Such a devastating thing to happen to our friends over in England and beyond!! I wish there was an end to this epidemic in site. A good friend of my family lives in Darlington and loves to fish, but hasn't been able to go to his regular fishing locations because of the outbreaks. Carrie mentioned Cumbria, the lake district(that's where he likes to go). It's so sad!! Cumbria is very Beautiful!!! I truely feel for everyone over in England and Ireland and everywhere else this terrible plague is attacking. Especially the poor farming community!! You are all still in my thoughts and prayers every day.
It's a disappointment for the people involved in Crufts for sure, but definitely better to postpone or cancel the show due to this awful outbreak. Imasmartie, so sorry to hear that you are not allowed to go back to college??!!
Jackie and Carrie did bring up an idea for an interesting topic. Since I'm really not too familiar with the show dog world, it is interesting to see the differences in the dogs seen in Crufts and those shown here in America, like at the Westminster. Although, I do think England has it better with the show dogs in that it doesn't allow for animal mutilation, ie Earcropping and tail docking. I do agree that a dog should look like a dog. It was interesting because Jackie mentioned the cockers that looked differently. I noticed that too. Last year's runner up was a blue (?) cocker? The traditional american cocker spaniel looks a lot different that the one shown in Crufts. The cocker shown in crufts was taller in the leg and longer in the snout as opposed to the one's we're used to. It's interesting to see the differences.