Some of the First Bark In The Park Entries... Faversham

A great morning photographing our first entries in the Bark in The Park pet portrait competition. 

We are very excited to announce that our ‘Bark in the Park’ competition with the Times circulation area. 

This fantastic new competition is all about finding the most adorable dogs in the Times circulation area. There are six photoshoot opportunities where you can bring your dog along and have their photograph taken.

There is no charge to have their photographs taken

The photoshoots are:

Sunday Oct 9th. 9-11am at Tankerton slopes [near the cafe] 

Sunday Oct 9th. 12-2pm at Victoria Recreation Ground, Canterbury [Off Rheims Way]

Saturday Oct 15th. 9-12am at Macknade, Faversham ME13 8XF 

Sunday Oct 16th. 9-11am at Tankerton slopes [near the cafe] 

Sunday Oct 16th. 12-2pm at Victoria Recreation Ground, Canterbury [Off Rheims Way]

The Goat was in the field next door to us and loved watching the dogs...

Bark In The Park Comes to Canterbury, Faversham, Tankerton

We are very excited to announce that our ‘Bark in the Park’ competition is coming to the Times circulation area. 

Whether you have the largest Labrador, the smallest Shih tzu, the dottiest Dalmation or cutest collie, we want to take their photograph and award you some prizes. 

This fantastic new competition is all about finding the most adorable dogs in the Times circulation area. 

There are just six photoshoot opportunities where you can bring your dog along and have their photograph taken by the Dographer.

There is no charge to have their photographs taken

The photoshoots are

Saturday Oct 8th. 9-12am at Macknade, Faversham ME13 8XF 

Sunday Oct 9th. 9-11am at Tankerton slopes [near the cafe] 

Sunday Oct 9th. 12-2pm at Victoria Recreation Ground, Canterbury [Off Rheims Way]

Saturday Oct 15th. 9-12am at Macknade, Faversham ME13 8XF 

Sunday Oct 16th. 9-11am at Tankerton slopes [near the cafe] 

Sunday Oct 16th. 12-2pm at Victoria Recreation Ground, Canterbury [Off Rheims Way]

Come along and join the fun...

Laurie

Day 1 Bark in the Park - Sittingbourne

A few of our first entries on day one...

Looks good

Well, the weather looking good for our first session of "Bark in the Park" Dog portrait competition. We going to be at the Borden Lane Vets from 12-14.00. We've prepare a bad weather plan for the weekend. Flash and a mini tent thing...

It all start tomorrow... Bark In The Park in East Kent - Sittingbourne

Well it all starts tomorrow! 

Bark In The Park an exciting competition where your pet could win prizes.  

It's a pet portrait competition and all you need to do is bring along your dog to have their photograph taken at one of our free sessions! It's that simple.

There's over £400 of prizes and all entrants will appear in a special edition of the East Kent Gazette in a few weeks time... the competition will be judged by the readers and you will be able to vote by text or form from the newspaper.

The event's sponsors “Borden Lane Veterinary Surgery" will be hosting the first shooting session in their car park between 12 and 2 on Friday. It looks like the weather is going to be great tomorrow so if you're around why not pop along. 

We also have two other shooting days taking place at the playing field at Borden Grammar School; you know, the place opposite the entrance to Sainsburys in the Avenue Of Remembrance, Sittingbourne. 

We'll be there on;

Saturday and Sunday between 10 & 2

So come along and join the fun. It's a great open space and a really “dog friendly” area.

The competition has already been successfully run in Dover, Folkestone, Hythe and Romney. 

PS If you would like to buy your dogs photograph we have a very special super saver offer! 

PPS Entry to the competition is not dependant on purchase.

Dogs WIN Prizes - This Friday Saturday & Sunday

Animal Mania - Dover July 2011 Part 2

Here is a video of the "shooting Stars" Flyball Team. Fast, Fun and Funny!

This is a photo I shot of the team members (humans)

TheVideo...

Wikipedia describes Flyball as follows


Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from a start/finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses the spring loaded pad, then back to their handlers while carrying the ball.


Flyball is run in teams of four dogs, as a relay. The course consists of four hurdles placed 10 feet (3 m) apart from each other, with the starting line six feet (1.8 m) from the first hurdle, and the flyball box 15 feet (4.5 m) after the last one, making for a 51-foot (15.5 m) length. The hurdle height is determined by the shoulder height of the smallest dog in the team.

Under current North American Flyball Association (NAFA) rules this should be 5 inches (12.7 cm) below the withers height of the smallest dog, to a height of no less than 7 inches (20.3 cm) and no greater than 14 inches (40.6 cm). Each dog must return its ball all the way across the start line before the next dog crosses. Ideal running is nose-to-nose at the start line. The first team to have all four dogs cross the finish line error free wins the heat. Penalties are applied to teams if the ball is dropped or if the next relay dog is released early.