It was a mad day at Crufts! SO much to see - and that was just the retail stalls! We met up with lovely Fiona of Melrose & Mutt and were trying to find Jo Good and Anna Webb, but those two had spent the entire Thursday at Crufts already and were 'crufted out'. The NEC was packed with shoppers, dogs, any merchandise remotely associated with dog ownership but: not a whistle in sight (apart from the odd gundog whistle)!!!! We would like to have a presence at Crufts or Discover Dogs some day, but prices (we are talking thousands) are so prohibitive that you have to be a heavily sponsored or established business. Or have a very rich boyfriend. I wonder what is easier to attain... Anyway, we saw some Malinois, some heavily brushed Border Collies and watched the winners of the Australian Shepherds, one of Gunilla's favourites... mind, they were all groomed to an inch of their lives (have a look at the picture), and most Aussies we know are usually covered in horse poo...

Matilda: What's wrong with horse poo?
Merlin: Oh, you are SO common!