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Yesterday I took Mollee ,Montee and Mickee to Crufts to be used for the International Junior Handling Final , Obviously they cant all bring their own dogs with them and relay on peps to lend them dogs .
To say i was proud of my `babies` is an under statement . They were so good .
We got there at 8.30 am and the handlers came about 9 ish to get to know their charges , Montee was handled by a young Finnish girl called Tanja Pihlaja ( 16) .Mollee by a Polish boy Przemyslaw Walczak ( 14) and Mikkee by a Swiss girl Nicole Lauper ( 17). To begin with the dogs were a little apprehensive as you would expect and with all dogs , handlers and public milling about , But once in the ring they were quite settled , Ok so they did look around to see if they could see or `smell ` me but luckily none did :- "
They were in the ring for over 2 hours
and kept on their toes and in position for most of it , No relaxing in the ring like we do :wacko: , The handlers were judged by a Portugese gentleman Mr Luis Teizeira , once he had seen all handlers they then went back into the collecting ring and swopped dogs So then my dogs had new handlers that they had never seen before , Some of the handlers had never shown a Whippet so I gave them a few hints o
By now it was 6 pm and time for home , what a great day we had , Heres one or 2 pics of my `handlers ` and my friend Jake who came with me .
Oh and I got to meet Quinteance too , many thanks for that lovely gift you gave my friend ........, Jenny . it was good to meet at last
You cant imagine how proud I was to see them go round the ring compeltly relaxed and happy , All the handlers certainly know their job and did so well too .
They then all came back out and took in the `original `dogs , Now they were shortlisted . I was so nervous youd have thought they were my kids :wacko: , any how Montees handler Tanja was shortlisted :thumbsup: but that was as far as she got .
Lots of photos were taken of the winners and I collected Mikkee and Mollee and i thought they might have been a tad tired but as soon as they got together in the ring they were playing like puppies ( Mollee is 8 ) .I then took them all outside for a walk and then they slept on their benches until it was time for the parade in the Best in Show Ring !
How many peps can say they have had 3 of their dogs in the Best in Show ring at Crufts at the same time :cheers: .
I couldnt get in to see them properley but watched them on the `big screen ` as they moved so confidentley round the ring , the noise was quite deafening too .
Whist we were packing up to come home one of the top hound and whippet people of the world Bo Bengstn came over to compliment me on my Whippets , Now that made my day complete ( just wished one of `my kids ` had won
`The handlers ` and in the other is the Polish boys dad and my friend Jake
To say i was proud of my `babies` is an under statement . They were so good .
We got there at 8.30 am and the handlers came about 9 ish to get to know their charges , Montee was handled by a young Finnish girl called Tanja Pihlaja ( 16) .Mollee by a Polish boy Przemyslaw Walczak ( 14) and Mikkee by a Swiss girl Nicole Lauper ( 17). To begin with the dogs were a little apprehensive as you would expect and with all dogs , handlers and public milling about , But once in the ring they were quite settled , Ok so they did look around to see if they could see or `smell ` me but luckily none did :- "
They were in the ring for over 2 hours
and kept on their toes and in position for most of it , No relaxing in the ring like we do :wacko: , The handlers were judged by a Portugese gentleman Mr Luis Teizeira , once he had seen all handlers they then went back into the collecting ring and swopped dogs So then my dogs had new handlers that they had never seen before , Some of the handlers had never shown a Whippet so I gave them a few hints oBy now it was 6 pm and time for home , what a great day we had , Heres one or 2 pics of my `handlers ` and my friend Jake who came with me .
Oh and I got to meet Quinteance too , many thanks for that lovely gift you gave my friend ........, Jenny . it was good to meet at last
You cant imagine how proud I was to see them go round the ring compeltly relaxed and happy , All the handlers certainly know their job and did so well too .
They then all came back out and took in the `original `dogs , Now they were shortlisted . I was so nervous youd have thought they were my kids :wacko: , any how Montees handler Tanja was shortlisted :thumbsup: but that was as far as she got
.Lots of photos were taken of the winners and I collected Mikkee and Mollee and i thought they might have been a tad tired but as soon as they got together in the ring they were playing like puppies ( Mollee is 8 ) .I then took them all outside for a walk and then they slept on their benches until it was time for the parade in the Best in Show Ring !
How many peps can say they have had 3 of their dogs in the Best in Show ring at Crufts at the same time :cheers: .
I couldnt get in to see them properley
but watched them on the `big screen ` as they moved so confidentley round the ring , the noise was quite deafening too .Whist we were packing up to come home one of the top hound and whippet people of the world Bo Bengstn came over to compliment me on my Whippets , Now that made my day complete ( just wished one of `my kids ` had won
`The handlers ` and in the other is the Polish boys dad and my friend Jake
