PETS at Home is launching its search to find the UK's Pick of the Pooches 2003 at the Middlebrook branch, in Horwich, this weekend between 10am and 5pm on Saturday and 11am-4pm on Sunday.

The winner from each of the company's 145 stores will go into a national final.

The photo sessions are free and no appointment is necessary. Customers are invited to go back to the store the following week to view their pet's prints for purchase and enter the competition for free

Each store winner will receive a large framed photo of their dog and be entered into the grand final to be held in February 2004. Second and third prize winners will receive gift vouchers.