Crufts 2012

This was taken before the new SDHC memory card gave up working. Steve managed to take about 8 photos but none of them is clear. Bless him, he didn't have decent sleep last night because Harley kept barking, and ended up sleeping in our bedroom rather than staying downstairs in his cage. Harley was whining softly which I could hear but Steve couldn't. So, Steve was dropping off to sleep but then I kept waking him by telling Harley to stop whining.  So, Harley was keeping me awake, I was keeping Steve awake, so I got sent to the spare bedroom so Steve could sleep.

Right, back to Crufts today. It was a long day, very tiring, but very enjoyable as well. Lots of things were going on. I spent most of time around the ESS breed ring side, wormer and frontline topped up enough for a year. Harley did not get any price, but we were still very pleased just to be part of the show. If he can be qualified this year, I would love to enter next Crufts with him again with a trusted memory card and lots of good photos:)

I was totally wrong

My last post said that Harley wasn't interested in Maisy... How wrong. He seems to be able to catch the right time - 11 days onwards. Last night when I took him away from home to the training class, he was whinning in the boots all the way. He is also not eating his food well either.

After this time, we definitely need to have Maisy spayed...

Other than that, we are almost ready for Crufts tomorrow:)

Important Day Today

Maisy and Mack tied today, it is the 11th day after the first sign of Maisy's discharge.

Fingers crossed. Fortunately Harley is not interested in Maisy at all so luckily no trouble this time...

Coventry Gundog Show

As a warm up exercise for Crufts next week, I took Harley to Coventry Gundog Show today. The judge was Mrs Jean Selby(Maoroke). 

The weather was awful, raining heavily and very cold. I hesitated for over an hour if I should go or not. My several friends from Leamington Dog Training Club told me that they would go no matter what the weather would look like so I thought it would be nice to catch up with them anyway.

To my supprise, there were quite good entries of English Springer Spaniel there. Harley was place 3rd in his class. Chatting with friends outside the rings was very enjoyable so despite the weather it was a very nice Sunday morning.