Sunday, April 22, 2007
The UnderDog Show with Julian Clary & Valerie
The UnderDog Show semi final compered by Julian Clary with Valerie his dog was quite an eventful show!
For those who missed it, there were two rounds which the dogs and handlers had to negotiate... one was based mostly on the Agility discipline, the other an obedience trial.
All the dogs bar one, Robson with Mishal Husain, failed miserably at the 'obedience' trial. Robson came out top by a very high margin with the judges, who were totally right, yet it was poor Robson who was eliminated when the public vote was taken into consideration, and he is now looking for a good home!
[The following morning Mishal Husain appeared on BBC1 Breakfast together with Peter Purves (one of the judges)... I think he was disappointed that the dog who was potentially the best of the bunch wouldn't be appearing in the final the next week!]
Some of the poor performances in the obedience could be forgiven... as Cookie was distracted by something which really upset him outside the ring, and totally fixated upon it, nothing else mattered to him, though a reasonable performance had preceded this distration!
The rehearsal, complete with food distraction was Chumps undoing... food was the only thing on his mind on the live show... though he gave in 'gracefully' when it was taken away!
But Casper disgraced himself by taking the food, and biting both Huey and the trainer who tried to take it from him... he will need some kind, yet firm handling, and to learn who is top dog in whatever home he finds after the programme is over.
It was good to hear that there are 10 prospective homes on the cards for Ginger who went out in the third edition of the show... he was a lovely friendly dog who deserves to find a loving home. I was very sad to see Anton and Ginger eliminated so early on as Anton had had no previous experience, yet showed an empathy and understanding which many people never seem to attain.
For those who missed it, there were two rounds which the dogs and handlers had to negotiate... one was based mostly on the Agility discipline, the other an obedience trial.
All the dogs bar one, Robson with Mishal Husain, failed miserably at the 'obedience' trial. Robson came out top by a very high margin with the judges, who were totally right, yet it was poor Robson who was eliminated when the public vote was taken into consideration, and he is now looking for a good home!
[The following morning Mishal Husain appeared on BBC1 Breakfast together with Peter Purves (one of the judges)... I think he was disappointed that the dog who was potentially the best of the bunch wouldn't be appearing in the final the next week!]
Some of the poor performances in the obedience could be forgiven... as Cookie was distracted by something which really upset him outside the ring, and totally fixated upon it, nothing else mattered to him, though a reasonable performance had preceded this distration!
The rehearsal, complete with food distraction was Chumps undoing... food was the only thing on his mind on the live show... though he gave in 'gracefully' when it was taken away!
But Casper disgraced himself by taking the food, and biting both Huey and the trainer who tried to take it from him... he will need some kind, yet firm handling, and to learn who is top dog in whatever home he finds after the programme is over.
It was good to hear that there are 10 prospective homes on the cards for Ginger who went out in the third edition of the show... he was a lovely friendly dog who deserves to find a loving home. I was very sad to see Anton and Ginger eliminated so early on as Anton had had no previous experience, yet showed an empathy and understanding which many people never seem to attain.
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