Westglen - Top Lodge's Competition Season starts!

The first competition of the season for Top Lodge is always Westglen - held in Stourbridge. Early morning start and first in the ring was Kath with Amber in the Advanced Heelwork To Music for the first Crufts 2015 Semi Final Qualifiers of the year.  The class was so big it had to be spli into two.

A nicely focussed Amber and Kath danced to Celtic Kitten from Celtic Tiger by Ronan Hardiman.

A very happy Amber and Kath managed a bit of a smile too!

Amber worked well and was placed 2nd in the class with a huge score of 28.10 - gaining a full 10 points from one of the judges for Musical Interpretation.

The two classes for Advanced HTM were split with Intermediate HTM in between.  And Lesley took to the floor with Dewy.

 He worked very well to Boney M's "Rasputin"

 Well Done Lesley and Dewy - winning the class!

The following class was the second half of Advanced HTM with Kath this time competing with Denby and performing to "Creative" by Leon Jackson.

He had great focus and good positioning and he won the class! 

Well done Denby - but only two dogs can qualify for the Crufts 2015 Semi Finals so the two classes were "merged" and as Amber's score was higher than Denby's - she had the Westglen Qualifier.

 Karen also competed with Fly to the music "Roxanne".

Fly is always very enthusiastic when she works.

And of course Karen always works enthusiastically too!!! 

Hamish was the next Top Lodge Dog to work, but Lesley and he just trained in the competition environment, something that is quite hard to replicate in daily training!

 He always enjoys a game of tuggy.

 And he loves his "Body Pops" too!!

After lunch it was time for Spice to take to the ring in the Advanced Freestyle Crufts 2015 Semi Final Qualifier.  Love this photo - has Kath borrowed Spice's face???

 Fast and furious routine to The Dance Fight from Puss In Boots.

Push that barrel Spice!

Huge jumps from a little dog!!  Spice did very well being placed second and gaining a very early qualifier! 

Dewy was next into the ring for Intermediate Freestyle - ready for action in his routine with Lesley to the music "The Night They Invented Champagne"

Dewy worked the best he has ever worked - the routine flowed without any hiccups from the champagne!

And Dewy and Lesley won their class!

On the Sunday - Dewy and Lesley went on to win another Intermediate Heelwork To Music and placed second in the Intermediate Freestyle making Dewy a double Advanced Dog.  

Congratulations to the Top Lodge Team - two Crufts Qualifiers , 4 wins and 2 second places!! A brilliant weekend of results!!