I have been planning this litter for far too long; it’s time to actually do it! Kaïa is expected to be in heat around May 2025, which means puppies for the summer.

Kaïa

Kaïa is an extraordinary dog who goes above and beyond to please me.

She’s easy to train and down for anything, from Obedience training to intense Agility sessions: she will give 100% of her energy. If I’m not careful, she can work until exhaustion.

And then be at 10% the rest of the time. Kaïa is an “On/Off” dog: she can be calm and composed at home and in public places. Cuddles are mandatory. She can be jealous and doesn’t enjoy sharing her humans with other dogs.

Almost everything I have accomplished with Kaïa is documented here, from our first meeting to the last competition.

Maïky

I have known Maïky since the beginning. In 2017, we drove 1200km on a Friday night to pick him up as a puppy, as his owner couldn’t travel at that time.

He is the proud son of Mind The Dog Lycan (Obedience world champion in 2017 and 2018). He’s a lovely dog who is always ready to work. Sometimes a bit stubborn, Maïky always does his best, except when the tunnel is right in front of the first jump—then Maïky prefers the tunnel! He’s a powerful dog who easily navigates agility courses.

He loves humans: you can cuddle for hours. He doesn’t care about other dogs and loves bitches. I have never seen him provoke another dog or start a fight.

08/02/2025

The judge was Hugo Santos from Portugal.

This is a weekend with four perfect weave poles!

We kick off the weekend with a challenging agility. We succeeded in some parts of it, and I got confused by a sequence that looked like a repetition but was not. I’m also happy that she understood that she needed to take the second jump as the position was not so obvious for the dog.

I’m disappointed by my performance on the jumping. It was too much run for me.
Some parts are good (the weave pole <3), but I was late on many difficulties, that killed everything.

09/02/2025

The judge was Gilles Welfringer from Luxembourg using Zsuzsa Veres (Portugal) course.
I was lazy and took the “in” option after the fourth jump, the “tunnel” command, throwing my dog in the tunnel in front of her. And she happily complied.
Don’t be lazy…

The judge was Hugo Santos from Portugal.
The Lux Winter Cup finale!
Just after the beautiful catwalk, I pushed her way too much on the “out” and that led to an impossible position. It’s still a fun run that highlights weaknesses to work on.

24/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
We did it! First run, first success, first place, and we get the last signatures to move to agility grade 3.

Almost one year apart, Jeremy Manno signed us up for grade 2 at Thalfang. This time, he signed us up for grade 3!

I was disqualified for jumping. There is nothing to say; I think I was still in the previous run.

25/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
For our first Jumping in grade 3 (excluding opens), this was quite a challenge. I was also quite a bit stressed by the change. I know it’s not rational since it’s not the first time we run at this level. It was a little bit messy.

Agility was better, the stress was gone, and I was more focused. We were disqualified for three refusals on a difficult weave pole entry, but the rest of the course was good.

26/01/2025

The judge was Jeremy Manno from Belgium.
Agility was full of “outs” and it’s one of our weaknesses. I have a really hard time negotiating them and it’s destroying the tempo of the run.

Jumping was a little better. I forgot to connect with her before the wall, and she took what was in front of her, guessing the course on three obstacles. I’m really happy that she finished the weave pole even if I was running in another direction!

4 years already ?! I wish I could freeze time and keep you like this for ever.

Happy birthday my beautiful Kaïa

18/01/2025

The judge was Jörg Zenner, from Germany.
I felt alone beside the 4th jump. I handled this jump poorly and she was just in front of the tunnel, my body aiming right at it!

Agility was fun and fast with many double tunnels. We finish faultlessly and in third place on the podium!
I’m proud of this run.

19/01/2025

The judge was Patrick Tunders, from the Netherlands.
On the jumping, we are disqualified by 3 refusals. Kaïa failed to take an S-turn before a tunnel and the line was borderline dangerous, I was worried and looked for too long. My sweater got stuck on the weave pole and I was late for the next jump.

On the agility, the big question was: can Kaïa run on the catwalk without me? We tried and failed.