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Born
in 1970.
Agility Judge
since 1997 (FCI International Judge since 2000).
I took up Agility
in 1991.
I started agility in 1991 with Epi, my Finnish
Lapphund. To compete actively I started with Likka, my other
Finnish Lapphund bitch. With Likka we competed together up to
class 3. Epi and Likka are both enjoying their retirement. At the
end of 1997 a border collie male Wäinö came to our family and he
is Finnish and Swedish Agility Champion. My husband Tomi is
beginning to train and to compete with him now. With border collie
bitch Aino I compete in class 2. Aino has many hobbies, she
competes in the highest class in obedience, in water rescue in
class 1 and she has passed BH-test. We train also working trials (message
trials and tracking), herding, canincross and flyball. Aino
had a litter in spring 2005 and her daughter Win stayed with us.
Win will be my husband Tomi's agility dog.
In 1992 I was one of the founding members of a
club named AgiToko Dogs. I was its president until 1996 and member
of the board until end of 1999. Nowadays I'm representing the
Helsingin Agility Urheilijat club (http://www.helsinginagilityurheilijat.fi).
I have been active also in our breed club, the Finnish Border
Collie's and Australian Kelpie's Association (http://www.sbcak.fi)
where I have been the chairman of board 2002 - 2005.
I have been agility instructor since 1992 and
teaching handlers and dogs of various levels since 1992. I'm also
obedience and flyball instructor and have also been organizing
agility competition since 1994.
From 1991 onwards, all dog sports have be a big
part of my life but the agility has stolen my heart completely.
I'm honored to be judge
at the 2006 FCI World Championships in Switzerland. This
opportunity to see and judge the best agility dogs in the world is
a dream come true for me. As a judge this opportunity will
challenge me to design agility courses to match the level of the
best dogs and handlers of the world, finding the balance of speed
and technical skills in the agility course.
I am looking forward to meet Agility competitors
and spectators from all over the world.
Course plans
of the courses that I have judged in recent years can be found at:
http://www.stratwin.fi/kennelkvarkin/agility-courses.html
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