28 March 2009

Spice and Angus' Freestyle routines at Crufts 2009

Thank you to 'Tandblue' from Canada, who put 2 of our Freestyle routines from Crufts 2009 on YouTube.


24 March 2009

Dog World

Read about The Top Lodge Trio's performance on the Joint Aid stand at Crufts in Dog World. Click here!

19 March 2009

Joint Aid at Crufts 2009

Read about The Top Lodge Trio's performance on the Joint Aid Stand in the 'Crufts 2009 Post Show Review' on the 'Joint Aid For Dog's' website.

15 March 2009

Amber's brother Zak

This is Amber's brother Zak (Stillmoor Red Flame), who has just passed his level 2 Search & Rescue. He is now a operational search dog. He is a full brother to Amber, but from a different litter and only just over a year old.

Congratulations to his owners and trainers and to his breeder Paula Ackary, Stillmoor Border Collies.


13 March 2009

10 March 2009

Home from Crufts

We are home after a busy Crufts weekend. The Top Lodge Trio has been performing in the British Freestyle and HTM Finals, on the Flexi Stand and on the Joint Aid Stand. More pictures and information will follow on the Top Lodge Dancing Dogs website.

The British Freestyle Final

Lesley and Angus

Karen and Kes


Kath and Spice


The British HTM Finals

Karen and Fly



Kath and Amber


Lesley and Angus

2 March 2009

Crufts 2009 Online

Good news for our friends and supporters from all over the world - you can now follow the HTM and Freestyle finals live online! Read the Press Release from The Kennel Club - click here!

The Top Lodge Trio will be performing at the following times:

Thursday 5th of March at 10:35 am in the Arena - the British Freestyle Finals.

Running order:
  1. Jackie Clarke with Cafcoll Brite Dreams HTM N Ex, FAS A Ex, Crossbreed
  2. David Purser with Westglen Ramblin Jack, Border Collie
  3. Karen Sykes with After Lady Karen’s Prozac FS A Ex , Working Sheepdog
  4. Lesley Neville with Choxxstart Dream Angus, Bearded Collie
  5. Lesley Brocklehurst with Borderlair Cinnamon Twist HTM A Ex, FS A Ex, Working Sheepdog
  6. Michelle Dodson with Kamarda Doctor Foster FS I Ex, Border Collie
  7. Heather Smith with Catch Her In The Skye HTM I Ex, FS I Ex, Bearded Collie
  8. Kath Hardman with September Spice FS A Ex, Crossbreed
  9. Tina Humphrey with Bluecroft My Blue Heaven, Working Sheepdog
  10. John Hickinbottom with Ivyburn Bo Peep FS A Ex. Border Collie

Friday 6th of March at 10:35 am in the Arena - the British HTM Finals.

Running order:

  1. Kathleen Stubbings with Bordertown Shades of Blue
  2. Lynda Edmondson with Gimme a Buzz HTM A Ex, Border Collie
  3. Ann De Rizzio with Stillmoor Touch of Spice HTM A Ex, Border Collie
  4. Kirsty Vaughan with Wildsea Mountain Pepper
  5. Kath Hardman with Stillmoor Lady In Red HTM A Ex, Border Collie
  6. Lesley Neville with Choxxstart Dream Angus, Bearded Collie
  7. Heather Smith with Moonlight Magic Dancer, Bearded Collie
  8. Karen Sykes with Iatka Spring Spangle HTM A Ex, Working Sheepdog
  9. Tina Humphrey with Bluecroft My Blue Heaven, Working Sheepdog
  10. Richard Curtis with Dance Floor Diva, Working Sheepdog

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Crufts FM will broadcast live on 106.8fm from Wednesday 4th March, until 10pm on Sunday 8th March within a 5km radius of the NEC, Birmingham. This means that those driving to the NEC will be able to listen to the latest news from the event. Those who are a bit further away from the action will be able to listen to Crufts FM via the web on the Crufts website, http://www.crufts.org.uk/.

The Crufts live web stream will be available throughout the four days of Crufts, from the 5-8 March and will run from 8.30 in the morning through to the end of the Arena programme. The Crufts TV live stream will be free to view anywhere in the world by simply following the link on the Crufts homepage www.cruftslive.tv. For those who miss the action there will also be a catch up video on demand service for paying subscribers, enabling people to watch the replays of the action.