LAGOS, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Hundreds of dogs strutted their things on a runway in Nigeria’s business capital Lagos competing for the awards on supply at this year’s “Again to Faculty”-themed canine extravaganza.

The Lagos Puppy Carnival, now in its third yr, captivated several distinct breeds, putting on college uniforms in colourful materials, as properly as sunglasses and with schoolbags strapped on their backs.

Jackie Idimogu, the Carnival’s convener, claimed the thought was to bring with each other canine homeowners to celebrate their canines and learn from just about every other how to choose far better treatment of them.

“This version is more substantial and much better than the previous editions and apparently, the number of dogs that we have this calendar year is in excess of 250, which is double what we recorded final 12 months,” she informed Reuters.

At the party, held outside in the Lekki neighbourhood of Lagos, the awards on provide incorporated “head boy” for the cleanest college uniform, “punctuality prefect” and “most noisemaker.”

Canada, a white-haired golden retriever, was topped head boy for a pristine lime inexperienced uniform with stripes and a faculty bag. Ivory, a bulldog, walked absent with the punctuality prefect gong for arriving initially at the carnival.

For barking all through the celebration, Oscar a different golden retriever, took the noisemaker award. Ruby, a German shepherd, won “labour prefect” for his imposing dimension.

There was a cameo visual appearance by a cat, which acquired an attendance award.

“Ever due to the fact we began the Lagos Pet dog Carnival pet proprietors now acquire superior care of their dogs, our motto is no bare puppy is allowed, so homeowners now gown and groom their canines greater and we have also served increase recognition on holding dogs as animals,” said Idimogu.

She reported there are strategies to consider the occasion to other metropolitan areas throughout Nigeria in upcoming to improve awareness about how to search right after canine as animals.

Supplemental reporting by Seun Sanni, Modifying by MacDonald Dzirutwe and Jane Merriman

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