OMG, OMG Rocco here again. Thought I should give you the
heads-up about St Margaret’s Fair, which we went to on Saturday 14 July. Rain, rain and more rain, still at
least I got out of Barnes Fair which is hell for dogs rain or not. St
Margaret’s Fair is in Teddington and had a big dog event with judges giving
prizes for things like ’the dog with the waggiest tale’ (pass the sick bag
Alice) this is the kind of event that no self-respecting lurcher should be seen
near. I slunk away before himself had time to see through all the wet anoraks
and umbrellas.
The Association of Professional Dog Walkers had a marquee
(kindly donated by Twickenham Veterinary Surgery). At least it was dry inside
that. Humbug was with me and he got many compliments as to how sweet he was (Alice,
where is that bag?) Happily he found a box of dog treats they were going to give
out and gnawed his ‘sweet’ way in.
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| Hubert with the lucky winner |
The marquee had a giant soft toy rabbit fixed on a perch that
swung gently from the roof, APDW folk inviting one and all to enter the “Name
the Bunny” competition. Contestants could choose from a list of possible ideas,
the contestants seemed unconcerned by the fact the rabbit was larger than they
were. The draw at the end of the day established that he was called Hubert (my
name for it was something else).
During the day the rain varied from drizzle to downpour,
with the odd clear spell. I spent my time slipping my lead and wandering off, practicing my hard
done-by dog in the rain performance and kindly APDW people would rescue me, put a lead on me and
take me back to himself who was trying to flog raffle tickets for the APDW
charities Pets as Therapy and Guardian Angels.
When we got home and dried-off, it transpired that a large share of the raffle prizes went to us for all the tickets he flogged to
himself.
