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National Pet Show - NEC Birmingham

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During late September the LRA was honoured to have a booth at the National Pet Show, held over 2 days at the NEC, Birmingham.  This is a different type of show to Discovery Dogs in that there were a variety of different pets  around the hall, including ponies, reptiles, birds, small furry creatures such as rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets and cats.  We did wonder at the wisdom of the organisation where the booths for the dogs were directly opposite the cat area, but fortunately the cats were far enough away in their cages not to cause any friction and I don't think any of the dogs even noticed them. 
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On both days there were hoards of people, lots of children with their parents and several disabled people in their motorised  wheelchairs.  The dogs coped with everything without batting an eyelid, they were almost cuddled to an inch of their lives for hours on end - they were a credit to our breed, especially so, since most don't have that much interaction with small children or motorised wheelchairs on a day to day basis!!  There were a few woofs when scary frog shaped balloons floated passed at floor level.  
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Those volunteers who took their dogs got asked all sorts of questions about our breed not without some confusion from the people as elsewhere in the show where booths for cockerpoos and labradoodles...you can imagine how restrained we had to be about how we answered!!

Hopefully we got across that a pedigree dog is much better than a designer cross breed and that people do have other options.  
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  • News and Events
    • LRA Single Breed Show 2022
    • Raduno July 2021
    • Lagotto Pre Christmas Walk
    • LRA Annual Accounts 2021
    • Rally 2020
    • LRA Open Single Breed Show 2020
    • National Pet Show 2019
    • Autumn Lagotto Walk 20th October 2019
    • Raduno 2019
    • LRA Open Show 2019
    • Parkour 14 July 2019
    • LRA Rally and Obedience 2019
  • About the Club
    • Membership
    • Club Info >
      • Meet the Committee
      • Association Rules
      • Database
      • Disclaimer
      • Mission Statement
    • AGM Meetings >
      • AGM 2021
      • AGM 2020
      • AGM 21 July 2019
      • AGM - 22 April 2018
      • AGM - 15 Jul 17
      • AGM - 16 Jul 16
      • AGM - 19 Jul 15
      • AGM - 5 Oct 14
    • Newsletters >
      • Summer 2014
      • Autumn 2014
      • Winter 2014 (Jan 15)
      • Spring 2015 (Mar 15)
      • Summer 2015 (Jul 15)
      • Winter 2015 (Dec 15)
    • SHOP
    • Contact
  • Breed Info
    • Activities >
      • Agility >
        • Trying Agility
        • The 4th Height Option
      • Obedience/Working >
        • Article on KCGC + Obedience
      • Pets as Therapy
      • Search and Rescue
      • Showing
      • Truffling >
        • Article on Truffle Hunting
    • Appearance
    • Breed Standard >
      • Breed Standard UK
      • Breed Compendium
    • Grooming >
      • A Beginner's Guide by Lynne McWhinnie
      • Videos
    • Health >
      • Hip Dysplasia
      • Elbow Dysplasia
      • Eyes
      • Juvenile Epilepsy
      • Other Neurological Conditions >
        • Adult Epilepsy & Cerebellar Ataxia
        • Lagotto Storage Disease
      • Alopecia
      • Hypothyrodism
      • Short Hair
    • History
    • Information Guides >
      • Breeding for Health
      • Do You Know Dog Law
      • Road Travel With Your Dog
      • How To Get Started With Dog Training
      • Travelling Abroad With Your Dog
      • Health Screening And The Kennel Club
      • Moving House With Your Dog
    • Books
    • Judges & Dog Shows >
      • Judges Area >
        • Judges List Criteria
        • Website Judges List
        • Judge's CV
      • CRUFTS Dog Show >
        • How to Qualify
        • UK Shows & Results
        • International Shows & Results
        • CRUFTS - past shows
  • Dogs/Puppies
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    • Lagotto Rescue
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    • Useful SHOPPING Links
  • Product