Rutland Dog Day

For the second year running, Top Lodge Dancing Dogs were invited to
the Rutland Dog Day by Barry Briggs the Rutland Dog Warden. 

It was a lovely day - no rain and some sunshine! 

Allan Brown was supporting the team taking these great photographs.

Plenty for people to come along and watch - a great day for all dog enthusiasts.

A local dog charity "3 Counties Dog Rescue" who help Barry find homes for dogs that are no longer wanted.

Lots of Dog Charities had stalls there raising much needed funds.

Dog portraits from photographs taken on the day!

Plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables - a vast range of stalls.



The agility ring was a popular attraction.


Taking a careful few steps on the see-saw.

Barry Briggs, Dog Warden from Rutland Council -

this is the tenth year he has organised this magnificent show.

The DJ for the day - with her well relaxed dog!

Karen with Erin introducing the first of Top Lodge Performances.

And Kath with Spice warming up ready for the show.

With Fly taking leg weaves to another speed!!!

Kath and Spice enjoying their performance to Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.

Spice - up and over she goes.

Rob Persani, Rutland Radio wanted to get involved in the action - his aim was to get a dog to "spin" for him. 

Top Lodge took this to another level with the help of Fly!

Following their first performance with no time to catch breath -

straight into an interview for the radio programme.

Karen and Kes opened Top Lodge's second performance

with their very popular routine danced to "Me Ol' Bamboo".

Kath and Amber decided to try and complete their

Heelwork To Music World Championship winning routine to "Enough Is Enough"

Not easy on long grass and a sloping pitch - but they managed to keep upright!

Fly was next in the ring -

with the help of Karen she showed the youngsters a few different Freestyle "moves".

This youngster was very keen to watch, copy and learn!

And this is Kath and Spice synchronising their moves whilst performing to Mr Blue Sky!

Mrs Barry Briggs came along to support the event.

The Malamute Rescue Charity explained the special characteristics of the breed.

And Barry was always on hand to take the lead when necessary!

For their final performance, Top Lodge invited people with their dogs into the ring

 for a short lesson in teaching some basic moves.

Everyone paid good attention and watched Karen and Kath as they demonstrated how to train their dogs.

Nice to have a Dachshund ready to learn and only 10 months old!

To close the final presentation, Kath and Spice performed their popular routine to "If I Only Had A Brain"

Spice on top - where she feels she belongs.

Thank you to Barry Briggs and Cory for bringing Top Lodge Dancing Dogs to the Rutland Dog Day 2010.

Tipp Hardman (10/98-06/-8/10) First Freestyle Routine

Routines from the CFGB Show in May

Tipp and Spice's Freestyle routines from the Canine Freestyle GB Show on 8th and 9th May has been uploaded to YouTube, so please enjoy 'The Canon Galop' and 'Mr. Blue Sky'.

Spice & Amber

Helle and Emmy from Denmark are visiting Kath and David this week and today they spent the afternoon playing with and photographing all the dogs. Please enjoy the result of Spice and Amber's photo session...

Photo: Helle Larssen

Top Lodge Dancing Dogs at Bramley Carnival

Bramley Carnival - 4th September - a beautiful, sunny day where everyone met at the local community centre for the procession to the carnival.

The 2010 Carnival Queen - meeting Pluto!

The City Of Leeds Pipe Band led the procession.

A vintage motor taking the Carnival Queen and her two "bridesmaids" to the Carnival in style.

Tom of Tom & Tilly Turnip's Tomfoolery created a fun atmosphere on his travels to the Flash Lane Playing Fields.

The Bramley Majorettes full of energy.

A good friend of Top Lodge Dancing Dogs, Jez Avery joined in the procession showing his skills on his motor bike.

And here come Top Lodge and a few of their dogs

The train was the last part of the procession which closed the Main Street for 30 minutes.

From the streets and into the Main Arena for the opening ceremony.

Top Lodge Dogs flanked by the Army Cadets and members of a Taekwondo Club!

This was one well turned out Pipe Band!!!

The opening speech by the Leader of the Parish Council.

And flowers for Jeannete Geldard the Main Organiser of the event.

ICE were one of the first entertainers - semi finalists from BGT.

Posing for their "fans"

All the fun of the fair!!! It was a noisy event!! Every ride was blasting out music but luckily this was at the far end of the Carnival.

A Bomber fly past.

Jez Avery in full flight.

Top Lodge took to the Main Arena after lunch introducing the members of the team and the sport of Heelwork To Music. Kath with Amber ......................

Lesley with Angus ...............................

And Karen with Erin ...................................

demonstrating freestyle .............................

and heelwork.

Followed by routines - Karen and Kes working to "Me Ol' Bamboo".

Kes loves this routine and so did the crowd.

Lesley with Angus performed to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's POSH

Another crowd pleasing routine.

And then Fly, helped by Karen, showed the youngsters in the audience how to "Dance Like a Top Lodge Dog"

The youngsters behaved impeccably!!!

Spice and Kath performed to the appreciative audience to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines"

Spice worked really well and for once Kath was able to keep up with Spice!

Thank you to Bramley Carnival 2010 for inviting Top Lodge Dancing Dogs to entertain at your second Carnival.