Yesterday Charlie and I went to our first ever dog show; the Dog Day at Eleveden Estate which was raising money for Alzheimer's Society. It was a brilliantly organised event and I will definately be going back next year and would recomend it to anyone who wants to have fun with their dog. It was very busy and there were so many dogs that Charlie was actually quite subdued for the first hour, in true Charlie style though it did not last! The Suffolk Hunt had brought the hounds to display and I think Charlie thought he was one of them because he would not stop barking!
In preparation for the show we did get up early so Charlie could have a bath; generally he is quite good at this, he doesn't like it but he will stand in the bath and be showered and Shampoo'd. However I forgot that I had left the back door open so within 5 minutes he had to go straight back into the bath to wash off his legs which were black with mud - as was my sofa after he had jumped all over it! But is was worth the pain becuase Charlie was now looking and smelling very lovely indeed ready for his public appearance.
There was a dog dash, and although Charlie is pretty quick I did not fancy my chances of him actually coming back to me and I did not want to be responsible for the carnage he would cause if he got loose so we stuck to the showing classes! We did enter 'Dog the judge would like to Take Home' but we didn't even get shortlisted, this may be due to the fact that Charlie stole treats off of the floor, was jumping up to steal treats out of my hand and we had to keep stopping to untangle the lead - not his best performance! We did however have much more luck in the 'Handsomest Dog' there were 50 enteries and we managed to get Third prize, beaten by a massive Newfoundland and a very distinguished black Lab. Charlie and I were very chuffed with our rosette, though he did try and eat it whenever I wasn't looking!
I tried to get a nice photo of him next to the sign with his rossette to show you all but Charlie was not very co-opperative because there was a coop of Chickens behind him that was far more interesting. You can see from the pictures below that there were quite a lot of dud shots and I am afraid the one at the top was the best we could do.
After such a succesful day we are going to try and raise our standing and will be entering the classes at Suffolk Polo Club next Sunday. There will be an exhibition polo match, fun dog classes at 1pm, a bouncy castle and live music as well as the famous Suffolk Club teas so please come along if you are free; the event will be raising money for Kettlefields Promary School PTFA and Newmarket Citizens Advice Bureau.
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