Thanks everyone - I can't claim sole responsibility though, the mod team as a whole have been working hard over the past few weeks to set it all up.
The celebs and their agents have all been brilliant and so helpful - reading them talk about their dogs shows they are all just as Cocker crazy as the rest of us.
Re the charity fundraising - if anyone wants to raise money through ebay auctions, things for sale etc, we will be relaxing the forum rules as long as all profit goes to the The Dogs Trust... ie you won't need to seek permisssion before posting. You can use the Shopping board for this.