We can very proudly say that we are the very proud owners of Mayoss Cruisin with Mobox ShCM.  'Cooper' is our first ever Newfoundland and delighted us here at Mobox when he attended his first ever Championship show at Birmingham National, and after qualifying for Crufts on his first attempt he went on to win the Beta / Pro Plan Pup of the Year class for the Working AV Minor Puppy Dogs under all rounder Mrs Liz Stannard.  He then went on to compete with all the winners for the day, and after being declared Best Puppy for the day we were invited to return to the show to compete for the the overall winner of the heat which would be decided prior to Best in Show on the final day of the show.

We were delighted when Mrs Stannard chose Cooper to go forward at the heats winner for the finals which would be held in January the following year, especially given the quality of the daily winners.

As the ONLY Newfoundland from the North East to qualify for this prestigious event were were understandably excited to go.  We were contacted over and over again for interviews with the local press, however, owing to the adverse weather at the time we decided that we would rather not go and have to sit in a field in the middle of Winter in the snow !!

January was upon us before we knew it and we were kindly invited to stay at Grandma and Grandad Burrows' house prior to the show.  As the venue for the event was in the middle of London, who better to go with us than John, and being Coopers breeder he was more than happy to come with us !!

The day went well and despite Michelle having a terrible cold, we arrived at the venue with plenty of time to spare.  We were all given name badges and ushered into a small room with lots of crystal, ideal for a dog you can pick up but not for a Newfie who thought it was great and just wanted to bark !

Eventually we were allowed into the hall, where there was benches with big name plaques on for each of the dogs.  The ring was huge and when we arrived was being hovered methodically - I can only imagine the cleaners face when they saw the mess afterwards !! We were all called into the ring together and asked to run around, it turned into a bit of an assault course with one lap then up the stairs, across the stairs and back down again.  

The day wasnt ours, however, as the very proud owner of the dog who qualified with the highest number of entries for the show - some 555 puppies compared to some which had less than 100, I do believe that was a remarkable achievement.  Coope never put a foot wrong and we were complemented on him by several international show judges which, of course, made the day worthwhile.

Copyright Michelle Mould 2008 - No images or wording from this website without the prior consent of the owner who maintains the copyright for this information.  Any misuse of this information will lead to legal prosecution