Crufts Report "Friends for Life" award

Nowzad & Tali were selected for the "Friends for Life" award as finalists along with their adopted owners Pen & Lisa. So a trip to the NEC in Birmingham to appear along with the other finalists at Crufts in the main arena was booked for the 9th March 2008! We were not sure that Nowzad & Tali would cope well with the pressure and noise of the main arena at Crufts so training sessions were the order of the day. A big thank you to Caroline the dog listener and for the team at "Just Dogs" for helping us to prepare Nowzad & Tali (+ me and Lisa!) for the big day. (And to Lucy from Pedigree for all your help at the NEC). Queuing up for the main arena was a bit nerve racking but Nowzad & Tali were as good as gold as long as we kept them occupied with small smelly treats while we waited! Then the time came to stroll out looking calm and collected into the main arena with all the noise and lights. Were Nowzad and Tali worried? ......not in the slightest. They were brilliant and took it all in their stride. Lisa and Tali accepted a finalists trophy from the Crufts representative under the spotlight. Just a shame the BBC only put about 2 minutes of the actual "Friends for Life" final on the TV - we were actually in the ring for over 15 minutes! A big thank you to all who voted for us! Rumour has it that we almost won....... The highlight was watching Nowzad and Tali play in our room in the Hilton (courtesy of the BBC) - no way did I ever think that Nowzad & Tali would one day go from the war torn nothing of the town of Nowzad to the impressive settings of the Hilton whilst appearing at Crufts...only the biggest dog show in the world!!! Just how mad is this world of ours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Winner! Harriet Ringsell and Yepa. Well done Harriet - Nowzad & Tali were cheering for you when you won! Yepa has got to be the most loving dog on the planet.... a right softie!!!! They definitely deserve the title "Friends for life!"

Nowzad enjoying the hotel room!	Tali making full use of the hotel bed!!!	Tali in the hotel
	Walking the corridors of the Hilton
Nowzad in his Hilton hotel room	With the "Friends for Life" finalists trophy	Lisa and Tali looking good in the main arena

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