Coaches
Tiia Vitikainen | Harri Katainen | Sanna Katainen
Photos: Tiina Mickelsson - Studio Alias
Tiia Vitikainen
Tiia Vitikainen became enthusiastic about agility in 1997. She has been competing in national peak level for 9 years being 7th in Finnish Championships in 2007 with her wire fox terrier Nuka and 6th in 2009 with kromfohrländer Reetta. She has also trained her dogs and participated in obedience shows with her fox terriers.
Tiia has worked at many responsible positions at local clubs and also at national organisations like:
- Chairman of the local agility club for years
- Leader of Finnish Championship Competition 2008
- Member of Board in Finnish Agility Association since 2008
- 2nd Team Captain of Team Finland in World Championships and Nordic Championships since 2009
- Team Captain of Team Finland in European Open since 2009
Tiia also is M.Sc. in Education and works as a teacher at elementary school. She has specialized in teaching sports and has also a notable background as an athlete; track and field and basket-ball just to mention a few.
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Harri Katainen
Harri Katainen has started training dogs in army in 1993. He has trained dogs for IPO / SchH and also worked with dogs on security field.
- 1993 lost he's heart to dogs
- 1997 Sign up to UN forces serving on dog trainer duty in Croatia, Macedonia and Lebanon.
- 1998 - 2006 Works with dogs on security field.
- 2009 starts he's agility carreer (after being 3 years Sanna's kennel boy :)
- 2010 Harri competes in national peak level with his border terrier Roisto and they were also chosen to the Team Finland for European Open in 2010.
- 2011 Harri become member of Team Finland with his border terrier Roisto.
Harri and Sanna are border terrier breeders under the name Foo Fighters.
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Sanna Katainen
Sanna Katainen got her first dog, collie Viki in early 80's. She started her career with dogs in obedience and dog shows. Furthermore she also got into IPO, tracking and agility.
As a border terrier breeder she started in 1999 and both her and Harri's dogs are results of that work. Sanna and her border terrier Peto has been competing in national peak level for a couple of years and will also fight for blue and white colors of Finland in European Open Team 2010. She also has a young shetland sheepdog Peikko, who has just started his career in agility.
- 1980 Sanna Katainen got her first dog
- 1999 IPO, tracking for hobby. Founds the Kennel Foo Fighters
- 2006 starts up she's agility carreer
- 2010 European Open Team Finland
- 2011 European Open Team Finland
Sanna and Harri are border terrier breeders under the name Foo Fighters.
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