The National Dog Show

Well the journey was worth it!  Five hours each way, with the satnav deciding to be tempermental was not easy.  A nine year old navigating made for an interesting journey!

We arrived just as the Junior handling was nearing completion and the steward kindly allowed Tasha to take Trio in, minus a ring card as we had run from the car to the ring.  They both did really well, and been hurried into the ring didn't help, but they came away with a 3rd. 

At least we had some time to gather our thoughts before the breed judging, time to settle the dogs and collect our things from the car.  Tasha handed Trio in the post graduate breed class, a large quality class and came 2nd! 

Tilly was also entered in the post graduate breed class, and she had a 3rd.

Really pleased that we decided to travel to take part in the German Breed Festival, where all German breeds at the show have a German breed specialist judge.

Tilly -  so happy to be out and about!

Today the girls (cannine at least) are having a relaxing day.  The other girls are in school!

Aberystwyth Show

Well we had a lovely day at the show today, quite hectic after staying away overnight for a party!

Trio was second in the graduate breed class, with Maddie winning the open.
Tilly had a second in the AVNSC open, with the winner winning the gundog group.

Tasha won the junior handling class, and has now qualified for the finals at Crufts 2013.

A great day, seeing some old friends, and with the dogs and children being a credit to us.

WELKS

Congratulations again to Lucy with Milly.  They braved the weather to attend WELKS champ show today, only their 2nd show and first champ show.  Well, Milly had a 2nd in the bitch puppy class and has now qualified for Crufts 2013!

She was beaten by Tilly's half sister, who is a little older than Milly.  Well done Lucy.

Super Dooper Cooper!

Today we had a special visitor!
Cooper (Tilly and Reds son) came to visit, Sean was lucky enought to see him in Dec when he was passing.  Well Dawn and Gerald very kindly brought him to meet his family again.  He just walked in and was part of the family once again!

It was great to catch up with Gerald and Dawn, and to see Cooper as he matures.  He is a credit both Gerald and Dawn, looking and behaving beautifully.

Bog Dogs

Well the dogs have decided to enter into a beauty regime in preparation for the forthcoming show season.  Austerity measures well and truly taken into consideration.  Apparently mud is good for the skin, or so we have been led to believe!

The girls have taken this as a great excuse to have some fun in the bog!  Thank goodness for the stream at the end of the walk.  Wasn't looking forward to sharing the car with them after their beauty treatment!

Congratulations to Lucy and Milly!!!

Huge congratulations to Lucy and Milly (Seahavens Red Andromeda).

They both attended their first show today and this lovely girlie (Tilly's Daughter) has done us all proud. 

They won the Junior breed class, took Best Puppy in breed and then Best of Breed!

Not bad for their first attempt at showing.  Huge congratulations from us all here and thank you Lucy for putting all your time and effort into this lovely girl.  Milly looks like she's now ready for a well earned rest!

April Walks

Finally managed to get some pics off the phone!  We had a lovely walk this morning before the heavens opened and stayed that way for most of the day.  The dogs were more than happy to stay curled up and comfortable after that, and Batty took some persuasion to go out to the loo!

Batty has a new home to go to, and we're really excited for him, but it will be sad to see him go.  However we should be bumping into him and his new owner during the year, so we'll get lots of Batty cuddles!