Last Saturday we went along to PupAid 2015 on Primrose Hill. PupAid is all about raising awareness of the cruel practice of puppy farming and is one of the most popular London dog events of the year.
Marc Abraham the TV Vet and founder of PupAid, did a fantastic job of organising the event and rounding up lots of celebrity support, all in the name of puppy welfare. High paws to all the animal loving celebs who came along to show their support, we managed to spot quite a few…
Judging The Dog Show – They’re All Winners!
I was honoured to be asked to help judge the ‘Prettiest Bitch’ category in the fun dog show, but little did I know just how hard this would be! I was judging with Kirk Norcross (TOWIE) and Tim Vincent (Blue Peter) and boy, did we have our work cut out.
Pup after pup made their way into the ring and as far I could see they were all gorgeous; so how the hell were we going to pick the winners?!
I know how people look forward to the judges coming to say hello. What I didn’t realise was that with a field full of entrants this is no mean feat. We did our best to get around to meet all the gorgeous pups and quite frankly, they were all winners. Be it a funny face, tongues sticking out, rescue or pure breed; they were all gorgeous. But we had to pick the Top 5, how?! Then with those selected, we had to place them in first to fifth positions, all with them standing in front of us…no!!!
All I can say, is that I have a new found respect for ‘fun’ dog show judges. Plus, I think we nearly gave our celebrity host Simon Happily a heart attack because we took so long to decide (and it was his first dog show gig). Each one of us had our favourites but between us we just about managed to pick our Top 5, with Coco the Alsatian pup taking the top spot…
Would I do it again? Absolutely, with the caveat that I toughen up a bit first so that I don’t spend the rest of the day apologising to the contestants who didn’t win when I bump into them (for not picking them).
The Dogvine Pupaid Parade…
If you’ve seen me at other events, you’ll know I usually have a camera in hand. I’m not a pro-photographer by a long shot (huge amounts of respect for the pros like Bridget Davey Photography and DogStar who come along to these events), but I just can’t resist taking pics of all the pawsome pups (especially the rescue pups). So here are some pics from the day; their faces tell the story of what a wooftastic day it was, way better than I could…
There were certainly wagging tails everywhere, as well as a spot of bag scavenging….
More photos coming soon on our Facebook Page, see you at PupAid 2016!