The Linlithgow Dog Show and Family Fun Day had children's rides and games, as well as nine competitions, including "Waggiest Tail" and "Best Black Bitch."

The show was celebrating the year of the Assistance Dog and volunteers from The Guide Dog Association, Hearing Dogs, and Sled Dogs were on hand to educate the public about the work that assistance dogs do.

Claire Staines of Lothlorien Dog Services was one of the judges.

She said: "It went really well. It gets better and better every year.

It was exceedingly difficult to judge as the dogs and children were all very good – you wanted to give them all a prize!"

The Best Pup (under six months) prize went to Canadian Eskimo dog "Dakota," owned by Cheryl Gow, the only one of its breed in Scotland.

Cheryl said: "We were delighted Dakota won. It is an endangered species and we want to promote the breed."

The event was organised by Burgh Beautiful and the Historic Scotland Ranger Service.

Iain Lewis, a Historic Scotland Ranger at the Peel said: "There were slightly more dogs than last year and we were very pleased with how it went. It was a great community day."

Joyce Patterson of Burgh Beautiful thanked Lothlorien Dog Services, Oakwell Boarding Kennels, Platform 3, Linlithgow and Bo'ness Rotary Club and Blast Off Books for sponsoring the event, Liz Burrows for organising the tombola stall and all the visitors for keeping the Peel clean and tidy.

RESULTS
Best Pup Up to six months: 1. Dakota owned by Cheryl Gow 2. Crash owned by Joyce Whitelaw 3. Halle owned by Catriona Addy
Best Senior 10+: 1. Murphy owned by Barbara Macfarlane 2. Leia owned by Lucy Gibson 3. Ebony owned by Marion Pryde.
Best Rescue Dog: 1. Radar owned by Ellie Sutton 2. Broxi owned by Evelyn Hall 3. Meg owned by Graham and Heather Black.
Best Biscuit Catcher: 1. Lucie owned by Katie and Sophie Pettinger 2. Monty owned by Catherine Montgomery 3. Holly owned by Linda Kilgallon
Best Junior Handler; 1. Carrie owned by Toni McLaren 2. Freddie owned by Alex Ball 3. Poppi owned by Emmy Cooper-Young
Best six legs: 1. Zak owned by Claire Steyert 2. Riley owned by Cheryl Gow 3. Arrow owned by Margaret Morrison
Waggiest Tail: 1. Ebony owned by Marion Pryde 2. Poppy owned by Frank Hynds 3. Buster owned by Sarah MacGregor
Best Sit and Stay: 1. Broxi owned by Evelyn Hall 2. Bow owned by Lorna Fell 3. Tara owned by Claire Steyert
Best ''Black Bitch'': 1. Bonnie owned by Holly Redpath 2. Meg owned by Katy and Rebecca Anderson 3. Yara owned by Roddy and Hamish Campbell