We certainly didn't when we had to wake up for a 7 o'clock departure! What a killer.
The day started with Tom not getting out of bed (nothing new there) and catching Rosie up with what she said in her sleep - made more sense than what she says in real life! This was continued by naps on the bus all the way to Birmingham NEC!!!
Once we got there, excitement levels went through the roof as we started to see dogs of all shapes and sizes making their way through the car park to the arena. We were also excited that we were next to an airport and could have made a cheeky get away to some exotic location - unfortunately I don't think we would have made it home in time for the coach though. I don't think Jacqueline would have been too impressed.
Now let me ask you something, what kind of event doesn't let you keep the ticket stub?? WE HAVE SCRAPBOOKS PEOPLE! So we sweet talked the ladies and made sure we kept those stubs. #memories4lyf
On entering there were dogs left right and centre, even the dog-a-log we packed for informational reference couldn't keep up! We were truly in our element.
We first made our way over to the biggest stand in sight, which happened to be one of the sponsors of Crufts 2015 - Samsung. In this stand we saw a £20,000 dog kennel, complete with flat screen TV, swimming pool and treadmill - what a spoiled pooch that would be! This stand is where we collected our first freebie and we were hooked. Even though this freebie was just a tote bag with leaflets inside, it made us only more determined to get the better samples.
Adaptil was our next venture and this is where we petted and played with our first dogs of the day - you would have thought we had never seen a dog before with how excited we got! This is also where we collected our second freebie bag! This time with more inside! We were getting good at this.
After this we headed to 'discover dogs' where each breed had its own booth with actual real life dogs representing that breed inside. OH MY GOODNESS SO MANY DOGS, it was euphoric and we probably spent about 70% of our time there. We saw many personal favourites which included the Japanese Akita, Leonberger, Otterhound, Rottweilers and Labs (that list could have been much longer!) But we did also see breeds that aren't as well known such as the Kooikerhondje (try saying that 6 times faster) the Hungarian Pumi and the Azawakh. And of course selfies were taken with as many breeds as possible.
If you hadn't guessed this is Tom.
Later in the day we finally left the 'discover dogs' area after surgically removing ourselves from all of those beautiful doggies, and made our way to the main arena. En route we passed the group judgings for some of the Utility breeds, where we watched an Akita win his group and also passed where Claire Balding herself presents the TV show from. Hi Claire if you're reading, gutted we missed you, would have been one hell of a selfie #breaktheinternet.
Once we finally found suitable seats we watched the golden retriever display team, police dog handling display, Gundog display, RAF display and Canine Partners. All making us realise even more how intelligent and valuable every dog is.
We ended the day combing the stores for freebies and claiming our free hot drinks - whilst getting another freebie. We had a very successful day, if I do say so myself, and came away with enough dog supplies to feed our dogs for at least a day (they all eat a lot) We are now officially professional free sample collectors.
Unfortunately we didn't manage to smuggle any dogs home with us. Le cry.
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