Mad Weekend

Hi all,
I have no art to show today, as my time has been taken up with lots of other things. Firstly I was judging a dog show at the weekend which was great fun, again so many different breeds,shapes,sizes and colours. Three Newfies attended, one a pup,a two year and one of about of four years and great to see them all together. Three superb Boxers as well,mum and her two youngsters who wanted to do nothing but play,not just amongst themselves but with their companions who were a gorgeous blonde German Shepherd and a white Staffy,who was particularly laid back and unfazed by all the madness going on around him. A beautiful statuesque Harquelin Dane attended,very striking dog with one front black stocking leg, and he was given Reserve in the show. Best in show was given too a small pup who straight away grabbed my attention as well as the other judge,simply because initially we could not work out what he was. In fact he was a poodle/parsons jack russell terrier cross,all black except for a little white chin,and the oddest textured coat I have ever come across. As a pup he was so well behaved, lovely natured and walked wonderfully on the lead despite his owner using a stick. The weather was fantastic, but it did get a tad hot towards the afternoon and as I was concerned about the dogs overheating we moved the show along at a pace, all in all a great day but boy I was knackered at the end of it!
The other part of time was taken up with taking in a little rescue Jack Russell dog of 9 months old, who we were hoping would be become a member of my pack,but sadly this did not work out. As mentioned in a previous post we were looking for a playmate for Bluebell, as Poo Poo is getting a little too old now for all the madness, and we had been a little concerned as to how she would be when the time came for Poo to cross the Rainbow Bridge. It did not go quite as expected as Bluebell made it quite clear that she did not want him here, which in turn stressed Poo out. Go to be honest I felt awful and sad for little Jasper who was so sweet, and we had to let him go. It has made me realise that another dog is a big no no, least ways whilst Poo is still here,and that maybe Bluebell will be just as happy having us all to ourselves.

I will be sorting out all my photos soon and will put some in my flickr album.