Marlborough Show 5th May

Hi hi everybody. Me hopes you all had a good weekend. Sorry me keeped you in suspense about my show. Me beed so, so tired last night when we getted home, then mummy had to go to college today and couldn't help me download the photos, then we did this whole post and me bopped some key with my big puppy paw and the whole post disappeared, whee!

Anyway, as you all know, me had my show yesterday. We all had to get up early. Big Harry had to stay at home cos it said no unentered dogs allowed, but actually no-one would have noticed if he sneaked in cos there be hundreds of doggies there of all shapes and sizes.

The venue be an equistr...equestr...horsety centre so there beed lots of nice horsey poops smells on the floor even though me couldn't actually find any poop, boo.



Do you see all the dirt in my beard from snuffling around on the floor! Daddy had to wash and dry my beard then mummy had to groom it all into place again, tee hee!

There beed lots to watch, so many doggies - tiny dogs like Chihuahua's, huge dogs like Great Danes, fluffy Newfoundlands and baldy Chinese Cresteds and every shape, colour and size in between.

We arrived with lots of time to spare before it beed time for me to go into the ring, but we all beed happy watching the dogs in the other rings. We also bumped into quite a few people and dogs from ringcraft class, and maked lots of new friends too.

Here me beed all groomed and ready to go into the ring. Mummy said "no more sniffing around in the dirt young lady!", tee hee!

And into the ring we went! Me had to enter in any variety not separately classified terrier puppy (AVNSC) cos although there beed classes for many different terrier, us Airedale's no be too popular. In the class there be 2 Irish Terriers, who look a bit like me minus the black, a Scottish Terrier and a Kerry Blue Terrier.

Here mummy be pushing my tail up cos it be hiding. Me no be scared, me just forgets to hold it up sometimes. See the lady in front be holding up her Kerry Blue terrier's tail too.

The man in the maroon jacket be the judge. He asked us to run around the ring twice.

Do you see he be watching me here. He be looking to see how well we move. People have said before that me has very good movement and gait.

Round and round and round we go, whee! Lots of the photos be blurred cos we all be moving fairly fast.

As you can see, my tail be up and perky now cos me loves running round getting attention from everyone!

Then we had to go in turn to stand for the judge and for him to look at us. He checked my eyes and my teethies.

He had a good feel all over me to see how much bone muscle and general condition me has, and that me has the correct coat texture.

Then me had to move in a triangle twice so the judge could see me from the back, side and front.


You can see here that me holds my topline (back) nice and straight when me moves.

The judge still be watching closely!

Here we be doing another lap of the ring because...



...me getted first place, whee! Me and mummy be very shocked, but very happy! Mummy wouldn't let me eat my rosette, so me be eyeing up the one the Kerry Blue terrier getted for 2nd place.

Next we had to go in with the winners of the other AVNSC classes (ie the older doggies).

More running around! That Irish Terrier in front of me beed 12 years old, but he still looked great!

Me getted my rosette for AVNSC puppy, whee! It be pink and blue and very pretty. Again me wanted to hold (OK maybe chew) it, but mummy said no.

Finally me had to go into the terrier puppy class with the winning puppies from all the terrier classes. Here be the final four - me, a Parson Russell terrier, a West Highland White terrier and a Border terrier.

Me thinks daddy got a bit distracted at this point cos there be no more photos, but me getted 2nd place behind the West Highland White terrier, whee!

Mummy and daddy be so proud of me, and me be quite proud of myself. We looked the judge up when we getted home and he be a West Highland terrier breeder, so perhaps he might have picked that doggie as first anyway, tee hee!

Anyway, he are my rosettes. Pretty!

And he me be, trying hard to pose despite being very tired.

Me had such a great day. It be fun going to shows. Even if me didn't win anything, mummy and daddy said they still would have been very proud of me cos me be such a well behaved girl all day and had fun.

Next show date, 31st May, whee!

Nibbles

Cassidy x