We went to the club open show today and had a nice day out up till one point.

We won all the classes with Giorgia, Cerise & Scarlet and had a 2nd with velvet, only the Laekenois to go. As we were in the line up for tervs and the laek's were in the next ring we asked several times if they would wait for us, we were told yeh, no problem. Next thing i know they are calling them in, Thanks a bunch i thought but rushed to get the 3 Laeks out of the car and into the class. Huge mistake and one lesson learned. Having only one class, we were all bunched together and 3 Laekenois rushed is no joke, no one would stand at all they all thought it was very funny and exciting, then to top it all every other variety got to move their dogs as usual, up and down and triangles, what do we get up and down, hardly enough to see a Laeky move, wonder why that was? Hungry maybe! It makes my blood boil when you pay your money but are not taken seriously. Needless to say although we had best of breed with Ghia,(who i moved terribly even if i do say so myself) I could not stand it any longer with Gaby so left the ring, much to every ones shock. But if the judges and stewards can not be bothered to show courtesy then why should they get it back?

The pups are coming on nicely and growing fast now, another one left today for his new home, one more goes in the morning.

I had some new lawn laid again this week

(the 3rd time in 2 years)

It lasted 2 days before someone snuck on it and ate half of it.

Five new rolls later we shall see how long i can keep this one.

By the looks of this picture not long.

There is still 2 males available at the moment if any one is interested!

Zara is looking rather big considering she is not due to whelp for over 2 weeks, she is loving all this extra attention, even sleeping on my bed now. She has become very normal since being pregnant, can't quite get used to it.

Friday we were at Crufts to man the Laekenois booth for discover dogs. The dogs were absolutely fantastic and loved all the attention and fuss, i was especially impressed with Haramis as he has only been in the country 3 weeks, he was not bothered by anything.
I managed to sneak off a few times while Callum maned the booth and spend some money on things i don't really need !

Sunday we were back at Crufts again, this time to show. We had a very good day with results as follows, Tervueren we had 3 pups in the first five of the puppy bitch class, Scarlet 2nd, Coral 3rd, Cerise 5th. Adonis was 3rd in puppy dog, Giorgia, 4 th in limit bitch. In Groenendaels Barney had a 2nd in post graduate dog and finally in Laekenois Gaby had a 1st in yearling bitch and then had Reserve Best Bitch.

Pat was very pleased with Barney and Coral as this was her first time at Crufts, so congratulations to her.

Don't know where the time goes to when you are showing there, by the time we had finished showing and caught our breath we just about managed to do a little more shopping.

We were given tickets for best in show and as Callum had nagged us for years to stay for it i decided to let him go and watch it. That was a mistake, i watched it on the big screen but could hardly keep awake, we never left till 9.3o so by the time we got home it was close on 11 0'clock.

Paul then went down to the horses and took the dogs out (they do have their uses after all)every one thought we had gone mad.

It took 2 days to recover, we must be mad? Till the next time!

Where does the time go. Crufts seems to have come round very quickly and as usual i am not ready. we are at discover dogs with the Laekenois on Friday and then back again on Sunday to show. Hopefully i can get a few pictures.

The pups are getting bigger by the day, i missed getting their pictures this weekend as it was Jordan's birthday, we went ice skating for the first time and i surprised myself at being quite good at it.

The next day i was back at the ice rink again for Kai's Friends birthday, he was useless at it and it was all i could do to keep his bum off the floor.

Come Tuesday i was paying for whizzing round the rink, i could hardly move from aching muscles.

I won't be trying that again in a hurry.

We have a ten year old Belgian in rescue at the moment, groenendael or possibly a very dark tervueren, check out the web site http://www.bsdrescue.co.uk/ for more details, he desperately needs a home, or foster home, he is very friendly and lively for his age, if anyone is interested then contact me direct