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This year The North East Dog Festival welcomes two new have a go activities to the event which takes place over the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th September. The Festival will showcase all there is to love about dogs; with thousands of dogs and their owners expected to attend. The festival will take place at Northumberland College’s Kirkley Hall Campus in Ponteland, a specialist animal and land-based training venue that is perfect for the scale of the event. One of th

The wellness tent will provide visitors with a weekend packed with expect speakers covering a range of topics. You'll be able to enjoy and learn everything from first aid to behaviour, nutrition and more. Thanks to our sponsors Vets On The Meowve and all of our wonderful speakers; All of our team at Vets on the Meowve are so excited to be involved with this years North East Dog Festival. We couldn’t think of a better way to reach all the wonderful dog owners from the region.

Our charity dog shows are one of the most popular events for festival visitors and this year will be no exception we're sure. There are plenty of prizes up for grabs and gorgeous rosettes thanks to our amazing sponsors. The festival provides a great platform for these fantastic charities to raise money and spread the word about their wonderful causes. With a full weekend of fun you'll have plenty of classes to choose from. Timings and prices will be announced soon. Judges wil

We are SO excited for this delivery today! For the first time EVER we will have pins available for winners at the festival. If you win an activity or a class just bring your 1st place rosette to the steward tent and we will issue you a pin. This year we have our first three characters Berry, Raven and Blake and we hope to add more each year. These are so pretty and we are so in love! We hope to have all the characters available for next year and maybe even some merchandise! A

Have a go activities are one of the best reasons to visit the festival; across the weekend your dog can try their paw at everything from agility to parkour and so much more; There are prizes to be won every hour throughout the weekend in activities like temptation alley, fastest recall, gundog scurries and more. A huge thanks to our activity sponsor My Pet HQ These are just some of the fabulous clubs and trainers who will be joining us at this years festival What will you be