John, Edna and Hayley bore the brunt of both days in a very hot tent and not forgetting their three dogs who also had to put up with my very bossy bitch. I agree with John that the breed needs to be present at every show we can get to, not only the small shows but particularly at the Midland in September. This show is probably the most important show of the year for many sporting shooters, last year they had 87,000 through the gates and the breed wasn't represented in the sporting gundog tent! I was a little disapointed because it was at a Midland show many years ago I first fell in love with the Brittany.
Hope everything went well at the Royal this weekend. Trust it wasn't too hot. _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
It was a brilliant weekend and lots of thanks to Lin and Jim for all their help. The dogs were the stars of course and Copper deserves a medal after being henpecked by my girls all weekend. Although it was hot it wasn't as hot as Harewood and the site is probably the best I've seen and made all the better by the Thames through the grounds, there was always one or two wet dogs in the tent.
We had lots of interesting conversations with of course 'the obligatory they're Spaniels discussions' cropping up regularly. Perhaps we need to think of forming a demonstration team to show a Brit pointing? All the demonstations of gundog work this weekend were very, very similar no matter what the breed, cockers, IWS, Chessies, Labs and Springers. The Tollers did a little demonstration of their dance but the majority of their demonstration was exactly like all the others, even the training session at the end covered the same ground. There wasn't one demonstration by an hpr or pointing breed. I know that it isn't the easiest thing to stage but I remember many years ago seeing a GWP demonstrating pointing with a domestic duck in a very small arena and was amazed by the number of people around us who hadn't seen a point before. I do think that many people who regularly attend shows are a little bored by what is essentially the same old sit, recall, retrieve demonstration. At the end of sunday we had an impromptu training session by the river and easily attracted a small audience who got really involved. Just a thought, but a Brit wearing a bell suddenly coming on point is IMHO one of the most exciting and memorable experiences in gundog work.
John, Louise asked me to thank you for all your help and that she'll pass on anything she gets about the Midland and that she's organising both shows next year and will be touch.
Thanks to you all and to the dogs. Glad it all went well.
I agree it does get boring watching the same old demos. Doing the same thing all the time is the easy way out though, isn't it? Although you do have an idea of what's going to go wrong that way. Well it's something to think about for the future _________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
We had a brilliant time with Jane and Keith and their girls Would love to do it again Copper had a great time Keith, I agree with you re' the demonstrations, they were very much the same thing each time. Copper's swimming lesson did attract quite an audience, some of them getting a little damp
Day off today so will attempt to post photos later. _________________ Lin, owned by Rudi and Copper the Brittanys & Zac the Springer.
Whoops Sorry about the duplication and forgetting to "thumbnail" one of them _________________ Lin, owned by Rudi and Copper the Brittanys & Zac the Springer.
That really shows the stand well. The banner, imo, was the most outstanding one there. Great job Keith Jim put together a photo montage and Jane produced a very neat threefold leaflet _________________ Lin, owned by Rudi and Copper the Brittanys & Zac the Springer.
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Would love to do it again 
Copper had a great time 
Sorry about the duplication and forgetting to "thumbnail" one of them 
