Mangalore, Feb 16, 2014: It was a perfect dogs’ day out. The event was the first ever dog show organised by the Karavali Canine Club, Mangalore and the Bangalore Canine Club at Nehru Maidan on February 16, Sunday. As many as 253 canines of nearly 36 breeds took part in the show.
If 70 of the participant dogs were from the city, the remaining were from Kerala, Maharashtra and other states. Srikar Prabhu, BJP leader inaugurated the show which featured dogs of various breeds like boxer, Dobermann Pinscher, Rottweiler, St Bernard, Miniature Pinscher, Fox Terrier, German Shepherd etc.
C V Sudarshan, Rajiv Shandilya of New Delhi and Kenneth Chuah of Malaysia were the judges.
T Preetham, President of Karavali Canine Club, Manoj Narvekar, Vice President, Prasad Aithal, Secretary and others were present.