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Join in fun of the fair

TAKING YOUR DOG TO the Game Fair (23-25 July) and want to win a rosette? Remarkably, it’s not that difficult to do so, as the success of my dogs at former fairs has proved. As my friends would delight in telling you, my dogs have always excelled in enthusiasm but not in discipline.

The secret of success is to start practising now. Dust off the dummies and remind your dogs what retrieving is all about. OK, I know there’s not much more than a week to go, but it

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