If you thought festivals were just for revellers of the two-feet kind then think again. This weekend the trendy folk at Stoke Newington pet boutique Paws & Purrs are hosting 'Bark-it-Tude' – a one-day, doggy festival for fun-loving, hipster hounds and their owners to bark it up and woof out.
It started with fashion bloggers hotly pursued by celebrities across the globe, and can now be viewed on a social media feed near you - the 'Selfie'; a posed snap taken by holding out a smart phone at arm's length or in front of a mirror to document ‘important’ life moments such as what you're wearing that day, the result of a trip to the hairdressers or even what you look like tucked up in bed. Well now the art of the 'Selfie' has now extended to the world of dog in a new print ad campaign for Champion Pet Food.
Make a date with the dogs this weekend with two fun days out – the London Pet Show and All About Dogs in Essex.
Happy Friday! We’re very excited at Barkarama HQ because Basil has his first ever guest post live on fellow (and favourite) dog blog The Stately Hound.
145,000 people were expected to attend Crufts at the weekend, and for the first time ever we were one of them. For those of you who’ve never been to Crufts, this really is the mother of all dog shows. Covering a whopping 25 acres of Birmingham’s NEC, the show spans five giant exhibition halls, which are packed to the rafters with over 27,000 dogs, stalls selling everything you could possibly imagine for your four-legged friend, countless show rings, activity arenas plus several charities sharing their cause with the dog-loving crowd.
Barkarama is one today and we've gone wild with the celebrations - carrots (cake for me, vegetable for Basil), doggie biscuits, candles and a cuddle. We certainly know how to live life on the edge.
See fashion’s most high-profile Pug-owner and his haute hounds in Valentino: Master of Couture, an exhibition celebrating the life and work of fashion designer Valentino, currently on show at London’s Somerset House.
You may have already caught a glimpse of Swedish-born artist Agnetha Sjögren's 3D canine sculptures with Ollie Olympic and Jack Silver capturing media interest in the year that was London 2012. As covetable as they are, each sculpture will set you back anywhere between £3,000 and £10,000, which for the average dog lover is pricey even at today’s Pedigree dog prices.
