lucknow it was certainly a dogs day out with pooches of all shapes sizes and breeds like american cocker spaniels labradors german shepherds rampur hound golden retrievers miniature pinschers and various other breeds participating with zeal in the championship organised by the oudh kennel club at reserve police lines in mahanagar on sundayeven though the weather was a bit chilly the excitement was at its peak with dogs barking growling and some even running with their handlers enjoying and playing a few of them donned hair bands clips ribbons skirts dresses coats and even sunglasses for the occasion and posed for the perfect shotswhile it was definitely the day for the dogs to be in the spotlight their owners too basked for attention as many as 263 dogs and owners participated in the showpallab sahas pet american cocker spaniel stood first agnivo ghoshs pet german shepherd second and shyam mehtas golden retrievers stood thirdrajeev khare one of the organisers said show was aimed at observing the characteristics of dogs such as height weight body shape and movement and how they behave other scales and winners were awarded on the basis of top scorejudges of the show came from malaysia germany australia and belarus and we are enthralled to observe such a crowd and glad to see that most of the 263 entries in our show are very wellmaintained dogs he said