GWPC Meet the Breed Day

Today was the GWPC's Meet the Breed Day. It was a really enoyable day and for the most part we had good weather... that is right up until the point where they started judging the fun dog show and then the heavens opened and the show was moved inside!
The fun dog show (the proceeds from which went to GWPC Rescue) was well supported. I think this was the highlight of Megan's day - Megan being my eleven year old daughter - who won Most Beautiful Bitch with our black and white girl Tilly (Abbotsbourne Olympia for Klancraig). Megan was thrilled to take first place and delighted with her doggie-goody bag.
There were numerous demonstrations - falconry, working, show, grooming, clicker training and cani-cross. I found the talk which Diana Durman-Walters gave on falconry very interesting. She had taken along a young Barbary Falcon and given it's age chose to give a talk rather than a demonstration. I think it must be spectacular to watch a falcon and GWP working in unison - even more rewarding to be the one working them.






Diana Durman-Walters and the Barbary Falcon.
Pictures courtesy of Sue Rose.

The highligh of my day was winning Maureen and Tony Taylor's homemade Sloe Gin on the tombola... the biggest disappointment was getting half way home and realising that the unopened, catering sized Black Forrest Gateaux which I had been given was still sitting on the counter at Shirland Village Hall!!!!