Hundreds of dogs and their owners descended upon the Sea Point promenade to support the a dog-walk fund-raiser for the Mdzananda animal clinic in Khayelitsha.
“We had 325 dogs, one cat and 614 humans and made a profit of R45 786. We are absolutely delighted with the outcome as nearly double the amount of people and dogs arrived than our event in 2020. We are truly so grateful to all the participants, Vondi’s Holistic Pet Nutrition who partnered with us on this event and all the members of the press who helped to make this event public. Without this support we would never had such a successful event,” said Marcelle Du Plessis, the fundraising and communications executive of Mdzananda.
All the way from Bloubergstrand, Leon Dumont and his American Bully known as Stone Cold aka Ice.It was a family outing for Liesl De Koning with Layla, Steven Riley with Lilly and their daughter Ava.Kristian Lawrence and Hunter from Rondebosch arrived after the 9am start but enjoyed the walk.Janine Manuel with her active Jack Russels Gigi, Gizmo and Geisha from Goodwood.Renee De Souza and Nini, an Alaskan Malamute, finish their walk.Eloise Borien and Odin the Boerbul from Strandfontein who was rather thirsty after the five kilometre walk.Zeus the Beagle and Lynn Curtis from Burbundy Estate.Colin Thomas and Hailey the Great Dane from Durbanville.JFrom the Southern suburbs Joe Hendricks with his Belgian Shepherds, Snowflake and the puppy Cody.Alex Van Der Merwe with his pitbull Nicky came all the way from Durbanville.
