About Wagg
Sponsorships
Wagg has a history of providing sponsorship and/or support to worthy causes. It is important to us, as a family owned business, that we give something back to all our customers and supporters. We do this through both long term sponsorship of individual dogs or teams, and in the form of prizes to a wide range of dog shows and events all around the UK.
Long Term support is provided to:
The Trossachs Search and Rescue Team
Since June 2000 we have been sponsoring 8 dogs from the Trossachs Search and Rescue Team by providing food for their dogs on a monthly basis, coat badges for dogs and handlers, Polo Shirts and Fleeces for handlers, as well as banners and leaflets for use at promotional events they attend.
The Team regularly assists in searches for missing people in remote rural areas as well as in buildings. Their “rescue” stories are many and varied!
They have formed close links with Strathclyde, Central Scotland and Highlands & Islands Fire and Rescue Services to help locate casualties or missing persons in fire damaged buildings, collapsed buildings, landslides or flooding, and with the Scottish Ambulance Service as part of the first responder scheme. The picture shows a demonstration event.
More information and photos can be found on their website www.trossachssar.ik.com
Fire Investigation Search Dogs
We sponsor a team of Fire Investigation Search Dogs, trained by Clive Gregory. The dogs and handlers are trained to very high specifications and are used in arson investigations in fire damaged buildings. The picture shows a firedog during investigation training.
There are now specialist Fire Dogs located in all parts of the UK and many are individually sponsored by Wagg including Saxon who is based in Hampshire.
See website: www.cpgregory.co.uk for more information and photos.
Katie Mitchell
Sponsorship has been given to Katie Mitchell who competes in agility with her dog Rocky. Katie has recently qualified with Rocky for the finals of Olympia in December and last year was selected for the team to represent Great Britain in the European Open held in Germany where they won Bronze
Rydanlue Gundogs
Wagg provides sponsorship to Steve and Liz Russell who are passionate about their dogs and compete in field trials with their Springer Spaniels. They are joined this season by their 16 year old son Luke with his dog Jet. They are both already winning prizes. Steve's dog Rydanlue Finesse has qualified for the 2010 English Springer Spaniel Championships for the 3rd year running.
See website: www.rydanlue.co.uk
Black Rivers Labradors
Wagg has provided sponsorship to Matt Topham at Black Rivers Labradors who attends many Scurries, Working Trails and Dog Shows over the summer with his dogs, winning many prizes along the way. Bliss has won many 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, with Amber and Salix also picking up a good array. He has been joined recently by Charlie who has enjoyed learning to train the dogs. In his first season he has won places in 6 junior scurries. Matt has also been instrumental in helping to set up a new Gundog Club in Cambridgeshire.
See website: www.blackriversgundogs.co.uk for more information.
Dream Team Flyball
One of our latest sponsorships has been given to Michelle White from Dream Team Flyball. Flyball is a fast growing sport in the UK for teams of dogs and is essentially a relay race to retrieve a ball over a series of hurdles. Michelle has two dogs, Flash and Breeze who are part of the team which took second place in their heat at Crufts 2010. Flash received the Ice Blue Moon award recently for gaining 20,000 points, a rare achievement for a dog of just 4 years of age.
Oakhaven Stud
New sponsorship has been arranged for Stephen and Jill from Oakhaven Stud, who breed and exhibit Dutch rabbits which are fed on our Wagg Optimum Premium Rabbit food. They currently have around 70 rabbits consisting of black, blues and torts. The picture is one of their latest wins.
The English Mongrels
The English Mongrels are a family entertainment group who travel around the country performing their show. Wagg supply food and Wagg Training Treats for the dogs. Pablo, Penny and Cleo are all rescue dogs and owner/trainer James English describes them as extremely fit. They are fed on Wagg Worker and showcase tricks that other dogs don't do, such as firing canons and rescuing their favourite Wagg food from a locked safe! Watch out for them over the summer months at a show near you. The picture shows Pablo, Penny and Cleo with their favourite food.
Hardest to re-home dogs
Dogs Today magazine runs a monthly feature encouraging adoption of hard to re-home dogs. We provide a 'Welcome to your new home' gift of 3 x 15kg bags of our Complete Original Dog food for each dog adopted.
One of the latest recipients of this was a delighted Finn who is settling in well to his new home.
See website: www.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk
We also provide sponsorship in the form of prizes to a wide range of dog shows and events all around the UK. So far in 2010, we have agreed sponsorship for over 200 events and projects. Reproduced below is a report back from one show:
On Saturday 10th July Up N Over attended the annual Kirtlington Green Fair. The team arrived in good time to set out the dog show ring and prepare the trophy and prize table surrounded by bags of Wagg. There was also some time to watch as the fun runners staggered onto the village green, some of whom chose to run with their four legged friends. The crooked House proved popular with the children as well as the carousel and the opportunity to try their hand at bowls on the village green. The first time we were first invited to the Fair some years ago we were pleased to see the traditional well stocked home made cake stall and purchased the largest iced coffee and walnut cake available. Our members were so enthusiastic about the cake that since then the club is presented with an equivalent cake by the organisers as a thank you (…it does not last very long!).
The dog show was well attended and provides one of the main attractions for the event. There were nine novelty classes ranging from Most Handsome Dog and Prettiest Bitch to the dog with the Waggiest tail! The Junior Handlers are then put through their paces with a question or two about how to look after their dog and after first checking they have a poop bag in their pocket for any emergencies that might occur during the day. The Dog show raised £122 which will be split equally between the Green Fair and the UNO Dog Rescue Pot for allocation to one of the numerous dog charities we support.