Everywhere you look, there’s a sea of wagging tails. The sound of excited woofing fills the air, and there’s a distinct odour of expensive shampoo mixed with the unmistakable whiff of wet dog. Dogs of every shape, size and colour weave across my path, and I nearly break my neck on a particularly chonky chocolate Labrador.
“Sorry!” shouts its owner over his shoulder. Welcome to Crufts, where more than 19,000 pooches are battling it out to be crowned Best in Show on Sunday night.
For the dog-mad, it’s pure heaven. As well as getting to greet literally thousands of pampered pups as you wander around the vast expanse of the Birmingham NEC, there are stalls galore selling every dog-related product you can imagine - and scores more that would have never crossed your mind.
