Tani (Désirée de Loubajac) is my young dog entering into the world of agility competitions. She is always in a good mood and full of brilliant ideas. She feels an infinite desire to spread her joy around so having her in my life is absolutely amazing.
Tani ...
... was born in a litter of 4 puppies on December 25th 2008. She spent the first two months of her life in the Loubajac kennel in the French Pyrenees. Her mother is Pecquelette de Loubajac and her father Hob-Nob's Victor.
When she came to stay with me, we started Silvia Trkman's puppy school, followed by Sivia's tricks class and later on agility handling classes in LoLaBu training center. We do everything using only positive training techniques. We are very fond of Silvia and her dogs, specially the crazy little La who is Tani's 3/4 sister. We also attended handling classes with Daša Zakotnik and Polona Bonač.
Tani has many passions in her life. The biggest one is agility, of course, but she also loves playing with her beagle sister and BFF Xsara, hiding her toys in the most odd places, running through the fields and meadows, playing with sheep and eating.
Tani passed her first exam for A2 in horrible weather in Austria. She really ran great, specially considering the circumstances, so I'm very proud of her. In Austria, teams get points for each run, so we were also on the podium for combined results, despite being eliminated in one run. We are going on vacation on Friday, so this was a very nice surprise before leaving for Corsica, where we will enjoy sun, sea and mountains and forget about agility for 10 days. So before our departure, we will have to get a big dose of agility to keep us going - we will have our first private lesson in LoLaBu Land tomorrow and agility class (in the same place, of course) on Wednesday. We can't wait to start working on those turns after dogwalk we will defenitely need in the future!
Oh, and Tani filmed another TV ad last week. This time she just had to act like a dog, but she did have to be still for quite some time, which is not all that easy for her :) Once again, she totally charmed the entire crew and proved that she is a real star.
Thanks to Nina for Tani's video from Entschendorf:
We don't have any agility trials in Slovenia during Summer, so we try to attend those that are not too far abroad. A couple of weeks ago, we went to a competition in Oberwart. Tani did great, with a nice clean run and best time in jumping. Our agility run was also fantastic, but there was a tunnel next to the A-frame that Tani just had to get into, so we were eliminated :)
Our friend Maja Rokavec took some wonderful photos of Tani in Oberwart. Thank you, Maja - I am a big fan of your work!
Tani's first EO is behind us and I have to say that running there was a great experience for both of us. I learned a lot about my young dog. Now I know for sure that she is the type of dog who is always more than happy to work, in any environment. I also learned that she gets extra hyper when she has a big audience, which makes it harder for her to concentrate. And I once again got the confirmation that I have a little tunnel maniac :) I'm sure knowing this sort of things will be very useful in the future.
Camping with friends, hanging out in front of the tent until small hours, meeting old friends and getting new ones ... we sure had our share of fun. But weather was so bad this year that we are kind of happy to be back home. Our tent was leaking, everything we own was wet and muddy, and after two days I am still a little cold. Luckily, I can say that the atmosphere in Slovene team was so nice this year, that despite horrible weather conditions, this EO will always have a special place in my heart.
Here are some Tani photos taken by our PyrShep friend Olga Kwiecień-Maniewska:
I am lucky. So many great photographers enjoy taking photos of my pretty dogs, and I always smile when I look at them. Xsara is a very pretty and photogenic dog, she has bright colours and flying ears and her photos are always stunning. Taking a nice action photo of Tani is however more difficult, she is fast and with all that hair flying around getting a clear shot of her is more of an art. Well, Valerie Teppe, Iztok Noč, Andraž Cerar and Petra Bernik apparently have no problems with it, and here is the result:
Valerie Teppe:
Iztok Noč:
Andraž Cerar:
Petra Bernik:
I'm also posting two videos from our competition in Vrbljene. In agility, the teeter was waaaaay to slow for her :) She missed the A-frame contact although she usually has no problems with this obstacle. But the contact on the dogwalk was very nice, which of course made me extremely proud :)
Tani filmed another TV ad, and this time I'm extra proud of her. Her commercial for Tour de France (cycling team AG2R La Mondiale) will be transmitted on French TV stations very frequently during the 3 weeks of Tour. The ad is very beautiful and funny at the same time. You can see it here:
Summer is finally here and this year Tani decided that water is really fun :) Last year she swam too, but needed some encouragement to do so (I had to be in the water as well or throw a toy or a stick), while this year she sees water and she runs into it! I am very happy that we can enjoy water fun together, as I love swimming too. Here are some beautiful photos taken by Polona as usually. Thank you, Polona!
Tani is doing well in competitions. She really is a very fun dog to run with, she always gives it all and always has fun. Unfortunately, I am not as perfect as she is, so I sometimes make mistakes :) I have a lot to learn and she is perfect just the way she is. Here are some photos ...
...and a video of one of her runs. She did very well there, but unfortunately didn't understand which tunnel to take. I didn't even know the black tunnel was a hazard, it seemed so far away to me, LOL!
She is now in season again and wears these lovely panties at home :)
And very good news: because of the limp she had a while ago, I had her tested for lyme disease. I got the results today and she doesn't have it! Health is the most important thing and I'm very happy that she's such a healthy, happy little dog.
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