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.