Why I Haven't Been Blogging Recently

Hello again,

I apologised quickly earlier about not blogging so much recently - I honestly am really sorry - and decided that for my actual post today I would explain to you why it has been like this. No quotes today as it's the weekend and I'm only "quoting" in the week, just a bit of an explanation.

Last Weekend's Show
Last weekend I was at dog show with my friend's dogs, Elsie and Cashmere - it wasn't a massive one but it was a whole weekend long so I was there Friday evening to Sunday late afternoon. It was held at a golf club about four hours up north in Yorkshire. There were so many dogs - over 500 - and plenty of different breeds. I love going to shows in different areas other than the south east of England as I get to meet new like minded people and their lovely dogs. There were only about fifty or so Great Danes.

It was a very early start for us - I was woken up at 5am for breakfast and we were at the venue for 6.45am - as Cashmere had her Junior Bitch class at 8am. It was a class of eight so only took half an hour to judge. We had to perform a triangle and up and down, followed by a stand, and had to move around the ring with the other dogs. The judge had a bit of a hard time choosing which dog should place where, but after a long decision and lots of judging the awards were presented and we proudly came reserve! Elsie was in the Veteran Bitch class at 8.45am - she was very naughty and acted more like a puppy than a seven year old! She kept pulling at and chewing her show lead, getting in my way and slipping her lead - which everyone found hilarious, Despite her constant mischief, we did very well and ended up winning. Elsie was in the Veteran Bitch class at 10.45am - she was very naughty and acted more like a puppy than a seven year old! She kept pulling at and chewing her show lead, getting in my way and slipping her lead - which everyone found hilarious, Despite her constant mischief, we did very well and ended up winning the class and going onto Best Bitch where we earned another 1st, and then a Reserve Best Of Breed - I was so proud of her! We spent the rest of Saturday looking around the show and shopping.

On Sunday I was entered into the Junior Handling Over 12's with a gorgeous Miniature Schnauzer called Salty who is owned by my cousin. The class was massive - over thirty dogs - and took over an hour and a half to judge! We made the shortlist but then the judge told me to do a T-shape - which went well until he stepped to the side. It was my fault as I should've been watching him at all times so had to move quickly so I wouldn't come between Salty and him - which looked really messy. We came out with a sixth because of that, but I was just pleased to be in the shortlist anyway!

Last Week
I haven't been blogging this week as there's been a few issues with my young horse, Pixie. She was been a bit lame on and off recently so that was looked into, but no one knows what's going on with her leg so she had to go to an equine hospital for further investigation. I've been very busy with school so doing homework, choosing GCSEs and caring for her aswell as riding my other two horses and going to ringcraft training has taken up all of my time. THE GOOD NEWS IS that Pixie is now getting better so I have more time than I did earlier this week, but I'm still quite busy. We found out that she had a tendon problem which resulted in her going lame on and off - she's now on box rest until April but she's fine and so I'm pleased with that!

Anyway, that is all I will say for now and I'll try to get some pictures up soon! They will be added in the photo gallery section.

Thanks for reading!!

Kelseigh :)