Spice has qualified for the Crufts Semi Final

The Top Lodge Trio has been competing at the Westglen HTM Club's Crufts Semi Final Qualification Show today. It was the first Qualification Show of the year and Top 3 in each advanced class would qualify.

All teams performed well and looked great in the ring!

Spice placed 3rd in Advanced Freestyle and that made her the first of the Top Lodge dogs to qualify! CONGRATULATIONS!
Kes placed 4th.

The advanced HTM class was split into 2 parts, but only the 3 best teams over-all would qualify. Fly placed 3rd and Tipp 6th in Part 1 and Amber placed 2nd in part 2. Unfortunately none of them qualified this time.

Angus has hurt his pad on one paw and was not able to compete
:o(.

Entertaining at Birthday Party

Please enjoy these photos from the Top Lodge Trio's performance last weekend. They were the 'surprise entertainment' at a birthday party, where they performed for the Party's guests early in the evening's programme of entertainment and showed 6 routines in all.

The team had to sneak in a back way and wait in hiding until they were announced - not easy to keep the dogs out of view but they managed well.

Karen and Kes opened the show with 'Be Our Guest'. The audience were very appreciative and they received lots of spontaneous applause.




Then it was Lesley and Angus performing to 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'. Angus surprised them with his massive jumps. They loved this routine.

Kath and Amber wow'ed the audience with 'Hoedown'. The first of the Heelwork To Music routines - and it was appreciated by all watching. They loved the music.

Karen and Fly performed their stunning routine to 'Hernando's Hideaway'. Another fabulous Heelwork To Music routine with Fly showing the precision of the positions with enthusiasm. Fly shared her birthday with the two "Birthday Girls" Sue and Heather.

Lesley and Angus again - this time it was 'The Farmer and the Cowman'. Another fast moving routine showing the flexibilty of Angus. There was just enough space for Lesley to manoevre her lassoo!!!

And the final routine of the night: Kath and Spice with 'These Magnificent Men'. Spice worked well - again in limited space for such a big routine. But she finished on top - her favourite place!

Thanks to Sue for organising this wonderful party.

Happy Birthday

Today is Amber's 4th Birthday.
Happy Birthday Amber! :o)

Choreography Day

Left to right: Margret Christie, Frances Cobb, Shirley Kenway, Helen Dennis and Jackie de Jong.
Aldyth Kitchen also attended but managed to sneak off home before the camera came out!!

A Choreography Day was held at Riddings on 21st March, run by Lesley Neville and assisted by Jackie de Jong.

It was a small group of people so they all had to work very hard, and by the afternoon some interesting ideas were starting to form, some very adventurous with Helen's Blaise learning how to put himself to bed!


The aim was to show many of the points a handler needs to consider when choreographing a new routine, and Lesley looks forward to seeing some spectacular results from this group in the future!

A good day was had by all!

Happy Birthday

Today is Fly's 8th Birthday!
Happy Birthday Fly :o)