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Halloween31 Funny!! Dec 1, 2009 9:30 AM Walking down the street with my dogs is really funny to do. Nobody passes me by without looking at my dogs or commenting on them. Luca they always call the dog they know from tin tin and Lance is always the little sheep. People laugh point and stop me in the street. Sometimes when I'm rushing it's a bit of a chore because you have to stop and chat and don't always have time, but mostly it's fun and nice to talk to people to tell them what kind of dogs they are and to tell them about their personalities. Today decided to take Lance out for my shopping and today was no different. People smile and all want to pet him and think he is some kind of wind up toy. People always want to know the breed and never have heard of it. Lance is a joy to take on shopping trips. He doesn't care if you stop and look and he just stands there and waits. He likes to smell everything and everybody who is near him. I think with bigger dogs people would be irritated about it, but Lance gets away with it. He just bats his eyes at them and jumps on his back legs and throws his paws forward and just wins everybody's heart and actually gets them all to come over and pet him. A little trick his owner never picked up on haha  
Halloween31 Was it all to much?? Nov 28, 2009 2:52 PM Today was the day!! We got up at 5 in the morning to get ready to head of to Amsterdam for the Winnershow. It takes me some time to get started so when I realized that I had to leave at 6:30 in the morning 5 was the time to set the alarm. Let me tell you I am not a morning person so when I woke up this morning the first thing on my mind was coffee and lots of it. Finally up and running shower and make up and finally getting Lance ready to go and taking all his stuff with me. Car packed, dogs walked and of we went. An hour later we were in Amsterdam and getting pretty excited and I wasn't the only one. Lance was in the car barking like a mad dog, I think to respond to all the barking of the other dogs that were also arriving and getting ready to go. We unpacked the car and started the walk to the exhibition. Getting inside was just as difficult as getting to the venue but finally we were there. I thought it would be a wise idea to put Lance in his bench, but he didn't seem to agree with me. He can howl like a wolf so that was a nice bit of unwanted attention, but when in Rome do as the Romans and just accept it. Tell him off a couple of times and try to explain (yes literally) why he is in there it will just be for a short time. He didn't understand!! Once inside you go and find the ring you are expected to show your dog. All the other Bedlington's were allready there (wow talk about commitment) some of these people left at 4 or 5 in the morning. Lance's breeder was there as well which helped me a lot with getting him ready. Start combing and getting your starter number and most important of all ..... you guessed it some more coffee!! Once your finally convinced he looks amazing the waiting game starts. The judge enters the ring and then all the excitement start. Too bad I didn't get a chance to put all that on my camera, but am pretty sure I can update some of my gallery with some help of the other owners. So you will get a chance to see what I am talking about. After 11 dogs it was finally my turn to enter the ring and my luck for Lance's first big show we had a swedish judge who made the comment of the day for me. He asked my to walk my dog around again, but without the ugly tale...................... That kind of threw me off and to be quite honest I am not a professional handler so did not know what to change in my handling to make it better. Just walked around again and it was bit better he said. He looked and looked and finally sat down for his final review. He graded him a very good which was a bit of downer for me as an excellent was needed so I could go the second round. On the other hand it was good for Lance. He was clearly not up for the challenge. He was to excited so all the other dogs and people were just to much for him to handle at that moment. We ended up spending the whole day just walking around and looking around and enjoying all the other dogs and  toys and so on. This way he got a chance to see all the other dogs and see how it's done. We finally made it out of there at 5:00 pm and having me as the driver didn't help. I so need a navigation system I ended up on the highway heading the wrong way so took me some time to find the right way back :-). Didn't affect Lance one little bit seeing that he crashed on the seat next to me on his new little bed I bought him today so he was comfy and sleeping. He slept all the way home and arriving home had his dinner and then decided to crash next to me on the couch. I couldn't do another thing tonight then just to sit and vegetate. Just took them for their final walk which was a rainy one so they were finished very quickly, thank goodness. Today was just not Lance's day. In my book he is still the prettiest dog so no complaining here just need the judges to see what I see. We will start to get ready for December. We have another show in Wychen in the Netherlands for Lance to go to so training starts all over for him to make him stand correctly and now we will have to work on my handling and his gorgeous tail.  Hopefully he will get his CAC which means he will be an official Dutch Champion.   Till then!  
Halloween31 I think it's love Nov 26, 2009 3:54 AM As you can see they are never long without each other. If you're looking for one usually you find the other right next to him.  
Halloween31 Winnershow in Amsterdam 2009 Nov 25, 2009 3:18 PM Well saturday (the big day) is nearly here. Today Lance was groomed to make sure he looks his best. Which is something he doesn't really like. Standing on a table and getting pampered and ready to look great. It seems he likes the shows, but all the work that has be done before he would like to skip. Not such a beauty dog after all ha ha. He is looking great though so hope it wasn't all in vain. Tomorrow it's going to be busy with getting the last things to make sure that he has everything he needs for saturday and to be very very honest. I am quite excited and nervous going there. This is going to be our 4th show so experienced we are not, but we're surely going to be make it a fun day!! Can't wait to see more Bedlingtons there!
Halloween31 Any suggestions? Nov 23, 2009 9:42 AM It seems that Luca is getting a kick out of destroying everything in sight whenever he is kind of alone. Of course he is never alone, but Lance has proven not be such a whirlwind of trouble. Every time I leave my house and come back I always wonder what now he will have found to rip up. Today it was the water bottles I haven't put in the fridge yet and kibble. At least he didn't eat the food he just rips the packages open and is very happy with the result. He is also very happy when I get home. Now Lance is a completely different story. You leave and he sets himself up on his chair and just stays there. He doesn't wander around or wants to destroy he just sleeps. Now I have tried everything I could think of. Left loads of toys and tried to keep him busy with a kong and so on, but nothing seems to help. Even so I think it's getting worse. He has even found my bag and decided that whatever was in there it had to be taken out. I could really do with some help from you guys and tips to see what I can do to stop this.   Thanks!

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