大象传媒

Organised annually by the Kennel Club Crufts attracts tens of thousands of entries, not only from the UK but from around the world. In 2016 47 countries are represented in the 3,396 overseas competing dogs, including for the first time Venezuela, Peru and the Philippines.

18 and a half thousand come from the UK each one hoping to catch the judge's eye.

So how does one go about getting a pet ready for Crufts?

大象传媒 Radio Solent reporter Neil Sackley has been to meet Dorset dog owner Heather Gibson and her two Nova Scotia Duck Tollings.