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AMELIA HETTERLEY - BUNNEY, 12 YEARS OLD
LIVES IN KENT
HOW DID YOU START OFF JUNIOR HANDLING?
I started off junior handling with my Lurcher at a fun show about 4 years ago ( she died just over a week later).
DO YOU TAKE PART IN ANY OTHER FIELD (I.E. OBEDIENCE, AGILITY, FLYBALL ETC)?
Fun obedience and agility.
HOW MANY DOGS DO YOU LIVE WITH, OWN AND SHOW?
I have four dogs - 2 Whippets, a Lurcher and a Border Collie.
WHICH ONES DO YOU USE FOR JUNIOR HANDLING AND WHY?
I use my Lurcher because she was the one be purchased especially for me to show at companion shows and whippet because my sister shows the other whippet
WHAT BREEDS HAVE YOU SHOWN BEFORE IN COMPETITION?
I have shown Doberman's,Whippets,Lurchers, Rough Collies, Border Collies, Pugs,Saluki's, Pekignese, Afghan's, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, English Bull Terriers, Dacshunds.
TELL US ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE (SHOWING STYLE) WHICHEVER BREED YOU USE MOST IN JUNIOR HANDLING CLASSES.
How to stand a whippet, you stand them on the table and you stack them
WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY WEAR IN COMPETITION?
I either wear a black trouser suit or a red pinstripe trouser suite.
TELL US ABOUT SOME OF YOUR BEST ACHIEVEMENTS?
My best achievements are getting first at the first open show I did, or getting 3rd at Windsor Champ show 2005 ( it was my first champ show)
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE OCCASION SO FAR?
Probably getting first against a group of girls that allways beat me.
IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE 'TOP TIP' TO SHARE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
My top tip enjoy yourself,let your dog enjoys themselves
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT JUNIOR HANDLING?
You’re not hanging round on street corners doing nothing at the weekend.
WHAT DISAPPOINTS YOU IN THE WORLD OF JUNIOR HANDLING?
When the judge knows some of the junior handlers and they win their classes.
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