Setting up the trade stand for the first time went better than I expected and in a couple of hours we were ready for business.
We opened at 8.30 on Friday, probably a bit early with hindsight as most people were busy doing early runs and trying to get their heads round running several dogs in 18 rings!
By about 10.30 there was a trickle of interest and we had our first customers. We were up and running..............yep and I mean RUNNING!!! Our booking sheets were suddenly filling up at a rate of knots. Lunch became a banana and an energy bar on the run and we came up for air as our last customers for the day left the treatment tents just after 7.00pm! PHEW!
Saturday was pretty much a repeat of Friday except we had bookings from 8.30am! We still didn't close till after 7.00pm. It was an early start again on Sunday and apart from a slight lull late afternoon, when everyone was packing up ready to leave for Dogs in Need, the last customer left just after 6.00pm.
Well, that wasn't quite what we expected!
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to give it a try in spite of our "out of the way" location and the inclement weather. A lot of our Friday customers re-booked for the Sunday which I think speaks for itself. The feedback has been very positive and we already have bookings for our next stand atGillingham in September.
Tamzin and I got a huge buzz from the whole experience and found it immensely satisfying and would do it all again tomorrow. Well, probably not literally tomorrow as we were exhausted, but in a nice way.
Being back at our day jobs is kinda dull...................or as Tamzin put it in a recent e-mail, "I'm climbing the walls"!
We are really looking forward to our next outing atGillingham and catching up with our customers, new and old.
Thanks again for your custom at the KCI and all your wonderful comments since.
Andy and Tamzin
Sorry there're no pics.....................we forgot. But if anyone's got any please send them in and I'll link them to the report.
We opened at 8.30 on Friday, probably a bit early with hindsight as most people were busy doing early runs and trying to get their heads round running several dogs in 18 rings!
By about 10.30 there was a trickle of interest and we had our first customers. We were up and running..............yep and I mean RUNNING!!! Our booking sheets were suddenly filling up at a rate of knots. Lunch became a banana and an energy bar on the run and we came up for air as our last customers for the day left the treatment tents just after 7.00pm! PHEW!
Saturday was pretty much a repeat of Friday except we had bookings from 8.30am! We still didn't close till after 7.00pm. It was an early start again on Sunday and apart from a slight lull late afternoon, when everyone was packing up ready to leave for Dogs in Need, the last customer left just after 6.00pm.
Well, that wasn't quite what we expected!
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to give it a try in spite of our "out of the way" location and the inclement weather. A lot of our Friday customers re-booked for the Sunday which I think speaks for itself. The feedback has been very positive and we already have bookings for our next stand at
Tamzin and I got a huge buzz from the whole experience and found it immensely satisfying and would do it all again tomorrow. Well, probably not literally tomorrow as we were exhausted, but in a nice way.
Being back at our day jobs is kinda dull...................or as Tamzin put it in a recent e-mail, "I'm climbing the walls"!
We are really looking forward to our next outing at
Thanks again for your custom at the KCI and all your wonderful comments since.
Sorry there're no pics.....................we forgot. But if anyone's got any please send them in and I'll link them to the report.
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