Sarah Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 To those that went to crufts this year - what was it like and what were your experiences? I didn't get a chance to go this year and have never been so just interested to know what those that went thought of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahNukka&Shadow Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 I went last year and this year... last year didnt go in the main arena at all just looked round all the stands, discover dogs and the breed judging had a great time, this year spent most of the day in the main arena watching all the things they had to offer the agility, obeidence, heelwork to music, flyball and the rescue dogs parade and all the little demos they did and went out into the stands and discover dogs periodically again had a great time some of the heelwork to music especially was absolutly fantasic! Although I have come the conclusion that in order to get round everything you do need to go for at least two days if not all four! So will hope to be able to afford to go two days next year! And then in a few years time hope that if I work really hard with Nuks can train her to dance with me and get her in there to coz I think she'd LOVE it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelharou Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I was initially going to report on my experience in the thread I started earlier, but it has turned into the usual type argument. So thanks for starting this one (more images in my gallery) My Saturday started at 7am with a text from Angie who was already on the train. Talk about eager . I still made made it to the NEC before her, but that was because I had taken the train up to Birmingham the previous night. So I had a little while to get my bearings and find the Husky stand at the Discover Dogs section: I got to meet Meranda and Sweetie-Pie So I then met up with Angie who turned out to be very cool and really involved with dog welfare. She ended up meeting tons of people she has worked with in the past. she was kind enough to swap me a whole bunch of goodies for my extra crufts ticket. It was then time for lots of dog discovering This hairless mexican dog was definetely the warmest and weirdest to pet. It was then back to the husky stand for the new set of huskies with their owner And more discovering... This Portuguese Podengo/Warren Hound was soooo cute Chief, the cool malamute from a stand selling treadmills for dogs Angie and I went through tons of stalls. I thought I had seen most of them when I realized I had only seen 2 halls out of 5! That is why I had the impression that there weren't that many quality products or sled dog specific ones. There was a dedicated EzyDog stall which was very cool as they have a new harness which is not on their site yet. Anyway, too tired and knowing I was returning I left around 6pm. Angie had been joking all day about missing her train that it actually happened Her first train was late so she missed her connnection. Sorry Angie and THANKS!! Second day's report coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelharou Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 So on to day 2, Sunday. This was going to be Shopping Day since I had held off on buying anything the previous day. Warning: Don't do this alone, as you will get carried away. But I first started with (Re)Discover Dogs and the Huskies of course because it is so great being able to see these many dogs and pet them all These are actually Jacqui Sercombe's huskies. She is a member here (tokyn17) and was responsible for organizing the Siberian Huksy stand. I then took a break to see the main Arena which I had missed the previous day It was soo much fun to see the knock-out agility. I then went to the look for a semi-slip collar, a cani-cross or pulling harness and a backpack. I found the stand for muddypaws.co.uk and got the Ruffwear palisades pack for £85 instead of £99 (http://www.muddypaws...k/prod_293.html) I got a medium since Yanky is 78cm in girth but I'm not sure its the right fit. They said I could exchange it, so I went ahead. The EzyDog pack looked a lot smaller in terms of volume it could carry and the large one looked like it would be too big on him. I'll send pics when he tries it on Continuing on my quest for goodies i met Sindy and Shafi from www.kisi.co.uk with some of their dogs: Sindy was extremely helpful and advised me on a running belt (which I bought) and a semi-slip collar, and a Norwegian racing harness. I ended up getting the XXL harness on her advice after one of the huskies modeled it for us (it was funny when I yelled hike and the husky woke up from his lethargy) I then got two different training/ladder leads, one cheaper one and then a better one from Red Dingo. They were the same price but there is so much out there you can't really do true comparison shopping. I ended my day at 6pm again, with really sore feet and legs. All in all, it was a great weekend and I do think that I want to spend more time at the arena next time. But meeting dogs hands on is just really nice. They are just incredibly affectionate and well-behaved. Again, there are lots more pictures in the gallery. Who says I don't put pictures up now?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelharou Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Oh yeah, I also saw the trainer and dogs from Eastenders (this means something only to those in the UK). This was held at one of the dogs foods who sponsor her. She had a whole bunch on dogs performing neat acting tricks on commands. They are all very food motivated and stand on 'mark'. I asked which dog treats they used for the training, and it turned out to be hot dog slices , not the dog food treats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks for sharing your wonderful pics with us. It was great to see. Sounds like you had a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 wow what a FANTSTIC write up and pics!!! Thank you so much Sounds like you had an excellent day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 wow, great pics! i always want to go there and now i'm closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelharou Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Thanks for the feedback. It was tons of fun and really worth it. Going over my notes from the Crufts weekend: The husky stand was manned by Jacqui Sercombe on the Sunday. She is a member here (tokyn17) and those are 3 of her huskies. She actually organized the husky stand at Discover Dogs. Angie and I found a stand for a new sledding dog shop: www.XtraDog.com. It was a little weird because I was looking for a semi-slip collar and they told me they didn't believe in choke collars so they didn't have semi-slip ones either. I'm not sure they knew the difference. Here is the new harness which EzyDog is gong to start selling: http://doxlock.com/. It is actually produced by a different company and probably sold under a licensing term. I actually found it in a different stand with tags in german and no mention of EzyDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Great post and fab pic's thank you, the new harness ooks intresting and it sounds like you spent a pretty penny xxxx glad you had a great time xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I have never seen a harness like that. Did you actually buy one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I've not seen a harness like that before. Does it fasten with velcro though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelharou Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Nah, I bought a Palisades harness with detachable backpack and also a Norwegian racing harness. The doxlock does have velcro on the sides but it is only to attach customizable stickers . What is interesting is that it has a ton of accesories and in theory could be a walking harness, a pulling harness, backpack, etc all in-one. But thet didn't have any pricing except that they sold out of the samples they brought to the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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