National Gundog Association Championship Show

At the last minute we decided to all go to NGA and stay for a few well deserved break for us all.

We travelled to Malvern on the Friday after a great day celebrating Christopher's birthday, as a result we didn't arrive until about 9.00 pm.  We had changed the caravan a few months ago and hadn't taken the new one out yet, although we had given the awning an airing (we didn't put it up completely, just checked it was all there).  The awning was much more complicated than our last one, and took some effort to sort it out when we couldn't find the instructions - as usual they turned up the following morning and it was a relief to know that we were correct!

What we couldn't sort out was the heater!  We gave up at 11.30 and fell into bed with the heating on!  The windows were left open and the door as it was so hot!  Thankfully in the morning it was sorted out, a relief as it was a scorching day.

On Sunday we then went to NGA only had Trio (Seahaven Borrowed Heaven) and Eve (Seahaven Parish Bell) entered, leaving Tilly and Maddie at the caravan with the men.  The JHA semi finals had been moved to NGA for the first time and both Tasha and Eleanor had qualified.  They did extremely well in a huge class (29) but didn't get placed.

Both breeds were 2nd in the ring so we had quite a bit of a wait and a chance to catch up with friends.

NSDTRs

Tasha handled Cooper (Seahaven Galactic Storm) to a 3rd place in a strong limit class.  Tasha was handling for Dawn who is recovering from a broken foot.

Eleanor then handled Eve in PGB to a 2nd place in a strong class, then she won the Limit class!  So delighted as she has now attained her KC Stud Book Number, the same show where her brother (Cooper) attained his last year!

Large Munsterlanders

Trio was then entered in her breed classes coming away with two 3rds in Limit and Open in some strong company.  Absolutely delighted with how she is doing at the moment, we're hoping that this will be her last show for a while as we hope she will be on maternity duties soon!

YKC Handling

The girls then went on to be placed in the handling with Tasha gaining a 4th and Eleanor a 5th place.

A few days then just relaxing and finding some lovely walks with stunning views in the Malvern, and we even went and watch a band playing in the park with the dogs!