International Day of the Dog
International Day of the Dog
Essex Fun Walk

Fun Walk at Southend-on-Sea, Essex

We had another great day this year together to celebrate the second International Day of the Dog on Sunday 29th April 2007. Becca, Rachael, Julie, Vicky, Ian and his family all went to the seafront at Southend in Essex to raise awareness of the day by taking a stroll, talking to the public, handing out leaflets, balloons and stickers for the children.

This year’s theme was to “Stop the Bullying of Dogs and their Owners” together with the campaign to outlaw cruel training gadgets. We were once again able to advertise our walk in the local paper (many thanks to Claire Borley of the Echo!) and were well received along the seafront. Together with this year’s campaign we wanted to highlight to the public the issue of “blame the deed and not the breed” which also went down well and many agreed with.



People were keen to know more about the International Day of the Dog and a few also asked what they could do to help. We explained the campaign to outlaw cruel training gadgets and made them aware of Robin Glover’s petition – adding more names to this good cause.


Once again we took our boys, Alf, Leon & Max, who were such great ambassadors for Jan’s method, bless them. We weren’t so lucky with our balloons this year though: a good deal of them broke loose and were last seen floating off in the direction of Kent, and as Ian observed, “We even spread the word in Gravesend without trying,” and you never know - they may have reached Tony in France!

So another fun day was had by all, and this year it seemed many more people were interested, and we achieved our aim. Even if we change one person’s mind, the day was certainly a success!

Below are some of the photos taken on the day.



Greeting the Public Essex Dog Listeners Handing out Flyers