We were at Bournemouth yesterday….it absolutely poured with rain all day with the most tremendous winds which drove the rain into you and made it feel like hail. It was freezing cold and incredibly squelchy!

And this is the beginning of August? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

Paignton was similiar. When we were there last Tuesday it poured almost all day, but it was a bit more showery than constant. Luckily for us our ring was in the only permanent building so we were sheltered from all elements! We had six dogs – Sam, Storm, Solei, Jason, Tosca, Sarah – and M & P were there with Morris.

Sam won Junior Dog, Storm and Morris were both chucked in Limit Dog, where Solei got a fourth! Jason 3rd in Open Dog, Tosca 4th in Puppy Bitch and Sarah 2nd in Junior Bitch. I also showed my friends girl again and got a 3rd in Junior Bitch with her.

I don’t think I like the new venue as much as Crealy, but more than the venue is the time…it’s so badly placed now. Right after National Gundog and Just a few days before Bournemouth, which already also has WKC just a week after that. Oh well, we’ll see I suppose.

S left for her holday on Wednesday so T, mum and I all went up together in our car to Bournemouth. We took the same dogs as had been to Paignton, minus Storm. And yes, you should be impressed that we can fit all the show gear (grooming stuff, chairs, crates, food..etc) five dogs, three people and a large wheelchair in a Citroen Berlingo 😉

As usual first up was Sam, who went really well…he looked very nice indeed and got a 2nd. Solei got another fourth in Limit :D, which Morris won. Jason won Open Dog, Tosca got a 3rd in Puppy Bitch and Sarah won Junior Bitch 😀 Morris then went on to round off the day nicely by going and winning the Dog CC!! It was the most fantastic day.

As S was away I was allowed to show Sarah for the first time in almost four months! She went so well….a tad over exuberant on the move because she was excited that I was showing her again 🙂 That dog makes me SO good. I was actually really tempted to ask if I could buy her a few months ago but I decided the time wasn’t right. When I walk into a ring with Sarah I feel like I’ve got the best dog in the world, almost that we’ve won the class before we start…it’s hard to explain but she really does make me feel so good and I love showing her. I suppose apart from the fact she is (conformationally) a very nice dog, we’ve got a special relationship because of what I went through with her to get her going as well as she does now. Six months of bloody hard work! 😆

Last week was non-stop (bathed Monday, showed Tuesday, went back to spectate Wednesday, drew breath Thursday, bathed again Friday and showed again Saturday!) so this week I feel at a complete loose end! Today has been *such* a long day….the time has dragged so much. I’ll probably go and see T once or twice but I’ve got nothing actually planned until we bath on Friday for the next show on Saturday!