does any one know which day the terriers are on at leeds champ show?
thanks
mel :)

Hi Mel,

They are on the first day saturday 26th July :) I downloaded the schedule and entry form from the Higham Press site, they have all the info on there.

Hope that helps

Grace :D

thank you grace,
it just means that my friend will have to shut up shop cause she didnt want to miss the terriers.do you know the web address for the higham press site?
mel ;)

its ok for the address found it ta,
are you showing or spectating?
mel

I will hopefully be showing, but our day is the Monday (Danes :D )

Grace

shame grace--theres a few of us meeting up on the saturday :D

:D

If I start crinkling Maggie's skin do you think she could pass as an over grown Pei, Dizz?

Grace :D

youd have to put her ears in rollers too----all the best dressed pei have curly ears :D

don't think they do rollers big enough for maggie's ears :D She can wear them ina top knot you know, maybe I could put her in as a Yorkie....no wrong colour ;)

Grace

:-D :-D And what a Saturday that will be!!!!

cant think what you mean :rolleyes:

You can't I can!!!!! ;-)

The terrible trio together will Leeds be able to cope. LOL

First one at the bar gets the drinks in :D

We promise not to drink it dry for those going on the Monday :p

Hi Grace
I will look out for you I'm going Monday.

Alison:)

:D Thank goodness for that Alison, thought I was going to be along then......" and it's Maggie with the Best of breed, and group winner too..." Sorry drifted of into my own little world then :D
I'm sure we'll manage to have a good time, even if all the other champdoggers get together without us, eh alison?!

Grace

:p :p :p :p :p :P

Yeah Grace
I'm sure we'll get along fine without them!:D:D

we are wanting to see the kerries as we have just brought home our 9 week old boy boscoe,and my friend is also the dogs groomer,she wants to see kerries in the flesh to see the show cut.
thank you for your help grace
mel :)

Do you lot think I should bother going to Leeds. I have entered, but as you will have seen in recent posts, my boy has decided to be a complete 'wimp' when it comes to the show ring!!! Do you think he will 'grow out of it' or do you think he just hates the attention???

Did he enjoy any part ot the proceeedings, such as going around the show. Of he enjoyed that then he will grow used to the ring part and eventually relax. You will then find you have a dog screaming to get in the car on show days, like mine.

I don't drive and get lifts to shows. Now on a show day they are liike Wirling Dervishes watching out the windows for whoever is taking us. Normally I have lovely calm dogs when I open my front dooor to go for walks, but on show days I get dragged down the front path :D :D

Hi Brainless,
He is a bit of a wimp all the time at the moment. Over the past 6 weeks he has become quite shy in new surroundings or with new people. After the class on Monday he was happy to play with the other dogs and walk round the show. We got there in plenty of time (5.30am - miscalculated the distance!!!!!) so he had loads of time to look around the show ground before it got busy, but only really relaxed after his classes.
I wish he was a little more like yours!!

Hi Dotty,
My bitch Dolly completely lost her confidence at shows after we had a car accident on the way back from Blackpool last year, and would go to pieces as soon as we got into the hustle and bustle of the show.
I tried lots of things, including Skullcap and Valerian, Rescue remedy etc, with no luck, and stopped showing her, concentrating on obedience instead, to try and build up her confidence. Then I took her to a couple of shows without actually showing her, but she still got quite clingy and unsettled.
A friend suggested vitamin B12, and I managed to get some only 4 days before Bath. She was like a different dog, and really enjoyed her day out, with just a small wobbly when a lorry went by on the bumpy road behind the marquee, but she recovered her composure very quickly to get a 2nd in Limit!
Good luck with your boy, and I would certainly take him to Leeds, even if just for the experience. Try and make it fun for him, and try not to get too het up yourself- easier said than done, I know, when you think they're going to go to pieces any minute!!
Liz

Thanks Liz, I will definately try to get him some B12. I too have tried S&V and rescue remedy with no luck. We are at Southern Counties tomorrow, but then have a while before the next show so will get him on the B12. Thanks again.