Paws for thought!

Mylo did his bit for charity today when he did a 2.5 km sponsored dog walk. All money raised went to the local hospice, St Mary's Hospice in Ulverston.

We all met at the Pavilion in the park. If you didn't know where the Pavilion was, you could just follow the sound of excited dogs barking!

Mylo, ready for walkies!

There was a great turn out and 84 dogs walked in total, from Pugs to Poodles, Dobermans to Dachshunds, Spaniels to Shih tzus  and Labradors to Lurchers! Every kind of dog you can imagine!
There was only one other Cockapoo at the walk and her name was Doris. She seemed a little nervous of Mylo at first but once they got to know each other they soon made friends.

Doris

As the clock stuck 10.30am the Mayor officially started the walk...We were off!

The walk was at a leisurely pace and Mylo managed to get round the course in about half an hour. It was lovely talking to all the owners and finding out a little more about their dogs.
There was certainly a lovely atmosphere...People chatting, dogs barking and children laughing.
The rain stayed off, the weather remained fine allowing the sun to peep out from behind the grey clouds.

Mylo walking with Phil and Boo the American Golden Retriever, a double doodle!

Approaching the Cenotaph

At the end of the walk every dog received a bag of treats and a medal from the Mayor!

Mylo's medal

I would definitely do the walk again next year. It was a great success and thoroughly enjoyable.

The sponsored dog walk was followed by a Dog show in the park in the afternoon, also to raise money for the hospice.
There were 12 categories and Mylo was entered for 'Best Crossbreed', 'Waggiest tale' and
'The dog the judge would most like to take home'.

 Mylo lines up for the judge!

Sadly, he didn't win any rosettes this time but he had fun taking part!

You didn't win this time Mylo but we still think you're the best! 

Me with Mylo and my nephew Ben, who also came along with my sister Donna to cheer Mylo on.

If there had been a 'Best at barking' category Mylo would have won because he kept barking at all the other dogs and even the judge when he came over to say hello to him! I think Mylo was a little overwhelmed seeing so many dogs at the event. At times, I think Mylo thinks he's human!

There was also a Dog Agility show. The Border Collies were amazing, running like lightening through the tunnels and leaping gracefully over hurdles and confidently down up and down the see saws!

Mylo had the opportunity of having a go at leaping a low hurdle, running through a tunnel and over a final hurdle.

The dogs were timed to see who did it the fastest to win a prize. I felt sure that Mylo could do this quite quickly. The dog agility team made it look so easy...it wasn't!

I thought by looking at him down the tunnel he would run through it to me. I was wrong. He kept running round the outside of the tunnel to get to me!
It was definitely harder than it looks. I might get Mylo signed up for some classes!

It was a very enjoyable day and hopefully we will do it all again next year...once I've got Mylo trained up not to bark so much and to run through the tunnel not round it!

Mylo's comment:

What a busy day. I'm 'Cockapooped!'