Dorset Gets Muddy!

Over 200 people and pooches joined in Lewis-Manning’s Muddy Dog Dash at Upton Country Park on Sunday 26th March and raised a whopping £12,000.

Participants took on a 2km or 4km obstacle circuit, which consisted of hurdles for hounds, woofderful weave poles, pawesome ball pits, pooches (water)pools, jumps and humps and a perfectly placed Dog Bar by Nurturing By Nature halfway around the course, for dogs and their owners to take a quick break and well deserved water!

There was also an event village for people to browse stalls from local businesses, such as dog food, pet clothing, pet portraits and more.

Runners enjoyed a warm-up hosted by the fantastic Sparky from Hot Radio and the station gave out spot prizes donated by Running Free, including Best Dressed and Muddiest Contestant.

Ruth Wright, Area Fundraiser at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care said, “We are absolutely ecstatic that so many people from our community came out on the Sunday to have buckets of fun and laughter, whilst raising vital funds for our hospice.”

“There have been so many supporters of this event from our incredible sponsors Barratt Homes, as well as Care South, Nurturing By Nature, Hot Radio and The Old Boys Club. Without their help and support the event wouldn’t have been as brilliant as it was. We cannot wait to run this event again next year at Upton Country Park!”

We would like to add an extra special thanks to Pukka Pads, Running Free, local Tesco & Asda supermarkets, Jollyes pet store, Curly Creator Co, Cribb Tyre & Battery Ltd, Capital Barriers & Temporary Fencing Ltd, Makro, Barking Barbers, Polygon Pets, Oscar Pets, Idris & Pals and Katherine Cromwell Artist. All these fantastic people and companies donated or supported the Muddy Dog Dash to make it as fabulous as possible.

See you next year...