Custer goes fundraising

Sorry for absence, been a long four days...  Custer and his family have been fund raising for Woof Beginnings, who raise funds for small needy dog rescues.  We managed to raise just over £500 which when banked will be donated.  The monies raised from the dog show is to be donated to Freshfields our local animal rescue, and our friends at Husky Welfare.

The last few days have been VERY tough going for us all, as nice as it is to have good weather, heat is very tiring for us and the dogs, and the stall was so busy my helper Sylvia and I had barely no time away from it, which sounds good but six hours without a toilet or food break is hard going, and eyes in the back of your head from the 'unpleasant people' who try to steal, or win prizes by dishonesty which is of course STEALING from charities in my book and is also difficult.  We REALLY  need some more help if we are to do this again later in the year.
I think Custer was ready to drive us home at one spell...

As even the largest of crates is still a bit on the small side for him...

But he did enjoy his small training sessions to stretch his legs, with Daddy...

My favourite thing of the whole weekend was watching this talented man and his gundogs, I only got to watch two displays as I could not get a break from the stall, but I was totally captivated by what I saw, I have always loved to watch a gundog work - it is after all what the breed is for.  I was lucky enough to have a quick chat with Arthur Telfair (dog trainer) who kindly came to have a look at Custer and has told us we have a tough time ahead but he is a nice dog who can one day become a well behaved nice dog, I am hoping this will be with Arthur's help, he has a great website here with lots of information about how he can help with dog training for dogs like Custer, and gundog work.
http://www.dogtrainingsouthport.com/ 

Just look at those two (above) should have seen them work for him, and no fear either which does make a nice change to watch.
The money raised from the fun dog show is to be divided between our local animal rescue 'Freshfields' and our friends at 'Husky Welfare'.  The rest of the monies raised which was around £450 will be banked this week then donated to a couple of rescue's registered with Woof Beginnings.
By 6.00pm last night the dogs had enough and were ready for home please...

On the whole though, Custer did very well and was certainly a very tired boy last night.  So tired we had our second full nights sleep since he arrived which was nice!  He has also been pretty quiet today so far.  Poor Jaja found it all a bit much today too, he was happy to have a gentle stroll on the beach this morning with Bailey, then come home to sleep on the sofa.

To close, here is Custer doing some obedience work in the ring with Daddy, he can 'sit' at least.... hopefully Arthur is going to teach us some heel work so walkies will be a bit less fraught as that is one of the main problems we are having.  A VERY strong dog with no lead training, and a streak of stubborn.