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🐾Our Dog Show and Family Fun show is back for June 2026!🐾

⭐Dog Show with prizes! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places
⭐ 30 stalls from local businesses and crafts plus dog related products and services
⭐ Grand Raffle for People First Dorset
⭐ Bouncy Castles
⭐Outdoor Skittles and Garden Games
⭐Face painting
⭐Axe Throwing
⭐Ride on Tractors (pedal powered)
⭐Food and drinks (hot, cold, soft, and alcoholic)
⭐Chill out and cool down area
⭐Dedicated Dog Photographer (all podium photos will be FREE to access)

Plus our on-site café, plant sales, play park, and animals to see!

⭐Dorset's most vibrant Dog Show! - The perfect day out for people of all ages - and your dogs!⭐

After last year’s hot weather caused us to move our Dog Show 2025 to ‘online judging’, plans are now in place for our biggest event of the calendar.

🗓️Taking place on Sunday 7th June, we will once again be welcoming you and your beautiful pooches for a day of prizes, games, fun, food, and more.

Our event field will be packed with a diverse range of local small businesses and craftspeople, dog-focused stalls, tasty treats, food and drink, and family fun – including a bouncy castles, garden games, axe throwing, and more.

Of course, the dogs are the stars of the show. The dog ring will give them the chance to take centre stage as they show off their cuteness, elegance, and even a trick or two! With lots of prizes up for grabs, including the coveted Best in Show trophy, it’s set to be a fantastic day celebrating our furry friends and just how much they mean to us.

Pre-Reg is OPEN NOW!

⭐Most Handsome Male
⭐Loveliest Lady
⭐Cutest Puppy (Under 1 Year Old)
⭐Best Young Handler
⭐Golden Oldie (Over 8 Years)
⭐Best Trick
⭐Best Rescue
⭐Waggiest Tail
⭐Dog The Judge Would Most Like To Take Home
+ ⭐BEST IN SHOW of all the winners on the day!

🐾This year we are collaborating with Staffie and Stray Rescue charity who are handling all the registrations. ALL DOGS WELCOME to enter the dog show!

🎟️ Our Grand Raffle is raising funds for People First Dorset, and we've had some incredible prizes donated by local attractions and businesses!

We can't wait to see you all on Sunday 7th June.

🔗Full details: https://walledgardenmoreton.co.uk/dog-show-at-walled-garden/

🎟️Event Entry
🟢 Adults: £4 (includes entry not just to the event field, but also to our five acres of gardens and animal park plus children's play area)
🟢 Under 18s: FREE
🟢 Season Ticket Holders: FREE

🟢 Dog Entry to the Show - £2.50 per dog, per category.
1 dog entry also gets one adult free entry to the event!

Pre-Reg online is open now, and we advise pre-registration to avoid queues on the day and help us keep things running smoothly!

What do visitors say about our Dog Show?

🗣️“We had a great time. The dog show was well organised and some great prizes. We’d definitely come again.”

🗣️“Lovely day! So nice to have a place which is both dog and child friendly!”

🗣️“Thank you for a wonderful day. Our 4 year old girl’s day was made when her and our old rescue lab won Best in Show and 2nd in Young Handler 😍. The judges and other competitors were very kind and encouraging when they were in the ring. Thanks to all involved”

🗣️“It was a really lovely show! Well organised and friendly people and dogs! Iris had a lovely time 🙂”


ℹ️Helpful for the day Information!ℹ️
- Event field opens 10am - first judging by 11am
- Please bring CASH as card payments are not guaranteed in the field at stalls
- Follow signage for parking and entry on the day, which will be at our event field
- Parking is FREE. Please park responsibly in our overflow parking field
- Stalls and attractions will be running their own sales
- Card payments in café and garden shop are fine
- Disabled priority parking in our gravel car park
- If you’re parking around Moreton, please do not block roads or entrances and be mindful of residents
- First Aid available on the day
- Follow signage on sites for toilet facilities in family area or café
- Take home rubbish with you, or use bins provided in event field
- Some dog bowls will be on site but we also encourage you to bring your own if it’s a hot day
- We will have some straw bales and benches for seating but we encourage you to bring camping chairs or blankets too! (please do not obstruct main pathways around the site)
- Please do explore our gardens when you visit

This year's event is proudly sponsored by The Pet Experience in Weymouth and we thank them for their support!

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Venue

The Walled Garden
Station Road
Moreton
DT2 8RH

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Dates

The event runs from 10:00 to 15:30 on the following dates.
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