitti tell:
I met sooooo beautiful and nice kooiker-girl "Aida" at this competition. I took a little (or more) shine to her! There were some snow over the groud and some minus degrees on the air. We found a lot of smells! The arena (WallSport Areena) was a brand new football arena. It was room temperature inside it. Us (dogs) were there with special "tidiness" reqwuirement. That was not difficult to me!

I had my first race at second class. Father Willy gave still some funny moments in the first class. I followed my master we in first start. We got no errors and time is just a little under the track time (-0.68) So this is a "clean zero" result. Because we were second this is also so called "rise zero". 

On the second track there were the see-saw. i made it and dog walk very slowly. Also slalom was too slow. Thus there were  +6.54 extra time. Without track errors this gave us first place. I am so good  :-) 

Third track was too much for me. I was tired. Because it was so late the judge gave tight ideal time (36 seconds). The judge, Vesa Sivonen, was on humor. He said that we will so let to go home faster. I was really tired. I have watched dogs that have passing by our caravan trailer the whole day. I stopped before third jump. The judge gave me "denial 5". After 5 or 7 obstacles I found that this was also a competition. I ran well the end of track. We got +12.23 seconds overtime. Total result was 17.23. However we got second place. Again I was on podium. Three start and theree times at podium, not so bad begining for us in second class. We slept in caravan traile overnight. On Sunday morning I saw my breeder Tiina and her dog Kavi. They had third class races.

Willy tell:
Bitti mocked me, because he is now in second class. I miss one zero result. My mistress tried to make me to listen her. I wonder why, because I can do the track well without her.  At least I think so. Mistress and judge were opposite opinion than me. I didn't wait starting permission from mistress. I rushed to the track. Judge crossed her hands over her head. Now mistress let me ran to the end of track. She thought that this will made the second start better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the second track I almost waited starting permission. Mistress shouted her commands so well that I followed the track. I was shame that I took wrong end from the tube, which was fourth last obstacle. Again the judge crossed her hands over ehr head.

Bitti was so nice that he give some bisquites to me. He got a lot of those. Bitti gave also one robe toy to me.


4.12.2008

 

Medi-1
Vili: 1. 0(39,18/-15,82/0)
Bitti: not positioned
 10(53,05/-1,95/10)

Open medi
Vili and Bitti: DSQ

Our own agility team unofficial race

Bitti tell:
Our own agility team arranged unofficial competitions. I didn't like to wait alone (with Willy) in cage so long. Maybe master though that this was good training for me. I am many time "all to me and now" -type. There were many other dogs. I had many stories to bark them. I was little exicited of agility track. We started in first class, althought I am now in second class. They didn't put us in final results in any position due that we were too low class. I dicided that I show some extra skills on the track. I choosed first to jump tyre so that I went between the tyre and its body. I did also some other funny thing, maybe passed a pole in slalom. However we got a minus time. I can also run.

In open class I passed a jump, because I tried to run fast to A-obstacle. I found my speed. They told that I have a diesel engine. I wonder what that means. My master didn't give me the same diesel than our diesel car got. At final straight we passed dog walk with great speed. Master liked to give me good speed on this race.

Willy tell:
I think that I will show to Bitti, that I can do this well. It was difficult to listen my mistress. I liked to ran the track myself. I ran so that mistress has to ran as fast as she can. I made no mistakes and fast time gave us first place. i got a lot of sausages. After prize seremony there were open class. I had no time to rest, so I got DSQ from this track.


Autumn-Winter 2008 "Vole dog"

Bitti is good vole dog. He like to sniff vole's path  and follow it. There is a park next to our home. There were also fields near by us. He (also I) dig vole holes. I didn't like so much to snatch voles, but Bitti like it much. He has catch more than 10 voles this autumn. Our master try to take voles out of Bitti's mouth. However Bitti (he is not so stupid any more) has learnt to bite vole to two part. Master get one nad Bitti swallow other part.  


23.11.2008 Agility training

Willy tell:
Tapio Mäntysalo came to Pori. He kept agility training for our club. Morning groups were first at our hall and came to Jetta's home. There were a theory hour. Topic was how we should guide our dog on the track. I and Bitti were in our cage during this lecture. This was boring! We barked some times. There were also Jane cavalier spaniel, which run freely. We barked to her.

After the theory lesson we drove to our agility hall. My mistress tried to learn new guidance tricks. I tried to follow her guidance. I think that we did it well. At least trainer gave us positive feedback. Tere were not contact obstacles, that are difficult to me sometimes. I like to jump out too fast.

My master and Bitti got remedial teaching. Bitti was too slow and had not enough self respect. They have to play with toys at agility, if it will make agility more funny for Bitti.


May-November 2008

 

 

It has been long break on homepage updating ... our mistress has been lazy. We said that she should write these pages now! It has happened a lot. We tried to remember all, but probably we forgot something.

Willy follow while
Anitta is editing
homepages.

 

We moved to our brand new house 22.4.2008. First we were a little astonished. There were so much corners and a lot ot space.

We assumed that we were only visiting here. We wonder how long this visit last and where are owners of this house. Master and mistress wonder why we tried to went to car or caravan trailer every time that we went out of house. We tried to go home!We noticed that here were almost all of our familiar furnitures and toys. We realized that this is our new home.

Housewarming party was held at beginning of August, because mistress wanted to fix all things before visitor. She sewed curtains and did many other things. At same time we held her birthday party.


Bitti is (as his father) over curious: he want to be with all doings.
They check all packets, boxes and bags. In picture (above)
Bitti "helps" Petteri to assemble bed side tables.
 


Bitti was in April-May in two exhibitions
(26.4. Vaasa International and 11.5. Rauma all breeds exhibition). Bitti flaunted, because I stayed at home. At first I was annoyed, because I stayed alone at home. Then I noticed that "small stalker" cannot now disturb me! Bitti got "very good" from Vaas and "Excellent" from Rauma.

We have trained agility quite much. We have also taken part to some competitions. My mistress said that I have a "rascal" attitude in competitions. Many times I seemed to be almost hail of her commands. Sometimes I take also false start and then she has a problem :-) 

Bitti had first problems with seesaw. I wonder why, but pbobaly he is so fearful. Our master teached patiently this obstacle to Bitti. Finally Bitti can do seesaw almost well (still slowly). Then Bitti got two zero tracks in races. We have a competition, which one will be first in second class.

Bitti won our race  :-( He got third zero from Lieto agility races 16.11.2008. Now Bitti compete in class 2 and I still in class 2!!

We have now only a few pictures and videos of agility races. That is because we both compete in the same class.

Our temperaments were tested. I, Willy, got top evaluation points +234 (scale -300  -  +300). Our "chicken" Bitti is not bad at all. He got also good points (142). We are super dogs  :-)

 

At summer time we were again in agirotu happening competing and meeting breed friends. 
This year we have  3 teams. our traditional "Oranje Koohon" -team has a baby team "Oranje Koohon Jr" and Sally's (Wishdecoy Geri Claudia
) offspring team"Oranje Sallys".

 

  right: Oranje Koohon team:
Vili - Anitta Kerminen
Viivi - Mari Isotupa
Bitti - Petteri Kerminen
Sade - Anne Trygg
and from Oranje Sallys -team Sole ja Noora Takaveräjä

(Click and get larger image)

 

 


Kooikerhondje's summer day camp was
9. - 10.8. 
Our mistress taught breed friend to dog dance. We got familiar to "game animal search". 

 

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We have trained dogdance. Our mistress lost her job in September and we have enjoyed her company all days. She has time to train us. Some new dogdance trick were learnt. Day naps are not as long as earlier ;-)  After a "school hour" we have a play hour! 

Bitti has taken part to dogdance with our master Petteri first time at Vahto 21.9. in unofficial class "untalented should practise". Organizers took music out from a hat for every competitor.

Second dance was an official competition Janakkala 2.11. beginner class. Comparing their practising time (1 hour) they got good result and 9th place. 

I got some competition practice from Vahto. In Janakkala I rocked to first place and got certify. That opened a winner class to me. 

Anitta's and Willy's  rock can be found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUxc5-jZAx4

Petteri's and Bitti's performance is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLDMdoZHSWc 

 

 

 

Agility results
* Willy
* Bitti

Dogdance results
* Willy
* Bitti

Exhibition results
* Bitti

 

If you like to read more closely the happenings above, choose links below.

Because I and Bitti have competed in same class, we have not much pictures and videos. After long updating period we found that we didn't remember all things :-) So here are only results.
(links to results on the left).

 

 



January-April 2008

A new year has started.

Our new home is almost ready and moving is going closer.

 

Although our master has done long hours on our building  site, we have had opportunity to train agility. We haven't been in any group, but have kept own trains. 

 

During winter we have been only in one agility races. It was our own agility team, which had Twelft day race 6.1.2008.  I haven't got my last first class zero result.

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