Pooch owners barking mad for doggie style

THE zany world of fashion has finally gone to the dogs, it would appear.

In modern Ireland the question no longer revolves around the price of the doggie in the window but on how much the diamond-encrusted designer dog-collar costs.

As the annual Crufts show got underway in Birmingham this weekend, it was lights, cameras and lots of action from perfectly preened pooches. And polka-dot print trickled down from the catwalk straight onto the dogwalk in the form of dotty dog collars from label Pucci Petwear.