Competition Winner

The star of the show,Jude's 13 year old dog Dolly

Jude and his dog, Dolly,won acompetition put together by David Wilson Homes

Pupils at avillage school near Stone have gone ‘barking mad’ for their pets in acompetition organised by ahouse building company.

Children from all year groups at Tittensor First Primary School were invited to send in their funniest pet picture as part of aDavid Wilson Homes competition in light of the recent National Pet Month.

The winner was nine-yearold Jude Brayford of Year Four, when his 13 year old pooch, Dolly, became the star of the show. Regarding his and

Dolly’s win, Jude said: “I am so shocked at winning the competition as Dolly is 13-years-old and sometimes needs adoggy pushchair to help her to walk. Thank you so much for choosing us, we are really happy to win.”

National Pet Month, which ran in April, aims to celebrate and raise awareness of responsible petownership, and with this in mind David Wilson Homes chose to celebrate the nation’s pets with the competition at Tittensor First Primary School.

Gail Craig, Headteacher at Tittensor First Primary School, said: “We are immensely proud of Jude and Dollyfor entering and winning the competition. Both Jude and Dolly are superstars. “Thank you to David Wilson Homes for organising the competition as animals play an important part in our lives.”

Steve Barton, Senior Sales Manager at David Wilson Homes Mercia, said: “The UK is anation of pet lovers, and as the UK’s leading homebuilder it’s important that we celebrate our furry friends. “Plenty of great entries were submittedbypupils at Tittensor First Primary School, and we had awonderful time looking through pictures of the children’s pets. “It was definitely adifficult decision, but we couldn’t say no to Dolly.”

Dolly comes out tops in competition