Crufts 2007

Being dog owners, Alison and I always look forward to watching Crufts on the Tv every year, but this year we decided to actually go and see it for ourselves.
It was incredible, thousands of people crammed into the immense halls at the National Exhibition Centre, all wanting to meet the dogs, watch the demonstrations and buy stuff for their pets. We couldn't believe it, at one point we were trapped in a queue for a pet toy stall, that we didn't even intend to visit, fortunately we managed to get out of the melee, and make our way to the main arena.

We arrived in time to watch an excellent demonstration by the RAF Dog Display team. The dogs demonstrated all sorts of agility demonstrations, climbing over high walls, along parrallel bars and even jumping over a guy reading the paper. I was a little disappointed they did not show the attack dogs bringing down an intruder, but I suppose in an enclosed space with 6,000 guests, might have proved a little dangerous. I also spotted the RAF Photographer, but I didn't recognise her.

After a little lunch, we had a look around the dogs waiting to be judged, it was great to see the owners preening the little Terriers ready for the judges. Most of the owners were extremely friendly, and let us meet the dogs, but one lady was obviously a little stressed by the whole situation, needless to say we did not hang around to be abused.

The whole day flew by, we both enjoyed it, especially the Discover Dogs area, which had over a hundred different breeds of dogs for the public to meet. Everything from the giant Mastiff breeds to the tiny toy section, they even had some very rare breeds like the Otterhound.
We finished the day collecting free samples from the food suppliers, I think Lucy will be fed for free for a week.

I am not sure we will both be going next year, but I will definately put in a bid to get a proper press pass, I feel a little project coming on