Well I've made a start with the Blogs I can pass on the Honest Scrap awards to

So these are the lucky winners of the honest scrap award !

http://www.crufts.org.uk/interact/blogs/hello-dog-lovers

http://www.wellbalancedpupmirk.blogspot.com/

http://wanderinggecko.blogspot.com/

http://www.bassethounds.nu/

http://www.sardalakes.org.uk/dogblog.html

http://www.crufts.org.uk/interact/blogs/news-across-pond

http://kateandginofficial.com/index.php

ALL I'VE GOT TO DO NOW IS ANSWER THE TEN QUESTIONS AND EMAIL ALL THESE GUYS TO SAY THEY HAVE WON THE AWARD!

Having fun with Twitter

Thing about Twitter is I'm hearing about news faster than I normally would - just have to sniff out the dogs and people who are interested in the same things I am - otherwise i'll get buried under a load of news I'm not interested in.

Honest Weblog award - means I've got to come clean

Ouch Fenway has awarded us with an Honest Weblog award which sounds a bit scary!The rules:"When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows he or she is real. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have 7 friends. Show the 7 random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Weblog.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on! "

Will have to have a think about this!

Early puppy socialisation or giving the pups a good time

I've been reading on a lot of forums about problems with dogs being put down for biting people and I really wish more people did more with their pups before they left their mum. One of the people who has written about this is David Appleby. Have a look at some of the things he has written at the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors http://www.apbc.org.uk/articles.htm and check out Pegs Pups if you havent seen it yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11JcnXNxeyg it shows Peg teaching her pups their manners and having fun at the same time.

We're getting the Press Pack ready to go to Crufts

We getting the team ready to go to Crufts. We're ordering our smart new Press Pack jackets and sorting out the work rota. We hope to have two tickets for dogs for each day so we are working out who is available and when.

My cousin Coire is going down to take part in the Good Citizen competition; Logan is talking part in the obedience for the Irish team; Tallulah who we met at Discover Dogs is taking part in her Young Kennel Club heelwork to music competition and Jethro the Bloodhound, who we also met at Discover Dogs, is going to be demonstrating hunting the clean boot!

Mirk will be going down for all four days but I have decided to stay at home - I'm not ready to work at crufts yet - probably next year when I am a bit older.

10/10 Rating for the Well Balanced Pup DVD

Good News for Well Balanced Pup to start the New Year! We've just heard that we have had a really good review for the DVD in February issue of Your Dog magazine. We scored 10/10 in their review and they recommended it as a "must have DVD" for anyone planning to breed a litter. They also recommended it as a good buy for people planning to buy a pup, to give them ideas of questions to ask of a breeder. Not forgetting the added bonus of the ahhhh factor of the footage of the puppies. Go out and get a copy and read it for yourself!

Something to celebrate about in the New Year !

We're celebrating getting a great review for our Well Balanced Pup DVD. Read Scouts Big News for the details.