Stubbylee Blog

We went up to the Hound Association of Scotland show with Diva & Rush. It was a pleasant, sunny day if a bit cold - certainly a big change to last year when it poured down and the ground was a quagmire. Kelso on a sunny day is one of the nicest show venues, between the town & Floors Castle, next to the river; the officials & committee are friendly which adds to the overall enjoyment of the day.

The judging was a complete surprise with Rush taking the Dog CC out of the Open class. Diva was in a mood but still got 2nd in Open. This is the 3rd time we’ve won a CC at HAS with Diva winning BOB last year & Elle winnig BOB under Robin Searle in 2005, when Liz also handled Mike Warr’s Oisen to the RDCC.  It was also at the Kelso showground So Chic won her 2nd CC under Leslie Kershaw so definitely one of our favourite venues.

After the show,  as it was still nice we decided to give the dogs a treat and take them to the beach at Bamburgh. Its the first time either have been to the seaside and they loved the sand, it’s just a pity the tide was in & the beach busy so we couldn’t let them run free. Rush discovered the delights of playing with seaweed, throwing it about and shaking big stalks of kelp. He even did a bit of paddling. Diva also played with the seaweed but refused to get her feet wet, whenever a wave appeared she scuttled rapidly back up the beach.

It was a long drive home afterwards with a couple of very tired dogs sleeping most of the way back after a very enjoyable day.