Henley's Top Dog Competition
HENLEY'S TOP DOG 2012 has launched!!
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Is your dog barkingly brilliant?
Bounding into its third year of competition, ‘Top Dog’ is back! We’re inviting dog owners to enter their posh pooches and marvellous mutts into one of four categories, with the chance of winning a share of prizes worth £2,000!
Naughty Mutt Nice, Henley’s Little Dog Shop, is proud to announce this year’s Top Dog competition in association with our wonderful friends at The Henley Standard and The Hotel Du Vin. And this year your canine companions have even more chance of making the shortlist for a prestigious ‘woofer’ award, and a plethora of prizes, with the introduction of an online category. We want dog owners to email videos of their dogs doing all kinds of wonderful, award winning stuff to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it But if you don’t have a video clip, don’t worry, we still want your photos and stories for the following categories:
You Had Me At ‘Woof’
Posing Pointers, smiling Schnauzers, leaping Labradoodles, wagging Westies and cute as a button Cockers. Email your top dog photo to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to be in with a chance of winning!
Tails Of The Brave And The Bold
Did you give a rescue dog a forever home? Or maybe your canine has done something heroic? Put your story into 250 words, and email it with a photo to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The winning tail-wagger will get a bounty of brilliant prizes.
May The Paws Be With You
Dogs morph into famous literary, stage and screen favourites. Send us a photo of your dog dressed as someone famous to be in with a chance of winning a night at The Hotel du Vin in Henley, and much, much more! Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Judging will take place on Friday 17th August, 2012, and the winning entries and runners-up will be chosen by the Top Dog judges, Henley Standard Editor Simon Bradshaw; Naughty Mutt Nice proprietor Aspen Weatherburn; and Vet Erik D’Arcy-Donnelly from The Veterinary Centre in Henley.
The award ceremony - ‘The Woofers’ – will be held in the Balfour Room and Courtyard at The Hotel Du Vin in Henley, on August Bank Holiday Monday (27th). All dog owners are welcome, as well as any well-behaved four-legged friends who fancy popping along. The ceremony will begin at 12-noon.
Here is the full list of fantastic prizes:
You Had Me At Woof
1) A Charlotte Williams pet or person portrait, up the value of £150. These beautifully detailed portraits are done from photographs in a variety of mediums. www.charlottewilliamsart.com
2) A Health Check from The Veterinary Centre Henley, with a consultation and urine sample evaluation worth £50 www.henley-vets.co.uk
3) One hydrotherapy session at Doggy Dips worth £35 0118 972 4849
4) One Year’s Supply of Dog Rocks worth £80. A must have urine burn solution for dog owners with a passion for their pooch and their lawn! www.dogrocks.co.uk
5) An Organic Trial Box of Lily's Kitchen Dog Food worth £25. www.lilyskitchen.co.uk
6) Five 60-minute pack walks with Mind My Paws worth £50. www.mindmypaws.co.uk
7) A one-hour behavioural session worth £50 with Josh Wood at Henley Dog Behaviour. www.henleydogbehaviour.co.uk
8) A stylish Union Jack neckerchief by Mutts & Hounds, using textile designer Emily Bonds iconic printed linen worth £15. www.muttsandhounds.co.uk
9) A Wash and Nail Cut at Naughty Mutt Nice, Henley’s Little Dog Shop. Worth £30 www.naughtymuttnice.com
TWO RUNNERS UP: A night each at Pete’s Pet Pad worth £20 – a home away from home for your dog. www.petespetpad.co.uk 07739569936
Tails Of The Brave And The Bold
1) A Traditional Afternoon Tea for 2, with dog at The Hotel Du Vin
2) A Health Check from The Veterinary Centre Henley, with a consultation and urine sample evaluation worth £50 www.henley-vets.co.uk
3) One hydrotherapy session at Doggy Dips worth £35.00 0118 972 4849
4) A luxuriously fabulous pillow bed from Hugo & Hennie. The winner can pick 'n' mix from 25 gorgeous interior fabrics, to design a bed that will make a beautifully unique addition to their home. The bed is valued at £94.
5) A year’s supply of Dog Rocks worth £80. A 100% natural and hassle free solution to urine burn patches on your lawn. www.dogrocks.com
6) An Organic Trial Box of Lily's Kitchen Dog Food worth £25. www.lilyskitchen.co.uk
7) Five 60-minute pack walks with Mind My Paws Dog Walking worth £50.00 www.mindmypaws.co.uk
8) A one-hour behavioural session worth £50 with Josh Wood at Henley Dog Behaviour. www.henleydogbehaviour.co.uk
9) A Wash and Nail Cut at Naughty Mutt Nice, Henley’s Little Dog Shop. Worth £30 www.naughtymuttnice.com
TWO RUNNERS UP: A night each at Pete’s Pet Pad worth £20 – a home away from home for your dog. www.petespetpad.co.uk 07739569936
May The Paws Be With You
1) A night at the Hotel du Vin in Henley for two, and dog. www.hotelduvin.com
2) A Health Check from The Veterinary Centre Henley, with a consultation and urine sample evaluation worth £50 www.henley-vets.co.uk
3) One hydrotherapy session at Doggy Dips worth £35. 0118 972 4849
4) An Organic Trial Box of Lily's Kitchen Dog Food worth £25. www.lilyskitchen.co.uk
5) A stylish Union Jack neckerchief by Mutts & Hounds, using textile designer Emily Bonds iconic printed linen worth £15. www.muttsandhounds.co.uk
6) A bespoke Funky Mutts Lead and Collar set, worth £40 www.funkymutts.com
7) Five 60-minute pack walks with Mind My Paws Dog Walking worth £50. www.mindmypaws.co.uk
8) A one-hour behavioural session worth £50 with Josh Wood at Henley Dog Behaviour. www.henleydogbehaviour.co.uk
9) A Wash and Nail Cut at Naughty Mutt Nice, Henley’s Little Dog Shop. Worth £30 www.naughtymuttnice.com
TWO RUNNERS UP: A night each at Pete’s Pet Pad worth £20 – a home away from home for your dog. www.petespetpad.co.uk 07739569936
VIDEO Category
1) A bespoke Funky Mutts Lead and Collar set, worth £40 www.funkymutts.com
2) One hydrotherapy session at Doggy Dips worth £35. 0118 972 4849
3) A Health Check from The Veterinary Centre Henley, with a consultation and urine sample evaluation worth £50 www.henley-vets.co.uk
4) One Year’s Supply of Dog Rocks worth £80. A must have urine burn solution for dog owners with a passion for their pooch and their lawn! www.dogrocks.co.uk
5) A Wash and Nail Cut at Naughty Mutt Nice, Henley’s Little Dog Shop. Worth £30 www.naughtymuttnice.com
TWO RUNNERS UP
A night each at Pete’s Pet Pad worth £20 – a home away from home for your dog. www.petespetpad.co.uk 07739569936
A Hydrotherapy session each at Doggy Dips worth £35.00 0118 972 4849