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by Emer Wright

Hi guys, I recall sitting in the NEC, watching Saluki
judging when my Mum informed me that
I hope you are all well and haven’t we had been issued a change of judge
been too bored these last few months for my breed for the Saint Patrick’s Day
considering the huge gap that the Celtic Winner show which was due to
absence of dog shows is bound to have take place the following weekend, as
left in your diaries! How strange to think our judge was Italian and was going to
that the last time we all saw each other be unable to travel due to an outbreak
was Crufts, over six months ago now! in the region of Italy where he was
And while at the time there was much due to travel from. The Saint Patrick’s
talk of Coronavirus, along with much weekend shows were subsequently
uncertainty, I do not think any of us cancelled completely, but little did =
expected this! To be six months down we think at the time that basically
the line and still no closer to a solution every region in the world was going to
or an answer to the question, “when will affected by Coronavirus in the coming
shows return?!” weeks and that all of our travel plans

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