Year 2010
12.12.2010 Finnish Winner 2010 Helsinki

Hiro's first time in Winner-show and he was in big 11 dogs champion class. Our judge was Valentina Ivanischeva from Russia and 49 Aussies were entered to her ring. Hiro was 3rd in his class with excellent and ended up 4th best male! I'm very happy and proud of his result as there were so many excellent dogs. Hiro was also part of Bluepepper's breeder group which won BOB-breeder out of 5 groups!

Thank you all for fun showday, great year 2010 and see you soon in January!

Photos © Juha Turpeinen
 
 
14.11.2010

From now on, you can follow my not-dog-related life on my BLOG. The blog is only in Finnish.
6.8.2010 & 8.8.2010 Kuopio International - Sawo Show 2010

We attended this super show on Friday and Sunday and found out it Saturday was hotter than the other days so we were glad to stay home on Saturday. Our judge on Friday was legendary Rainer Vuorinen from Finland and Hiro got nice critique and was 4th on champion class with excellent, Ansa was second in champion class also with excellent.

On saturday Aussies were judged by Stefan Sinko from Slovenia. Hiro got only excellent and Ansa's result was again second in champion class with excellent. Thank you everyone for such a fun weekend!
31.7.2010 Match Show

They forecast rain but we're still dry! Both boys were third in their class (no veteran class this time) and Ansa arranged the surprise and was Best In Show 1! Ansa was thrilled... as she was given a very very very... very noisy locomotive-toy. I believe the toy is not so loud anymore.
 
 
Best In Show lineup and judges behind them.
10.-11.7.2010 Oulu International

We had nice holiday trip to Oulu and two international shows and Hiro truly enjoyed his time in hotel (just as us too.) Aussies were judged by Britta Roos-Börjesön from Sweden on Saturday and Hiro got only VG. Bluepepper's was BOB-breeder and later ended up BIS-2!

Sunday was better for Hiro and he did nice by being BM-2 with res-CACIB. Bluepepper's was again BOB-breeder. Our judge was Arne Foss from Norway. Thank you everyone for excellent (and hilarious) company in and out showarea!

Photos © Juha Turpeinen
 
 
 
3.7.2010

While Hiro was babysitting Ansa (or is it just the opposite? Can't tell the difference...) We decided to visit Jaamankangas and enjoy the sunny day! Here is some of today's photos, click them to open.

6.6.2010 Karttula

Hiro entered champion class for the first time and his result today was BM-4. Ansa was second in champion class. Aussies were judged by Pirjo Hjelm from Finland.
29.-30.5.2010 Joensuu national & International

No more sunshine for us. Traditional Joensuu-weather and temperature... On Saturday our judge was Veli-Pekka Kumpumäki and Hiro got yet again another res-CC (I could decorate Christmas tree with those res-CAC rosettes...) and Ansa's result was EXC2 in Champion class.

On Sunday our judge changed to Markku Kipinä and we had just Hiro entering the ring. And finally he achieved his Finnish Championship by being BM-4!!! Thank you Mom, Marjo and everyone who shared the moment with us. We've reached the main goal of the year 2010.
 
Photo © Outi Valtonen
Hiro on Saturday
 
Photo © Outi Valtonen
Ansa on Saturday
 
Photo © Marjo Ahola
Hiro new Finnish Champion
18.5.2010 Match Show

And still we have sunny days! We got wonderful results in this big, over 120 dogs match show as Duuri and Ansa were 4th best pair and Duuri won once again veterans and was finally BIS-1! (Notice the "great" photo from my phone...)
 
16.5.2010 Match Show

We enjoyed another sunny day and found our way to local match show. All our dogs did great as Hiro went second in small dog's class, Ansa got first blue ribbon and ended up BIS-2 and Duuri won veterans with red ribbon and was finally BIS-3!
 
Ansa BIS-2
 
Duuri BIS-3
13.5.2010 Kangasniemi

First outdoor show and we had wonderful sunshine! Hiro got another res-CC by being best male 3rd. Ansa was second in champion class with excellent. While Marjo handled Hiro, I showed charming 13-year-old veteran Jonsku (Bluepepper's Golden Cup) to BOB-veteran and BOS. Thank you all for great company!
 
Photo © Outi Valtonen
Hiro BM-3, res-CC
1.5.2010 May Day's Match Show

As usual, we took part for this traditional event. We had Hiro and Duuri with us and they did nice even though the weather turned awful and totally rainy. Hiro was third in open class and Duuri won veterans and ended up BIS-3.

Photos © Juha Turpeinen
 
Hiro and his plastic easter-egg.
 
Duuri BIS-3
4.4.2010 Lappeenranta

Traditional Easter's dogshow in Lappeenranta, where we discovered our ring to be in dark corner far from everything. Hiro had a lot of fun in the ring and he did quite nice by bein BM2 with res-CC. Ansa started her showyear by continuing Hiro's way and ended up BB2. Nice result as there were 30 aussies in this show. Our judge was Denis Kuzelj from Slovenia.
 
Ansa and Ansa's tongue...
21.3.2010 Tampere International

Sort of a holiday trip to Tampere where Tiina hooked us up and Hiro enjoyed of being in center of attention and sleeping on his own pillow... Jorge Nallem from Uruguay had 58 aussies to judge and today Hiro was 4th with excellent in open class. 
20.3.2010 ATC Winter Show, Lahti

Duuri and Ansa travelled with my mom and participated in open show which was judged Kimmo Mustonen who will be official judge for Aussies. Duuri was shown in "home champion" class and he ended up Best Male first and later BOS! Ansa was in adult class, got first in her class and ended up second Best Bitch.
 
Photo © Seija Halme
Ch Tatong's King Cobra BOS
14.2.2010 Lovely Valentine's Day to all!!
 
6.2.2010 Eno FCI 5 & 9

Short trip to Eno with Bichon Frisé Jade (Earth Sprites Brave Princess). BF's were judged by Tanya Ahlmann Stockmari and Jade could have had use for some extra energy so her result today was only VG 3.
4.2.2010 Our renewed pages!

To celebrate a new decade and Hiro's two-years-birthday (a few months late...) I decided to create new webpages for us. Just for fun and to try something new with my layout I kind of challenged myself with this project. I've never done pages so fast but I'm mostly happy with this new look. Please tell us about what you think and send me e-mail or just say hi on our Guestbook!

We've been vacationing with Hiro and will start a hunt for last CC to finish Hiro's championship. See you soon in shows, we can't wait to meet you and start a new year - hopefully a successful one for us all. Here's few funny photos of Hiro and his Airedale-friend Riemu playing on Christmas.
 
Nice and calm terriers...
 
Your leg and my leg and who's this leg?
 
Dude, what is this snow-water-bowl-ish-thing?
 
High five!