VALLADOLID,
Sunday the 17th of June
The
19th of june of last year and the 17th of june of this year had a little bit
more in common than being a sunny and hot day. If the 19th of june of last year
was already a success for Scooby in
terms of organizing the first competition of mixed breeds together with the City
Council of Valladolid (see issue nummer 13), then the 17th of june of this year
was exceptional. In fact, the third edition of the Day of the Pet by the City
of Valladolid and the second edition of the competition of mixed breeds, was an
outright success with thousands of people that visited the event.
On
the 9th of june, in Salamanca they also organized their first version of the
Day of the Pet, an Scooby was present there as well.
In
Valladolid, the program was expanded with a series of lectures on the 10th,
11th and the 12th of june in the
recently opened Cúpula del Milenio.
ORGANIZATION
The
same as last year, both in the organization and as judges in the competion, the Official College of Veterinarians of
Valladolid as well as the Municipal Association of Veterinarians attended.
The program covered all day, from 9 in the morning till 9 in the evening. There were some new activities added to the program from last year and this way all the people from Valladolid could enjoy a day filled with activities around and about pets, such as lectures, exhibitions, parades, sales stands and information stands about the care of animals. With the exception of noon, when it was too hot and activities were stopped to give everybody a chance to have lunch, the Paseo del Recoletos in Valladolid was the scene of incessant hustle and bustle and full of animal lovers.
The program covered all day, from 9 in the morning till 9 in the evening. There were some new activities added to the program from last year and this way all the people from Valladolid could enjoy a day filled with activities around and about pets, such as lectures, exhibitions, parades, sales stands and information stands about the care of animals. With the exception of noon, when it was too hot and activities were stopped to give everybody a chance to have lunch, the Paseo del Recoletos in Valladolid was the scene of incessant hustle and bustle and full of animal lovers.
As
last year, our volunteers Facundo and Alicia, together with a group of 25
volunteers dedicated a lot of work and several months of preparation to this
special day which was very rewarding because of the success of the day and the
good organization.
NEWS
On
of the new features of this second edition of this day organized by Scooby, was
the involvement of the children of a primary school, with a drawing
competition, the theme being “I care for and respect my pet”, and the prizes
for the competition were handed out in the morning.
Another
new feature was the grooming competition, which took place in the recreative
area from 11.00 till 19.15, at which time the jury would decide, and where we
could see, for example, how afghan galgos were being groomed and made to look
gorgeous.
And
also the association “Con Perros” from Salamanca was present all day, arranging
walks with children an elderly people with pets. And there were costumes and
balloons and candy all day in the playground area.
TROPHIES AND MEDALS
Trophies
and medals were handed out to the three best ones in each category in the
canine competition, the categories being:
the best on 6 legs, the smallest dog, the biggest dog, the most skilled
dog and the most original mixed breed.
The
pricewinning trophies were handed out at
13.45 with all the members of the jury present. Fermin handed out the
trophy, the medal and a bag of dog food, to the “best dog in show”.
With
a stand of Hogar de los Gatos, the cats were remembed too, including a
competition of cat photograpy.
The
thirsty, hungry and children were not forgotten either because from 11.00 till
closing time drinks, food and activities or children were available.
EXHIBITIONS AND DOG
SHOWS
In
the afternoon, the competition for mixed breed dogs was alternated by
exhibitions. The C.R.A.S. (Centre of Rehabilitation and Recuperating Wild Birds)
demonstrated the release of 2 wildbirds completely recovered.
The
dogshows for dogs available for adoption by the local pound of Valladolid and
Scooby was a success. Facundo introduced each dog with their history and what
he knew about them and in the end: dogs
were.. adopted!
After
this came another dogshow and the
pricewinners were announced for the grooming competition.
And
when the sun started to set, the Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME) gave us an
demonstration of dogs for military work, security and rescue work.
In
the end, Canuber closed the day with a demonstration of working dogs in obedience
training.
