By PETER DOUGLAS
ST PAUL’S Primary School aims to celebrate the dog as a child’s best friend when it holds the first Junior Dog Show.
The event will be held on Saturday, 24 October, from 10am on the school’s oval at 59 Moores Road, Monbulk.
Organiser Lisa Conway-Lee believes dogs are ‘very underrated’ as companions for children and she wanted to bring them to the fore with a special show.
The show will feature classes for children aged 5-7 and 8-10 years (with parental supervision required); and classes for 11-13 and 14-16 years, with the first three place-getters awarded rosettes.
There also will be novelty classes for the dog with the Waggiest Tail, Prettiest Bitch, Handsomest Dog and one for the Golden Oldies, dogs aged eight years and over.
The highlight of the day will be the awarding of Best in Show, just before 2pm.
Monbulk Veterinary Clinic will provide judges and sponsorship on the day and everyone who enters a class gets a raffle ticket in a prize hamper.
Mrs Conway-Lee said she was looking forward to seeing families and their dogs and hoped the show attracted plenty of spectators, too.
“As well as the dog classes, we’ll have face painting, a colouring competition, barbecue and lolly stall, so we’re hoping lots of people come along just for the fun of it,” she said.
Entry forms are available at the office at St Paul’s Primary School, 59 Moores Road, Monbulk.
