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Been watching all todays action, but the advert breaks are so annoying, 7 minutes into the programme the first one.
Anyway its all a fix as how could the judge not choose the stunning Gordon setter as best in Group !

Im not waiting to see the winner, but Im voting for the greyhound
 
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As a snow dog person my heart is with the husky but I do think the collie is very pretty ( no idea if she's a particularly good example of a collie though as I don't know much about them)
 
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I thought the flat coat was gorgeous, at least he was happy! The husky was pretty, I loved the collie. The Irish terrier had oodles of terrier attitude. The greyhound, seriously can it gallop? It’s hind legs looked awful to me. The poodle was a travesty and an insult to a jolly breed. The yorkie was ok, I quite liked it. The flat coat was a worthy winner.
 
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Flat coat was beautiful!

I would like to watch some of the hound stuff back - as I know a whippet came second in the group and would like to listen to some of that. Anyone watch the TV coverage for that day and was there anymore than just the best of the group?
 
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Loved the flattie and the piddling poodle.
Did like the IT but thought handler was perhaps restricting him a bit or he didn't show himself so well.
They have a long time in the holding area/hanging around and the light/heat/crowd must be a bit intimidating.
 
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SOS said:
Flat coat was beautiful!

I would like to watch some of the hound stuff back - as I know a whippet came second in the group and would like to listen to some of that. Anyone watch the TV coverage for that day and was there anymore than just the best of the group?
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I think they have been showing more of Crufts on YouTube.

ETA: I'm not sure exactly what but there is definitely extra coverage
 
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Think the flat coat was the clear winner. Fabulous example.

As a side note, I wasn’t really impressed with crufts for lots of reasons this year. I did go in the end on Saturday (not a day of breeds of mine or my interest, granted) and didn’t enjoy what I saw. Things seem to have rolled backwards in terms of the high profile/high profile Braccy breeds, spinning wildly away from more moderate types to very exaggerated forms in nearly all of those breeds. I’ve noted toy and utility day isn’t for me, but I did enjoy discover dogs as always.

Wasn’t a fan of either of my breeds BOB either, finding the rough collie the overdone modern type (when BOB bitch was classic aka correct) and the Pembroke corgi too low and far far too long and overdone. There were lots of other breeds I looked at and thought similar too. Disappointing really as I usually do really like crufts.
 
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satinbaze said:
A flatcoat I bred won the gamekeepers classes, so proud of him and his owner/handler. Not only a good show dog (he has his junior warrant) but has just completed a full season picking up
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That’s brilliant, well done. I saw some remarks on fb that the gamekeepers ring dog had probably never been shooting, I can put them right.
 
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