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  Companion dog visits

                                                                                          Photo: Rebekka Rautio

   The Finnish Kennel Club has trained already abt. 400 dogs to act as companion dogs. We visit regularly old-age homes, homes for seriously
   disabled and mentally disabled. After certain amount of visits the dog gets a skarf which will be used only during visits. When we are going for
   a visit and the skarf is put on around Eppu's neck he knows that we are going to go for a visit ;) He enjoys the visits very much and for some 
   reason he is very fond of people who are sitting in wheelchairs ;) 

  Tracking and retrieving

  We have been training some tracking and retrieving  just for our own fun. We are not going to compete in these sports, but it's fun
   to be in forest and at the same time give some activities to Eppu. Seri has also tried tracking and it suits quite well for his age ;)

   Obedience

   
      Photo: Margareetta Lenruth

       We have been training obedience once a week in Lappeenranta with other collie friends :) We have such a good teacher that it's
       a pleasure to drive 80 kilometers back and fort for trainings. And it's also nice too see all friends and talk about collies :))
       Maybe we are also able to pass the BH-test someday :))

       Herding

    
        Photo: Antti Sirviö

        This autumn (2008) we tried once again herding, now we visited Kennel Pihlajapirtti in Kotka. There were abt. 10 collies trying  
        herding.  It seemed that finally Eppu understood a bit what to do with the sheep ;)) At least it was very speedy :)
        First time we tried herding 2007, it was in Kitee. The teacher's first comment when she saw Eppu was that "what a dandy" ;)
        Well, this first time Eppu was not very interested in these peculiar animals, more interesting were those little brown poops on the 
        ground ;) The second round he started to be a bit more interested, but he just wanted to go to play with them. It was quite boring to
        move the sheep from one corner to another ;)

        Eppu's and Seri's hobbies in common

     Jogging in the forests is the most important of their mutual hobbies :) And even better if their friend Sunny comes along :)
      They enjoy running around and smell the odours of the forest ;)) Well, sometimes they get excited to run inside and roll the 
      carpets  in passing ;)

      Seri's hobbies

      One photo tells more than 1000 words ;))))

        This is also quite a nice hobby ;)