I am
Tiina Janka, 30 plus
something, and I live in Vantaa, Finland with my better half Stig and
our son Sebastian (born 12/2010). I am filosofie magister and
work as a science teacher in Helsinki swedish speaking school. I
studied in Åbo Akademi.
Dogs has been a part of my life since late 1980's. In 1991 I got my
first dog, a very shy german shephard. 1992-2006 golden retriever
Karvin Ella Ettan "Etta" lived with us and she stayed her last years
with my parents in Tampere. When I moved to Turku to study in 1998, I
purchased my first Welsh Springer Spaniel Sweetie-pie
Kathy also known as "Kati"
and fell in love with the breed. A year later I imported a male from
Wales, and this humorous chap is called Fin Ch
Micarobian Harry. Nowadays I live with Kati and Kati's and Harry's
granddaughter Raisa. I also co-own
Raisa's daughter Wilma and Raisa's Nuppu-sister's daughters Hertta and
Fanny.
Soon after I got Kati I was able to see, how easy she was to train. She
introduced me to the world of obedience trials (we compete in winners
class, Harry is in open class, Raisa in winners class), hunting and
Field Trials (where she has prizes), blood tracking (1 st prize in open
class) and agility, where she got to highest Maxi-3 class. Raisa has
both agility-CC in highest Maxi-3 class and we have been places in
Finnish Championships as 29th. Harry became Show Champion quite easily
and has also nice results in agility. Raisa is Finnish, Estonian and
Russian Show Champion. The most important thing in training is still
having fun with the dogs.
I passed the breeder's course in 1998 and have kennel affix Jangas,
which has it's origin in our family name, which was written as "Janga"
for years ago. My first litter Jangas B-litter was born 2003, and it
consisted of four outgoing, lively puppies. Jangas
C-litter was born in 2004 and D-litter
in 2006. They have been followed by E- and F-litters 2009 and
2010.
I am also obedience trainer, work in tracking trials and as a ring
stewrd in dog shows. I have been in charge of obedience courses for
Spaniels or Springers in Turku for some years and find teaching others
very rewarding. I am also a committee member in Finnish Springer
Spaniel Club, and in MH (mental description) and
breeding committee. I used to be in South-Western Finland's
Spaniel Club's committee member also, but now my time seems to limited.
I have also attended Springer Spaniel Club's youth camps many years,
nowadays I am organizing Springer Spaniel Camps for all springer
people.
I am a member in following clubs:
Contact
information:
Tiina Janka
Koivumäentie 13 H 14
01230 Vantaa
Finland
tel. + 358 -41- 5220221
e-mail: tiina.janka (at) kolumbus.fi
