Great news - Kath with Spice qualified for the Crufts Freestyle Semi Final 2013 at the first show of the Season! They performed to the Sherlock Holmes Theme music from the 1970's TV Series and the recent Film Score.
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17 April 2012
9 April 2012
New Addition
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| Brambledale Blue Dewy (Name Applied For) |
Lesley Neville is delighted to announce the arrival of the newest member of Top Lodge Dancing Dogs, Dewy. Born 9th February 2012
Dewy came to live with Roger and Lesley on the 4th
April, when the weather had changed overnight from an almost tropical 22 Degrees to a garden covered in 4" of snow!! Despite having to undergo a long journey from Wales, he settled in
very well in the Neville household with his "Uncles" Angus and
Hamish.
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| Roger with the new "Baby Dewy" |
Dewy has brought joy back into the house after the
tragic loss of Archie six months ago, and judging by the size of those paws he
will soon have a firm foothold in this sport! He has already mastered the art
of roly poly and has charm in bucketful's!
Teaching in Norway
Kath and Karen were invited to train in Norway in 2011 - and because of their busy schedule - the visit was delayed until 2012
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| The venue for the weekend - a fabulous indoor riding school called Grorud Gard |
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| Their rooms for the three days were on the first floor of the Visitors House |
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| And this was the owner's house - belonging to Hans Petter and Annie who purchased the business in August 2011 |
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| Situated at the end of a long lane in the centre of an area of heavy forest |
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| The stabling and Education Room. |
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| All three of the main properties - very impressive and what beautiful warm sunshine |
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| Anja collected Karen & Kath from the venue on the Thursday morning for a walk round the beach and lunch |
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| Yes, this is sea water! |
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| A lovely view across the sea to the town where we had left the car |
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| The Law of the Land |
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| All dogs to be kept on lead - from the 15th April through the summer to 15th September |
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| The same walk to them through a Viking burial site |
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| Fabulous scenery on a very warm day |
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| Time for a sit down and lunch. |
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| The following day, Kath and Karen were presenting a Judges Seminar to the 8 people currently qualified to judge Freestyle in Norway. |
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| The seminar covered all the relative Freestyle and HTM Rules plus a practical session judging videos. |
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| The Group said they had learnt a lot of good advice from Karen and Kath |
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| They left that evening, with heads buzzing from the information given during the day but now it was time for a meal out in the local town. Food is terrifically expensive in Norway! |
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| Saturday - and time to get the attendees warmed up as the temperature had dropped overnight and the wind very cruel! |
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| Kath & Karen took advantage of using the Education Rooms which were warm! |
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| Training then moved into the huge indoor riding school |
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| During the Choreography training - everyone was kept very busy - and warm! |
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| Great to see everyone joining in with plenty of space |
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| A good mix of breeds too: Dalmatian, Pumi, Flat Coat Retriever, Schnauzer, King Charles Spaniel, Beagle, Lhasa Apso, Jack Russell, Shih Tzu, Labrador, Standard Poodle, Lagotto Romagnolo, Smooth Collie, Australian Shepherd, Chinese Crested Powder Puff,Golden Retriever, Belgian Shepherds and Collies too! |
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| Working with props |
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| Team work - Norway have a class for over 6 legs!!! |
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| Starting and Finish Poses |
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| Back to the Education Centre for a Lasagne Evening. |
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| HP - the Venue owner with his 6 month old JR - the rat catcher! |
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| Monday - time to get to the airport - but first a stop for lunch |
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| Restaurants along the "sea front" |
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| Karen chose the Home Made Beefburger and Kath chose the Fish Soup. |
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| For once - the duo arrived in Amsterdam Airport with a little time to spare before their next flight home The statue is called "The Black Snowman" |
A Day Out at Cadbury World
Everyone deserves a day out and for the Top Lodge Trio - they are no exception to this rule.
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| They sampled chocolate and took part in everything that was on offer! This was a shivering chocolate finger - rather naughty!!! |
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| Phil Collins? Nah - The gorilla on the a Cadbury Advert. Watch it here |
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| Superb sunny day - and the trio had just finished the official tour - but now they found the Staff Shop!!!! YUMMY!! |
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