The winners of the mutneys Mutt of the Year competition has today been revealed as Ozzy, a beautiful working bearded collie. Out of all the entries Ozzy was judged to be the happiest and healthist and will win a handful of mutneys grooming goodies to help him stay that way. Owner Tracey Rice’s intial reaction – “Oh Wow!!! That just made my day to know my little superstar has been chosen! He's been warned to keep the diva-like behaviour to a minimum even though he's famous now!”

The winning photo, selected by the staff and Vets at Leonard Brothers Veterinary Centre in Whitchurch, Shropshire, will be used as mutneys profile picture over January and will have pride of place in the mutneys catalogue, due out in February.

Ruth Martin from mutneys said “We were so happy with all the entries, it was a very hard to choose the winner. We would like to thank everyone who sent in photos and thank you to everyone at
Leonard Brothers Vets for their time. We look forward to doing it all over again in 2011.”