Kennel Tending is a little kennel in Southern Finland, near Helsinki. We; Mrs. Riitta Jantunen-Korri and Mr. Pekka Korri train and compete with our dogs in obedience, in working trials and in herding, and also we breed border collies from sheep dog lines on a small scale - our aim is to breed competition dogs for obedience /agility / working trials ( tracking, searching ) and still have a dog with a good natural herding instinct.

We have been happy to breed border collies quite successfully about ten years now; at the last seven years our breedings have won 45 medals of Finnish Championships in different dog sports (obedience, working trials, agility, sledge dog trials, junior championships of herding). Also our breedings have been chosen to National Team in agility (years 2004-09), obedience (2001-2009) and working trials (2002-09). Six dogs have also won Nordic Championships; in obedience, agility and in working trials. Also our breedings have won pronze-medals in personal Agility Nordic Championships (Denmark) & Obedience Championships (Sweden, Finland) in 2006, 2008, also personal pronze-medal, silver medal and two team-golds in World Championships of Obedience (Poland, Sweden). In 2007 Finland`s Obedience Team won team-gold in European Championships (Croatia), there were five our breedings in this team and one our breeding bitch. Also personal silver-medal came then to our breeding, and 4th and 6th placements. In 2008 our Obedience National Team won team-gold in World Championships of Obedience, and our breedings won personal silver and pronze medals. Also our breeding won the Nordic Championships of Obedience, also the team gold in November 2008.

In Finland the border collie is divided into show and working lines. Show quality border collies are bred mainly for their beautiful appearance, not for the herding instinct or working abilities. Show border collies are usually from Australian / New Zealand show lines. These dogs are registered in the Finnish kennel Club ( a member of the FCI ).

Also we have some working border collies working with sheep and livestock in Finnish farms. They are however regarded as mixed breed in the Finnish Kennel Club and cannot therefore compete in tracking or searching, for instance. There is an association for the working border collie that keeps their own records and promotes the use of working sheep dogs on Finnish farms.

Here at Kennel Tending we believe in maintaning the excellent working abilities of the border collie. Our breeding stock comes from Norwegian and Swedish lines, which have proven their herding skills in action. As we also want to breed competition dogs for dog sports, our puppies are registered in the Finnish Kennel Club. They have the right to compete in obedience, tracking etc. but also in herding tests.

Our first border collie was named OB.CH Brains Fjolle, and she was from Norway. She competed in obedience at the highest level and represented Finland for three years in our National Team. From Norway came also our next females, OB.CH Brains Hyasinth Velho and WORKING TR.CH Glen-Fly.

Our old competition dog was OB.CH & WORKING TR.CH Opas Ready Teddy, he died in the age of 11 years. Teddy was a German Shepherd male, and one of Finnish Guide Dog School breedings - Pekka is the breeding manager and senior instructor at the only Guide Dog School in Finland.

Nowadays our own dogs are NORD & FIN & S & DK OB.CH Velho, WT Ch Tending Shaman, young Ob.Ch Tending Joy, and PPR1 Tending Cult, who is working mostly with our sheep, he also competes in obedience. Our oldes border collie male, FIN & DK OB.CH Tending Too Much Magic, passed away about year ago.
Most of our breedings - despite of their young ages - already compete at the highest level of obedience / working trials / agility. Some of our breedings work also as a sheepdog in Finnish farms and have done a basic shepherding test.

There are six Finnish Obedience Champions and three Working Tr. Champions in our first border collie litter. They have won Finnish Championships in Working Trials in search, messenger dog trials and general trial and Finnish Obedience Championships twice. In 2001 our kennel team won the Team Championship of Obedience in Finland.

In 2002 Finnish Obedience Championships all medals came to Kennel Tending; 1st, 2nd and 3rd placements. In Finnish Championships of Working Trials three medals came to our kennel; gold and bronze medals in messenger dog trials and a silver medal in search trials.

In 2003 our team won the Team Obedience Championships - again! Also Ob.Ch Tending White Wicca won a personal bronze medal in Obedience Championships. In Working Trials Championships Fin WT Ch & Ob.Ch The Troll-Drum won the search trial. In herding, Ob.Ch & WT Ch Tending Mack The Knife was 2nd in the Junior Championships.

Year 2004 has been the most successful so far. In the spring, our breeding won in Obedience Championships: personal gold (Fin & S Ob.Ch & WT Ch Tending The Talisman) and silver (T. White Wicca) and - of course - gold in the Team Championships. Three dogs were chosen to represent Finland in the national team in European Championships of Obedience in Turin, Italy. Tending Blackie won historically Nordic Championships in December 2004.

In the Working Trial Championships, the results were unbelievable: three gold medals! Ob.Ch & WT Ch Tending Mack The Knife won in search, Ob.Ch & WT Ch Tending The Troll-Drum in general trial and WT Ch T. True-Blue Troll in messenger dog trial. Later in the fall, Tending Wishmaster came 2nd in herding, in the Junior Championships.

In 2005 Finnish Obedience Championships the winner was Nord & S & FIN & N OB.CH Tending Blackie, and the 3rd was Tending White Warlock. In Working Trial Championships two medals came to our kennel; the winner of Messenger Dog Trials was WT.CH OB.CH Tending Magician Man, who also won Nordic Championships in Denmark 2005.

In 2006 Finnish Obedience Championships the winner was OB.CH Tending Vigor, the 2nd was Nord & S & FIN & N OB.CH Tending Blackie, 3rd was OB.CH AG.CH Tending White Wicca, and 4th was Tending White Warlock.
In Working Trial Championships four medals came to our kennel; two golden ones in Tracking and in Messenger Dog Trials (WT.CH OB.CH Tending Versatile, WT.CH Tending Goblin Guy) and two bronze ones; in Searching and in Messenger Dog Trials (WT.CH OB.CH Tending Magic Maker, WT.CH OB.CH Tending Magician Man). Also in Agility Championships AG.CH Tending Blue Bravura got bronze-medal.
Ten Tending-border collies were chosen to national teams in obedience, agility and working trials this year. AG.CH OB.CH Tending Magic Mind won bronze medal in Nordic Agility Championships. Also OB.CH Tending Vigor won bronze in Nordic Obedience Championships. Nord & S & FIN & N OB.CH Tending Blackie won bronze medal in World Championships of Obedience - also our breeding bitch won silver in the same competition.

In 2007 the winner of Finnish Obedience Championships was Nord Ob.Ch Tending Blackie. Also our team won team-gold. In Agility Championships the 2nd - silver medal - was Ag.Ch Tending Blue Bravura, and in Agility World Championships, in Norge, our breeding (FIN &S Ag.Ch FIN & S Ob.Ch Tending Magic Mind) was in 9th plac.
In Working Trial Championships three medals came to our kennel; one silver (WT.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Bluey) in Searching, and two bronze ones (WT.CH OB.CH Tending Versatile, WT.CH OB.CH Tending Magician Man) in Tracking and in Messenger Dog Trials. WT.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Bluey won also gold in Nordic Championships of Working Trials in Sweden.
Also this year ten Tending border collies were chosen to Finland`s national teams in obedience, agility and working trials.

In 2008 the winner of our Obedience championships was Int Ob.Ch WT.Ch Tending Bluey, and the 3rd was Nord Ob.Ch Tending Charmer. Also we won the team gold. In obedience the personal 2:nd and 3rd placements went to our breedings in World Championships in Sweden - also team gold. In Nordic Obedience Championships the winner was Ob.Ch Ag.Ch Tending Vigor, and the 3rd was Nord Ob.Ch Tending Blackie -and also team gold :)

Ag.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Magic Mind was 2nd in agility Finnish Championships 2008. Tending Brownie was 3rd in World Championships of Agility, also she won the Nordic Championships this year.

WT.Ch Tending Volition won gold medal in Working Trials Championships (searching). WT.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Versatile won silver medal in tracking. WT.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Bluey won the gold medal in Nordic Championships (searching), and WT.Ch Ob.Ch Tending Magician Man won the pronze medal in messenger dog trials in the same championships.

If you got interested in our border collies; please just write to us!

Our e-mail: Kennel Tending

Puppies sometimes available from healthy, successful OB./WT CH.-parents.

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We`d like to thank Kennel Brains, Norway, and Kennel Gränsvallarens, Sweden, for co-operation.