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hi peter and jean here from sunny Swansea , proud owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier called Sammy

Have a look at a few of these I regularly use this site for work stays

http://www.laterooms.com/en/p2398/pv154698/r11477_hotels-in-staffordshire.aspx?hidfl=&k=Staffordshire&d=20140718&n=2&rt-adult=2&rt-child=0&rt=2-0&currencies=GBP


Best value for me is "Days Inn" at Stafford only a 20-30 min drive max from the venue and I always stay in these with Tommy , I have 1 this weekend for the East of England Champ Show , but they do charge a nightly fee of 5 for a dog . Travelodge charge 20 per stay so if you have 2 dogs and stay 2 nights then it works out the same

ok dave thank you ill have a look

I am advised Booking.com is another good site to have a look Peter

ok dave thanks for keeping looking, whats the situation on the door dave if I don't enter the dog in any of the comps Sammy is to young atm , but we want to take him

Some shows will allow you to enter a dog 'not for competition', but these seem to be few and far between nowadays. Most will say that only dogs entered for competition are allowed in the show.

ill give them a call in the morning and see what they say

Generally Caryll all the shows will let you enter not for competition but I think for most there is a lower age limit of 4 months , this seems to be overlooked at the Breed shows thankfully and a blind eye turned to the dogs age b ut I think Peter is bringing his pup if I read correctly above

PETER R wrote:ok dave thanks for keeping looking, whats the situation on the door dave if I don't enter the dog in any of the comps Sammy is to young atm , but we want to take him

Bring a crate with you Peter , they don't like the dogs wandering around , I will contact one of the committe members and check for you mate ok ??

How old is Sammy at the moment ?? closing date for the show is July 7th so you could still enter him "not for competition" and I will be with the Chairman and Secretary of the Potteries on Monday night at Handling so could pay it for you

he is 4 1/2 months now , I don't mind about not entering the comp as hes a bit young , what I was worried about was not being able to get in with him , as we wanted to be at the show all together not in and out of the car park , plus the breeder is there and he wanted to see him again

Its great socialisation for him anyway Peter and everyone loves puppies . Can't promise you he won't go missing though lol , sent you a message on FB and we will get you sorted out mate , no worries

thank you dave I really appreciate your help , replied with the form info

I sense a bromance blooming!

well I have to say dave is the man , only just joined and fair play to him hes gone out of his way to help me with this show coming up , cant thank him enough ,

really no problem Pete , I live on the doorstep and know the committee so not so hard work lol

BTW are you considering entering the Welsh Kennel Club Champ Show , he's just old enough by a few days isn't he 16th August Terrier day if you didnt know already , think we are going to go , we got 8 Champ chows between now and end September , going to be a bit busy lol

 

if hes ready dave I don't want to push him to early , hes a good boy hes quite calm , he tends to want to sit rather than stand im doing a bit of work with him each day , hell let you see his teeth , a mate came over yesterday and gave him a good going over as if it was a show , and he just stood there no problem