New Zealand Dog News

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June 30, 2006

Canine chaos hits town Dogs (and owners) give 100pc


It was mayhem up the mountain yesterday as canine chaos descended on Coronet Peak for the annual Speight's Dog Derby.

As 60 dogs and their owners came hurtling down from the top of the M1 chairlift for the Lindauer Winter Festival highlight, some stragglers still carried a can of Speights.
Those at the front slid most of the way with dogs in tow.

At the bottom, the melee of excited barking dogs, shouting owners and shrill whistles had the crowd in stitches. Although most were working dogs, a few "townie" dogs stood out, unused to such a crowd of new friends. Mark Wilson, aka The Caped Crusader, was a flash of red with Jose, a short-legged dog with a cap to match his master's outfit.

The challenge for skiiers and boarders after the event was to avoid the brown piles of doggy-doo that littered the area.

1 Comments:

  • At 3:19 p.m., Blogger Michael Qiu said…

    hi, I seem to remember a story a while back about an old man that had his dog taken off him because he couldn't afford to pay the registration fees. I think I remember that the dog was put down and the council said that the situation could have been avoided if the man told the council about the situation earlier. The only story I found on the internet was this one: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/982534 but the details of this story is slightly different to the one I remembered hearing. Do you have some information on the story that I'm after? Thanks. Michael Qiu. michael.qiu.nz@gmail.com

     

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