Two more pallets ready for delivery and that’s finally all the banana boxes used.
That’s a total of 453 boxes of dog and cat food packed and transported this year, on top of all the large bags of kibble, the dumpy bags and all the additional packaged tins.
That’s a total of at least 35 tons of food – and miles of pallet wrap 
Well with 213 entries this year, it has taken us ages to type up all the entries. But we’ve done it now and here are all the results from the classes.
Class 1 – Best Condition Veteran (29)
1st – Polly – Miniature Dachshund
2nd – Alfie – X Breed
3rd – Jess – Staffordshire Bull Terrier
4th – Kai – Whippet
Class 2 – Best Condition Adult (40)
1st – Poppy – Rough Collie
2nd – Baxter – Golden Doodle
3rd – Bonnie – Samoyed
4th – Poppy – Labrador
Class 3 – Best Condition Youngster (42)
1st – Hanzo – Border Terrier
2nd – Finn – Border Collie
3rd – Boo Boo – New Zealand Huntaway
4th – Crystal – Fox Terrier
Class 4 – Most Appealing Eyes (73)
1st – Bert – Border Collie
2nd – Maverick – Siberian Husky
3rd – Meg – Border Collie
4th – Mason – Staffy/Collie X
Class 5 – Best Rescue (35)
1st – Flynn – Greyhound
2nd – Benji – Carpathian X
3rd – Arora – Husky/Malamute X
4th – Fozy – Tibetan Spaniel X
Class 6 – Scruffiest Mutt (19)
1st – Lucy – X Breed
2nd – Fergus – Lurcher
3rd – Tessa – Scottish Deer Hound
4th – Pixie – Jack Russell X
Class 7 – Best Child Handler (24)
1st – Daisy – Coton de Tulear
2nd – Gucci – Poochon
3rd – Dexter – Pug
4th – Rolo – Pug
Class 8 – Best Trick (18)
1st – Tilly & Ruby – Miniature Poodles
2nd – Loki – Dalmation
3rd – Oscar – German Shepherd
4th – Nova – Jack Russell
Class 9 – Prettiest Bitch (61)
1st – Silver – Greyhound
2nd – Pebbles – Labrador/Collie X
3rd – Honey – Labrador
4th – Meg – Border Collie
Class 10 – Most Handsome Dog (67)
1st – Lloyd – Staffordshire Bull Terrier
2nd – Bertie – Corgi
3rd – Kobe – Doberman
4th – Elvis – Pug
Class 11 – Waggiest Tail (40)
1st – Beaux – Staffordshire Bull Terrier
2nd – Dani – Cocker Spaniel
3rd – Minnie – Chihauhau
4th – Baubau – Poochon
Class 12 – Best Fancy Dress (44)
1st – Digit – Miniature Dachshund
2nd – Bear/Poppy/Elsie/Rose – Chihuahua/Miniature Schnauzer/Doodle/Toy Poodle
3rd – Angel/Violet – Chihauhau
4th – Kiara/Marley – German Shepherd
Best in Show
Silver – Greyhound
Congratulations to each and every one of you.
To pre-enter your dog, you need to download, complete and return the Fun Dog Show Pre-Entry Form 2018 (it’s a Word document so use a PC/Laptop if you can).
Simply click the yellow button. Click ‘Save as’ adding your name to the File Name (so we can easily identify you and your dog/s), then complete all of the details, save the document again and email it back to us on info@takeawaythetears.co.uk or post with your payment.
A fab new addition that will take away the tears.
Treat your dog to a Jumper Bed to help them feel safe when they can’t be near you.
Each one has been lovingly upcycled from old jumpers by Take Away The Tears volunteers.
Have you thought about bringing us one of your own jumpers? We can make a Jumper Bed that smells of you. They’ll love it!
Pop over to the Take Away The Tears Shop to place your order.
Take Away The Tears helps abused and neglected rescue dogs abroad. You have already helped us send pallets to Cyprus and Romania – find out how the rescue dog carers felt about the pallets they received.
We collect the following to send to those at the front line of rescue:
These can be dropped off at one of the following locations;
North Shields – Jacana Limited, 75-79 Howard Street, NE30 1AF
Morpeth – Four paws hydrotherapy, Unit 9, Whitehouse Farm Centre NE61 6AW
Thank you so much!
Well done to everyone who took part in the Take Away The Tears Fun Dog Show this year and a very special shout out to all our winners! Here are the Fun Dog Show results:
1st – Willow Border Collie Cross
2nd – Meg Staffordshire Bull Terrier
3rd – Big Dave Labrador
4th – Deva Springer Spaniel
1st – Jasper Cocker Spaniel
2nd – Cooper Cockerdor
3rd – Xena German Shepherd
4th – Nell Manchester Terrier
1st – Hagrid Scottish Deerhound
2nd – Nala Golden Retriever
3rd – Leo Chi Pin
4th – Harper Cockerpoo
1st – Kara Siberian Husky
2nd – Fluke Springer/Collie X
3rd – Shilo Border Collie
4th – Alaska Siberian Husky
1st – Kobi XBreed
2nd – Harvey Springer Spaniel
3rd – Tiny Tim Lurcher
4th – Boris Boxer
1st – Indie Labradoodle
2nd – Scamp XBreed
3rd – Lucy XBreed
4th – Rocco Wheatador
1st – Beaux Staffordshire Bull Terrier
2nd – Nala Chow Chow
3rd – Patch Collie/Spaniel X
4th – Coco Labradoodle
1st – Meg Australian Kelpie X
2nd – Loki Dalmatian
3rd – Ziva
4th – Alfie Cavalier Kings Charles Spaniel
1st – Gemma German Shepherd
2nd – Lunar Rough Collie
3rd – Poppy Miniature Schnauzer
4th – Keela Finnish Lapphund
1st – Logan Boxer
2nd – Mutley Shitzu/Poodle X
3rd – Loui Chihuahua
4th – Ice Greyhound
1st – Oz Labrador
2nd – Bart Cocker Jack
3rd – Teddy Chihuahua
4th – Chester Cavashon
1st – Angus Lurcher/Deerhound X
2nd – Bow Westie
3rd – Rose Toy Poodle
4th – Loui & Rosy Chihuahua
(Apologies for the missing breed type, but no data was provided on the registration form)
Watch out for official photos coming soon.
A massive THANK YOU to everyone who attended our Fun Dog Show on Sunday 24th September 2017.
We had 144 dogs on the day – just brilliant – and we raised nearly £1000 on the day. Watch out for the official photographs coming soon.
We love looking through the fun dog show registration papers after the event and hope you enjoy these fun facts:
🐶Total number of dogs registered = 144
🐶There were 37 rescue dogs
🐶There were 38 dogs aged under 1 year; the youngest was a Cockerpoo called Ruby
🐶There were 5 dogs aged over 10; the oldest was a lovely little Jack Russell called Poppy
🐶Poppy was also the most popular name. There were 4 of them
🐶The top three breeds were
12 – Chihuahua
8 – Labrador
7 – Springer Spaniel
🐶We had 25 cross breeds where no specific name was given and an additional 18 named crosses
🐶The most unusual name was Dubhlainn (pronounced Dove-Lin). It is an Irish word meaning Black Sword and belonged to a beautiful Labrador
🐶We had 2 of the most unusual breed – a Finnish Lapphund. These are traditionally used to herd reindeer and they were beautifully represented by 8 month old Aspen and 3 year old Keela
One young lady went away very happy with one more dog than she arrived with 
❤️❤️ The best behaved dog of the day – his name was correctly guessed as Rocky by young dog lover Amber.
😁. He can be contacted on 07730 571234
❤️ We have followed Roo’s Journey since that time and we are honoured to once again welcome Roo and his team.