American Cocker Spaniel Wins Gundog Category at Crufts 2008

Help me because I am struggling...

Struggling to see how a pampered pooch (not unlike the one pictured above) has just managed to bag the Best of Breed title in the Gundog Category at today's Crufts?

Let me tell you that dog had been groomed within an inch of its life; it would not last five minutes out in the field with a coat (or should that say, skirt?!) like that.

And don't get me started on the docked tail...

Yes, folks, Crufts is back!

Woof Woof

Comments

[Loolapaloola]

Huh. I've heard they use hairspray - even though it's supposed to be banned at Crufts. Hairspray! What sort of dog allows itself to be treated in this way?

Speaking as a gundog (failed - can't stand guns), you are spot on about that skirt, Woof Woofington.

My view on dogs, tails, and so called country sports is this: if a dog's tail isn't safe when it's 'working' and the only way to make it safe is to cut it off, then maybe that dog is in the wrong line of work.

Human beings have got a lot to answer for, in my opinion.

PS Who's your money on for Friends for Life, Woof ? As Percy, being a black Labrador, is a sort of relative, I suppose I should be voting for him - but I've got a sneaking sort of admiration for Nowzad and Tali. (I do love a bit of derring do and that soldier's a bit of a hunk.)