The Proper Kind Of Hooray Henry

Henry the Great… THURS19FEB26

ot sure if it was the weather, or dark clouds of a different sort, but it was a noticeably quieter year for our popular Me & My Pooch competition last month.

Given that Greystones is very much a dog town, normally there’s a daily flow of entries, and votes, throughout January, but when it came to 2026’s canine couples, it was as though the cat had truly gotten their tongues.

Still, those who did enter clearly had at least one big reason to be cheerful in these troubled times, mutts making just about the best mate you could hope for in this joke we call life. Just ask the wife.

Among the happy loving couples yukking it up for 2026 were Clarice & Holly, Celie & Cookie, Agnieszka & Maya plus Axel, Tyson, Roxy, Luna, Laddie & Louie, and on to Molly & Cooper, Niamh & Dubh, Shona & Ruby, Ziggy & Freddie. And, of course, farmer Cillian’s best friend, Jenny Burke.

In the end, the happiest proved to be Kyra and Henry, the former actually afraid of dogs until her auntie’s trusty little terrier, Henry, won her over.

“And now they’re complete and utter besties,” says Auntie Patricia when we met up down by V.I.Pets this afternoon. “Henry’s a friendly dog anyway, but whenever Kyra’s around, he almost levitates with joy…”

A sensation most dog owners will be all too familiar with.

Mucho gracias to Jonathan and the Glenergy crew for sponsoring Me & My Pooch once again – you can find out about their rockin’, eco-loving home heating here. And to Fernanda at V.I.Pets, for providing the very kick-ass prize of a, hey, V.I.P. grooming session for the bould and the beautiful Henry.

You can check out all of 2026 entries here, and jump back through the years of this cuddly competition right here.