Below, my personal favorite...beautiful photography, beautiful moment with Bungee's brother One. (pronounced in Finnish: "o-nay")
Such expression! I just want to reach out & hug him!
Another gorgeous photo of gorgeous One!
Our sincere thanks to Helena Tiainen for sharing these great photos with us!
Happy Training....It's About LOVE!
One!
Some new photos just in! Here's the 1st half of some awesome photos we received from One's 'mom', taken on a recent vacation to their cottage at Lake Saimaa, Finland's biggest lake. Here's Bungee's brother, One, making some waves & having a swim! What a beautiful spot for a cottage & a swim! 
Or just looking on very handsomely!
WoW! Great form!!!
Ahhhh....water....
Splashdown!
Many thanks to Helena Tiainen for sending us these lovely photos!!!
...stay tuned for the next installment soon!
Happy Training...It's About LOVE!
Here is a video of Bungee's half-sister Fun running clean in 2 Finnish Agility Trial runs. Fun is a very young girl too. Here, Pirjo & Fun are doing a beautiful job handling these very challenging courses, the Finnish way. We send them big congratulations on their success!
Our sincere thanks to Pirjo Yli-Juuti for sharing this video of her & Fun with us!
Happy Training...It's About Love!
Bungee's sister Mia and Mona Kjernholm competing in Level II Obedience at Malmo 2009. Mia won her class with 187p. While "mom", Mona, says they still have a lot of fine details to work on, it is clear that this little 19 month old girl is already doing an impressive and excellent job, and all positive training too! What a gorgeous attitude this little girl has!
WoW! Beautiful work!
Thanks to Mona Kjernholm for putting these videos up on YouTube and sharing them with all of us, and also for showing us another example of positive & "Happy Training" at it's finest!!!
I have added Mona's new YouTube site to our list of favorite YouTube links (lower right). Click on the link above or at the side to check out some great training and sister Mia too!
Happy Training...It's About Love!
Surprise! Surprise!
Here's Bungee, enjoying her new coat!
Bungee in high style! 
Santa came around to see Bungee twice this year, once at Christmas and another time this week! (Even though technically it's a new year :'). This time he brought her the most beautiful coat from Finland, custom-made just for her. Made of high-tech sport fabrics for winter weather, designed in Canadian colors, complete with her name embroidered, and decorated with her national flags of Finland & Canada too! Glow in the dark safety stripes as trim and a perfect fit!
As soon as I came in from the mailbox with the parcel, Bungee came up & tried to take the package right out of my hand. Wanting to see what she would do, I let her have it and watched her carry it all around the house a time or two before I helped her open it up! Pretty sure she knew it was for her right away! She could not keep her cold little nose out of it as we opened it either! We weren't prepared to find such a beautiful gift! It's the most beautiful gift one of our dogs has ever received!
Many thanks to Auntie Helena, Uncle Ville & brother One for the fabulous coat! Bungee will be decked out in great winter style from now on!
Happy Training....It's About Love!
Below, Bungee's sister "Mia", in Sweden.
Mia poses for the photo above, after enjoying early success in the obedience ring. She's already moved out of Class I of Swedish Obedience Competition and is now training to be ready for Class II in the spring! Wow! Best of all, reports are that Miss Mia is a very, HAPPY worker in the ring!! That comes as no surprise but is still fabulous to hear :-) Nice work ladies!!!
Big Congratulations to Mia & Mona on all their obedience success!
Our special thanks to Mona Kjernholm for the news update & lovely photo of Mia!
Happy Training, It's About Love!
More photos of my recent trip to Finland!
L-R: Mia, Fun, Pirjo & Chili (I hope I got Fun & Chili right - these girls look a lot a like!)
Below, our dog's fabulous breeder & friend, Mia Laamanen with Fun, then Chili, and myself.
I got to see lots of the human "Kvarkin family" at the 2008 FCI Agility World Championships, but not quite as much of the dogs as we spent most of our time at the games.
So, Pirjo generously decided to bring sisters 'Fun' & 'Chili' to see me off at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport! I was so happy to get to see them! It was the 1st time I'd seen Chili since she was a wee pup and a full year since I'd see Fun. It was so fantastic to see them! Thank you ladies for making this happen!
Fun is Bungee's big sister, a half-sister by her dam, Aino, also out of Mia's breeding and belongs to our friend, Pirjo.
Chili is Bungee's litter mate sister, and belongs to our friend Maisa who could not be there at the airport, but fortunately we got to visit quite a lot at the World Championship.
Below, assorted shots of Chili & Fun, in the airport terminal.
To read more about Fun & Chili click on Mia's: Kvarkin Kennel website here.
Many thanks to our friends Mia for "everything" and to Pirjo for bringing Fun & Chili for bringing the girls to see me off! Kiitos paljon!
Happy Training...It's About Love!
A few photos from my recent trip to Finland
Here's Bungee's lovely brother "One"
And again, One, very happy to be going out for a walk in the woods!
Here's One with almost all of his family (where's Ville?)
L - R: One, Tyyne & Roope with "mom" Helena standing behind.
I got to see One, Tyyne & Roope at lunch one day of the games. Helena invited me to come home with her to give the dogs some exercise at lunchtime. It was a short visit due to our schedule at the games but it was still a really nice walk in the local woods and it was great to see Helena's dogs and visit with them again. I had not seen One since he was a young puppy, and it was marvelous to see what a fabulous young man he's grown into! One looks so much like Bungee, it really stunned me for a second when I first saw him. He's very handsome!! Many thanks to Helena for this special lunch time treat!
If you'd like to read more about Helena and her dogs and see lots of great pictures of them, visit her website by clicking here. You can also read more about One by clicking on the Kvarkin Kennels website here.
Happy Training...It's About Love!
Mia Makes a Splash!
Here are some great photos of Bungee's sister Mia, in Sweden, taking some time out of her training for the all-importance business of having some fun!
Enjoy!
Many thanks to Mona Kjernholm for sharing these wonderful photos with us once again!
Happy Training...It's About Love!
How exciting!!! New YouTube videos from Jenny & brother Ogin!
Just have to love the internet! How lucky we are to get to see all the great family photos & videos. We have some new photos of sister Mia to put up also, perhaps after class tonight! Looks like Ogin is maybe a few weeks ahead of Bungee on weaves but not much more. Ogin's doing an awesome job here - wow!
Happy Training! (certainly looks like Ogin's getting plenty of that!!)...It's About Love!
Bungee on Prince Edward Island, (P.E.I.), Canada
A proper place for a Princesse, don't you think?
Below, our beautiful Finnish Princesse, Bungee gets center stage on this morning's blog. How could I resist with such a beautiful shot of our Bungee?
Below, the same photo, cropped to zoom in for a close-up of Bungee.
Happy Training...It's About Love!
August 24, 2008 marks Bungee's one year anniversary of being Canadian!
From this: (Bungee at 9 weeks)
To this: (Bungee today)
It was just one year ago yesterday that I returned from Finland to Canada with our beautiful Finnish puppy, Kvarkin's Princesse, Bungee. What a year it's been! Bungee is a delightful girl to live with and train. She is truly our pride & joy! How lucky we are that once again, as both Guinness and Ketch have done before her, this girl has come into our lives bursting with love, honoring us with the most fabulous relationship, and exceeding our every expectation for what a remarkably talented and lovely dog she is growing up to be!
Many special thanks to Mia & Tomi for entrusting us with this fabulous girl!
Happy Training It's About Love!
This Just In!
Photos & News of Bungee's Sister (:-)) Kvarkin's Cristal "Mia" (click on the link for more info)
Sister "Mia" has just returned to Sweden from her first visit to the World Obedience Championships with her "mom", Mona. I'm sure it will not be her last! It's wonderful that Mia has had a chance to survey the situation in advance and size it up for her own turn to compete someday!
Below, "Mia" also looks pretty happy to be home running in her green fields again!
Back at home she has some sheep nearby to keep an eye on.
What a beauty!
Now this is one HAPPY dog! LoVe it! 
Nothing like a good shake after a nice swim! Nice camera work catching that one!
Enjoying the good life of summertime!
Our many thanks to Mona Kjernholm for sharing these beautiful photos of Mia with us!
To read more about Mia, click on her kennel name at the top of the page and/or visit her page listed in the "Family Links" section at the side of the blog.
As ever, Happy Training and remember...It's About Love!
Bungee & Keen meet at The 2008 Canada Cup! (click on the link to visit Royacker's Kennels & the Canada Cup)
Introducing Bungee's half-brother: "Keen", shown below with Bungee.
Keen belongs to Stacy Winkler, owner of Pawsitive Action Training, located in Vista, California, USA. (click on the link to visit Stacy's school). It was great meeting up with them here in Ontario, Canada, at this year's Canada Cup! (click on the link to read more about the competition).
Keen & Bungee are both sired by Jenny Damm's "Elvis". (click on the link or see "Family Links" on the side of the blog). Keen is about 8 months older than Bungee.
Keen was entered in the Canada Cup - no small feat in itself for such a young dog! While it was not a perfect run there were many brilliant moments for them to be very proud of. Keen is really looking a lot like his father these days. He is also delightful, loving & SO sweet; visibly solid in body & brains. Watching his run, it's clear that Keen has the "right stuff" to go all the way in his sport career!
Here are some more photos of Bungee & Keen together.
BLOOPERS!
There is a great pond at Royackers Agility Facility, home of the Canada Cup. (click on the link to see the aerial photos of this amazing facility!) Though you can not see the beach or shoreline behind the dogs, there was a LOT for any dog to be distracted by as we were trying to get the photo in a scenic spot with the water in the background!
ooops!
This photo shows Bungee, a little of the pond, and a little of Keen :-(
A couple of dogs rather bummed out to stop & pose for photos perhaps? Come on MOM...there's a pond we could be swimming in RIGHT there!!!
If it wasn't Keen wanting to play it was Bungee.
Below, Keen's YouTube video: "Learning to Jump" (click on the link to go to Stacy's channel) Note: The video plays about 1:00 minute, the audio (music) goes longer than the film.
I will add the links to Stacy's website & YouTube Channel to our "Family Links" section, on the side of the blog.
Hard as it was not to have a dog entered, Royacker's Canada Cup has become an agility event not to be missed. The competition brings out some of the best teams in Canada and "Good Vibrations" can be counted on all the way around at Royacker's Agility events...always a friendly and absolutely beautiful place.
Stacy bringing Keen up to the trials just made the day all the more special, let's hope that becomes an annual tradition for them!
Now all we have to do is convince the rest of the family to come and it will really be a trial to see! Canada Cup 2009 anybody??? :-)))
Happy Training!
Remember...It's About Love!
New Kvarkin Family Photos from Finland & Sweden!
(Left to Right): Mia, Spice, Ogin & One
Bungee's brother & sister, One & Spice, recently made a trip to some agility competitions in Sweden with their families. While they were there they got together with brother & sister, Ogin & Mia, who live in Sweden. The 4 pups are shown together above. Missing from this get-together of Kvarkin's "Champagne Kids" are Chili & Bungee. These pups are growing up fast! It's wonderful to see them together like this at one (1) year old.
(L - R): Spicey, Ogin & One
One & Mia
Wait a minute...Who's taking the photos now?
Below, Helena (our talented family photographer) and Mia share a moment.
Ogin
Mia
Last, but not least, my personal favorite of the collection...
Beautiful subject (as are all), fabulous photography!
This photo deserves to be entered in competition!!
Ogin swimming
Many thanks to Helena for sharing these beautiful photos with us once again!
You can find links to each of these dogs at the Kvarkin Kennel website, and/or their own individual websites & blogs by clicking either on Kvarkin's name at the top of this post, or in the "Family Links" section to the right of the page.
Happy Training!
...as always, remember ~ It's About Love!!!
