Welwyn Garden City ‘girly’ dog could be Britain’s next top pug model

Martyn, 35, and Kelly West, of Welwyn Garden City, pug Daisy has got through to the top 50 of The Next Top Pug Model competition, beating over 900 entries of the popular breed.

The winner, which will be chosen by celebrity judges including Judge Rinder, Danny Walters, Dr Christian from Embarrassing Bodies, and others, will be announced at Pugfest, in Manchester, on Sunday, July 16, but voting closes on May 31.

Kelly said: "Daisy is very special to us it would mean the absolute world to us for her to make the top 10 of the competition and to get to the final in Manchester."

Kelly and Martyn rehomed Daisy when she was 10 months old after tragically losing their first pug, Poppy.

At 11 and a half months old Poppy went in to be spayed and had a fatal allergic reaction to a painkiller and sadly died.

Kelly told the Welwyn Hatfield Times: "Poppy meant the world to us, our dogs really are family to us."

A month after Poppy died the couple had a phone call from the lady who they had got Poppy from telling them that her friend was rehoming a 10-month-old fawn girl who had already been spayed.

Kelly added: "We hadn’t gone looking for another dog as weren’t ready but then this happened and it almost felt like fate.