Kami

Australiankelpie Kami arrived to Finland from Australia together with her sister Saimi and brother Roco at age of 11 weeks on the 12th of June, 2008. Kami lives now at Maija Rantala's home.

Kami is a lively, quite independent, courageful and playful dog. He looks very sound and well structured. He showed strong interest in sheep already at 2 months of age (see photos below). Kami has been regularly practicing herding in Finland also.

In agility he is fast, but is very keen to follow the handler. Kami moves and turns very flexibly. As he is still young and unexperienced, he still needs a lot of practice, but the current skills are very promising: Video >>>

This is Kami at his first official agility trials - which he also won: Video >>>

Kami is perhaps a bit harder mentally than many kelpies, this makes him a bit more foregiving in training.

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Kami jumping in agility competitions in Lieto, Finland in October, 2009.

Kami in August, 2009

(Kami at 6 months)



Kami in October, 2009

More photos of Kami >>>

You can follow Kami's life at Maija's blog (in Finnish) >>

(Kami 12 weeks, photo by Maija Rantala)

Name	Spinifex Kami
Nick name	Kami
Titles	-
Born	20-Mar-2008
Place of Birth	Manildra, New South Wales, Australia
Breed	Australian Kelpie / Australian Working Kelpie
Sex	male
Vet Examinations, FCI	Hips A/B (perfect/good) Elbows 0/0 (perfect) Knees 0/0 (perfect) Eyes OK Full tendition, correct bite
Coat	Black and Tan
Height	52 cm
Weight	21 kg
Hobbies	Agility, Obedience, Herding
Achievements	Class 1 result in Obedience beginners class 2 times Qualification result (clean run) in agility beginners class. Both results were wins.
Other	Kami lives at Maija Rantala's in Naantali, Finland

Kami at 11 weeks, playing with a bone, just after arrival to Finland.

Kami's Pedigree:

WKC50569 FIN35393/08 ANKC2100271735 SPINIFEX KAMI	WKC33447 ANKC 2100006576 SPINIFEX HORACE	WKC21171 ANKC 1023283 SPINIFEX FRED	WKC19891 ANKC0925826 SPINIFEX DERECK	WKC14802 ANKC0318471 KANBARA BRANDY
				WKC14903 ANKC00793005 SPINIFEX LOLA
			WKC14900 ANKC0768818 SPINIFEX GLADYS	WKC 5509 ANKC0255937 SPINIFEX LOCH
				WKC 12193 ANKC0653554 MESON GWEN
		WKC23737 ANKC1196900 SPINIFEX HAZELL	WKC 21172 ANKC 1023282 SPINIFEX PADDY	WKC19891 ANKC 0925826 SPINIFEX DERECK
				WKC14900 ANKC 0768818 SPINIFEX GLADYS
			WKC 21169 ANKC 1051386 SPINIFEX MISS JAZZ	WKC 14907 MESON GLINT
				WKC 14445 SPINIFEX HIGH NOON
	WKC39258 ANKC2100099562 SPINIFEX HELEN	WKC31538 ANKC1576452 SPINIFEX DON	WKC28103 ANKC1368550 SPINIFEX DROY	WKC21172 ANKC1023282 SPINIFEX PADDY
				WKC21151 ANKC1027419 SPINIFEX NUTMEG
			WKC29817 ANKC1196897 SPINIFEX ALISON	WKC21154 ANKC1027422 SPINIFEX MUSTARD
				WKC21230 ANKC1051387 SPINIFEX MISS JIVE
		WKC21174 ANKC1023280 SPINIFEX DICE	WKC19891 ANKC0925826 SPINIFEX DERECK	WKC14802 ANKC0318471 KANBARA BRANDY
				WKC14903 ANKC00793005 SPINIFEX LOLA
			WKC14900 ANKC0768818 SPINIFEX GLADYS	WKC5509 ANKC0255937 SPINIFEX LOCH
				WKC 12193 ANKC0653554 MESON GWEN

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Above 3 photos: Kami herding in our garden at age of 7 or 8 months.

Below: Kami being introduced to sheep at 10 weeks age by breeder Mrs Erin Caterson

The photos are captured from a video shooted by Erin's sister Perina in early June, 2008.

Erin and Kami. Kami lifting the sheep that were packed beside a fench. It took Kami only a minute to figure out that the sheep will move as he wants them to.

In this picture the flock had been splitted into two. Two merino sheep tried to change over to the other flock, but Kami disagreed. The sheep obeyed Kami and returned to the original flock.