We spent nearly the whole Saturday on the beautiful island called simply Öhn (island), where we had a presentation of Nordic Husky Farm.
We were also helping out to raise money for Öhn´s old school, by selling lottery tickets and sponsoring the prizes.
The winners got various of our guided tours, husky rides and a tour around our kennel and farm with a lunch on open fire, as prizes.
We were also helping out to raise money for Öhn´s old school, by selling lottery tickets and sponsoring the prizes.
The winners got various of our guided tours, husky rides and a tour around our kennel and farm with a lunch on open fire, as prizes.
We were especially happy that most winning tickets drawn, where of children/families, so they were very excited. Particulary one boy kept comming back to our presentation tent, petting the dogs, looking through the album we brought and glancing at a big plush husky. At the end of the day, the husky was his (what nice parents he had!), and he even won one of the tours in the lottery!
Mouse and Galena were this time the dogs of choice to come represent and make some good PR :)
As it was the hottest day of this summer so far (we are now in a heat wave), we were unable to bring the cart and more dogs, to make a demo run or give rides to kids, so we chose the two girls to come, wear a harness, do some modelling of how doggy booties are put on and how they function, etc. They had lots of attention, treats, belly and ear rubs and enjoyed the shade of the tent as well as the tiny island breeze.
No one was mad or dissapointed that we didn´t bring a team of dogs and gave no rides, everyone understood.
Mouse and Galena were this time the dogs of choice to come represent and make some good PR :)As it was the hottest day of this summer so far (we are now in a heat wave), we were unable to bring the cart and more dogs, to make a demo run or give rides to kids, so we chose the two girls to come, wear a harness, do some modelling of how doggy booties are put on and how they function, etc. They had lots of attention, treats, belly and ear rubs and enjoyed the shade of the tent as well as the tiny island breeze.
No one was mad or dissapointed that we didn´t bring a team of dogs and gave no rides, everyone understood.
The auction was a real nice event - a typcial country auction, with furniture displayed outside the school building. Around 150 people came to bid and have a nice day. The auctioner was pretty cool elderly guy with a sense of great humor.
We encurage everyone who has the chance to come next year!
Besides old and new furniture, one could find antiques, kitchen utensils, porcelain, old horse wagon, a dog ski pulka, skis, garden grills, books, lamps, decorations, etc. The prices of the items were incredibly cheap (majority was donated), so even I gave it a try and bided on a cat tree (the kind with three floors, two "houses", several banches and mainly the long tall yucca trunk for scratching kitty claws. I got it for 50:-SEK! Sure hope our spoiled cats Ronja and Pippi will apreshiate it and stop abusing our furniture! :)
There were hot dogs, soda, home made coffee and carrot cakes and cinamon buns, people were cheerful and no one really minded the heat. At the end of the day, there were lots of brown and red faces, arms and legs, including ours :)
Besides having fun and meeting lots of new people, I believe we made a good PR and promotion of our company and kennel. It was actually interesting to hear quite a lot of folks asking us if we are the people from Vedjeön that have the sled dogs :)
Big thank you for inviting us to be a part of this fun event to our friend Mirja and the auction´s organisation team!
And thank you to our friend and kennel helper Marie for comming and helping us!
Some photos: http://picasaweb.google.cz/kippsiberians/HnSOldSchoolAuction
Short movie comming - stay tuned!
Katerina and Team
We encurage everyone who has the chance to come next year!
Besides old and new furniture, one could find antiques, kitchen utensils, porcelain, old horse wagon, a dog ski pulka, skis, garden grills, books, lamps, decorations, etc. The prices of the items were incredibly cheap (majority was donated), so even I gave it a try and bided on a cat tree (the kind with three floors, two "houses", several banches and mainly the long tall yucca trunk for scratching kitty claws. I got it for 50:-SEK! Sure hope our spoiled cats Ronja and Pippi will apreshiate it and stop abusing our furniture! :)
There were hot dogs, soda, home made coffee and carrot cakes and cinamon buns, people were cheerful and no one really minded the heat. At the end of the day, there were lots of brown and red faces, arms and legs, including ours :)
Besides having fun and meeting lots of new people, I believe we made a good PR and promotion of our company and kennel. It was actually interesting to hear quite a lot of folks asking us if we are the people from Vedjeön that have the sled dogs :)
Big thank you for inviting us to be a part of this fun event to our friend Mirja and the auction´s organisation team!
And thank you to our friend and kennel helper Marie for comming and helping us!
Some photos: http://picasaweb.google.cz/kippsiberians/HnSOldSchoolAuction
Short movie comming - stay tuned!
Katerina and Team
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