I didn't tell you about the Suffolk Dog Day last weekend! It was amazing, there were 100's of dogs, lots of dog shows, funny agility competitions and stands with dog stuff!!! As far as my eyes could see there was dog stuff!!!
Mummy had her stand there selling her "Doggy Bag's" and paintings. The bags proved to be quite popular, it was nice to see people walking around with them. There were lots of different kinds of dogs there, the man we met at Tendering Show with the two Italian Bacco's was there, this time with a different pair, they were admittedly a beautiful pair with an aristocratic, almost snobby air about them. Mummy wants one now, she seems really keen on these dogs, I do hope she doesn't get one because we are planning for me to have puppies in the autumn with Percy, she will definitely keep one of them so there won't be room for a Bacco.
Do you remember me telling you about "Storm" the Great Dane? mummy met him at the Suffolk Show earlier in the year (we posted a picture she did of him in an older post - here it is again to save you looking)
Well, he was at this show, mummy spotted him straight away and his owner bought the painting! It was so nice because it looked just like him and is much better hung in his house than in ours, there isn't enough room for 'other' dogs anyway, all the wall space should be kept for me and Mouse!
By afternoon, the show ground was packed with a variety of dog owners, some with an uncanny resemblance to their pets, for example there was a short stocky man who had a big fat tummy, he walked quite stiffly and looked uncomfortable, on the end of the lead he was holding was a huge British Bulldog, panting and wheezing in the heat as he waddled along to heel. Mummy put a bowl of water down for the passing dogs, he drank what appeared to be the lot but his awkward shaped face slopped most of the water over the sides. I am glad I have a neat 'beak' and not a squashed one, I am not keen on the 'snubby' Pug faces although mummy likes them for their character.
As we were there all day we had a couple of biscuits from the dogs bags as a snack, 'quality control' as it is referred to, Mummy and Chris had two German Bratwurst each (which they didn't share!) and two cakes each! Thats just greedy if you ask me, we didn't get any of them either! No wonder they are so fat, oops did I say that?
By 3.30 it had sadly clouded over and the the heavens opened with a loud crashing storm, complete with flashing lights and rumbles, a bit like the jet that suddenly appear at home. This kinda killed the show although after the rain had passed, things picked up again and more unusual dogs appeared on the stand. My favourite was an ancient Bulldog with one ear missing, the type with the long Roman nose and small "piggy eyes" she was very sweet and told me it wasn't from fighting, it had been removed because of a tumour. I asked her if it affected her balance, she said it did at first but she has learnt to live with it and her body has managed to compensate somehow.
Another dog I liked was a large Basset Hound, he was very comical to look at, his huge drooping ears dragged along the grass as he walked on thick set stumpy legs with ceases of skin around the joints. He too was very friendly, he told me not to under estimate a Basset Hound, saying "I'm bloody fast when I need to be, my ancestors were fine hunting dogs!" I struggled to imagine this having met fox hounds and tried to picture a pack of these saggy skinned tri-coloured's baying on a scent. The moment was soon gone and I was onto the next dogs, this time two liver and white German Pointers.
Pointer's are another favourite breed for mummy, I am sure that if we had a bigger house and lots of money we would have a whole pack of dogs, mummy loves German smooth and Wirehaired Pointer's, smooth Jack Russell's (affectionate name for 'Bastard's' sorry but it's true) Wirehaired Visla's and anything which looks like a Fox Hound. I think its something to do with HPR, hunt, point retrieve. Quite where a Jack Russell fits in I will never understand as they are HKCH, hunt, kill, create havoc. I on the other hand am perfect and as far a a terrier is concerned I broke the mould!
Incase those reading aren't aware, (I have mentioned in earlier blogs), mummy's last two terrier's 'Yoda' and 'Sneaky Bovril' were a nightmare, I overheard mummy saying that they would never have been able to go to a show like this because of all the fights they would cause! I rest my case.
XX Popp's
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