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Charity merger

September 2025

For some years now we have been rehoming dogs in the North of England and North Wales, It may have been your dalmatian in Sheffield we have rehomed or a family in Hull who have adopted from us. We have been very glad of volunteers in the north who have helped us. We are delighted to announce that a merger has now been agreed between us and the North of England Dalmatian Club Welfare Service. We will retain our name as British Dalmatian Welfare but it will be a formal merger in accordance with Charity Commission rules.
 
We would like to thank you all for your support over the years wherever you may live and assure everyone that we will continue to support all Dalmatians and their owners from both North and South.

 

British Dalmatian Welfare Fun Day Results

CLASSES

1. Prettiest Puppy under 1 year of age 

1st Cami Owner Ben Haines 

2nd Rosie Owner Cathy Frith handler Kaitlyn Collier

2. Handsomest Dog 1-5 years 

1st Lenny Owner Kate Vaughan

2nd Sully Owner Steve Bradshaw

3rd Hugo Owner Alison Brock

4th Dante Owner Tanya Milner

5th Remy Owner Tahana Kovachik

6th Basil Owner Terry Crampton

3. Handsomest Dog 6-9 years

1st Jester Bethan Evans

2nd Camo Abby Depledge

4. Prettiest Bitch 1-5 years

1st Cassie Owner Brian Bustin

2nd Anna Owner Matt Copeland

3rd Betty Owner Chris Breden

4th Raffles Owner Ann Hurst

5th Onyx Owner Jo Bustin

6th Meeka Owner Sarah Upfield

5. Prettiest Bitch 6-9 years

1st Layla Owner Bev Quigley

2nd Miss Maple Owner Sarah Lightbody

3rd Ella Owner Sandra Wilkinson

4th Echo Owner Judi Lightbody

5th Bella Owner Jay Bradshaw

6th Kizzy Owner Ann Hurst

6. Best Dog/Bitch aged 10yrs and over

1st Maisie Owner Richard Evans (15)

2nd Yale Owner Suzie Boyd (14)

3rd Rosie Owner Emma Vaughan (12)

4th Milo Owner Ron Edmond (13)

5th Benji Owner Jo Dawkins (10)

6th Mimi Jeffrey and Joan Brooks (11)

7. Waggiest Tail

1st Cadhla Owner Janet Melling

2nd Wilf Owner Suzie Boyd

3rd Raffles Owner Kenny

4th Cami Owner Ben Haines

5th Basil Owner Terry Crompton

6th Cassie Owner Brian Bustin

7th Arlo Owner Julie Webb

8. Best Non-Dalmatian with 4 legs

1st Cami Owner Abby Haines

2nd Wilf Owner Suzie Boyd

3rd Tink Owner Tanya Milner

4th Rosie and Paddy Owner Steve Harry

5th Yale Owner Suzie Boyd

6th Miss Marple Owner Sarah Lightbody

7th Rosie Owner Emma Vaughan

9. Best Child handler 9yrs and under

1st Cami Handler Ben and Joshua

10. Best Child handler 10 to 14 years

11. Best Trick

1st Meeka Owner Sarah Upfield

2nd Cadhla Owner Janet Melling

3rd Belle Owner Jay

4th Miss Marple Owner Sarah Lightbody

5th Cami Owner Ben Haines

12. Fancy Dress dog and handler

Egg & Spoon Race FINAL      Sully and Steve 

13. The Dog the judge would most like to take home.

Cassie Owner Brian Bustin

And the last Prize is a Presentation Award given by your judge today for:

The Friendliest Dalmatian in Memory of Darren Cliff

Mr Blue Owner Claire Willmey

British Dalmatian Welfare Fun Day Programme of events

OUR FREE ANNUAL FUN DAY
As usual our lovely Fun Day will be at the end of June in Chesham. We hope that lots of you will be able to join us for an excellent day out. Please bring your friends and family and all dogs are welcome.
 

British Dalmatian Welfare at the Agria Dog Fest

Our intrepid volunteers Maggi and Simon manned the British Dalmatian Welfare stand at the recent Agria Pet Insurance Dog Fest at Knebworth House. They donated £5 for every dog that took part in their walk. Here are some of our pictures from the day.

British Dalmatian Welfare Fun Day

OUR FREE ANNUAL FUN DAY
As usual our lovely Fun Day will be at the end of June in Chesham. We hope that lots of you will be able to join us for an excellent day out. Please bring your friends and family and all dogs are welcome.
 

DogFest offer for British Dalmatian Welfare...

We are being supported at DogFest at Knebworth by our insurance company Agria. We’ll be there in person but they would like you all to attend. Please share with anyone who is interested and has a Dalmatian. It’s FREE

“Calling all Dalmatians! DogFest are supporting British Dalmatian Welfare through Agria Pet Insurance at Knebworth House, Herts on the 7th and 8th of June, and Dalmatians go FREE! We need as many Dalmatians as we can for our Agria Dog Walk which happens at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday!! If you have a Dalmatian and want 2 free tickets to the show, comment below and DogFest will sort them for you!

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BDW Fun show at the BDC 100

British Dalmatian Welfare were kindly invited to join in the celebrations at the British Dalmatian Club;’s Centenary show at the Forest Farm in Lydney Gloucestershire on the May Bank Holiday Weekend 2025.

A great time was had by all raising over £300 in donations for essential funds. With grateful thanks to our kind judge, Jane friend and her able steward Susan Beaman, they had the onerous task of deciding the winners of the 12 variety fun classes during the day. Here is a selection of images form the event. Thanks to all our volunteer helpers and participants making this another triumphant day.

British Carriage Dog Display

Check out our video of the working Dalmatians of the British Carriage Dog display at the recent British Dalmatian Club Centenary show.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
 
Saturday 3 May 2025
 
BDW Fun Show in conjunction with British Dalmatian Club 100th  anniversary show at
Forest Oak Farm, Purlieu View, LYDNEY, Forest of Dean, GL15 4LN
All dogs (any breed) welcome = FREE entry
 
Sunday 8 June 2025
 
BDW will be present at Dogfest, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire
If you are attending please come along and say hello
 
Sunday 29 June 2025
 
Our annual Fun Day at Bellingdon Village Hall, Chesham Road, Bellingdon HP5 2XU
Everyone and their dog welcome – FREE entry
 
Further information about these events will appear shortly here and on our Facebook page

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British Dalmatian Welfare is the leading charity in the United Kingdom for safeguarding and rehoming Dalmatian dogs. As a charity, we are very much dependent on the goodwill of our volunteers, helpers and generosity of our kind benefactors. As a voluntary organisation all our funds are used for the benefit of the dogs.

You can make a direct bank transfer payment using these details:

Account Name: British Dalmatian Welfare

Bank Account: 51526170

Sort Code: 40-19-23

Reference: Your name

Your kind donation will certainly help make a difference.

Thank you

Correspondence Address:

The Hon Secretary
British Dalmatian Welfare
Farm Cottage
Studley
Warwickshire
B80 7AH

Registered Charity 1086519