HOUNDS HONOURED AT THE UK’S BIGGEST AWARDS CEREMONY FOR DOGS
Dogs Trust announces canine champions to a star studded audience
Tonight the UK’s most heroic canines rubbed shoulders and paws with dog loving celebrities as the winners of the 2012 Dogs Trust Honours were revealed at London’s Honourable Artillery Company.
Over 30 dogs and 200 humans celebrated the fifth
Dogs Trust Honours – the awards ceremony which celebrates the unique relationship between man and dog. Over 300 nominations were received from across the country for all five of the award categories, giving celebrity judges Deborah Meaden, Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford, Richard Caring, Paul Ross, Dawn Porter and Ben De Lisi the difficult task of selecting the winners.
The five winners – four canine and one human - were presented with their awards by celebrity dogs lovers and treated to an evening of doggy bliss which included canine butlers and a doggy play zone. Guests included John Barrowman, Meg Matthews, Matthew Wright and dog Wiggy, Kaye Adams, Brix Smith-Start, Made in Chelsea stars Funda Onal, Rosie Marcel and Camilla Sacre Dallerup and Kevin Sacre with dog Sven.
The winners are:
Hero Service Dog - Aman – a police dog who continued to assist colleagues in the restraint of an armed man despite receiving multiple stab wounds and losing a lot of blood.
Hero Pet Dog - Izzy - a pet dog who saved the life of her diabetic owner, David Robinson, by alerting family members in time to save to him.
Dogged Devotion - Ajay - an epilepsy alert dog who was retrained to also be a guide dog when his owner went blind and subsequently was a pillar of support to a four year old member of the family following heart reconstruction surgery.
Dog’s Best Friend – Carlos Parreira – a 15-year-old schoolboy who gives up his spare time to help improve the quality of dogs’ lives through volunteering, fundraising and fostering at Little Dog Rescue.
Media Mutt – John Barrowman’s pet dog, Charlie
Clarissa Baldwin OBE, Dogs Trust Chief Executive comments:
“Over the last five years, Dogs Trust Honours has been raising awareness of the amazing role dogs play in our lives and how we repay that loyalty. This year we were inundated with amazing tales of heroics. It has been a privilege to meet the winners and give them the recognition they deserve.”
Find out more at the Dogs Trust Honours 2012 website.