A DOGS TALE

Sunday October 14th

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The sun shone on Epsom this Sunday at the riding for the disabled centre, as our four-legged friends turned out in their droves to compete against surreys finest. Never had so many dogs had so many baths and sniffed so many bottoms in one weekend.

on arrival we were greeted by Annya, al and Steve in the car park. misty and spike (the dogs) had an opportunity to formally introduce themselves to one another, and after a few grunts and snorts they had formed a strong bond and friendship which will last for many years (not unlike making new friends at a vsoc rally!)

for those that don't know misty is a dark brown Doberman of more mature years, much loved and a little wobbly around the ears and spike is a grey-haired pug who fell out the ugly tree, hit all the branches on the way down and landed on his face!

 All dogs were on their best behaviour, though less can be said for some of the owners! The Competition was fierce with the best part of 150 canines attending and competitors were taking the proceedings all very seriously.

 Misty and spike were representing the vsocians for their part and had entered several different classes. Though unlucky in the matched pairs class, Misty went on to take a very satisfying 3rd place in "veteran bitch/dog" and spike (eventually after 4 other classes) taking a (I'm not leaving here without a rosette) 8th place in the "dog the judges would most like to take home" class. Given that nearly all dogs attending the show were entered for this class we were highly delighted with the result.

 Everyone had a cracking afternoon in the autumn sunshine with lots of laughs along the way. I'm sure that the centre had a successful day fund-raising and rumour has it Steve sold a record number of cuddly toys on his stall.  well done that man "