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Anaya and Philip Buys brought their great danes Skhy and Houston from Long Bay for the Hot Diggity Dog Show. They won Cutest Pair. The basset hounds Trevor and Trish belong to Arup and Simi Mukherjee of Stanmore Bay and were runners up in Cutest Pair. Paloma Gosling and her family moved to Stanmore Bay recently from Canada, bringing with them 18-month-old Beagle Rowdy. Dianne Mayson’s dogs Scampi and Ella were favourites with the crowd. Below from left, Sam, a Griffin/Pug cross won this Cutest Puppy trophy for proud owner Shirley Bawden of Waiwera. Super, a Wheaton terrier, with owner Annisha Black of Mairangi Bay. Pedigree Chihuahua Venus, with Tracy Ogden of Manly, was judge’s choice in the Dog We’d Most Like to Take Home category. Alyssa Topp of Hatfields Beach with her Australian Shepherd Koda.
More than 40 dogs of all shapes and sizes took part in the inaugural Hot Diggity Dog Show, held in Orewa on March 18.
Although the event was aimed at the family pooch, as many purebred dogs as mongrels took part including Great Danes, Chihuahuas and everything in between.
The judges, representatives of Ultra Feeds and the Hibiscus Coast Dog Training Club, had their work cut out for them – particularly in one of the largest categories, Judge’s Choice (dog we’d most like to take home). They selected Chihuahua Venus from the 24 dogs competing for this trophy.
Other categories included Cutest Puppy, Best Dressed and Dog that looks most like its Owner.
There was also a demonstration of dog obedience by members of the Hibiscus Coast Dog Training Club.
The event, held on Western Reserve, was organised by Orewa Lions Club as a fundraiser. President Mandy Hebben says it brought in an estimated $1400 which will be used for local community projects such as the gym equipment that the club is putting on Orewa Beach Reserve.
She says that the club hopes that the Hot Diggity Dog will become an annual event.
