■ We normally dismiss this sort of attempt to attract our attention, but when Carole Nash showed us the pictures from their Biker Pets competition we couldn’t help but laugh. Leon Halsam has the unenviable task of choosing between the ten finalists, but if it were down to us we think that Nigel Vallance’s labradoodle would be a shoe-in for victory. But just check out John Parker’s Labrador Jeff – look at his little face!