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Two of the nicest ladies I've had the pleasure of meeting... an award definitely well deserved. Congrats ladies! T.

It was definitely an exercise in getting my focus changed quickly for each of the jumps as the horses did the course. I'm pretty happy that most of the photos were in focus... lol! I was using the 55-250 lens on AF, shooting in Sports mode - and we had lovely light, which helps a lot. The average time for each horse to do the course was just under 40 seconds... around 8 jumps I think... T.

Considering you can buy the actual chips for around $5 each, then factor in doing the paperwork, and having someone qualified to implant the chip... $25 is reasonable... If you are also getting a general health check at the same time - then a consult fee is usually charged as well. T.

My vet tells people to go to the chemist and get Benadryl instead... works the same and is a lot cheaper. Then again, Manuka honey also works a treat on sore throats... T.

We have a deaf Border Collie in care at our rescue - I can definitely confirm that trying to train a deaf pup can have it's challenges... *grin*... but so far, he's doing quite well. As for recall issues - as with any dog that doesn't come when called, a long lead is a godsend... and then one can also invest in a vibration collar... This is Timmy... Personally though, I wouldn't breed anything that has a high chance of producing any kind of disability in the pups. T.

Willow picked herself a fantastic forever home today... yay for Willow. I wanted them to adopt me too! T.

Grrr! They didn't show up... Oh well, they weren't the right home for him then I suppose... T.

Timmy has someone coming to meet him today... wish him luck! T.

Well - the girls have now outgrown their cute little collars - so they have new ones. I couldn't get a red one, so Fern is now wearing a lovely purple one, and Willow has another pink one. These ones are a little wider and heavier than the previous ones. You should see them strutting around like little princesses right now... we has new bling... too cute! T.

They were huge jumps - about 5 feet or more - and the grey horse in the first set of photos had the nicest style when going over them - I could have photographed that horse all day... There were a few official photographers on the course also. How would I go about getting the photos to the riders? The show closes tonight... errr! T.

It was a buzz, that's for sure... ... and Kirislin, you should definitely enter some of your Whippet photos in a comp - they are incredible! T.

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I went to the Camden Show today and got these pics of the showjumping... I think I did reasonably well considering they were travelling at some decent speeds, and I had to use the long lens because I was a little distance away... This horse was so smooth in it's movement - and it seemed to float like Michael Jordan when it jumped - amazing! More coming...

Hehe... I KNOW my photos were good... but there were definitely many there that would completely knock yer socks off. It actually felt really good seeing some of my photos looking "in place" amongst them all... Anyways - I consoled myself by getting a cuppa and sitting down with my camera in front of the showjumping ring... and got me a few very nice pics there... *grin* T.

He'll be 12 weeks old on Monday huntrox - his birthday is 2/1/2012... He is also the smallest one in the litter - probably taking after the Staffy part of his "breeding"... *grin* He doesn't let his size stop him from enjoying himself - he's quite happy to play with much bigger dogs, even though they can run further faster than him. He totally adores Timmy the deaf BC X as a playmate (Timmy is at least 4 times larger than Petey, and 3 times heavier) because Timmy loves to play a bit rough... crazy puppies! Bitey face is so much better when your playmate can literally swallow your whole head... lol! T.

OK huntrox... I got 4 nice photos of Petey for you... *grin* He thinks you really want to adopt him, and he's trying to pose so nicely for you, even though the other pups are doing something interesting without him... haha! T.

No placings for any of my photos - but I must say there were plenty of completely awesome photos there, and the ones that did place were stunning... there are some amazingly talented people out there! The upside for me was that at least my photos didn't look out of place amongst the other entries... *grin* ... and there's always next year... I got me a few ideas from looking at all of the other entries, and will be out snapping away to try and get me something super special for next year's entry... T.

We had a photo shoot with the little terrors this afternoon - currently downloading the few I managed to get - will post the ones that turned out a bit later... I think I got a couple of nice ones of Petey for you huntrox... *grin* T.

There can be a balance between the needs of a potential adopter and the needs of a rescue dog - but how would some rescues even know that if they don't respond to their emails in a reasonably timely manner? If your preferred contact method is via email, then answer them... it's not rocket science... Sure - I get a bit narked when a potential adopter throws me a one line email asking a question that seems inane, or could have been answered had they read the dog's profile properly - not to mention that our group's preferred contact method is by phone... but I still respond to the emails... we have actually found a few dogs some mighty nice homes from emails that seemed stupid or "unsuitable" at first reading. Some rescues have a cover-all questionnaire to fill out in application to adopt any of their dogs, then when a potential adopter may have not answered one or more of the questions with the "correct" answer, they are automagically ineligible to adopt ANY dog from that organisation. To me that seems a little stiff - not every dog is going to have the exact same requirements to be happy, safe, and much loved by the people applying to adopt it... T.

Our farm dog used to eat the strangest things - anything that even resembled human food was the most highly prized however... until the day mum cooked what she called a "surprise casserole"... We kids looked at what was served up on our plates and weren't very inclined to eat it, so we offered it to the dog... he looked at it, sniffed it, then racked off into the yard and wouldn't come back until we took the plates back inside. We refused to eat it too... and mum has never lived it down... lol! T.

I've had bitches that happily stood for the male throughout the entire period - and others that wouldn't have anything to do with a male after a successful tie... possibly like us, they are all different? T.

I've never entered a formal photo comp of any description before... I look at my photos as "happy snaps" mostly, and some are nice more due to luck than good management. Some friends keep telling me that I seem to manage to get more decent photos than bad ones, so it will be nice to see if complete strangers think the same... *grin* T.

You could ring the pound... T.

Well said Anne! T.

Photo comp was judged today - now I have to go to the show either tomorrow or Saturday to see how I went... T.