Cheers Liz. Will look out for your cheery face in the mornings. Mine will be all saggy and grey looking, and lined with pain as I shield my eyes from the morning light & stumble to the bogs. Ickel Dorrit - we have been taking our dogs for years, as it is one of the few festivals where dogs are welcome. But they must be on leads all the time - and we carry plastic bags if y'know what I mean.
Noni is a great festival dog as she has been stone deaf from birth & so doesn't mind sitting near speakers & doesn't get excited about all the noise.
Its great taking your dog to Towersey because they kind of introduce you to people don't they!! They get loads of fuss and attention, and cruising past the chip van on the way back to the campsite can take a while....
We did have a bit of embarassment with Noni one year in the arena. I don't know if it was race-memory (she's a Rhodesian Ridgeback) or what - but she went wild as soon as the South African dancers came on & the arena was too crouded to get her out. I had to hold her down and cover her face. I hope they saw the funny side....
Other games you can play with your dog at Towersey: Do you remember the year that all the girlies were wearing fairy-wings? Well Mark decided he wanted wings too - so he made a set of big cardboard wings each for him & Noni. We tied them round the dog with that police-tape stuff, and they proudly wore them all day. Next day we did her up as a morris dog, with more police-tape tied in bows round her legs. Sounds cruel, but she was quite happy - and of course got lots of attention (which she likes).

Kris