My first dog Muf, which I got for 5-year old birthday present.
Ensimmäinen koirani Muf, jonka sain 5-vuotislahjaksi.
Gozzytix is my prefix. It comes from Ossi's name "Ozzy", G was good letter to start with, TI is a nice syllable and where else to end than X? I planned to breed my Shiba Tuire, but things don't always go as planned. So no puppies have been born under our prefix yet.
My first dog was boxer male Veijo, born in 1994. Before that I had sit by the training field hours after hours looking people training their dogs. I also took care of my friends' dogs and after seven years of begging, my mom finally allowed me to have a dog of my own. So Veijo really was a dream come true! With Veijo we had lots of hobbies and we competed in agility, rescue and junior handling.
At the age of four Veijo started to have problems with his heart and he died of heart failure in 1999. My next dog was Shiba Tuire, born in 1999. With Tuire we started agility training and she also did excellent at puppy classes in dog shows.
I planned to get another boxer but my friend Jani Ultamo suggested me to have a dachshund. I didn't think a minute, just said no thanks. But as Jani continued, I started to think about it and then, in February 2000 I was a happy dachshund owner as Ossi the wire-haired miniature walked in to my life. Ossi was already 8 months old and turned out to be a superb show dog!
With Ossi and Tuire we travelled at dog shows around Europe and both of them became multi champions. Tuire was also the first shiba in Finland to compete in official agility competitions. Ossi was highly ranked in top winning show dogs due to his many group winnings and Best in Show placements.
So this is how it all started. Three of my dogs are living with me and the rest of the gang with their co-owners. Dairin, Tuire and Ossi are already veterans, but we'll see what the future brings to our young fellows.
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Tiina Vuorio
Tiina, her fiancee Vesa and Ossi.
We love travelling, this one is from Japan 2006.