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The Great Get Together Bankside (Barkside) Dog Show 2018 in Aid Of All Dogs Matter

https://alldogsmatter.co.uk

On Sunday 24th June, Bankside Open Spaces Trust organised one of the largest street parties in the country to celebrate all that we have in common, inspired by the late MP Jo Cox.

As part of this local event, we hosted our second annual dog-show – The Great Get Together Barkside. Despite competing with the heat-wave and England World Cup match, the event was a great success, and there were many a happy dog.

Our guest judge on the day, and for the second year running, was the delightful and charismatic Barking Blonde herself – Anna Webb from Radio London’s ‘The Barking Hour’.

The show was made possible by the incredibly generous donations from a range of wonderful sponsors including Burns Natural Food For Pets, Lily’s Kitchen, Hiro + Wolf, Kitty Forbes Illustrations, Pooch & Mutt, bybenji, Beco Pets, Dogrobes, and Beautiful Joes.

With the welfare of the dogs always in mind, we provided ample shade, water, lots of grass, and a plethora of treats. Within two hours we managed to raise £284 for the registered charity All Dogs Matter – a fantastic North London-based charity relentlessly working to re-home dogs in need – #adoptdontshop

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Lady of Southwark won by Zelda

Lord of Southwark won by Monty

Best Trick won by Buddy

Golden Oldie won by Yubi – kindly sponsored by ‘Kitty Forbes Illustrations’

Best Rescue won by Max – kindly sponsored by Hiro + Wolf

Best in Show (winner of al categories) won by Yubi

Thank you to all who attended, all our volunteers, and of course the wonderful Anna Webb.

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Street Dogs – Ronnie & Brigadier

https://www.dogsonthestreets.org

Street Dogs – Ronnie & Brigadier

Today I saw a post online from the super good dog charity ‘Dogs On The Streets’ (DOTS). I looked at the picture and then read the name and thought….’hang on a minute’.

I knew Omar and Brigadier about 4 or 5 years ago but lost touch when they suddenly moved on. One day they were just gone. Colin is still around.

We met Colin and Omar around 2014. It was a hot day and I was sitting in the sun outside the Gladstone Arms Pub and I saw these four walking down the street  towards me. Ronnie the Mastiff was a strong dog and liked to exercise that strength by pulling poor Colin everywhere. As they past I offered them water and some dog treats from the pub and we got chatting.

Ronnie the mastiff was a puller and got very excited at life and sometimes people were nervous around him. Brigadier was fine with everyone and everything but seemed to have a skin complaint around his neck. We started regular meet ups to chat and we addressed both issues as best we could in the circumstances and course I became very fond of them all.

One day they both said they wished they had some nice photographs of their dogs.

Thanks to photographer Clara Blomqvist who very kindly arranged this shoot and took these pictures.


October 2016

“Ronnie sadly died shortly after these pictures were taken. Omar has moved on somewhere and I often hope him and ‘Brigsy’ are OK.
Two beautiful people and two beautiful dogs, all four dealt a shit hand.
These pictures were taken by Clara Blomqvist upstairs at The Gladstone Arms SE1.”

Dogs On The Streets

Dogs on the Streets, a volunteer run, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the welfare of dogs belonging to the UK’s homeless community.

Donate here www.dogsonthestreets.org

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The Great Global Greyhound Walk

http://www.greatglobalgreyhoundwalk.co.uk

The Great Global Greyhound Walk is an annual dog-walking event that brings together greyhounds, lurchers, other sight-hounds and their owners to raise awareness of the breeds and show the public what wonderful pets they make.

Today we attended our local version of the Great Global Greyhound Walk which took place in Victoria Park, East London.

The event was organised by our dear friends, and sight-hound enthusiasts Kathy & Nick (and of course the star of the show Max the lurcher). The event was open to Greyhounds, sight hounds, Whippets, Saluki, Lurchers, and any combination of the above. There were a few companion dogs as well to keep their trusty dog best friends calm and happy. To be honest, any dog was welcome, as were some wonderful ‘non-owned humans’. A lovely couple (with no dog) came along to simply walk with the hounds and meet owners as they themselves were interested in re-homing a rescue sight hound.

It was initially expected that just a few friends would stroll around the park for fun so it was a pleasant surprise when about 30 sight hounds turned up at 10am. The weather was perfect, and as you can imagine, the procession stimulated a lot of interest from passers-by.

After circumventing the remains of the All Points East Festival we all took rest and refreshments in the sun. New friends were made, dog treats were shared, and smiles all round. Such a wonderful way to bring together the community and make new friends, both canine and human.