Leicester City has offered FS breed specialist judges, or FS owning judges from the C lists at its past three shows, held on the August bank holiday Monday. This year it was Felicity Ash’s turn, and she had an entry of eight dogs, of which three were absent. Although the catalogue indicated that a RBOB would be available, there was no award for this place.

I had felt that the main hall at the Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore was especially crowded, but perhaps this was because we were first in the ring, with many others waiting their turn close by. In fact the overall entry was rather less than last year’s.