Members of the FitDog Team

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Professionals

Riitta Kempe

Riitta is the most well known dog nutrition expert in Finland. She is also a world champion level competitor in sleddog sports. Koirakonttori

Jouni Orenius (Sweden)

O/E Agility Facebook Orenius/Emanuelsson

Isabelle Emanuelsson (Sweden)

O/E Agility Facebook Orenius/Emanuelsson

Juha Orenius

http://www.agilityakatemia.fi

Anna Orenius

http://www.agilityakatemia.fi/

Harri Latikka

Susanna Korri

http://www.tamaon.com/

Juha Korri

http://www.tamaon.com/

Anna-Maria Alakurtti

Photo: Harri Hatunen

Vesa-Pekka Lehtomäki

Vesa-Pekka race sled sprint and also in dryland. He has started the sport forty two years ago. He won his first Finnish Championship in 1984. The kennel currently has fourteen sled dogs that are competing. Two of the dogs are retired. Their own kennel breeds most of the dogs. 2 x WC gold (Sp8, […]

Vesa-Pekka Jurvelin

Vesa-Pekka race nordic style, 1 and 2 dogs class on dryland He has been racing on high level several years in ski and scooter classes. He has been active in the sport since 2008. He races with German Shorthaired Pointers and Greysters. All six of his race dogs have won World Championship gold medal. 12x […]

Maija Nivala

Kuva: Esko Nevala

Marika Tiiperi

Kati Mansikkasalo-Jurvelin

Kati race Nordic style, bikejoring and 1 dog scooter on dryland She has been racing in the sleddog sport since 2006. She started the sport with Airedale Terrier, now she races with German Shorthaired Pointers and Greysters. 1x WC gold (bikejoring) 1x WC silver (bikejoring) 1x EC silver (relay) 1x EC bronze (bikejoring) 13 x […]

Sanna Lipponen

I mostly compete in DS1 and DS2. I started sleddogsports with canicross but soon after that I felt like dog scootering felt more like my sport. We have a shetland sheepdog, a giant schnauzer and two german shorthaired pointers in our family. I have trained and competed with all of our dogs. The best on […]

Jonna Lipponen

I was encouraged by my parents to start sleddogsport from canicross. Few years ago i switched to bikejoring after my body couldn’t take running anymore. I think the best in sleddogsports is working together with the dog and speed. At the moment I live and train with my 2-year-old greyster, but we also have a […]

Juha Lipponen

I started sleddogsports almost twenty years ago. In the beginning I was mostly taking care of equipment and I tried different kind of sports. Eventually I found bikejoring and it felt like my sport. All of our dogs enjoy FitDog before and after training. Facebook Team Lipponen Instagram Team Lipponen