Comments on: Thoughts on Crufts

By: parlance

parlance — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:50:14 +0000

As far as I know, Crufts hasn’t been televised in the past in Australia – though I’m not sure, because I thought it was all about conformation so I wouldn’t have taken any notice of it – but if it’s on the computer in future it would be great. Now that this in-breeding discussion has hit the headlines, there’s been the extra publicity that lets people like me know there is more to Crufts than dogs standing around on tables.

By: Gussie

Gussie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:17:56 +0000

@Ben – thanks for the info, I will definitely have to work myself up into some sort of DIY activity. @Johann – I think the Scandinavians are the ones to watch. The Swedish kennel club in particular has been monitoring which dogs are bred to which and I understand they have a 20 years of data available on the internet for those who want to know – and who can read Swedish …

By: Johann The Dog

Johann The Dog — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:21:48 +0000

I admit I absolutely loved watching all the agility on the live stream. And I always love hearing Peter’s commentary. I do hope that changes in the standards over there do continue, You in the UK, lead the way for us over here in the US. If you make changes for the better, they will make there way here as well, eventually. You are always ahead of the pack over there Now I’m off to catch up on the rest of your blog, we’ve been MIA recently, bad doggies

By: Ben Mcfuzzylugs

Ben Mcfuzzylugs — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:32:53 +0000

So totaly agree, this year was the 1st in ages I was actually getting excited about crufts – all that agility!! but unfort my computer crashed every time I tried to watchGlad I missed the GSD, I really hate to see them with that roach back thing – and I have been in so many online conversations with GSD breeders who cannot see anything wrong with the poor dogs wabbling across the arena!!- also soooo glad that my lovely mutts can do agility in this country – its sad that other countries are so snobby about a bit of paper!!As for the homemade agility stuffI am rubbish at DIY but this was fairly easyI just found an offcut of wood about the size I wanted, cut up some thin wood battons and glued them on roughly evenly, painted in outdoor gloss paint (even in 2 colours – although of course the height of the contact is wrong) and then shook some sand ontop so it isnt slippyReally has worked well for Ben – espech the seesaw as he was totaly scared of them just a few weeks before the Glennifer show – but we practised every day for a week and then he loves them