A dog day out

Canterbury's Press-reading pooches had a dog day afternoon at Canterbury Agricultural Park yesterday.

The Press Dogs' Day Out returned for the TV2 KidsFest this year with traditional competitions such as doggie limbo, tallest dog, shortest dog, longest tail and most interesting name.

New competitions set dogs the task of fetching a rolled-up Press newspaper and Pimp your Pooch.

Jo Hamilton, of Mt Pleasant, took her two children and their whippet-cross along for the day.

"It's just a bit of fun for the kids and they just loved it," she said.

Entertainment included demonstrations from the Alaskan Malamute Dog Club and sheep dog trials.

The KidsFest continues until Friday.

The School of the Naked Dog Team were there in full swing. They did the Ring 111 Challenge where two teams of 5 owners/dogs had to carry a cup of water to the burning dog house.

Great turn out. Too bad that the arms defenders squad were there. Great helicopters skills, but did they really need to scare the kids with their machine guns??

I thought that the helicopter was going to demonstrate dog rescue ... wasn't the day for kids and dogs?!