Well truly, it’s about time a few dogs got themselves back on this blog. Little character infused kittens seem to have been taking over recently. So, we’ll give you some pics from the Vereeniging & Districts Kennel Club open show. They kindly agreed to me having a table to raise funds for the shelters.
Fund raising was, well, a rather dismal affair but it’s hard not to have fun at an open show. We didn’t get in any money but we did get to run around, taking photos of blog friend look-a-likes and we got a whole lot of our new brochures out. Let’s hope that the kind souls who now have them, choose to fill in the all important debit order form. Anyone out there, reading this to see if their dog made the blog, your generosity could make all the difference to the less fortunate pups out there. Even the smallest monthly donation helps and, if you truly have no spare cents at the end of a month, then flea market items (those bits and bobs creating clutter in your house) are always very much appreciated.
Right then, enough bribery and on to some look-a-likes and general cuteness.
Being an Open Show meant is was, yes, you guessed it, open – to all breeds and, even better, ages. That meant we got to see both puppies and child handlers. Who can resist cute kids and puppies? So, first up, 2 adorable and beautiful children with their equally adorable and cute puppies
And not to forget our friends. This one is for Raffles
And Misaki. Well, fine, it’s not a Malamute but a Husky is pretty darned close
And Mollie. Yes, again, not really a Mollie dog but close, at least in colouring
Oh and, guess what, we even found an Easy impersonator. Just look into those eyes and tell me there’s not trouble coming.
Then a bunch of cute little Grey Hound puppies, just to add to the cuteness factor
And how could we do a post without having some nudity involved. A Chinese Crested is always good for and this pic will have to be dedicated to Doggy, not only because he rather likes posts with nudity but also because he insists that he wants to steal Pixels from me but would have to shave her. Thought I’d let you see what a nude animal might look like.
Plus a Collie for our Meadow friends
And, not to forget our lovely Litchi Love. We at least managed to find a dog that shows her what she was supposed to look like, even if she failed.
So, even if the fund raising didn’t go as well as others, we had a wonderful day out. Not the best set of photos but certainly fun taking them.
Who do you think is the best Look-A-Like?
Long Life Cats and Dogs 
Beyoooootiful pooches and the Malamut and Collie just swept me.
Not the best photographs but those two certainly were stunning.
Oh what fun even if it wasn’t a massive success 🙂 Those woofies are nearly as good looking as us..bawahwawwww 🙂 xx0xx
Mollie and Alfie
Not quite as good looking, obviously but definitely fun to photograph 🙂
what do you call a handful of gorgeous greyhound pups?
Probably a handful 😀
Oh what GREAT photos! Sorry you didn’t get a lot of donations for shelters but I just bet the people who read the brochure and had time to think about it away from the show will come through and help if they can! You found some good look-alikes in the crowd too. FUN!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
No kitties for you Sammy but it really was time that the dogs got a bit of the lime light. The problem with dog shows is that the people there are concentrating on their own animals and how well they are doing. Great place to get brochures and my name out but not for raising funds on the day. Let’s hope there’s a knock on effect though.
Shame the fundraising didn’t amount to beans but you’re getting your face out there and your name known. The lookalikes are wonderful! Would have to say that Raffles or Easy are the closest.
Raffles and Easy are definitely close. Not to worry about the fund raising. I’ve done better at other places but, at the dog shows, people are more interested in their own animal and how it’s performing. As you say, it still gets the name out there, which will count in the long run.
Cute and friendly! It wasn’t a total loss!
A day spent with a bunch of dogs, or any animal for that matter, can never be a loss 🙂
Love all the pictures. Too bad you didn’t get many donations. There is always next time.
Other venues work out a bit better for donations. Dog shows tend to be poor as people are more interested in how their dog is doing than going over to tables.
OK. The Poodle is in puppy clip. But one can’t blame a poodle for its hairstyle. The Malamute and Weimaraner look really good and do does the Chinese Crested. Nice Collie, so serious grooming was done there. I’m just sorry that there wasn’t a really decent DOG at that show!
Half my last Lotto win is yours.
Well, thank you so much for half your lotto win. Taking a wild guess at that and coming up with either half of nothing or, on a really good day, half of R7 🙂 In fairness to the poodles hairstyle it was, in fact, still a pup, albeit a rather large one but, then again, you of all people know about large sized pups 😀
How cute they are – what a wonderful Show. The girl with the dog is great.
Oh and I think the Weimaraner was a girl? I think the poodle could be Raffles’ twin hahaha
Yip, the Weimaraner was a girl but she was the only one there, so had to be your impersonator. Still think that naughty look in the eyes was you perdogified 🙂
that’s in our breed I think LOL
They are all very pretty and handsome! I hope you get more donations soon =^.^=
That’s very big of you Bailey, coming from a cat and all.
The look a likes was real fun. We hope too some people donate. Glad you had a great time. Hope you have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Thanks for the wishes Molly. It was a great day, donations in or not.
OMD, I didn’t realizae that so many of my blogging friends were SO FAMOUS that the needed body doubles to make appearances! 🙂 Looks like a lot of fun, and fundraising is hard, but hopefully you were able to make a difference.
I’ve had better success on other fund raising events but one never knows what might come out of it in the long run. Body doubles – very funny. Yes, when you’re famous, you need to be careful 🙂
What a wonderful spectacle. Enough to bring so much joy. Just love that Weimeran, but then they’re all magnificent.
Always a treat to see the show dogs. The weimaraner was incredibly beautiful, I agree. I always love their colour.
You sure found a lot of great lookalikes!
Sadly, no Chesapeakes although, to be fair, I’ve never seen one in South Africa. We’ll keep a good eye out though
Awwww, they are all super duper cute little woof doggies!
Have a great day
Nibbles, Nutty, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
Thanks my wonderful piggie friends.
GREAT post and photographs! Our two dogs — both rescues — do yoga with us: http://tuesdayswithlaurie.com/2013/02/05/yoga-gone-to-the-dogs/
Just what I love to hear. Two dogs, rescued and in a fabulous home. Just wonderful.
OMG, those greyhound puppies — I’ll take all of them!!!! And that Chinese Crested is the prettiest one I’ve ever seen in my life. I mean, I know they are known for being ugly, but I have seen some nice looking ones, but this one truly takes the cake in adorableness. Pressing “like” wasn’t good enough. This post needs a “love” button! 🙂 🙂 🙂
That Chinese Crested really was a cutie, I couldn’t agree more. Thanks so much. Really appreciate it.
I love these photos… wish I could own them all…
It’s certainly a problem I have – wanting to have them all. Very dangerous when you’re working in the rescue field.
ruff-very dogs…everyone of them! i’m thinkin’ like Bulldog…want all of them. ☺
I’m sure we’re all a bit like that. Wishing we could take all the animals home with us. Good golly, can you imagine what our homes would look like if we were to take them all in
Not only the eye sore but eww, the smell!! 😊
Pray the donations will come in. The faces on this post certainly should sell the idea.
Yisraela
Thanks for the prayers. In this economic environment, they are much needed and appreciated.
Got all our paws crossed that donations come in. And, we think Misaki lookalike is a good one but then we don’t know the other dogs. Wishing you luck and wagging for you. Max & Bella (love the photos-biped Paulette)
Thanks for keeping all the paws crossed. Definitely needed in these difficult economic times. The photos weren’t great but the animals were just gorgeous.
What??? No ‘Ruby’ look-a-likes??! Well, I NEVER!! BOL BOL BOL
Those really are beautiful doggies!! I loves the Litchi look-a-like! Very handsome!!!
Paws crossed that TONS of donations come floodin’ in!!!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
Sorry I couldn’t find your body double Ruby. We’ll try harder next time. Thanks for the good wishes for donations. Very difficult economic times for them at the moment but got other events lined up, so here’s hoping.
Raffles is in love!!!!
I’m sure he is 🙂 As soon as I saw that pup, I just new I had to get a pic for him.
Wonder full bickshers!!! And I wood lubbs teu helb wif fund raising. Let’s work teugeffer!!!
We would love to work together with you. What a wonderful offer. Let me know what you were thinking of. Thanks a million.
Of course the little black doggy mid-conversation is my favourite 🙂
Too cute. Was absolutely full of beans and talk
Aw. They are all pretty cute. I’m partial to the little Chinese Crested. 🙂
The Chinese Crested seems to have been a very popular choice. Everyone seems to like it. It really was quite a cutie
Those are some good looking dogs there and oh yes, kids too. 🙂
Was a great day out, thanks
I hope it leads to some regular donations for you.
That Easy impersonator looks rather serious, our Easy likes a laugh!
Certainly hoping for the regular donations as well. The economy is making this rather difficult. Nobody has spare cash at the end of the month (or the beginning, it would seem 🙂 ). Anyway, we plow forth and keep on trying. No keeping a good dog down, you know 😀 The Easy impersonator was pretty similar to Easy actually. Got up to all sorts of antics. That was the best photo, from a judging perspective. The rest had all sorts of silly faces being pulled.
OMD I think you found my doppleganger!
Thought you might like that one, Misaki 🙂
Dogs are wonderful 🙂
Couldn’t agree with you more 🙂
Sorry the fund raising didn’t turn out so hot, looks like a nice time nonetheless. Beautiful pictures. I thinks chinese creasted are so cool. Have a great weekend.
I must admit that it was a particularly pretty Chinese Crested. We’ll have more success on the fund raising side on our next attempt, I’m sure.
So cute!!! I love the little yellow Labrador puppies. Reminds me of Maya’s more mischievous days. 😉
Indeed. The lab pups are the cutest things ever but my word, can they cause havoc
I like litchi! But I don’t understand about the fund raising, probably because my attention span is too short. WEre you trying to raise money? Maybe I should send some. It looks like a lot of fun.
The Litchi one was just gorgeous. So full of personality and spunk. Yip, desperately trying to raise funds. Long Life Cats & Dogs is a registered fund raising company, aimed at generating income for the pro-life animal welfare shelters. These shelters are small but incredibly wonderful. They simply don’t have the time or resources to market, so we try to do so for them. Any spare pennies you may have would help immensely in our attempt to keep them open and running. Unfortunately, here in South Africa, there is no funding for animal causes. There are so many humanitarian issues, that any available funds go there.
All very lovely looking dogs! 🙂
They were wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed the day.
The Misaki look a like!
Yip, a definite winner that one is.
Love the look a likes hilarious x. Hope people empty their purses online when they get home x
I’m afraid the hopes of that have faded. I’ll be doing more fund raising during the week and next weekend but the economy is playing havoc on it. In a different economy, it would be easier but, then again, the need would not be as great. These shelters are dangerously close to having to close as nobody seems to have spare cash to donate and all state funding here goes to humanitarian aid, never animals. Oh well, we keep on trying and every cent counts. We’ll continue to do our best to help them.
What a lovely bunch 🙂
They were a delight. Thanks
Squuuueeeeeeee!
😀
Lovely photos…that Chinese Crested Dog was very cute and the husky is great…oh and the Mollie look alike was very appealing too 🙂
Was fun finding the lookalikes and yes, the chinese crested was terribly cute. Thanks
No Basils?! Looks like a brilliant day was had by all!
I know, terribly sad that there was no Basil there for you but maybe at the next one.
Lovely photos all, but that little girl in the red coat with her puppy is just too damn cute. So sorry the fundraising did not go as well as hoped.
She really was a sweetie. Such a nice girl with the cutest puppy out – hard to beat that combination.
They are all beautiful and I want them all! How can one possibly choose a favorite? Great shots!
Guess that was a bit mean, really, expecting people to choose 🙂 I certainly couldn’t, that’s why I passed the buck
Just got around to reading this . . . if you are asking for favorite, it has to be the grayhound puppies.
The Greyhound puppies were terribly cute. Thanks for getting around here
A wonderful bunch Susan. Wishing lots of donations and forever homes.
Thanks so very much. Not the greatest photographs but a cute bunch of dogs.
A definite OD on cuteness – dogs and likkle girls bofe.
Hope those forms come flooding.
So wish they would but so far, no such luck. No problem, we will continue concentrating on flea markets in the mean time. Anybody with any “hoarding” items lying around, is most welcome to send them my way. I can sell anything!
I think your pics are so gorgeous, Susan. It would be hard to choose a favourite, but the Collie looks so adorable. 🙂
It truly was a beautiful Collie. Thanks. They really weren’t the best pics as I was taking them on my cell phone but gorgeous dogs do have a way of coming out alright.
I think the Chinese-Crested looks like Leo.
That Chinese Crested is getting lots of attention
All dem lubly Poochies!! Mum can we haz a Greyhound puppy!!! Purrleeze!!
Nylablue xo
They really were too cute. I could have taken the whole bunch home
It’s Raffles for sure.
I agree. The Raffles impersonator was great
I think those are great photos! I love them all. That is the cutest Chinese Crested I have ever seen. I hope you get some long term good results from being out there. Thanks for stopping by my blog recently and for your kind words….they have been a big help during a difficult time.
I’m just so incredibly sorry that you are having to go through such a very hard time. My thoughts and prayers remain with you.