Posts Tagged ‘toys’

27.02.13

Pet Lover’s Cafe in Guildford

Today we stopped in to say “Hi” to our new friends Garry and Natalie, who own the fabulous Pet Lover’s Cafe in Guildford. Pip came along too and was immediately invited inside, where she was shown the dog toy box and allowed to play with its contents. She was in pooch heaven! Yep, there’s no fuss made here about dogs touching the stock – pets of all types are welcomed in with heart and soul.

While you can sit outside and have a snack and cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, Pet Lover’s Café is so much more than just a coffee shop for human folk. They also stock an amazing array of superior pet products carefully sourced from the best local and overseas suppliers. Items like the functional and stylish Soggy Doggy Doormat can’t be purchased anywhere else in Australia – Pip came home with one and now refuses to sit on anything else! I think that means she ‘’likes!’’

Pet Lover’s Café is also WA’s first boutique pet bakery with a vast array of tasty treats for your beloved fur kids.

We are very excited to be working on a special photo project with Pet Lover’s Café and to be associated with a business so focused on meeting the needs of pet owners and their pets.

Pet Lover’s Café is situated at Shop 1, 151 James Street, Guildford and is open from 9am to 5pm Wednesday to Sunday. But don’t just take our word for it – pop in and check it out for yourself … and be sure to take your pet! Oh and tell them Houndstooth Studio sent you! ;)

25.07.10

See you at the Hills Kennel Club Championship Show

This year on November 13th and 14th the 2010 Hills Kennel Club Championship Show will be held. Around 800 dogs will vie  to be recognised by the eastern states judges, in dozens of show categories – including the coveted Best in Show prize. And we are very pleased to be a part of it all as a major sponsor, providing fantastic studio prizes for the Best in Show and Runner Up Best in Show winners! Yay!!

The event will run from the Canine Association grounds (Dogs West), corner Warton & Ranford Road in Southern River, WA from 9am until around 3pm both days. Spectators are absolutely welcome, as are their dogs (they just have to be on leads and under control – the dogs that is!).   We will be in the Houndstooth Studio marquee both days, located on the veranda! So if you are looking for a fun day out with your pooch, in lovely pre-summer weather, come along and support the event! There are some puppy categories which sound absolutely adorable, as well as lots of other interesting dogs to see in the ring!

Here’s the low down on how the All Breeds Shows work:

Dogs West (the Canine Association of WA) is the controlling body for WA.  There is one of these in each state and then there is the ANKC (Australian National Kennel Council) who oversees all of the states.

There are a 7 All Breeds Dogs clubs, with the Hills Kennel Club being one of them!  Each club has to be affiliated with the Canine Association.  There are lots of other breed or group specific clubs too, but the The All Breed Clubs are the biggest.

There are 7 groups in an All Breeds Dog Show:

Group 1                Toys
Group 2                Terriers
Group 3                Gundogs
Group 4                Hounds
Group 5                Working dogs
Group 6                Utility
Group 7                Non Sporting Dogs

The first step is to for dogs of the same breed to compete against each other. The winner at this level is deemed Best of Breed, so the judge picks the best Boxer there on the day, for example, and they do this for every breed.  

Once this has happened for all the breeds within that specific group, the Best of Breed winners compete again each other to win Best in Group.  

There are also age classes that then compete in categories like Best Baby in Group (can’t wait for these ones!!) and there are 8 Classes in Group to be won.  

If you win Best in Group you then have to go into the General Specials which is all the Best in Group winners competing for Best in Show.  Then all the Class in Group winners go in to complete for Class in Show. Simple, haha!

Here’s a pic of Charli who will be competing in the Boxer breed!