A special thank you to the following people without whom it wouldn't have been such a success:

• Mary Hay (Mary's Balloons Melksham) who generously donated all the balloons and several raffle prizes

• The Franks family from Petstown in Melksham for bringing in hamsters, gerbils and rats

• Lynn Gray who brought in two of her prize winning show cats

• Debbie Carnie for bringing in her guinea pigs and 60 year old tortoise

• Donna Woolley for running the raffle

• Nicky Mead and Margaret Allen for cooking the hotdogs and burgers

• Kelly Morse for serving refreshments

• Jay Rowe for doing the face painting

• Angela and Carol from Frome Dog Training Club for bringing their dogs and to the dogs for doing agility and tricks

• Royal Canin and Gareth for his advice about diets

• Bayer Animal Health for donating toys 

• Jansen Animal Health for the bottle of champagne

Do you recognise us?

Some of the children painted on the day

Hands on experience - rats make wonderful pets and these two particularly enjoy sitting on your shoulder

Sarah brought her rabbits in and was on hand to offer advice on all aspects of their care including nutrition, environmental enrichment and worm and flea treatments

Angela and Carol form Frome Dog Training Club demonstrated their dogs' agility skills along with tricks and obedience

Preparing to jump over 10 children!

Waiting patiently on command to stay

Preparing to recall their dogs - a client has a go at dog handling too

Three down one to go . . .

Demonstrating the Weave

In mid flight

Games and quizzes

In the cat ward looking at the show cats and guinea pigs

The raffle was held in aid of the charity Pets As Therapy (PAT) and raised £160

 'Royal Canin' was on hand to give nutritional advice

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