Monday, September 8, 2008

Open day

Whitworth Vet Practice Open Day


The first ever Open Day at Whitworth Vet practice was a great success with a large number of people coming along to see what we do.


A total of nearly £1000 was raised to be split equally between the four attending charities - the Blue Cross, RSPCA, Cats Protection League and the Guide Dogs for the Blind.




The Fun Dog show was very popular and the winners were as follows:-


Best Puppy (under 1 year)




1st - Ruby Driver

2nd - Piglet Baker

3rd - Feebi Stennet


Best Veteran (over 7 years)





1st - Jay Krebs

2nd - Jumper Jacobs

3rd - Duffy Lewis


Best Rescue


1st - Tilly Webster


2nd - Hooch Ling


3rd - Frank Body


Prettiest Bitch


1st - Lexie Jeffery


2nd - Etti Mc Lachlan


3rd - Bella Mayhew

Handsomest Dog


1st - Miko Woodmansee

2nd - Tsar Scrivener3rd - Ben Stocker


Waggiest Tail

1st - Boots O'Dowd
2nd - Kai Wilkinson


3rd - chewy Elmer



Her Majesty's Custom Dogs Show amazed the crowd:-



Car Search



People search



Bag search



The Reward


It was great how many people attended... with their dogs!:-











The RSPCA, Blue Cross, Cats Protection League and the Guide Dogs for the Blind had stalls at the event and we had food, drinks and ice creams on sale:-



Mr. and Mrs. Watkin's "Mud Pie"


RSPCA



Mr. and Mrs. Hurren's Hydratherapy



Roberto's ice cream seller



Thanks to all the local businesses that donated the raffle prizes:-



Table full of prizes



Lots of winners


There was a lot of interest on the tour:-



The Xray Room


Bear Demo


The Kennel Block


The Flea Quiz



Mr. Whitworth's daughter, Catherine, pretending to be a flea.

And to celebrate the practice's 25th anniversary:-


A live interview with Mr. Whitworth can be seen on felixstowe tv website -





Mr. and Mrs Whitworth



















































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