2009 Animal Charity Open Day at Whitworth Veterinary Practice
An Amazing Success
We had a great day and lots of fun raising money for the animal charities and were pleased to have warm weather. Thanks first of all then to every person and dog who came and supported us on the day. All the dogs were well behaved and there wasn't any need to call on a vet, although Tsar, Wendy and Malcolm's dog did get stung by a wasp.
The event was well attended andeven in th ese difficult times people were giving generously. The total raised on the day was just over £600, this was from people donating money at the gate; buying tickets for the grand raffle; entering the dog show; entering the cat photo competition; and donations from the Sausage shop, Cafe 66, Roberto's ices and Mrs Hurren from Shalehurst Hydrotherapy. The Charity stalls also made considerable money on their own stalls that they were pleased about.
The Border Control Agency sniffer dogs unfortunatley had to pull out at the last minute due to illness. However, we were very lucky to have two very well trained gundogs, Mollie aged 11 months and Bullet aged 2yrs, come along and demonstrate their skills. The gundogs were fascinating to watch and amazingly obedient especially with so many other distractions about.
Mollie & Bullet
Mrs. Julie Plumb took hundreds of photos of the event and if anyone would like copies of any of the photos on this site, please email us on whitworthvets@googlemail.com or come into the the veterinary practice to view the others.
Musical Sit!
The Dog Show
Mrs Vicky Thomson-Carr expertly judged all 6 categories, an extremely difficult job with so many wonderful dogs entered.
1st place: Lucas owned by Jenna
2nd place: Poppy owned by Mrs. Soames
3rd place: Oliver owned by Pat
-OAP (over 7 years)
1st place: Taz owned by Mr. George Stirling-Yeatman 
2nd place: Winston owned by Miss Olivia Franks
3rd place: Shandy owned by Miss Laura Hallett
-Best Rescue Dog
1st place: Alfie owned by Mr. Ruddick
2nd place: Tilly owned by Mrs Webster
-Prettiest Bitch
1st place: Rosie owned by Mel
2nd place: Ellie owned by Miss Redfern
2nd place: Bo owned by Miss Beaumont
1st place: Meg owned by Cindy
2nd place: Hamish owned by Mrs. Jennings
3rd place: Jet owned by Mrs. Witmore
CAT PHOTO COMPETITION
Mrs. Pat Insley judged the photos, again very difficult decisions due to the high quality of snaps.
-Cute kitten less than 6 months
1st place Olivia Franks with Minstral
2nd place Mrs. Simmons with Tula May
-Work rest and play less than 12 years
1st place ?
2nd place Mrs. Green with Teddy
-Golden oldies more than 12 years
1st place Mrs. Bowman with Bo
2nd place Mrs. Beeson with Sripey
*CONGRATULATIONS* to all the winners and thank you all for entering
GRAND RAFFLE
A lot of money was raised from the raffle which wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for local business donating wonderful prizes for the raffle. These include prizes from Conkers pet shop, Phoenix Fruiteriers, Ipswich Town Football Club, King Pin Bowling, Felixstowe leisure centre, Colchester Zoo, Orwell Fisheries, Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm, Riverside Cinema, Deben Swimming Pool, Solar Bowl, Roselea Nurseries, Goslings Farm, Mr. Landles, Tescos, and Morrisons. Thank you to all of them for their help and support.
Donations
A big THANK YOU to the companies: Dunlops, Ceva Animal Health, Vetplus, Merial, Novartis, Hills and Cobby Dogs for donating prizes for the dog show and donating money to enable us to run the event. A big THANK YOU also to Nicola from Novartis for coming along... explaining to people the importance of pet worming and running a worm count competition!!!! For which Miss. Stirling-Yeatmen guessed 278 to win.
FOOD AND DRINK
The Sausage Shop served up some delicious barbecue food, Cafe 66 prepared vegetarian food and delicious gluten free cake along with home made juice. Roberto's Ice Creams also cycled down to sell authentic ice cream in a cone.
CHARITIES
The Blue Cross, RSPCA, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Cats Protection, Suffolk Animal Rescue and Greyhound walks came along for the afternoon, they had a lot of interest from the public and the weather made it all the more enjoyable for them.
The £600 that was raised on the day will be split between the six charities.
For more information about the charities, please visit their web sites:
Blue Cross - http://www.bluecross.org.uk/
Guide Dogs - http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/
RSPCA - http://www.rspca.org.uk/
Cats Protection - http://www.catsprotection.org.uk/
Greyhound Walks - http://www.greyhoundwalks.co.uk/
Suffolk Animal Rescue - www.onesuffolk.co.uk/suffolkanimalrescue/
