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I was just pleased that having brought it up intermittently for the last half hour/hour that they did discuss the issues with them further.

I guess we know what all the other presenters have breed wise so it had to come up.

I was most amused by the suggestion that if you were thinking of a labrador consider an irish setter :)
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Didn't see that. Mmmm...
 
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Why on this planet or any other did that bloke spend eight months and who knows what resources training a spaniel to track cats???!? How the actual expletive of choice is that a specialist talent that is needed? And why did Balding and the other woman then infer that the concept of dogs possibly being able to also learn to track humans by scent was also new and amazing? Dogs have been used to do exactly that for centuries - has someone rewritten history?

Don't even get me started on the fluffy, long legged creatures masquerading as JRTs.
 
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KittenInTheTree said:
Why on this planet or any other did that bloke spend eight months and who knows what resources training a spaniel to track cats???!? How the actual expletive of choice is that a specialist talent that is needed? And why did Balding and the other woman then infer that the concept of dogs possibly being able to also learn to track humans by scent was also new and amazing? Dogs have been used to do exactly that for centuries - has someone rewritten history?

Don't even get me started on the fluffy, long legged creatures masquerading as JRTs.
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Very much agree there. Why highlight a skill that is a mockery when they could have shown how dogs are saving lives.
 
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KittenInTheTree said:
Why on this planet or any other did that bloke spend eight months and who knows what resources training a spaniel to track cats???!? How the actual expletive of choice is that a specialist talent that is needed? And why did Balding and the other woman then infer that the concept of dogs possibly being able to also learn to track humans by scent was also new and amazing? Dogs have been used to do exactly that for centuries - has someone rewritten history?

Don't even get me started on the fluffy, long legged creatures masquerading as JRTs.
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Have to agree. I thought it was just me missing something. Haven't dogs been used to find missing people for a very long time? As for tracking cats, most dogs would do this anyway. Bit puzzled to be honest.
 
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KittenInTheTree said:
Why on this planet or any other did that bloke spend eight months and who knows what resources training a spaniel to track cats???!? How the actual expletive of choice is that a specialist talent that is needed? And why did Balding and the other woman then infer that the concept of dogs possibly being able to also learn to track humans by scent was also new and amazing? Dogs have been used to do exactly that for centuries - has someone rewritten history?

Don't even get me started on the fluffy, long legged creatures masquerading as JRTs.
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I came back in the room when that was on and thought i had missed something and cat was some weird acronym. I'd like to volunteer my dogs as rabbit and squirrel detection dogs, fully trained :)
 
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I'll be there on Saturday. Never been before which is silly as I live 10 minutes from the NEC.

Need to check what is on as I haven't even looked yet. Hopefully will see some Agility, esp as Ava and I will miss our Saturday agility session.
 
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Disappointing coverage. I would have liked to see a bit more of the judging and the dogs and less of the Clare and Ewen Show really.
 
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Satinbaze - Say Hi to Gemma. She'll be showing my boy's Dad - Hugo Boss in the Open on Saturday. I have two of his son's. Good luck!
 
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MotherOfChickens said:
anyone know when/if the vulnerable breeds will be shown please? Fitz has a claim to fame :D
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I dont know if it will be on tv coverage. If you go to the live coverage on youtube you can then move the curser back and watch earlier classes, or alternatively it should be available tomorrow on youtube as a separate class.
 
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Annette4 said:
Judging was fixed, 1st and 2nd hound were the wrong way around ;)
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I've already said I rate the bitch judge for the whippets so I shall assume that is a nice specimen :D I won't watch Crufts as the rubbish they talk about hounds is unbelievable....

Mind you it did make me giggle tonight, rang my mum to congratulate her on her second place (knowing she would be really annoyed at not winning the class!) only to find they had made a mistake on the numbers and she wasn't second at all :D :D she thought it was all very funny.... :)

ETA - just seen the bitch whippet judge has changed! Still, a nice pic of the BOB online :)
 
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I'm watching day one on catch up - the cat finding dog feels like satire... Especially when they started chatting about how if a dog could be trained to find a cat they could be trained to find a person after saying two mins previous that's what inspired him.
 
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I'm extremely saddened to have heard of the passing away on 16/02/17 of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed's CC record holder, the absolutely gorgeous CH Valglo Casanova at Crossguns (Vinnie). He's my Staffie's Daddy so I've always had a very soft spot for him. I'm very privileged to have a Staffie with Vinnie's good genes and lovely temperament, and he lives on in the many lovely Staffies that he helped to create over many years. RIP Vinnie :'(
 
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