Handlers take extra care of hot dogs
Handlers weren't even treated that well, smothered in sun block while setting about their tasks.
SOUTH Coast Dogs jumped off at the first show of 2015 in Scottburgh at the Natal Boxer Club Open Show. The weather was extremely hot and humid, so everyone took special care to keep their dogs in the shade with plenty of water, taking them out only for short walks and warm-ups prior to their rounds.
Handlers weren’t even treated that well, smothered in sunblock while setting about tasks that needed doing between turns and it was obvious from fitness levels of handlers that everyone had definitely been on holiday.
Results: Contact, grade 3, large – Turbo and Rosemarie Ludwig, third. Medium – Mindy and Sheldene Smit, second. Small – Shiro and Elsie Pretorius, first; Icon and Desiree Grutter, third. Grade 2, medium – Miko and Elsie Pretorius, first; grade 1, small – Tricky and Irmgard Botes, first.
Non-contact, grade 3, large – Turbo and Rosemarie Ludwig, first; Romulus and Ann Shaw, third; small, Chippy and Rosemarie Ludwig, third; grade 2, medium – Miko and Elsie Pretorius, second; small – Tricky and Irmgard Botes, first.
Dog jumping, grade 5 – Mindy and Sheldene Smit, second; grade 3 – Shiro and Elsie Pretorius, second; Icon and Desiree Grutter, third; grade 4 – Miko and Elsie Pretorius, second.
