Crufts

Well its all over for another year but what a great Crufts it was this year for me and Pogo. The first day was the freestyle final which i am delighted to say Pogo won by performing her Hawaii 50 routine. Everything seemed to go to plan and it got a great reaction from the crowd. As Pogo had won this final she then had to go back in at the end of the day to perform it which is not ideal as she was in the HTM final the next day.
The second day dawned and i was a bit nervous about our HTM routine as it was a bit out of our comfort zone. Normally i tell stories in the routines but this year i had decided to push myself and do a routine to Lets face the music and dance. The routine went well although a couple of times my mouth was so dry the commands didn't come out so we had a couple of wobbles. Now i thought the crowds reaction to the Hawaii routine was good but this routine seemed to go down even better. I had lots of people coming up after the final to say how much they enjoyed it and have received lots of emails to complement us on our performance. Many people have asked whether or not i have taken dance lessons well not at all i just practised a lot to get myself right. Although we came third the top three all scored twenty six points with the decimal places deciding where we came.
Onto the Saturday where i had to represent England as i had won the freestyle final on the Thursday. Pogo by now was tired so it took a lot of effort to get her to perform as she did. The international competition was probably the toughest there has ever has been at Crufts. The standard was very high and considering Pogo was tired i was delighted we gained second place.
Sunday was just as busy as i had three displays to do in one ring which i had also been doing on the previous days as well as competing. Plus i was giving a demo on the Samsung stand which was very well received with over 200 people watching in a very small space.
I would like to thank everyone who wished me luck and congratulated us on our achievements. Also a big thank you to Penny and Jean who help me out during the four days at Crufts and made it so enjoyable.