18-05-2025
Welcome to Goodwoof — like Glastonbury for 12,000 pampered dogs
It says a lot about the very British obsession with dogs that the kennels at Goodwood in West Sussex had central heating installed before it was fitted in the stately home for the humans.
Built in 1787 for the 3rd Duke of Richmond, Charles Lennox, the kennels were for the hounds of the Charlton Hunt. Heating was provided by large iron plates, warmed from behind by roaring fires. 'They were probably the most luxurious kennels in the entire world,' said the modern-day Charles Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond.
There is no greater demonstration of the love for our four-legged friends than the two-day extravaganza of all things hound which began on Saturday at Goodwood, a place more usually associated with cars.
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