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Location: north east
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 545
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just saw this post.....thanx to you all
i had a great time the ppl in ireland are so helpfull,friendly, good sportsmanship,we were up at 4.30 am (didnt go to bed till 2am) left for airport to be there 6am,flight 7am,went to friends when landed...did the bacon sandwich,tea n chat..then off to the show for 11am,judging was at 12....took my own stewards with me so that i knew i was organized as a lot of the irish had to catch tea time ferries to come over here for north east champ show...i had an entry of 91....think 68 turned up
,there were some nice dogs...2 or 3 males id ov brought home
,but there were a lot more bitches id ov loved to own,the main thing that stood out for me was the overall condition ov most staffords there...they were a lot fitter than the majority ov staffords in the ring here,and secondly there were a lot ov sound moving bitches...my best dog was a puppy who also got best puppy in show,his sister was best puppy bitch ,my best bitch and res best bitch were sisters whom went bis and rbis, they were also sisters to my 2 zara and hatty, repeat matings ov abbey,managed to get finished around about 3.30-4pm... did photos ect then off to friends for tea,as i just had quick can ov pop whilst did raffle break for quickness.... flight home left at 8.30pm so we were at airport 7ish...shopped in duty free
then home we came....well not quite...had friends staying with me ready for neast show....and id booked all the irish lads and some from down south here in to pub bnb near me...so straight from airport we went to the pub 10pm....plan was to be there till 11.30ish...ohno
...4.45 am we left the pub...got to my house made my guests cuppa tea....they went to bed 5.30am...so i thought when every1 gets up its gonna be 1 mad rush getting ready so 6am i had a bath....then had aprox hour shut eye
then up every1 was 8am...breakfast was on cooking dogs and cages all sorted...and off we left for neast show at 9.30am....so since fri night id had roughly 4hours sleep....but was worth it coz from start to finish i had a great weekend...
ive got some pics ov my winners inireland il send them to pete or emma tomorro to post for you to see.
thanx again jayne