The year 2019 in word en pictures

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January:

It comes to a terrible collision between Pella and Ellis. Ellis always had provocing behaviour, not to take over the lead, but just as she is. Pella is close to her heat and due to her hormones she is less tolerant. She is completely fed up with the behaviour of Ellis. She attacks Ellis, but tha latter is way stronger and wins the fight. Pella doesn't give up, so I have to separate them. I succeeded with a lot of effort. This happens several times and then I decede to keep the ladies separate. I make a kennel in my house, which is the new place for Ellis. Walking the dogs is in two separate rounds. It takes month before the ladies are completely calmed down.

March:

After more than 14 years Dasha comes to the end of her live. She has liver problems and stops eating. My sweet girl sleeps in peacefully in my arms.

May:

Pella and I compete at FMBB again, this timein Pisec (Czeck Republic) and this time in the OB3. She performs well and qualifies for the finals. Also that match she does well, although she makes some mistakes and we don't rank high. That wasn't forseen anyway and I am very saatisfied and proud of her! And what an adventure again!

May:

Ellis has started detection training. She loves doing it and has a lot of talent. With great eas she gets her Level 1 certificate.

May:

I started canicross with Ellis. In may we participate in our first match. It was fun and we will certainly do that more often!

May:

A week before his 11th birthday Ace runs his last agility course. His neck, back and hips are not so good anymore. He has had a super carrier behind him, we had a lot of fun and won quite a number of prices! He will enjoy an honerable pension!

June:

Pella and I attend the Dutch Championshop Obediene in the OB3. She had a reasonable competition season and earned her 3rd place in the competition. During the day she makes a few expensive mistakes and becomes 4th. Overall not bad for a first OB3-season!

June:

In May Kalle becomes very ill,, pancreas inflammation. He recovers, but gets as very nasty complication fat nerosis: his complete belly skin and fat dies off, leaving an enormous gap. He is operated to close the gap and the remaining parts of his skin are sewed together. His sick pen is a dog nench in the living room.

July:

The operation on Kalle caused only minor improvement, for a large part the gap is open again. He gets a second operation. The skin of his thies is used as well and he needs so much bondage, that he can hardly move. The llittle guys is in pain, the bondage is slipping off all the time and it is hard for him and me. But he recovers reasonably and after some time the bondage can be removed. Because the gap is still very large, he needs a jacket with some pampering inside. That works quite some time, the gap becomes smaller, but then Kalle is ready with jackets. He tears them off his body. Further recovery has to be done 'in the open'.

August:

Ellis does very well in detection and obtains the level 2 certificate. It is so great to see how happy and motivated she is!

August:

Pella obtains the CSAU and TAN Championnat and is presented in the Class Utilisation at the French Specialty show. She is rated excellent and obtains the title s.r. utilisation.

September:

This year the emphasis is more on Obedience and other issues and weenter a bit less agility matches. After Ace stopped I run with PElla and Ellis, but both girls don't have very outstanding results. Ellis still has difficulty running a complete course without being distracted, Pella is becoming better and better, but i often am a bit too late with my commands, resulting mostly in a DK.

September:

We still make nice walk, ut then in two parties: Ellis apart and thereafter the other three.

Oktober:

Ellis and I enter our first Canitrail. It is a very nice and exciting event and we certainly will do it more often! Sadly my knee is injured y this trail, so the next time no running.

November:

Ellis competes in the IGP-clubmatch at WHG Stroe. She obtains a splendid third place overall and is best in IGP1. More than expected! For me this was a test to see how far she is in training. She is almost ready for a real exam!

December:

Kalle's belly is almost closed. On the tiny hole there is a crust. His coat has regrown veautifully, although he developed a so called 'fevercoat', a coat wtih grey extensions on the hairs. I love it. A good start of 2020!

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January: It comes to a terrible collision between Pella and Ellis. Ellis always had provocing behaviour, not to take over the lead, but just as she is. Pella is close to her heat and due to her hormones she is less tolerant. She is completely fed up with the behaviour of Ellis. She attacks Ellis, but tha latter is way stronger and wins the fight. Pella doesn't give up, so I have to separate them. I succeeded with a lot of effort. This happens several times and then I decede to keep the ladies separate. I make a kennel in my house, which is the new place for Ellis. Walking the dogs is in two separate rounds. It takes month before the ladies are completely calmed down.
	March: After more than 14 years Dasha comes to the end of her live. She has liver problems and stops eating. My sweet girl sleeps in peacefully in my arms.
May: Pella and I compete at FMBB again, this timein Pisec (Czeck Republic) and this time in the OB3. She performs well and qualifies for the finals. Also that match she does well, although she makes some mistakes and we don't rank high. That wasn't forseen anyway and I am very saatisfied and proud of her! And what an adventure again!
	May: Ellis has started detection training. She loves doing it and has a lot of talent. With great eas she gets her Level 1 certificate.
May: I started canicross with Ellis. In may we participate in our first match. It was fun and we will certainly do that more often!
	May: A week before his 11th birthday Ace runs his last agility course. His neck, back and hips are not so good anymore. He has had a super carrier behind him, we had a lot of fun and won quite a number of prices! He will enjoy an honerable pension!
June: Pella and I attend the Dutch Championshop Obediene in the OB3. She had a reasonable competition season and earned her 3rd place in the competition. During the day she makes a few expensive mistakes and becomes 4th. Overall not bad for a first OB3-season!
	June: In May Kalle becomes very ill,, pancreas inflammation. He recovers, but gets as very nasty complication fat nerosis: his complete belly skin and fat dies off, leaving an enormous gap. He is operated to close the gap and the remaining parts of his skin are sewed together. His sick pen is a dog nench in the living room.
July: The operation on Kalle caused only minor improvement, for a large part the gap is open again. He gets a second operation. The skin of his thies is used as well and he needs so much bondage, that he can hardly move. The llittle guys is in pain, the bondage is slipping off all the time and it is hard for him and me. But he recovers reasonably and after some time the bondage can be removed. Because the gap is still very large, he needs a jacket with some pampering inside. That works quite some time, the gap becomes smaller, but then Kalle is ready with jackets. He tears them off his body. Further recovery has to be done 'in the open'.
	August: Ellis does very well in detection and obtains the level 2 certificate. It is so great to see how happy and motivated she is!
August: Pella obtains the CSAU and TAN Championnat and is presented in the Class Utilisation at the French Specialty show. She is rated excellent and obtains the title s.r. utilisation.
	September: This year the emphasis is more on Obedience and other issues and weenter a bit less agility matches. After Ace stopped I run with PElla and Ellis, but both girls don't have very outstanding results. Ellis still has difficulty running a complete course without being distracted, Pella is becoming better and better, but i often am a bit too late with my commands, resulting mostly in a DK.
September: We still make nice walk, ut then in two parties: Ellis apart and thereafter the other three.
	Oktober: Ellis and I enter our first Canitrail. It is a very nice and exciting event and we certainly will do it more often! Sadly my knee is injured y this trail, so the next time no running.
November: Ellis competes in the IGP-clubmatch at WHG Stroe. She obtains a splendid third place overall and is best in IGP1. More than expected! For me this was a test to see how far she is in training. She is almost ready for a real exam!
	December: Kalle's belly is almost closed. On the tiny hole there is a crust. His coat has regrown veautifully, although he developed a so called 'fevercoat', a coat wtih grey extensions on the hairs. I love it. A good start of 2020!