How did everyone do this weekend?. Wd. love to hear your results. I've not done any showing for a while, my next 1 is at Birmingham.

well gollie got 1st she was the only one in the class,the bracco didnot turn up,then she got a roselett of best op sex puppy in import which i have never got a roselett in puppy for this before with my other breed,this is new one on me, ian bitch's got 1st as well,
we were beaten by kims bracco for bp,.he a nice dog and kim a nice lady to,which we only know each other over the last 4months and we get on well,
but rush my boy,one of his puppy,got 2nd in junior,and wispa my girl,s puppy, which i showed got 2nd in post graudate so both for to crufts 2003, so not a bad day looking at new whelping box of to do brie next week.

Well done gollie! Crufts here you come. :)
Christine2

Hi Terri,

I saw you and Gollie - she's a lovely little dog, my Eloise was very impressed with her. I was talking to Sheila Rees with Tallas the Kooikerhondje and when I turned round to talk to you you'd gone :(

I'll try and find you at Richmond :)

Fiona
x x x

PS - How'ss the hand? It didn't look too bad.

the hands ok hope get the stiches out today,put still cannot drive,so andrew drove me there yesterday,put it was so funny when he had gollie when i was in the ring with f/c.alot of people came upto him and ask about her breed,he not a great talker.will be at richmond too.

Hi Terri what have you done to your hand?
By the way I think your Andrew is a chatter box, you as well I, come to think of it I wasn`t so quiet myself! :) When we met up we all had a right old natter & my hubby thought I`d got lost cos I didn`t get back for a a few hours.
Christine2

guss who i saw at the show on a dog food stand.the lady who affixes is alkamhurst,i know her and her husband,they were telling me about ch .labdours and f/c they breed thats in usa.then i was telling her about how we meet up,at the world show,and you said about your dog breeding.its a small world

Hi Terri have been trying to email you but I don`t seem to be able to send any emails but am receiving them OK. Would you email me & tell me what she said please, thanks
Christine2

did you get the email that send to you privately,

Yes thanks Terri but I can`t reply cos my email connection is (I can receive but can`t send any) down but hope to get it sorted later today.As soon as its back on I`ll email you.
Christine2

Hi, well, Englebert got 1st in Limit, and the Dog CC, Prunella (who Mike bred, I co-own and she is by my dog)got 3rd in Open but we didn't mind too much because her half-sister Arabella won it and got the Bitch CC and BoB, its not too bad when you are beaten by 'one of the family'! Prunella then made up for it by winning the Champion Stakes.
Gwen

Well done Gwen..

Pam

well done

Well Done Gwen,
A friend of mine got the BCC in Border Collies, her 1st such award.
She was gobsmacked, bless her, and then her girl mugged me for what
I had left of my liver.....
My girl binned in Junior and was short-listed to final 8 in the PetPlan Junior
bitch class. I was happy, and then got soaked taking the girls back to
the car at the end of the day :)

Hi Gwen
I showed on Sat (Pharaoh Hound) but since I live nearby in Hampshire I returned on Monday afternoon to watch the Gundog & Utility groups
& B.I.S.
I saw Prunella win the champion stakes & saw Arabella in the group ring.
Shame Peggy Grayson didn't appreciate Arabella. She moved lovely.
One person I know in American Cocker's commented that they were on the small side for the breed ( I wonder if it was because they have larger bitches). Perhaps I should check up the breed standard for American
Cockers.
Unfortunately I didn't get to Wales today - son's 11th birthday- but
have seen the results on highampress website. In Pharaoh's the Norwegian judge awarded B.O.B. (+ 3rd c.c.) to a Swedish dog & then
in the Hound group they won under a Finish judge.

Pam
recovering headache from 11 year old boys!!

Hi Pam, Thanks for liking our girls. Arabella has had to contend with the 'too small' criticism since coming out, even though she is well above the minimum height. Unfortunately, Mikes height can make a big dog look tiny (you should see him with the pugs!) Susan usually shows Prunella, and no one has commented on her size whith her, but it usually comes into conversation when Mike is handling! Peggy is well known as not a great fan of Americans, so we were very pleased to get even shortlisted. Arabella had a fab. write up from Liz Cartledge in last weeks papers, saying pretty much that from the ringside she had going along with the "too small, not enough dog" school of thought, until she got her hands on her, and discovered how good she was so gave her the BCC and BoB!

We have a lot of quite large dogs (and bitches) in the breed, and some awfully heavy ones. Unfortunately some people are unable to look constructively at their own dogs, who do not conform to the standard, so find it easier to be critical of ours, who do! Looking at our dogs, and our results, I know we have to be doing something right, though!
Gwen

hi all,
congrats to you all,i tryed to start thread on sat but cocked it up don't know how, my results are over on idel chat, so won't reapeat on here.regards tina

I took my friend on toy day as she needed a lift as her car was in for mot and she took RCC with her Pap , her face was a picture, so well done Jo and Zebadee.

xxxxx:)

Well done to all....I'm right miffed I couldn't go.....

Natasha

We got chucked out of breed (26 in our class and didn't get to the cut) BUT we entered in Special Beginners Stakes and got a 7th out of 19 dogs there so were pleased with that. Bought Savannah (Aphrael Aoife) an ice cream with her £1 winnings:)

Wendy

Hi

Alice got reserve in her limit class of 10. Not too bad I suppose - joking
Carol

My puppy Alice won Puppy bitch, out of 9, at only her 2nd show! She is one of the 2 wild Italian Greyhound puppies I wrote about before, who I thought would never behave, judging by their behaviour at ringcraft class, but as soon as she stepped in the ring, she was a proper little showgirl! Flora, the other puppy, holds her tail over her back at the mo, spoiling her topline, so didn't get placed, although they both qualified at Leeds.
They are my first litter so I am so proud of them!
Not so happy tonight though, as Alice is spending tonight at the vets, after swallowing a large piece of lamb bone and getting it stuck at the bum end. She had to have an enema, which thankfully got it out, but they want to keep her in in case there is any more.
The house is so quiet tonight!
Liz

Congrats to everyone on a great weekend
Gwen

i won my class at Bournemouth ................lovely
wouldnt go again drive was a nightmare............unless the CC was deffo mine anyway.

top it all
got a speeding letter this morning from the Wiltshire police...........arghhh

later all
vicki

Well done Vicki....typical the bad follows the good !!! :D

Natasha

Maisie won 1st Post Grad Bitch. This was her first ever 1st. It looked like the judge was finding it hard to choose between her & the bitch that got RBB (well, it looked like that to my mum anyway :)). Didn't mind though, as the BB & RBB were maisie's breeder's bitches. (RBB was our Albert's litter sister).

Well done everyone. Can't wait to see you in 2 weeks Terri.

regards.

Diane