Over the weekend we went to the British Briard Club fun day, at Bickenhill near Birmingham!!

We arrived shortly after 4pm and it was raining so we had to wait in the car for the rain to stop before we could set the tent up, in the far corner of the field which was "Briard Central!" There was loads of gorgeous champion Briards, mostly twice the size of Sirius, and as soon as we set to work putting up our medium sized tent, a delightful lady came over to invited us to do some fun agillity!! Fortunatly I had managed to explain to some via a forum that Sirius is a cross breed and not a proper Briard, but there were still many questions to be answered as to what he is crossed with!! We still don't know, but most were saying some kind of spaniel, then another lady came over quiet in awe at my Pud and she was a breeder who said he was possibly a very rare breed of European sheep-dog! Many said "does he heard?" Oh yes!! I had said as Sirius does indeed hurd me and Derek together and its worse if Mum is about...if Derek and I are not together he sulks and sits grumbling too himself...Anyway here is a short video I took on my pod of my baby's attempt at the fun agillity!! Sorry for the quality! It was raining and Derek got in the way too!!



After this we carried on organising the tent and our stuff and later we were invited to a quiz, and the evening had a delightful "doggie rave" air!! I nearly fell off my chair in shock though when one lady announced over a megga-phone that the winner of the fun agillity for the non Briard was........SIRIUS!!! Derek and my pud went to collect his prize which was a an excellent "dog walkers companion" featuring water carrier, travel bowl, treats pouch and play bone all in one delightful package!! I had not expected that!! There were other non Briard dogs at the event who were much better behaved that my hell-raiser pudding!! Anyway we joined in the quiz but it was getting late and pudding was restless so I took him back to our tent, and left Derek drinking with his new quiz team mates. When Derek didn't come back for half an hour, Sirius was certainly getting irritated, but much to my relife he appeared shortly after slightly tiddled!! We soon settled down into a comfy and very cosey nights sleep!!
The next day at the event was strictly "Briard champions only" and a proper dog show, where a lot more people appeared and indeed more dogs. We took a short drive for breakfast and then came back to see the rest of the show!! The Briards were truly magnificent!! But as it was hot, Sirius was becoming restless again, and I think he was getting quite spooked as he had never seen so many people and dogs before!!! Indeed when we got back and got to bed last night, he was certainly not himself and kept us awake for a while panting and grumbling. I think he was just a bit overwhelmed by it all, and if we go to another doggie day out I feel he would be better off at a smaller event. It was, however, a superb day and will be long remembered!!

What would I put in "Room 101"?....mmmmm.....thinks........

4x4's and people carriers

my mother's hypocondria!

intolerant anti-smokers!

over-sized baby buggies!

crap daytime TV!

reality TV shows!

someone's got talent, shows!

charity adverts!

Trendy over-priced sports drinks!

The England football team!

Katie Price!

..........ok....really do need some retail therapy now!!! *blinks*