Peterborough dog charity makes world record tries to have the most dogs sitting concurrently

A Peterborough dog charity made worthy efforts to set 2 brand-new Guinness World Records for the most dogs sitting at its very first yearly dog reveal last weekend.

Saving Saints Rescue UK – which is a charity that is committed to safeguarding the well-being of St Bernards and other big dog types – made the efforts at Ferry Meadows and Nene Valley Railway (NVR) on Sunday April 16.

The initially Guinness World record effort was to have more than a hundred dogs sitting concurrently for 30 seconds.

The second even more difficult challenge, was to have more than a dozen dogs sitting on a steam train at the same time

Charity leader and event organiser Rachel Wesley told the Peterborough Telegraph how the attempts fared.

“We didn’t get, sadly, enough dogs, to do the Guinness World Record effort,” she said. “We had 37 dogs – you have to have a hundred dogs or more.”

Undeterred, Rachel explained how she and her fellow organisers had the ability to take triumph from the jaws of defeat.

“There is a general world record attempt – nothing to do with Guinness – for 35 dogs sitting, and we achieved 36 dogs sitting for 30 seconds simultaneously.”

The railway-based attempt was made a few hours later aboard an NVR steam train. Amazingly, Rachel and the other handlers managed to not only get more than a dozen dogs on board the train, but to get them to sit simultaneously.

“We achieved 17 dogs on the steam train,” she said proudly, adding, “Which we understand has not been attempted before.”

The 50-year-old trauma psychotherapist said food was key to achieving such an incredible task. “Thankfully you can feed the dogs while they’re doing the sitting.”

As well as the world record efforts – which were consisted of to help raise the charity’s profile – the exciting family weekend included rescue and handicapped dogs in program, doggy Easter egg and witch hunt, barbecues, live music and over night outdoor camping

Saving Saints Rescue UK is a charity committed to saving, restoring and rehoming dogs, a lot of which are rescued from European nations where there are no main dog rescue or animal shelters.

The goal of the dog program was to raise money so that the charity’s volunteers can continue to help more dogs in requirement.