Estonia
Team Leader Vivian Ainsalu
Vivian fell in love with rally obedience 10 years ago and has since become a rally obedience judge. She has two dogs, a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Välek, with whom she got into rally obedience, and a 4-year-old border collie named Kratt, with whom she competes not only in rally obedience but also in obedience.
Vivian has borrowed her team leading motto from the Musketeers: 'One for all and all for one'.
Merrit Angerjärv & Victoria
Merrit has been involved in rally obedience for 3,5 years. Rally obedience is number one sport for Merrit and 4-year old labrador retriever Victoria. They are just focusing on this to get even better, because there is always room for improvement. Victoria is completely weatherproof - she can work in quite extreme conditions, be it blazing sun, strong winds or torrential downpours with thunderstorms. It's a trait Merrit values highly in her dog.
Merrit’s training motto is: 'Work needs to be done'.
Aet Leemet & Sohvi
Aet has been involved in rally obedience for more than a decade. 8-year-old border collie Sohvi has obtained Rally Obedience Champion titles from Estonia and Latvia. Sohvi is also winner of the Estonian Rally Obedience Championship 2024. Apart from rally obedience, Aet and Sohvi have also been involved in obedience. Sohvi likes to frolic in the water in the summer and catch cherries out of trees by jumping.
Aet's motto for training is: 'Hard way is the best way, and it’s the only way'.
Elena Kravchenko & Nikko
Elena has been involved in rally obedience since 2022. 7-year-old border collie Nikko has obtained Rally Obedience Champion titles from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Elena and Nikko are also involved in obedience, competing in OB3 class. Nikko loves swimming (a lot!) in the sea, walking, traveling, and playing with the cat. His favorite food is watermelon. In everything he does, he gives his all, never sparing himself. Nikko completely lives up to his name—he's a sunny boy, always finding joy in every situation.
Elena's training motto is: 'To be in a shared bubble'.
Viktoria Lumbe & Luna
Viktoria has been involved in rally obedience for two years. Viktoria and border collie Luna are also involved in agility and obedience. 5-year-old Luna has obtained Rally Obedience Champion titles from Estonia and Latvia. Luna loves to swim and play with watering cans in summer and run through snow in winter. Viktoria thinks that hard-working and flexible Luna would be capable in any sport, she just needs to be shown what needs to be done.
Viktoria's training motto is: 'Be more successful with every training session and work on mistakes after every competition'.
Kersti Lang & Kreisi
Kersti’s first encounter with rally obedience was in 2014, she has been actively involved since 2018. Besides rally obedience Kersti and 3-year old border collie Kreisi are involved in agility and search-and-rescue. Kreisi has obtained Rally Obedience Champion titles from Estonia and Finland.
Thanks to Kreisi Kersti has gained a wealth of new knowledge and developed an entirely new vision for teaching rally obedience over the past few years.
Kersti’s training motto is: 'If you aren’t having fun, you are doing it wrong'.
Reserve 1: Tatjana Pavlova & Bell
Tatjana and 2-year-old border collie Bell have been involved in rally obedience for two years. Tatjana and Bell are also involved in dog dancing and obedience. Bell enjoys walks in the countryside, she is calm and obedient by nature. Bell is only at the beginning of her journey, but she has already become Tatjana's heroine, her favourite, and Tatjana is very happy to have her.
Tatjana's training motto is: 'Through difficulties to the stars'.
