Wednesday, June 01, 2005

NEIL LEIPER - SCOTTISH JUNIOR HANDLER OF THE YEAR

Neil is 12 and this is the second time he has qualified for this competition.
Last year he was 3rd overall and top 6-11 year old. This year he was still in the 6-11 year group as he qualified whilst still 11. He was handling his Afghan hound Ralph ( Birkhall Ursa Major) whom he has trained to show all by himself. Claire Mills who also handles papillons was 2nd in the finals as well. She was handling a Dobermann.
The top 4 handlers in Scotland now go on to represent Scotland at Crufts in the regional handling finals.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well done Neil and Claire.

Hope you both enjoy crufts when it comes along.