Pictures: Pups in the Park event makes its debut in Cork city

A host of soggy doggies and their owners descended on the Cork Showgrounds in Curraheen over the weekend for what can best be described as Electric Picnic for pups

Caithríona O'Neill from Sundays Well, Cork, with her Jack Russell cross Mac at the Pups in the Park event at the Showgrounds in Curraheen, Cork. Picture: David Creedon

A greyhound dressed as a green and orange dinosaur; a woman and her dog wearing matching outfits; a four-legged fancy dress party, and Jake Carter emceeing breed meet-ups and sheep-herding demonstrations — these scenes could only be from Pups in the Park’s Cork debut.

A host of soggy doggies and their owners descended on the Showgrounds in Curraheen over the weekend for what can best be described as Electric Picnic for pups.