{"id":11665,"date":"2016-02-09T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2016-02-09T06:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T06:00:03","slug":"tuesday-9th-february-2016-an-interview-with-basil-about-crufts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/02\/09\/tuesday-9th-february-2016-an-interview-with-basil-about-crufts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 9th February 2016 &#8211; An interview with Basil about Crufts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Wilma here and Alfie is letting me do an extra post this week about Crufts. I thought it would be fun to interview Basil about what it\u2019s like going to Crufts and taking part. He Dickens and Addie will be there again this year and whilst I know they aren\u2019t related to me, I think of them as my big brothers and sisters with living with Shadow. So here is what I asked him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you have to do to prepare for your big day? Tell us about any special beauty regime you have. I know you\u2019re a boy, but there must still be things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11354\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11354 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image2-169x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Basil in the ring\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basil in the ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crufts is the only show that I get pampered for. My human takes me to see her friend who gives me the full works. I dislike the hair dryer thing, it&#8217;s very strange but afterwards I am so soft and my coat is super shiny. It&#8217;s not all bad though as these people make yummy treats and I get to see the sausage lady. For a general championship show I only get a bath if I&#8217;m super muddy, otherwise it&#8217;s s quick clean and go which is nice and easy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you enjoy most about being in the show ring?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I enjoy working with my human mum, I love to make her proud. I also like to show off just how handsome I am and what an awesome breed we are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has been your worst moment in the show ring?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well that depends on who you ask! I didn&#8217;t like it when my human mum was pregnant and our friend Amy took me in the ring as I lost my confidence and didn&#8217;t like the judge. If you ask Robyn she&#8217;ll tell you it was when I was a pup and decided I wasn&#8217;t going to move and I grabbed her arm instead wanting duck and barked the whole time, or when I barked at the judge and she jumped so high, but that was rather funny *waggy tail*<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has been your proudest moment so far?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My proudest moment was winning my class at crufts last year and then being awarded reserve best dog. I have a fancy green crufts rosette! The judge said I was within a whisker of winning best dog!!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which is your best side, left or right?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roooo I think my right, purely for the fact that side has white on my muzzle and hides the mischief line on my left *waggy tail*<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does your human do that you would change if you could?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She holds my leg to stop me sitting down on the judge when they check my manhood! I&#8217;d rather they didn&#8217;t touch me there as it tickles but am told its one of those things they have to do!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you do to unwind after a show?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rooo that depends on the location. I anyways get a nice walk after I have done some shopping at the show. When we go to Malvern shows there is s lovely little village we visit after and go for s pub lunch overlooking the river, it\u2019s very relaxing and pretty. If we are close to home I get a good game with my ball.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you celebrate if you win?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At summer shows I get an ice cream! Well to be fair my human mum is very good as she<\/p>\n<p>always gets me an ice cream regardless as she says she always takes the best dog home and as long as I do my best she can ask no more. I just like getting a new ball to run around and show off with *waggy tail*<\/p>\n<p>You can buy tickets to attend Crufts\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crufts.org.uk\/content\/ticket-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>, but don&#8217;t forget there is still time to win tickets in our competition that you can find <a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/2016\/02\/02\/tuesday-2nd-february-2016-win-free-tickets-to-crufts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find short stories to read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=rosemary%20j%20kind\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s Wilma here and Alfie is letting me do an extra post this week about Crufts. I thought it would be fun to interview Basil <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/02\/09\/tuesday-9th-february-2016-an-interview-with-basil-about-crufts\/\" title=\"Tuesday 9th February 2016 &#8211; An interview with Basil about Crufts\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,3,91],"tags":[74,86,73,34,93],"class_list":["post-11665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crufts","category-day-to-day-life","category-giveaways","tag-beethoven","tag-competition","tag-crufts","tag-kennel-club","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}