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We have new litters
occasionally. Our goal is to continue our
breeding through foster homes. This is to
ensure, that our dogs get the best and as
individual treat as possible. We want them to
live a happy and active life. Our own dogs are
family members. Windy and Rousku live with Yael,
Bicho, Niina and Dana with Mirja.
We don’t value the dogs
because of their achievements in competitions or
in the show rings. We value the dogs because
they’re the man’s best friend.
Finnish
Kennel Club database:
Bicho Windy Dana Niina Rousku Noora Pöffi Snögö Fifi Freddy
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Once upon a time there was…
...Noora the dwarf poodle.
Time almost flew when Noora was a puppy. Kids
were on their hot and sunny summer holiday. We
had bought some garden net under the backyard
hence in order to prevent Noora from leaving the
yard, but she just went and walked through it.
How ever tiny she was under her fluffy coat! We
had to buy some new, thicker net, so that Noora
could safely live her outdoor life. The backdoor
was open almost all summer, which – of course -
made Noora’s housetraining quite easy.
I started teaching Noora the
rules of the house. After couple of days I could
tell my husband, that Noora would sit when
asked. To be honest, he didn’t have any faith on
my tiny doggy, but to be just as honest I felt a
little bit of a joy as I got to prove my word. I
started obedience next fall and got realize,
that my dog was like a real dreams come true. We
started training carefully by playing. After
all, Noora was just a kid. We had several pauses
and quitted exercising whenever Noora looked
tired.
We started in the beginners
group, but before the snow has fallen, we had
moved up to the competing group. Because of what
I had been through with my boxer before, I had
prepared to work very hard. Command, request and
sanctions… Repeating, repeating and then a
little bit of … repeating. Whenever he saw
something interesting (for example playing
dogs), he took and left to investigate, happy
and full of excitement but without a moment of
thinking. And then we would start everything all
over again – this time with a rope. (Honestly,
the long rope was not always needed –
unlike repeating and more training.)
Noora was not alike. Usually
after one drill she knew what I was after. Her
eyes were on me. When I asked her to come to me,
with a blast of black lightning, she was already
there. Once I let her go she went and asked
other dogs to play with her, but then I called
her back and - slash - she was there. “Staying”
was easy to Noora. When we worked together, she
was fully concentrated and didn’t even once look
away from me.
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