Friday Fun Caption Competition: Win SIGNED copies of Marc the Vet's book!

Do you like books about vets? Do you like competitions? Do you like silly pictures of cats? Today is your lucky day...

Below is Izzi, who belongs to one of our lovely fundraising officers, Michelle. We're not sure what she thinks of one of our Dogs Trust mailings, but perhaps you can tell us.

The best part is, if we like your answer you could win a signed copy of Marc Abraham's book, Vet on Call: My First Year as an Out-of-Hours Vet. It's an honest, funny and heartwarming true story of the beginning of the now well-known TV vet's journey caring for animals and we have seven copies to give away to our most creative supporters!

How to enter:

The competition is now closed, but feel free to add your captions for fun if you'd like to!

Although it was a very close call with some excellent entries, and we've picked seven winners, the digital team's favourite so far has been:

"Iz bilingual, I speaks cat and dog but trying to read this human stuff makes me want to hock up a hairball."

Well done Jeri in Aberdeen for that one!

Marc, aka TV's 'Marc the Vet', is a much appreciated friend who has often come along to our Dogs Trust Honours events and we're really happy he chose to let some of our supporters gets their hands on his great book this way.

If you're not lucky, you can always pick up a copy from Amazon.

Animal Photograph Competition: raise money for Dogs Trust and Blue Cross while you compete!

Always wanted to be a nature photographer? Just got a camera and want to show off your skills? Well, here's your chance!

Between now and the 22nd of November 2008, Leonard Bros. Veterinary Centre & Aricia Dog Training are looking for great photos in six classes, with the winners being displayed in the veterinary centre. Photographer John Harding, local artist Rosie Rees and the Leonard brothers, Tom and Steve, will be the judges.

The categories are:

Man's Best Friend (that's one we're familiar with...!)
Portrait of My Pet
Pets at Play
Wild Life
Humorous Clips
Animal Photo Junior (entrants up to 14 years old)

As you can see many of the categories aren't restricted to dogs so if you have other four-legged (or two, six or eight-legged!) pals in your menagerie / household, then there's no reason to exclude them from the fun.

To enter, send prints no bigger than A4 plus a £1 entry fee per photo to Aricia Dog Training, Bridge Farm, Whitchurch, SY13 3NE.

Cheques should be payable to Aricia Dog Training (Photo Comp), and an SAE should be included if you want your prints returned.

Proceeds from the entry fees will be divided between Blue Cross and Dogs Trust so you will be helping animals in need while indulging in a fun and creative hobby. Plus if you've already got lots of photos of your dog(s) that you'd love to show off, why not visit our community site, DoggySnaps, where you can do just that?