Deco Dogs

Deco dogs on Parade. Free to enter, free to watch and a great favourite of the Art Deco Festival

Anne and I made sure we got ring side seats for the 9 am start. Early so that the dogs are not parading in the heat of the day, and oh what fun.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC, were there filming the event for a Dogs with Jobs show. This dog was very interested in participating in the TV show. They were one of the winners, but I reckon anyone who entered was a winner.

A lot of effort was put in by the humans, here is a bathing beauty together with their change room.

And

Some even had their own motor car. This is Sherlock Holmes on The Case of the Missing Sausages

The judges had a difficult job to do, and some people really played up to them.

And to the camera

This was a pair entered in the dressed alike category. I was impressed by the sewing undertaken for this event and for Fashion on the Foreshore.

Some dogs did tricks

Others got loved up by the crowd

And others were obedient because they were fed treats

One really didn’t want to walk, but competed anyway.

The husband had two dogs, and the wife two more.

There were paper boys and their dogs and

Flying dogs.

The whole family gets in on the act.

Of course there was a lion

Who jumped through a loop.

So many dogs, here is a parade of them:

One of the look alike pairs, but this time she looks like her dog. Only one dog peed during the show, and surprisingly the other dogs did not stop and sniff. Such good behaviour

Another human looking like her dog. Everyone made such an effort and put their heart and creativity into it.

And last but not least, there was a poodle. Gandalf the Grey.

Some of the human costumes for this show were obviously a labour of love or a great vintage find. Sadly most of my pictures from the Fashion on the Foreshore competition did not enlarge very well, I was too far away, but here are some:

Above is one of the winner, wearing an original by xxxx from Paris. Should have written it down. I think she may have bought it in her youth and she was one of the winners

Original Shiaparelli cape

And Anne in her finery for an evening of fine dining.