Today is THE big day. A day that we have waited for a long time. Crufts starts today and for the first time ever Entlebuchers will appear in the show ring. Not only that but the first ones ever are all from Shadow’s puppies. Three of her puppies have qualified, Addie who is Ari’s full sister and is 2 ½ years old should be there but sadly her human has a poorly shoulder and can’t drive the long journey to get there. Dickens (Bumble) and Basil (Beethoven) who are now just over a year old will be there. Aristotle and my Mistress will be there to cheer them on. My Mistress has to collect a real rosette for being one of the year’s top breeders in our category, which is very exciting too. Good luck Dickens and Basil we’re all rooting for you.
For the rest of the day Aristotle will be ‘manning’ the Discover Dogs stand for our breed. Do go and say hello to him if you are there. This will be his third time. He’s quite good at it as he doesn’t mind being pulled in all direction by small children. Megan was very good at it too and used to enjoy all the fuss, it’s a shame she can’t be here for it. Shadow says she would have liked to have been there to support her sons but she does feel she’s earned a bit of a rest and to be honest I can’t blame her.
My Mistress is excited too as she is going to see a number of her friends while she is in the Midlands. With living so much further north now, she doesn’t see them very often and she misses them. I tell her she’s got me so shouldn’t mind so much. Ari is having some time with our grandparents while she goes out and he likes that because he get spoiled by Grandpa. I shall get to see them in another week so I don’t mind too much.
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Roooo good luck to all my Entle buddies in the show ring *Waggy tail*