Mongrel Dog Show

We happily sponsor The Mongrel Dog Show held by the Benalla Uniting Church. We couldn't find of a more appropriate event for Mongrel Socks to be involved in. Last night they sent me some photo's of the October ,07 event. Sadly my blogger won't allow me to download them, don't know why, but we will get them posted on our web site in the near future. It feels really good to spread a bit of goodwill around, but the photo's were the icing on the cake. Lot's of smiling faces, clutching their beloved mongrel and our Mongrel Socks.
Here's an article about the event I grabbed out of the Benalla local country newspaper.
A dog day out
By Rebecca Tampion
October 22 2007Country News
John Howard and Nathan Buckley will be among the celebrities at this year's Mongrel Dog Show in Benalla.
Perhaps not in person, but there will certainly be a couple of canines doing their best to look like the Prime Minster and recently retired football star.
In its second year, the Benalla Uniting Church Mongrel Dog Show will take place this Saturday and organisers are hoping for a bigger and better show than last year.
Among the competitors will be Colleen Fleming, who will enter her 10-year-old Jack Russell, Horrie, and 21/2-year-old shih tzu, Molly, in the "dog most like a celebrity" category, dressed as John Howard and Nathan Buckley respectively.
Molly will also go up against the cream of the crop in the "best town dog" competition.
Colleen took part in the inaugural dog show last year, in which she and Horrie won the "dog most like its owner" category, and said she was looking forward to another day out with her beloved pooches.
"We entered just because we thought it would be a fun dogs' day out," Mrs Fleming said.
The mongrel dog show is the brain child of Benalla Uniting Church member Alan Stafford who, after witnessing a similar dog show in NSW, brought the idea back to Benalla.
There are a number of different categories open to competitors including fancy dress, best toy dog, best natural tri-coloured dog, best performing dog and the Country News best farm dog.
Co-organiser Jenny Monger said last year's show brought people of all ages and dogs of all shapes and sizes and was a "real community day" and it is hoped there will be more entrants and dogs this year.
There will be three judges officiating on the day, with a dog handler present to keep an eye on things, as well as health checks and nail clipping for the dogs.
The cost for entry is $2 a dog plus 50 a category.
Mrs Monger said the money raised from the show would go towards the wider work of the Uniting Church including mission and outreach programs with Aboriginal communities, the homeless and overseas.