00:01I'm Marianne Stokes. My kennel name is Anamar. I show, exhibit and breed Bichon Frise.
00:08I am Chief Inspector Dan Lowe of Westminster Police. I'm part of the operations department and head of the dog
00:14unit.
00:16Hi, my name's Claire and I'm one of the trainers here at Medical Detection Dogs.
00:20So getting ready for Crufts for me isn't just about the day. It's about health, wellbeing and nutrition.
00:25Matsu is 15 months old. She qualified for Crufts in Finland.
00:31Nutrition is really, really important to any dog but particularly show dogs and I take it as priority.
00:38Good nutrition in a Bichon will give that beautiful black nose, the good pigmentation, keep their faces nice and clean,
00:45keeps their teeth healthy, nice bright eyes and a beautiful, beautiful coat.
00:52Rosie's been with the charity since she was eight weeks old and I've been training with her in the Bio
00:55Detection Department for three years now.
01:03So she's ready for Crufts with lots of training, get her nice and groomed and the nutrition provided by Royal
01:09Cannon really helps her with that.
01:11It's about the strength, the wellbeing and the nutrition. Casper is a very young, energetic dog, very muscular, very explosive
01:19energy.
01:20The nutrition they need, that stamina, that energy, that mental strength is critical but very, very different.
01:26So they eat differently, they perform differently. They're almost like athletes.
01:31It's not just a one-stop shop getting a dog ready for Crufts, it's a perpetual weekly thing.
01:37We bath weekly, we call it maintenance bath in the coat. It's hugely important to the Bichon Frise.
01:43We trim them weekly but we call it tipping, so we just tip off the very, very ends
01:48and then before the show we put a bit more shape into them and then we get them all show
01:53ready.
01:55I love working with Rosie because she's always so focused, she loves what she does and it's just always such
02:00a fun day working with her.
02:02It's critical that they're in a top form, that they're fed correctly, so they can keep the streets of the
02:07West Midlands safe.
02:08When you put them in the show ring and you look at your photographs back, it's really heart-jerking really
02:13just to see how beautiful they look
02:15and that's all the work that you've put into them.
02:17I wish for coil instapsed any more.
02:21I wish you still in any ombre memories.
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