SO sorry dear readers. Can't say that enough but I haven't had inspiration for writing.. Many things have happened during these months.. Many shows, wins and also disappointments. Christmas was, New Year came and here we are, January 23rd today. I will turn 18 years old in 8 days.. I feel so old!
What's on topic now then? Well, future plans of course! Junior handling years was a big part of my life and now they're gone. Can't say I wouldn't have achieved anything at least, I have something to be proud of! Now I need to carry on with normal handling in the breed rings.
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| A summary of my junior handling-years |
I have some projects for this year.. I will handle some pretty dogs a little more than others as their "handler". At least a little west highland terrier is training with me now and we'll head out for the shows in spring. This little funny thing knows the technical stuff but need a big more courage and happy tail wagging for future rings!
Also a pretty english pointer-girl will be seen with me this year in the rings. I got to know this dog in Kuopio INT shows last summer and thought - how come I haven't seen this dog before? Our first experience in the ring led to a BIG-4 placement! Not bad in a show with over 5000 dogs, huh?
A beautiful junior class smooth collie bitch will also be seen with me in spring. We'll see how that goes ;) Also of course I will keep going with the bearded collies bred by Nina - love to show these little hairy monsters!
These ones will be the main focus now in spring, we'll see what the year will bring us! I'm always up for challenges so just ask if you need help with your dog and shows, you can't ever have too much to do ;)
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| bearded collie Memorylane Samba Caramba last weekend at Turku INT show such a funny little fella who gave me something to work on ;) |
And shows abroad? Oh yes of course! I will go to Cruft's this year, yeyyy! But not to show my dog, but to be the coach for our Finnish Champion in junior handling 2012, Sanna Martikainen! It will be a funny trip and Sanna will do a fantastic job, such a joy to be a part of it.
The World Winner is a must.. So we'll be there also. Ninja will be attending, hopefully she won't drop her coat but you never know..I will have some exciting dogs there to show, it will be so much fun! We'll be staying with my friends from Sweden, junior handlers and ex-jh's! Excited!!
Other trips abroad are not on the list yet.. The European Winner may be on the same days as my matriculation examination so that's a no-go if it is like that :/ But we'll see!
I will also hold some junior handling courses which will be super exciting! I hope many young hopefuls will attend :)
So, in a nutshell - eagerly waiting for this year to really kick in and we'll see what can be achieved!
♥ Hilde ♥
