On Saturday June 1st Alfie (my Chocolate Labrador) celebrated his first birthday with
his brothers and sisters at a special party at Barkitty, Heart of the Shires Shopping
Village, Watling Street
Nr Daventry.
Alfie celebrated his birthday with
Angus, Charlie, Millie Mae, Darcy, Millie, Dexter and Blue, who all turned one!
Oh. My. Gahd. What a day it
was!! Thank you SO SO SO MUCH to everyone who came along today, it was
FANTASTIC and what an amazing first birthday for the puppies!
We are estimating around 100 dogs attended
today, how wonderful!
The support I receive, as ever,
overwhelms me, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!! Some tired dogs
tonight I imagine!?! I have one here absolutely flat out fast asleep!
More than 100 dogs enjoyed the party
including, a marquee for the dogs to socialise and enjoy some time together, an
agility course, and an enclosed paddock for the dogs to run around and play
together.
Northampton Vets4Pets handed out
information and advice, and there was a ‘dog friendly’ birthday cake for Alfie
and his friends.
We wanted to mark Alfie's first
birthday in style and we couldn’t think of a better way then a pooch party with
his brothers and sisters and friends of Barkitty Pet Boutique.
“It was such a great day and to see
the dogs running around to the music and eating treats together whilst their
owners made friends too.”
The event was free of charge and
people came along to enjoy the party whilst having a bite of cake to celebrate
Alfie’s first birthday.
Joe Moriarty, aged 24, Kislingbury,
owner of Thor 12 week old Patterdale Terrier said: “This is the first time Thor has been around other dogs, I
heard about Alfie’s party and thought it would be a good way to introduce Thor
to other animals.
“He has really enjoyed it eating lots
of treats and it has been good seeing him interact with other animals. It was a
really great idea of Lisa’s to organise something as you get to meet people
through events like this too.”
Cheryl Sligh, owner of Sprocker Spaniel, Jasper, said
“What a fab day! Jasper is exhausted so an extra special thank you! I’ve never
seen him so happy!”
I'd also like to say a special THANK YOU
to Mandy and Julie from Bluemoo Photography, Steph who did the agility, Emma
& Dee from Northampton Vets4Pets, Nikki & Phil
from The Lucky Pups Baking Co., Sheila from "Woofielicious dog bakery", Rebekah and
Becky who made the human cakes, Rach & Lauren from Cross&Crane Collars who made Alfie's 'it's my birthday' cape and everyone
else who helped me today.
Also, thanks for his pressies and cards...
completely unexpected and so kind!! He is a very lucky boy!
Big thanks to Mum,
Dad, Jason & Ryan for their massive help too, and thanks to my sister Carla
for not giving birth during the party (it took place
on her due date)!
Final thanks to Bobby Boosh the security guard -
very helpful!!
The
party has received huge press coverage locally, but also nationally with Zoe
Ball mentioning it on Radio 2 today!
www.barkitty.co.uk
www.facebook.com/barkittypetboutique
www.twitter.com/barkitty12
Bernie
said of the entries “they’re all very good and I’m sure not one would last half
a minute with Riles [his Schnauzer]”
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