17 June 2012

 

Hello Everyone

Today is the day after K9 Capers Day!  We managed to raise £80 for Matching Partners Canine Rescue and, although we were hoping for more, Matching Partners are thrilled with £80.  Unfortunately we had non-stop rain all day so the turn out was less than expected but a big THANK YOU to those who did attend the day and made it all worthwhile.  

All the winners in the raffle have already been contacted and thank you to everyone who bought a ticket.  The winner of the Guess the Name competition was little Ruby (Yorkie).  Meg (Westie) won the fancy dress competition for the girls and Cooper (JRT) won for the boys.    Thank you also goes to Maureen who judged the K9 Fancy Dress competition and gave up her afternoon.  

A very special thank you goes to Joanne Caffrey who, not only agreed to photograph the winners of the competition, stayed all day to take photos!  As those of you who follow this blog know, it is always hard to get photos of our little Daisy dog but today we can post a gorgeous photo of Oopsy Daisy taken by Joanne (www.joannecaffreyphotography.co.uk).  Usually we have to take photos of Daisy when she isn't looking but Joanne managed to get a great photo of Daisy in action and, you guessed it, there was a treat involved!  You can also see some of Joanne's work on the Pawtraits page of our website www.doggydoos.org where you find a link through to Joanne's own website too.  We will be hosting another free portrait sitting with Joanne at the salon on Saturday, 1st September 2012.  Booking is essential and can be done through the salon on 07785 536088 to reserve a time slot.

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

10 June 2012

Hello Everyone

It has been a short week but a very busy week as a result of the Jubilee Celebrations.  Our K9 Capers Day has sneaked up on us as it will be held this coming Saturday, 16 June 2012.  It always seemed to be a long way off from deciding on the date and what we would be doing but it has come around pretty quickly after all.  There will be a K9 Fancy Dress Competition at 2pm with a "toys and treats" gift basket for the best boy and best girl, a raffle jam packed with lots of prizes, a K9 bring and buy table and (fingers crossed) homemade cakes for sale.  We have 3 people who have volunteered to bake but hopefully we will have more than 3 cakes for sale on the actual day.  All the money raised on the day goes the Matching Partners Canine Rescue which helps to pay vet bills etc so we hope you can come along, enjoy the day and help us raise some funds for the rescue.

Today we went to York to help Morag's mummy with her garden.  On the way home, Morag couldn't resist taking this photo of Martini and Daisy - Daisy has always tried to cuddle up with Martini but Martini doesn't like it and always moves away but today he actually cuddled into Daisy - it has been nearly 3 years since Daisy came to join our family and this is the first time Martini has done this!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy

3 June 2012 - Jubilee Weekend

Hello Everyone

If you are in the UK we hope you are enjoying the Jubilee Weekend and we still have two more days to go.  The weather in Cumbria today has been a lot cooler than it has been for the last few weeks but at least the rain has stayed away.  We watched a bit of the Jubilee Pageant from the Thames on TV this afternoon and sadly it is raining in London but the people still seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Yesterday we had a free portrait sitting with photographer Joanne Caffrey.  Several people came along bringing their dogs and children for photos and all the dogs and children were very well behaved.  Joanne showed us a few photos from each sitting and they look really good and we can't wait to see the finished photos!

Only 2 weeks until K9 Capers Day on 16 June 2012 and we are really looking forward to it.  Hopefully, there will be a few entries in the K9 fancy dress competition and don't forget there are gift baskets for the best boy and best girl entries.  We are also hoping for some donations to the "bring and buy table".  There is a raffle with great prizes and all the proceeds from the day go to Matching Partners Canine Rescue.  If you would like to bake a cake for sale please feel free - we definitely have one volunteer but we were hoping for more than one cake for sale!

Today we have had a very lazy day after a very busy week and have walked locally.  We have posted a photo of Martini and Daisy wandering into a field a short distance from our house; the advantage of living in a rural area is there are lots of interesting smells - if you are a dog of course!

With woofs and tail wags

Morag, Martini and Daisy