The annual Brit Valley Rotary Club dog show and family fun day was held in perfect weather conditions and raised thousands of pounds for charity.

Rotary spokesman John Dobinson said: "The show was held amidst gloomy weather forecasts, but we were very lucky, the morning started off pretty soggy but by 10 o'clock the sun came out and by the afternoon it was a glorious day, sunny with a nice breeze.

"We had more than 500 paying visitors and that, with their children, probably amounted to about 1,000 people.

"More than 150 dogs were entered for the various classes and these were successfully judged by Gill Partridge in the pedigree ring and John Dimond, a vet from The Bredy Veterinary practice, who judged the fun section.

"All 21 classes were well subscribed and one or two of the fun sections had over 30 entries."

The best pedigree dog prize went to a dachshund called Aaron entered by Alison Corfield from Dorchester and the best of the fun classes was a black labrador called Meg entered by Clair Salter from Bristol and shown by her son.

In the main ring the visitors were entertained by displays from the Portland Dog agility team, police dog handlers and gun dogs. The two main charities this year were Julia's House and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, and Rotary hopes to provide £1,000 to each of these, as well as providing funds for local charities.