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Mainly the blog is in Finnish but we'll try to make this work also in English for some extent. Basic information about Kouji you may read under the heading Jekku. Dog show results by year are listed under the Tuloksia heading. Some nice pics you may find under the heading Kuvia. Please check out the actual blog texts too for some nice shots and the complete akita results from the shows.

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The story behind this blog

This blog is about Kouji's come-back to Finnish dog show rings at the respectable age of 10 years. We have been showing abroad for the past four years due to Finnish Kennel club (SKL) antidoping-regulation. Jekku has hypothyroidism and he is medicated daily for it. In 2013 SKL changed their antidoping-regulations allowing dogs with hypothyroidism to compete in dog events with special permission. Kouji has received such a permission and he has been transfered to non-breed register. Now we are ready for a come-back and prepared to win over all the judges in Finnish dog shows!  

About the names

The official name of the star of this blog is Kaakkomäen Kouji. We have called him Jekku since we got him home. Jekku is Finnish and it means a practical joke. Jekku has truly lived up to his name. Since he became a veteran we have also been calling him Paapa. Pappa is Finnish for grandfather but since Jekku has no offspring we can't call him that. With a slight alteration of letters we got the name Paapa. The name of the blog 'Paapan matkassa' means "On the road with grandpa". And the meaning of the subheading is Jekku akita's come-back to Finnish dog show rings!

13.5.2013 Update after two months

Paapa has been to six dog shows in Finland until now and five of these have been international dog shows. Each time he has been awarded with excellent critique and got CQ (certificate quality). He has been BOB-VET in every show he's attended and twice BOB. After a very busy dog show spring we will be taking it a bit easier during summer time. See you in the rings!

1.4.2013 Ruovesi group show

Paapa made his official come-back to Finnish dog show rings in Ruovesi group show. He was BOB and BOB-VET under the judge Esko Nummijärvi from Finland. We got an excellent critique and received some very nice comments from the judge while being judged.

2.-3.3.2013 Lithuanian Winner

Beginning of March Lithuanian Winner dog show was held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Paapa was there too! We had a great trip driving through the Baltic countries and a super week-end in the two international dog shows. On both days Kouji was BOB-VET and third in the BOB-ring securing the Lithuanian Veteran Winner 2013 -title. On Sunday we were very close to a jackpot as judge Irina Poletaeva from Finland picked Jekku from over 30 veterans to compete in the top eight. It was close but finally we did not get placed in the top three BIS-VET. It was still a superb achievement and the first time we got this far. Kouji has been shown in veteran class only in Winner dog shows but as we make a come-back to the Finnish dog show rings we can't wait what happens in the future. Thank you to our hosts Vaida and her family and to Lina - ačiū! And once again thanks to Tiina and Taija & all the dachshunds for yet another unforgetable dog show trip.

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