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Well they certainly make interesting reading so far.....

Come on then everyone...whos going to win the groups?
For me.....
Working...Rottie or Bouvier
Pastoral....Aussie or the the vallhund
Archer

The Great Dane has my vote - I think she's gorgeous :)

The big winning rottie just got beaten for best of breed, so he wont make the group.

Damn, I was going to say the Rottie too! (Sssh, don't tell the Newfs though) :D

Gotta be the bouv for me... saw him last year and loved him

Aussie

Daisy

I knew that I was going to be right :D :D

Daisy

Best in show?  Ben Fogle in his speccies, yum yum!!!!!!   Course he is an absolute bimbo, couldn't remember Chances sex and thought he was an Australian Mountain Dog then just a Austratlian.............er dog! :D but who cares with such eye candy :p

i picked up on that too! the owner had to correct him that he was a cattle dog not a mountain dog, and in the end he was just a.....dog!!

Not a cattle dog (yuck :D ) - an Australian Shepherd Dog :D :D

Daisy

Oooops, perhaps Becky is a toff too :D

no im not!! sorry my mistake:rolleyes:

Still, who can resist a man who can say Bouvier des Flandres with an impeccable French accent. Don't ya just love the toffs

i would hardly call him a "toff" lets face it his old man is a yank

Well, yea you have a point :D but don't you think the situation is redeamable with good schooling? :)

Can I take it that you aren't into a bit of rough then, Isabel :D :D :D

Daisy

Oh indeed! My husband is from Port Glasgow, for those that don't know it, think Glasgow and move down the Clyde a bit but fantasies are different ;)

Oh crumbs - he could be one of my relatives then - my grandparents were from Port Glasgow/Greenock :D :D

Daisy

Lovely, we are related by marriage :)

:D :D :D  Could be worse ;)

Daisy

What, you mean he could be your Grandfather? :D

LOL - not unless he died in 1934 and you are into necrophilia :D :D :D

Daisy

There are limits to my tolerance of "rough" :D :D

Daisy

That Aussie was stunning.

He was a beautiful blue merle - not too white, not too solid :) My next Aussie will be just like him :D :D :D

Daisy

That Aussie was gorgeous!!! Wow, could it move!!! BUT get rid of Ben Fogle! Bring back Clare Balding!!

>Bring back Clare Balding!!

:D :D :D :D :D

I sent the BBC an E-Mail telling them how BAD Ben was!!! I said the least they could do was to get someone who actually KNEW something about dogs to present it!! LOL MOUNTAIN DOG!!! What is he like!!??? :D :D :D

Out of interest, did anyone watch the follow up programme to when he rowed across the Atlantic?? I think James Cracknell said if he never saw Ben again it would be too soon!!! LOL

>I said the least they could do was to get someone who actually KNEW something about dogs to present it!!

Change the habit of a life time? Fat chance! :p

>James Cracknell said if he never saw Ben again it would be too soon!!!

Good, less competition

Isabel you are a wicked woman :D   I said to OH isn't he (Ben) a nice guy? But you take this to another level

Wicked! :o I never touched him, Your Honour!  :D

You should watch that show Isabel, Ben is shirtless and exposing his six-pack a lot.

*Slips yet more Bromide into Isabel Tea*

Aaaaaaaargh!  Any more Bromide I might start to wish they would bring back Clare Balding ;)

I am so pleased that the Aussie won best of group :) It was stunning. We watched it in the aussie ring earlier in the day and were very impressed. All the Aussies looked gorgeous in my eyes though!

Congratulations to all you champdogs members that went to crufts today whether you got placed or not,

Jessica

Yes was a good day! just one thing......dont park on the west car park! took about 3 hours to get off tonight from around 6pm onwards.  North and south people were off in minutes!!!!!!!!

That wasn't quite so when we left, but the clever Police wouldn't let people onto the M42 (no accident or anything that we could ascertain) and we had to go to Coventry and double back!  Not amused at getting home an hour later when I am back there in the morning for an 8.30 judging start.

Barbara there had been a major accident hence the delays getting out of the car park.

The accident was in the Stafford direction, nothing to do with the M42 Southbound at all.  We had the Radio on to check.

Saw the 'Aussie' breed for the first time ever today - wow fabulous dogs! Really gorgeous. Lucky you :) (to Daisy! post ended up in wrong place!)

The Aussie was stunning....nice to see the Shepherd get group 2 though :)

Well done to everybody by the way :D

Lisa

If you missed the Aussie you can see him  it on here at westminster

http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2006/results/breed/ausshep.html

Yeah and the ever young 'India' ( Terv) got group 3 at over 11 years old - now THATS a dog :D

Think the Aussie could go all the way this year but also thought that Bouvier was fabulous !

Yvonne

I thought India was amazing :D Beardies last as well we had one become a Champion at 12!!

glad the aussie got the pastrol he is so stunning love the coulor but i wanted the rottie to take the working

The Rottie looked very long in the body to me, but not my breed.  Anyone here judge Rotties?

I've seen her at a number of shows and think she is quite nice. What you have to remember is, she is only 16 months old!!! She's probably going through some changes. I didn't think she was at her best, she seemed tired when she was challenging for BOB, especially compared to Rolex, so I was quite surprised that she got group 4. The bouv' deserved it, absolutley gorgeous:rolleyes: