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Katariina Roiha's Blog – August 2008 Archive (4)

Grouse situation looks bad... :(

We have been counting the game for the Ministry of Forestry with dogs.This is done before the season starts. Large areas in northern parts of Finland have suffered from total failure of brood. This is mainly done by cold summer. I have been hearing the same happen in Norway.

This is a catastrophy for the trials as well...

In this scenery we started

Here are my workers…

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Added by Katariina Roiha on August 17, 2008 at 1:39am — 10 Comments

Summer activities - part 2

Our training to become excellent retriewers has come to a point where the owner starts to have faith in her dogs :)

Evita has been trough out the whole training set a 100% perfect in everything. I tried to do hard tasks for her this time like hiding the grouse behind a house. But she found it there with no difficulties what so ever.

I can… Continue

Added by Katariina Roiha on August 6, 2008 at 11:22pm — 4 Comments

First trainingday of hunting

I have noticed that the grouse youngsters are well developed and in good flying condition so I thought we might go for a little spin with Evita.

I have managed to keep my dogs in good shape all summer and so is my little girl.

Her style was pretty good and her speed nice. I like her fire-in-the-eyes gaze when she is running

All of a sudden Evita took a cataleptic point. I… Continue

Added by Katariina Roiha on August 3, 2008 at 10:00am — 6 Comments

Date with reindeer

Because of our northern situated home and yard, it is not impossible to have reindeer sometimes come to eat on our yard. I always take this as an opportunity to make my setters feel comfortable and at ease among them.

It it forbidden for the dog to chase the reindeer here up north. The reindeer owners are allowed to shoot your dog if it is found chasing the deer. That is why our dogs have to be totally in control and they have to know that… Continue

Added by Katariina Roiha on August 2, 2008 at 7:00am — 5 Comments