ppotterfield
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Last week we attended the Clumber Spaniel Nationals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We had Hadley, our Clumber Spaniel, with us, of course, but also took Buddy, our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. There were only a handful of canines who were not Clumbers in attendance and none of the others particpated to the extent our Buddy did. He had a ball as the Mascot at the Fun Relays, cheered his sister Hadley on as she took (and passed) her CGC test, watched Obedience and Rally while being a very good boy and slept under my chair thorugh most of Conformation. As a highlight to the week we went to watch the Hunt Trials and Hadley was scheduled to, and did take, a Birdiness test, to see if she might be a candidate for Hunt Trials in the future. When the evaluator finished with Hadley (the good news is that she is not one bit afraid of the birds; the bad news is that she needs to work on a "soft" mouth), she asked if we would like to have Buddy evaluated. Off he goes into the field! He followed the bird carefully but never would try to put it in his mouth (which would have been a sight as the bird was almost as big as he is). Anyway, we had a wonderful time, all the Clumber folks loved Buddy and he has been invited back next year! Here are some photos:
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