After a few years away, it was so lovely to see some familiar faces and some new ones too at our rebranded Dogs Day Out this year!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, gave up their time to help, and offered prizes for the raffle and tombola. Without your support, we just wouldn’t be able to hold the event.
The weather thankfully stayed dry, but it was a bit windy so things did fly around, including spaniels on the Dog Agility course, which was ably run by Eric again!
There were a lot of happy faces in the Show Ring, with a couple of new classes this year. Thanks to Judge Jennie who had the pleasure of meeting all the wonderful entries in the ring, registered once again by John in the entry tent, and announced by Bledd.
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Here are the results of each class:
Class |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
4th Place |
1 – Loveliest Lady |
Tilly Charlotte Gilley |
Fen Chris Johnson |
Ruby David Legood |
Jess Diane Warburton |
2 – Fabulous Fella |
Floyd Chris Parry |
Duke Becky Marshall |
Ted Linda Lewis
|
Alfie David Gregory |
3 – Waggiest Tail |
Teddy Michelle Rushton |
Xen Gill Maddock |
Lola Richard Carratu |
Lottie Mark Whyatt |
4 – Best Veteran |
Poppy Phil Sharples |
Lacey Pam Coulter |
Rose Joy Ratcliffe |
Fen Sue Johnson |
5 – Best 6 Legs |
Kiara & Pauline Taylor |
Poppy & Craig Evans |
Poppy & Phil Sharples |
Willow & Sarah Warburton |
6 – Best Paw Shaker |
Milo Shona Harwood |
Murphy Sharon |
Woody Simone Fairbrother |
Ruby David Legood |
7 – Best NWESSR Dog |
Alfie David Gregory |
Ted Linda Lewis |
Suzy Rob Catterall |
Jazz John Whyatt |
8 – Best Rescue |
Freddie Emma Jones |
Lola Richard Carratu |
Brodie & Bailey Diana |
Poppy Craig Evans |
There was a competitive spirit in the Dog Show Jumping ring, but Wendy still ensured that everyone had great fun. As did Marie, who watched over the greased lightning Fastest Recall for the first time this year.
Thanks to Mark and Stephanie who did a marvellous job encouraging people to have a go at the Gun Dog Scurry. Next time we’ll have them a bit nearer so more people can enjoy watching the dogs finding the dummies.
Here are the winners and times for each of the Champions:
Activity |
Winner |
Time |
Dog Show Jumping Champion |
Milo Shona Harwood |
25:00 |
Dog Show Jumping Veteran |
Fen Chris Johnson |
30:00 |
Fastest Recall Champion |
Fleck Carolyn Thorpe |
2:36 |
Fastest Recall Veteran |
Suzy Rob Catterall |
3:48 |
Gun Dog Scurry Champion |
Rex Denise Brown |
16:91 |
Gun Dog Scurry Veteran |
Rose Joy Ratcliffe |
22:71 |
Sarah did a wonderful job in the village hall, with the help of Carol, serving tasty homemade cakes and drinks. It was a couple of long baking days for Sarah, and thank you also to everyone who brought a cake for us to sell. They went down a storm, including the spaniel-shaped shortbreads!
David and the team from Pizza Principles were serving up some delicious pizzas and supported NWESSR with a donation from each one sold.
There were lots of winners on this year’s tombola, superbly run by Anthony (not NWESSR’s trainer – there’s two Anthonys!), with many generous prizes being donated. First prize on the raffle was a bottle of Moët Champagne, again kindly donated, which was won by Elinor who had been selling tickets all day (it wasn’t a fix!).
Heather did a grand job selling natural treats, dog shampoo and lovely bags of grass seed to repair those ‘little patches’ on your lawn!
Sue also did a great job holding onto all the leaflets on the membership stall in the wind! We also launched some new merchandise including NWESSR mugs, coasters and dog bandanas. If you missed out on the day, but would like to purchase any of these, please drop an email to dogsdayout@englishspringerrescue.co.uk.
Please also contact us if you would like any of the photos from the day, and we’ll put you in touch with our wonderful photographer Janet, who will be able to send them to you for a small donation to NWESSR.
Even if we haven’t mentioned you personally, we are nevertheless extremely grateful to ALL the volunteers who helped with the event.
Last year we re-homed a Springer each week and demand for our support is ever increasing. The proceeds from the event will go a long way in helping us to continue our work, so thank you once again for your support.
Next year Dogs Day Out will be on Sunday, 25th June 2023, so save the date and we’ll look forward to seeing you again for another fabulous day!
Elaine Wood (Dogs Day Out Co-ordinator) & Julie Hesmondhalgh (NWESSR Trustee)