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Wonderful day out on Sunday at Chiswick House dog show.  This superbly organised show was held in the grounds of the historic Chiswick House in west London.  It had all the atmosphere of  a family fairground with 500 dogs competing in agility, in fancy dress and sheer cuteness.  No one gave a damn for breed standards although there were certainly some fine pure breeds there were also great rescue dogs and bizarre crossbreeds.

The organisers were very enthisiastic about wagger.co.uk and even gave yours truly the use of the public address system to tell thye visitors all about the ‘wagger’ concept.  We had a steady flow of visitors to our stall and I hope a lot of them will be joining up with us soon.

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A wonderful set of pictures of dogs surfing is at http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Dog-Surfing-Competition-In-California—Surf-Dog-Surf-A-Thon/Media-Gallery/200909215381224?lpos=World_News_News_in_Picture_World_News_Region_2&lid=GALLERY_15381224_Dog_Surfing_Competition_In_California_-_Surf_Dog_Surf-A-Thon

Great dogs, great shots!

The sun was certainly shining on Saturday in Surrey.  I was visiting the Richmond show just outside Guildford. The setting was beautiful in the grounds of Loseley Hall.  Everyone was so pleased with the weather, last year was a washout and this year we were in the high 20’s and not a cloud in the sky.  This was wagger’s first championship show and we were very well received.  A lot of ringside chat concerned itself with docking and breed standards.  I think a lot of people at the show found dogs with tails to be quite a novelty. Contrast this with my Sunday at Battersea Reunion in the park where most of the dogs were lucky to have their tails and other parts of them still intact .  I heard terrible tales of dogs rescued from cruelty and I think the last thing on anybodys mind was achieving breed standard! The weather was less clement but the atmosphere was a real carnival.  I must say that wagger was very warmly received and my email box is overflowing with warm greetings from people I chatted to.  Don’t get me wrong I love championship shows - I used to show Yorkies so I know good ear placement when I see it but I reckon the Battersea dogs had a hell of a lot more fun than the ones I saw at Richmond.