Well it was Hello Crufts and Goodbye Crufts for good!🤣 (yes we are banned)
We was never going to be welcomed with open arms and in all honesty, I am amazed 5 of us made it through the main door security carrying boxes of our books and pop up banners. But we did 🤣
Now let's all be honest, crufts isn't our thing, so why did we go? Well, we were invited to do a book signing event. We actually gave away lots of clickers and books to everyone. Met tons and fans and had selfies with them for a couple of hours straight!
Now at the end of the day, as we were wrapping up, 2 very important ladies from the KC came over for a friendly chat... dog training came into the conversation and we then asked them:
"What would you do with a highly reactive dog that is a potential bite risk, how would you train it?"
The instant response from one of the two ladies who we will keep anonymous was "PUT IT DOWN"
Evan replied "that is the difference between us and you, you are all about profit and we are about the dogs"
The conversation ended there and we were aware our time was up. So not wanting to kick up a fuss we packed up and laughed our way out the doors.
The disgusting thing that has happened is the hate, abuse and bullying that was generated. We were simply invited to sign our book "How To Train Your Dog". The hate is nearly all from other dog trainers, most of whom have never read the book! The boycotting is quite frankly disgusting and the entourage they are receiving without a chance to even put out a statement is quite frankly the lowest of low.
The owners of Lickimat are the most lovely people and would not intentionally upset anyone, they have however upset and angered the people that claim to be the calmest in their teachings.
How these people sleep at night is beyond me. Please go and show your support to Lickimat.