There is also plenty to update on Inko since my previous post. Last time I wrote we had been training for the Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze award. Despite her best efforts to deafen the assessor and everyone else in the hall, she managed to pass, and now has a lovely certificate to prove it . I think we have a little way to go before we can get the silver, especially given her barking (as we were all very firmly told by the assessor that barking is a sign of the dog not being under control…in Inko’s case she barks when she’s excited, and being trained, or being in the show ring are very exciting, so it is fighting a losing battle to try and keep her quiet!).
Since that last post, we also had the trip to Crufts, for the first CCs to be awarded to lappies, judged by Kiitos’s breeder, Toni Jackson. It was a great day, catching up with friends (human and dog), and great to see lots of dogs having fun in the ring. When we saw the size of the postgraduate class that we had entered, we didn’t hold out too much hope because the class was huge, and Inko was in a very vocal mood! However, we were very pleased to get 4th place. Unfortunately not high enough to qualify automatically for next year, but we were extremely pleased to get so high, especially as she was a bit out of coat. Adam filmed the whole day, and there is a video of the winning dogs and bitches from each class on the SFLS website (http://www.sfls.org.uk/results/2011/crufts_video.htm).
For the Royal wedding weekend, we all went up to Malvern for a few days to stay with Jo, George and Tarkka, and to catch up with Andy & Karen, and Steve & Shelley who were camping at the Malvern showground down the road. It was a lovely few days, with good weather (mostly), so we had a great time. Unfortunately we had to leave slightly earlier than expected, and had to miss the WELKS show that was at the showground on the Sunday, because Inko decided to finally have her second season. We had noticed that Inko’s brother Tarkka had been quite interested in her, but they often try and hump each other when playing, so we didn’t think much of it. When we realised she had come into season, we were actually really impressed what a good boy he had been, as I’m sure she was starting to smell very tempting to a boy dog!
I think that’s everything! I am going to try and be good and keep on top of this blog writing for a bit, so that we can record how Kiitos is progressing, and how the friendship between Inko and her new shadow is developing – they seems to be becoming good friends already.
Since that last post, we also had the trip to Crufts, for the first CCs to be awarded to lappies, judged by Kiitos’s breeder, Toni Jackson. It was a great day, catching up with friends (human and dog), and great to see lots of dogs having fun in the ring. When we saw the size of the postgraduate class that we had entered, we didn’t hold out too much hope because the class was huge, and Inko was in a very vocal mood! However, we were very pleased to get 4th place. Unfortunately not high enough to qualify automatically for next year, but we were extremely pleased to get so high, especially as she was a bit out of coat. Adam filmed the whole day, and there is a video of the winning dogs and bitches from each class on the SFLS website (http://www.sfls.org.uk/results/2011/crufts_video.htm).
For the Royal wedding weekend, we all went up to Malvern for a few days to stay with Jo, George and Tarkka, and to catch up with Andy & Karen, and Steve & Shelley who were camping at the Malvern showground down the road. It was a lovely few days, with good weather (mostly), so we had a great time. Unfortunately we had to leave slightly earlier than expected, and had to miss the WELKS show that was at the showground on the Sunday, because Inko decided to finally have her second season. We had noticed that Inko’s brother Tarkka had been quite interested in her, but they often try and hump each other when playing, so we didn’t think much of it. When we realised she had come into season, we were actually really impressed what a good boy he had been, as I’m sure she was starting to smell very tempting to a boy dog!
I think that’s everything! I am going to try and be good and keep on top of this blog writing for a bit, so that we can record how Kiitos is progressing, and how the friendship between Inko and her new shadow is developing – they seems to be becoming good friends already.
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