NEWS 2008

Congratulations Vitokids Malinka & Mogilnikov!
17th of May, 2008
Group show for 7, 8 &10, Suolahti
Entry 20 borzois
judge Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari

Malinka (in the photo above) and Fin Ch EuJW`06 FinJW´06 Mogilnikov "Sergej" were shown in Suolahti today. Sergej became EX1 in champion males and BM-2. Also the white girl, Malinka, decided to kick some ass and became EX1 in open females and then BB-2 with CAC!!!

BIIIIG Congratulations Elina & Malinka and Katri & Sergej!!!!

Nera 1 year Birthday and Don's mom new Fin Ch
11th of May, 2008

Weekend of celebration!

Our black beauty, Nera, turned 1 year old on Saturday! Thank you so much, Marie, for letting us have our gorgeous jewel! Time flies so fast :-)

On Sunday our Don's mom, Tarijemiran Baranja, decided to get a nice Mother's Day gift to herself, and finished her Fin Ch title under the judge Harto Stockmari!
Big congratulatons, Kati & the family!

New pics again
7th of May, 2008
Villa Lugnet, Sipoo

What a lovely and warm weekend we had! All of the sudden there's flowers everywhere and almost +20 outside! Some photos from the weekend in Photo gallery.

Nera's first official show
27st of April, 2008
Lahti international show
judge: Rony Doedijns, NL
entry 37 borzois

Nera was in her first official show in Lahti. Big show, lot of people and dogs - and our girl just loved it there. Nera performed very nicely, and especially she caught lot of attention free standing so beautifully in the ring :-) Nera became EX4 out of six junior class females with a lovely critique.

Very nice day in the dog show again, meeting many friends and Nera having fun with other dogs. And biiig congratulatons, Essi, for your great success in jackrussellterrier ring :-)

Spring is here!
21st of April, 2008
Villa Lugnet, Sipoo

Finally warm and sunny! We spent the whole weekend on our summerhouse building a greenhouse in the garden. The dogs love the huge garden and had a lot of fun together :-) Some new photos of our borzois in the Gallery.

Pippi won in Belgium
12th of April, 2008
Antwerpen, Belgium
judge: Leona Dams, Belgium

The lovely 16 months old Vitodaughter, Lynx Endless Love "Pippi", was competing in Antwerpen international show. Pippi won her class with EX1 and got compliments on her excellent movement. Big congratulations Geert and Greet!

New photos again
29th of March, 2008
Eriksnäs, Sipoo

Gorgeous weather and lot of snow now. I took a long walk in the woods and fields with Don and Nera. Updated Gallery and new photos on Don & Nera's sites.

Vitokids in Tampere show

16th of March, 2008
Tampere international show, Finland
judge: Marie-Christine Delabelle, Belgium

Our Swedish girl, Vito & Tindra daughter, Lynx Madly In Love "Wiima", was shown in Tampere by her co-owner Anu Kivinen. Wiima was shown second time in her life - and became EX3 in junior females with excellent critique!

Well done, Anu & Wiima :-) And thank you, Ella, for the Wiima photo above!

Also two other Vitokids were shown in Tampere: our Don's brother, Tarijemiran DaVinci, became EX3 in junior males and Don's sister, Tarijemiran Dulcinea EX2 in junior females!

Lovely results to these young & promissing Vitokids :-)

Great news from Japan:
Angela - the new Champion!

16th of March, 2008
Kanagawa, Japan
judge: Mr. Espen Engh, Norway

Vito & Tindra daughter Lynx Lost In Love "Angela"  was competing in Kanagawa under the sighthound specialist judge, Mr. Espen Engh from Norway. Angela became Winners Bitch! What a wonderful result again!

29th of February, 2008
Aichi, Japan
udge Antonio di Lorenzo, Italy

Vitodaughter Lynx Lost In Love "Angela" was shown earlier this month under the judge Antonio di Lorenzo from Italy - and what a great result she got: BOB, GROUP-2 and M-CC which made Angela JAP CH at the age of
1 year and 2 months!!!

BIIIIG CONGRATULATIONS, Etsuko & Angela!!!! We are so proud of you :-)

Gerard O'Shea show training techniques in use:
our "baby team" Stella and Nera
14th of March, 2008
Eriksnäs, Sipoo

Our 3 years old daughter, Stella, simply LOVES dog shows.
"I become a handler and go to the ring", she just announced to me and started training free standing with Nera last autumn. The intrest is still there, and in these photos the best friends, Nera and Stella, are training today :-)

To not become beaten by a 3 years old kid in the ring - welcome to visit Gerard O'Shea show dog handling course site - HERE -  ;-)
 

Stella 3 years, Nera 10 months old. 14th of March, 2008.

Stella 2 years & 8 months, Nera 5 months old.
October, 2007.

Visiting Sanni & Nera's cousin, Fidel 
12th of March, 2008
Helsinki

Today Nera, Don, Stella and I went to visit Sanni & the dogs to Helsinki.

Nera's cousin, Jaguar Majove Bohemia "Fidel", has moved from Czech Republic to Finland just couple of weeks ago. This lovely 13 weeks old  puppy boy lives now with Vito's son Mafioso "Vadim" and his family, Sanni & Anssi, in Helsinki, just 20 minutes from us!

Fidel is such a handsome, self-confident and strong boy. The cousins had lot of fun together, and they seemed to like each others company a lot :-)

Jaguar Majove Bohemia, 13 weeks old.

Kisses from a new Finnish Champion, Sergej 

Thank you so much for this lovely photo, Katri and Maarit!

This is Vitoson Fin Ch EuJW´06 FinJW´06 Mogilnikov "Sergej" and I in Jyväskylä international show last year (18th of November, 2007) just right after placing BM-2 and Sergej winning the last CAC needed for becoming Finnish Champion :-) Such a lovely moment captured in a picture!

It's always such a joy to show Sergej, and thank you Katri for trusting your precious boy to my hands in the rings :-)

Training with Gerard O'Shea again 
25th - 28th of February, 2008
Kilo, Espoo

On a Gerard O'Shea ring training course again, now with Don & Nera!

This time Essi Sinikorpi and I were lucky to be able to organize two courses here in Southern Finland, in Espoo.

The courses were so great and inspiring - like always -, full of information and tips how to become to understand how to teach a dog to a great show dog. We did lot of learning and had a great time again!

Now we promise to do our best with the homework every day and are just looking forward to your next course here in Finland, in June.

If you are intrested on Gerard O'Shea handling courses, please visit our handling course website: www.goshaga.com/HANDLERIKURSSIT.htm
And don't forget to take a look to the handling course photo gallery!

Kids on the daily walk - Don & Nera
23rd of February, 2008
Eriksnäs, Sipoo

What a lovely Saturday morning, feels like spring is in the air! I took a long walk with the youngsters and also got some new pics of them. Lot of photos in the Photo gallery, Don's site is updated and new Nera movement pics up.

Wiima movement photos
20th of February, 2008
Helsinki

One of those very few days this winter that we have snow here in South Finland. I'm not sure if wet snow is better than no snow at all...
I was visiting Anu & Wiima (Lynx Madly In Love) in Helsinki. Wiima was so overwhelmingly happy and joyful, jumping around and showing us how fast dogs run... It was almost impossible to get any trotting pics of her as she was jumping like a kangaroo all the time :-) After maybe 200 shots, I managed to get some nice photos to Wiima's Movement -site.

Angela did it again!
13th of January, 2008
All breed show in Chiba, Japan
judge: Mr. Tomatsu, Japan

Vito's successful daughter in Japan, Lynx Endless Love "Angela", hit the show rings again with a very nice result - Winners Bitch and M-CAC!

Big congratulations, Etsuko! What a lovely start to the year!

Vito is three days shy of 7 years old.

New photos of our gang
5th of January, 2008
Spjutsund, Sipoo

I had a lovely walk with the dogs on the fields. The sun was shining and the dogs enjoyed the wind. I was lucky to get some nice pics of them too. You can see more of them in the Photo Gallery.

Don is almost 15 months old.

Nera is almost 8 months old.

 

Nera started the New Year posing for camera
1st of January, 2008
Eriksnäs, Sipoo

Happy New Year 2008 to everyone!

Here's a new picture of Nera. She is now 7,5 months old.