The annual Christmas Sausage dog walk in Shrewsbury.

Shropshire Star

The weather held just long enough for the walk in Shrewsbury Quarry Park. The annual Christmas Sausage dog walk was like a festive fashion show for the our little four legged friends.

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00:00So Paula, you're the organiser of the event, you're the organiser, what's the thinking

00:09behind it then?

00:10It's just a chance for everybody to get together, enjoy walking with all the dogs, let the dogs

00:16socialise a little bit, it often brings on some of the timid ones when they see a whole

00:20load of their own kind, and they relax a little bit more, so it's great, it's popular as you

00:27can see, I think we had about 60 dogs today, but we can have up to 100.

00:34So yeah, because you had to cancel the other week because of the weather.

00:36Yeah, because it was the rain and the very high winds, and of course the bottom of the

00:41quarry flooded, so we had to cancel.

00:43Yeah, I mean, is it just me, or have doggy outfits really stepped up this year?

00:48They're getting bigger and better, aren't they?

00:50Some people make their own, some people plan it for months.

00:55Yeah, I didn't realise, but like you just touched upon there, Atti, as well as just

00:59being enjoyable for the owners, a lot of these dogs can be quite timid, have a bit of anxiety

01:04issues, so it's really good for the dogs, isn't it?

01:06Like socialising and stuff.

01:08Yeah, socialising, yeah.

01:09And we get some siblings who aren't dashers as well, joining in.

01:14So is it an annual fixture now then?

01:16Is it properly set in the calendar?

01:18We do four a year, which is Halloween, Christmas, and then we do a spring one and a summer one.

01:25Yeah.

01:26Well, I'm glad it's gone well for you today. Thank you, Paula.

01:29How are you doing? What's your name, madam?

01:31I'm Pauline, and this is Ruby.

01:33And how old's Ruby?

01:35She's 13.

01:3613? Hello, Ruby. She's lovely little colour, isn't she?

01:40Well, grey.

01:41Yeah.

01:42We all get there.

01:44Yeah.

01:45And where are you coming from today? Are you in Shrewsbury?

01:47We're in Shrewsbury, yeah. We're just up at Basin Hill.

01:49It's a lovely little event, this, isn't it?

01:51It's lovely, yeah, and I'm so pleased it's dry today because Paula's just tried so hard to get us all together.

01:57Totally.

01:58So, yeah, it's really good.

02:00So we got Miley.

02:02He's getting in if we can try and catch him.

02:05He's got a pigs in blanket. I love it.

02:07What's your name, madam?

02:08Susie.

02:09And who's done the outfit for him?

02:11My mum, Kate, did the outfit.

02:12Kate? It looks great. It's a bit of an alternative costume you're sporting.

02:16It is! A sausage in a blanket.

02:18Do you like the water, Susie?

02:20Yeah.

02:22I've got the photo taken.

02:24Go on, Susie, go on!

02:26Go on, Susie, go on!

02:28Go on!

02:33See you later.

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