Winners enjoy Linlithgow Pet Trail Activity prizes over the summer holidays

Westport Veterinary Clinic ran their annual Pet Trail Activity over ten days in June. Each year Westport Vets' hide 10 lifelike cats and dogs in different business windows in Linlithgow High Street. Entry forms contained clues to help children to find the local businesses involved to note down the name of each business and the name of the pet hiding in each window.

Winners enjoy their Pet Trail Activity prizes over the summer holidays! | Westport Veterinary Clinic

This has continued to be a popular event again this year, with all entries going into a prize draw. The main prize is a VIP Vet Experience at Westport Vets Linlithgow branch, and is one of the reasons for the activities popularity. They also had a Bright Star Toy Shop voucher prize and each of the hiding pets was also won.

Prize winners have been enjoying collecting their winnings over the school holidays. As well as their main prize, each winner also received a winners rosette and some small activity goodies.

Izy keeping an eye on the hiding pet (Doodle the Poodle) at Lilypond Craft & Gifts | Westport Veterinary Clinic

Carena Schmid RVN, Community Development Nurse at Westport Veterinary Clinic organises the activity each year.

Carena says: "Feedback this year has been fantastic from parents and guardians who have expressed how much fun their kids have had finding the hiding pets. It's also been wonderful to hear that the hiding pets have increased footfall in local businesses."

The practice has received lots of positive feedback:

 "Thank you for an exciting pet trail, the kids really enjoyed it!"

Clue 1: Kids' favourite shop in Linlithgow. 2: A new business in town that helps you find a new home. 3: Torque of the town - wheely useful! Brake away and tred carefully! 4: Can you fix it? Yes you can! | Westport Veterinary Clinic

"Thanks for organising it. It was really good fun, we thoroughly enjoyed it."

"The kids loved taking part again this year  great fun for all"

"The girls had so much fun finding all the pets"

"Thank you for organising another fun and exciting activity!"

5: The key to success could be cut here. 6: A kind of flower and a tranquil body of water(that you might find Kermit in!) 7: Helps to raise the tone if your dog-and-bone is giving you the silent treatment! 8: Picture this! You can buy someone's creation | Westport Veterinary Clinic

Pet Trail Activity 2026 Winners:

• ⭐️VIP Vet Experience⭐️ - Sophie Bird

• £20 Bright Star Toys voucher - Olivia Connor

• Butters the cat - Rosie Bird

• Sunny the Labrador - Hannah Dick

• Meatball the Mastiff - Isobel Williams 

• Biggles the Basset Hound - Isla (age 9)

• McFloof the Old English Sheepdog - Maya Hunter

• Doodle the Poodle - Ceceilia (age 7)

• Crumpet the cat - Karis Keane

• Sushi the Siamese cat - Lucy (age 12)

• Digger the Miniature Pinscher - Theo Douglas

• Purrito the fluffy cat - Sophie Drummond

Carena says: "The VIP Vet Experience was drawn by Vet Yasmin, the voucher prize was drawn by RVN Victoria, and the pet winners' names were drawn by my border collie Miss Darcy. Every year I receive messages from parents to say the kids are most excited because the dog chose them as a winner - the reason we have continued doing the prize draw this way throughout the years. Darcy gets really excited picking the names so it's a fun one to organise! It's been lovely to see all the photos of happy winners with their prizes."

Vet Yasmin says: "A huge thank you to all of the businesses who took part this year, and a special thank you to Bright Star Toy Shop who had pet trail entry forms available in the shop, and for kindly donating the generous voucher prize. Sophie's VIP Vet Experience will take place after the holidays with myself and RVN Carena at the Linlithgow branch, we are really looking forward to having her as our VIP Vet!" 

9: Take a workshop - learn to master the art of clay (L) Freyja watching the hiding pet at Linlithgow Pottery 10: Baby you got sole! Know your left from your right | Westport Veterinary Clinic

Westport Vets' express a heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part in the Pet Trail.

Video link to the Pet Trail 2026 prizedraw:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd9T7oYt/