Our First Dog Show

Well the weekend holiday went very well and I did enjoy it. It was a dogs weekend with a dog show and dog displays - there must have been well over 200 dogs on the site for the weekend. I'm a dog lover so for me it was the best, saw every different breed even some I had never heard of. We took Rhondda in the 'prettiest bitch' class and the 'dog the judge would most like to take home' but she didn't win! With 66 entries in the class it was hardly surprising lol. I loved watching the agility, and where the lurchers chase a lure around the field. We could have a go at the agility course for £1 and Rhondda loved it and did well at the jumps. They took the high one down and also removed the see-saw for the public, so it made it really safe. She was off like a ferret chasing after the lure and even tried to jump the fence to have another go when other dogs were trying it lol. All the profits went to a dog rescue which was really good and at £1 for entry into the classes and only £1 to have a go at things after I thought it was really good value.

Now although I really had a great weekend with OH and the dog I have sadly taken the decision to leave this site permanently. The site is lovely (we have been there for 4 years) and we store our van there. The toilets and showers are spotless, with lots of hot water, there is a swimming pool, bars, kids play areas, soft play indoors, crazy golf, horse riding, caravan repair place, chip shop, on site shop, kennel for the dog if you go off for the day, lovely helpful staff - in fact everything you could wish for. But my granddaughter is probably going to loose all feeling in the top of her finger, and permanently loose her nail from the Petorama animal petting place that is on the site. And I cannot walk past it without remembering this. The cages have wide wire mesh with no perspex to stop little fingers. So I really don't want to think of this awful accident every time I go on holiday and Petorama is not going to close any time soon. So I have decided this site is just a bad memory for me and I need to move on, which is sad but I cannot face this every holiday. On a positive note the injury has now healed but the nail is loose. The GP has said to keep it bandaged for another 2 weeks, to try and protect the nail bed and hope it regrows. We are going back to the site for the beer and music festival in July as we have already booked and paid for it but that will probably be the last time.

We came home around 5 pm on Monday and then looked after the toddler so that daughter could go to work as usual. Got a phone call when I arrived home to say my brother-in-law was quite ill, so after toddler was asleep I visited her and left toddler with OH babysitting. Sister seemed quite depressed about it so I was glad I went to see her; it gave her a chance to talk about what happened and pool ideas with me.