Crufts 2025

Cinnamontoast said:
For obvious reasons, me and my OH were cringing at the dogs smacking into the board during the flyball. There must surely be lots of injuries and it can’t be a long career for the dogs?
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Depends on a really wide variety of things. My girl retired at 10, never injured and could have carried on but I wanted her to end on a high. She ran at 1 - 2 seconds slower than the dogs you see at Crufts though and current dogs (granted they're 6" and 7" height dogs which aren't sports bred) ran 5 -7 seconds.

I don't know if there's been any studies but I'd be interested in seeing if there is a correlation between those who start them early on jumps/high impact work to get them out as soon as they meet the minimum age to compete and those who bring them through slowly. I have my own anecdotal suspicions but would be interested in the science.
 
splashgirl45 said:
I loved the whippet but she looks so shut down, no joy in her , made me feel uncomfortable.. I liked the cocker spaniel best and I’m not a spaniel person
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I agree, the whippet was lovely and very correct but didnt show as much ‘sparkle’ as l would expect from a winning dog. Maybe just tired and fed up? The cocker was also lovely but was definitely fed up and didn’t show well although got better towards the end. I would have expected a bouncy, wagging tail. Maybe just not enough time for a rest. These dogs are on the go for hours on end and although somewhere like HOYS seems busy and is very tiring Crufts is a different level of exhaustion and noise.
 
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