Good luck to everyone showing, this is my first venture below the border and I am terrified LOL

Have a nice weekend for those there all weekend and hope weather is fine.

Pam

Good Luck Pam and to ALL who are off this weekend!

:)

Melody

Good luck all :D

let us know how you all have done!

we managed to get a third in jnr bitch (malamute today):)

Well done Steph - see you at Crufts :)

hi jacquie
im lookin forward tomeeting ya chuck?r u going mal show??if not i'll see ya at crufts,getting a new baby soon i cant wait......!!im a mad malamute fan...!!!

No, not going to the club show Steph - a bit too far away for us :(

Is your new baby a Snowtrails by any chance?

Jacquie
:)

no jacquie not snowtrails....look forward to meeting yaat crufts:)

Well done Steph and Storm, it looks like her sisters have some competition (lol).
Keep it up and see you at the club show.

Love Leah and the polarpaws gang xx

Hi Pam,
Good luck Darlington is a super show, We shall be there on Sunday with the Cavaliers. One in Veteran bitch and one in Open Dog.

The main thing is just enjoy.

Good luck to everyone going to Darlington .I should have been there with Wish but due to her accident will have to miss.My daughter will be there with Bria on Saturday our Rough Collie.Gillian

I've got a v busy weekend ahead of me. Got a breed ch show in Coventry on Saturday and then Darlington on Sunday I'll let you all know how many times I get chucked out the ring ;-)

Im there on sunday with Buffy, maybe we should all meet up, i missed a lot of people at birmingham and some of them were in the cocker tent same as me and i still missed them, never mind may catch up with some of you up there, good luck to everyone Diane

anyone know where the results will be posted??

Higham Press

thanks

I'll be there too on Sunday with my Pomeranian and 2 of my Spanish.

Hope to see some of you there. It'll be a tiring weekend also in Leicester on Saturday for the SWD clubs inaugral meeting.

Good luck at the show everyone.
Diane

the results are up now!!!

The puppy I own jointly with 3 friends was Best Dog, Best of Breed and Best puppy in breed. We had a small quality entry of 18 present (including the current top winners), as we were judged without CCs.

His name is Camalot's Faithful Knight, and he is a Norwegian elkhound Puppy who will be 10 months tommorow! He was imported from the USA and came out of Quarantine 8 weeks ago.

well done-not suprised though, he looked gorgeous :)

Congratulations!! What a great day xxx

Well done Brainless...

Natasha

The Credit should really go to my friend Treena Maun who shows him, and with whom he lives!!!

Nice to have someone else do all the mileage :D

Hi all,

I have been and done the deed.

My wee pup 7 months got 5th out of 5 , he would not stand, he was so naughty I felt like kicking his butt, I didn't though. He was running between my legs , would not open his mouth and wan't to play with the Akitas in the next ring. He is a baby still but what a baby..lol

He looked quite nice to in my opinion but he is young and I am inexpereinced still so will get working on him and he on I. It gives me experience and I have meet a lot of people. I was in the 2nd class so after that I got a ringside seat so pick up all the tips.

My breeder and my pups sire's owner thought he was looking quite nice. They told me his sire was a bit naughty also and was not prince charming till around 18 months he now has 12 ccs so I hopefully have time to pull it all together. I think they were relatively pleased with my work on him so I was happy with that.

Onwards and upwords they say...

Pam

well sound like you had a enjoyable day Pam and that's the important bit :D It's all experience and getting used to it all (so they keep telling me ;) ) Bet it was nice to feel the breeder etc were quite pleased with him and your work :)
Sara :)

Thanks Sara,

My friend and I had a ball.

It is was great getting support from my puppy's breeder and very encouraging to get some motivation foom some of the top breeders. I have a professional job and am doing fairly well in life but still can be humble enough to childishly look up to some of the breeders and exhibitors as they work their pans out and be mildly envious.

One thing I can see and have learned is most of the good breeders have got there through hard work, pacience and not giving up which I think alot of people forget you have to do and they want a champ but don't want to do the work.

One lady I spoke to yesterday said she had drove up and down the UK for 10 years and yesterday was the first time one of her dogs had been placed first she was so please and boy did she deserve it. Thank is dedication which I think you must definantly have in the dog world..
BFN

Pam :-)

Well done Pam., they do enjoy showing us "humans" up don't they?? :D

Mine do it all the time :rolleyes: Can be sweetness & light outside the ring, as soon as we get in, it's the "dancing dog" impression :D

Natasha

Congrats pam, and well done to bobby, even though he was a naughty biy for you. Give him a big kiss from me, and i will see you on tuesday.

kelly and the nutty malki x

Thanks all of you, He is a wee sweety tonight, just looking up at me... ( Wee Bug--r) . LOL

Well I see it as learning for me and don't expect a thing and if I get anything I will be happy and I think that is probably the best way to be..

PS see you Tuesday Kelly, have you found that other ringcraft class yet as I may need it LOL?

Pam

Little Brag,

Fleur, my beautiful nearly nine year Cavalier lady had a econd in Veteran today - bless her she tries so hard and is so very serious about her showing.

Results from any one else !!!!

Ahh well done Alice, how wonderful for you...and you little one, I love the Cavvies, we had one as a family before I got my cockers, they are wonderful..

natasha

Isn't there something special about the oldies, well done Fleur, give her a hug from me
Anne

Well just arrived back from Darlington after nearly 5 hrs drive. Loads of accidents on the A1 and M62!!

Carina my SWD got reserve best bitch and my mum got res. best dog in Pom's with Melvyn. Met loads of friends and had a lovely day.

Well done to you both Briarlow...

Natasha :D

Well do to Briarlow..

Well done...that is excellent Brags are allowed

Pam

Just got in from Darlington, afraid my little Buffy didnt get anything, i have to say most of the cockers seemed a little over hand stripped, Buffy looked quite hairy compared to them, very long journey dont know if i would do it again, met saraw and jackie, nice to have finally met some more champdoggers.

A very tired Diane

Hi all,
Got back from Darlington about 9.30, should be in bed by now as I'm shattered but got to catch up on all the threads!
What looked like being a disappointing day - 3rd out of 3 with both pups and 2nd out of 3 with their mum- turned out well when Alice got 5th in puppy stakes and then won the minor puppy stakes! So came away with £27 in prize money, which was then spent on Fit & Fertile and goodies for the dogs!
Liz

Well I'm a bit late with my weekend update, damn work .....lol

At our breed ch show on Saturday we got Reserve out of 5 in Post Grad Dog. Not the best of placings but then I wasn't happy with the way I had my boy stacked so couldn't grumble. He is also needing to mature and is only 19mths so I'm up against some pretty mature looking dogs.

Darlington :-) Different story. We got VHC out of 15 dogs !!! Talk about being chuft :D I saw the entry and thought nah no way, all these dogs have done quite well. It was a breed judge who apparently likes to see a dog who looks as though he can do the job he was bred for as well as having nothing over done. I'm told that whilst she might place well known breeders higher up it has nothing to do with being facey but because she likes their dogs. So Sunday made up for Saturday and my boy performed much better :-)

P.S. Saw Sara's Phoebie for the first time, an absolute darling IMO, I'm sure she will have her day!

awwww Phoebie says thanks Claire - she quite liked you too ;) and loved Gary :D

Harris is a clever boy and it was well deserved I'm sure !!!

Hi Liz, well at least I saw 1 other Champdogs person, because I watched the puppy stacks while also watching pugs (no mean acheivement:)) Thought your pup looked great.
Gwen

Hi Gwen,
Glad you liked my little Slack Alice, but that was my friend Jo handling her, I handled her very naughty red sister who was unplaced!
Liz