Puppy in my pocket magazine

[lara]

Hi all, 

Hoping to locate a Puppy in my pocket magazine - a bit of a back story below!

When I was 5 I sent a drawing in to a competition in the Puppy in my pocket magazine and I won - receiving a letter to tell me I had won and a puppy in my pocket family prize in the post. Very exciting for a 5 year old as you can imagine! The letter stated that the drawing would appear in the next issue of the magazine, as my memory serves I believe this would be issue 13 (but can't be sure that's right after all of these years) at the time my mum tried to find the next issue but we must have missed it or forgot, so as an adult I've been looking for the issue with my winning drawing since, just for fun - it must be somewhere! Just not sure which issue.

I'm almost certain that it is the original puppy in my pocket magazine, rather than "special" or "friends."

The drawing should be by "Lara Fraser" age 5 - can anyone help? Or perhaps (but unlikely) they might have used the name "Kristina Fraser" my sister who was just a bit older and helped me fill the form and send my entry in.

I also collected puppy in my pocket for many years as a child so great to see this forum!

[piddy]

I searched my comics, nothing in Puppy or Puppy Special, but found something in Puppy and Friends #13, it was a photo, no drawing and it says you were 8? Is that the one? It would of been issued about August 1999. I tried to upload it but it says forum is full. If you want a scan of it message me your email address and I can send it to you.

[90skitty]

Aw, that's so cool! I once wrote to the Puppy In My Pocket Club to ask a question and they replied with a letter, answering it and along with it gave me a pack of Pony In My Pocket figures and a little box of random puppy figures from series 2. I wonder if this is how they responded to all kids that wrote to to them or sent in photos and drawings? Haha. Wish I still had that letter.

On a side note, I never sent a drawing to the Puppy In My Pocket magazine, but I did send one to The Lion King magazine and I got my drawing published in that. Hehe. Really wish I still had that issue or could even remember what issue it was to find it now.

[Jenna]

I wrote in once to see if they could send me puppy #27. I missed the deadline for the exclusive offer and wanted him desperately because he looked like my dog. I got a reply but it wasn't helpful and I cried, haha. No free puppies for me!

I never gave up and eventually I got him as an adult. Maybe if I'd gotten him as a child I would have cooled off on my Puppy collecting, and this forum and my site might never have existed! So it turned out alright in the end.

[90skitty]

Aw no! Did you write to the company in the UK or the USA version?

[lara]

Nov 10, 2020 11:27:27 GMT -6 piddy said:

I searched my comics, nothing in Puppy or Puppy Special, but found something in Puppy and Friends #13, it was a photo, no drawing and it says you were 8? Is that the one? It would of been issued about August 1999. I tried to upload it but it says forum is full. If you want a scan of it message me your email address and I can send it to you.

Wow!! This is amazing thank you SO much for taking the time to do that. This has totally triggered my memory!! Remember it so vividly now, setting up all my dogs around me in my bedroom and asking my mum to take a photo. That’s me! Aged 8.

I must have mixed up two memories. One when I entered a drawing competition for Puppy in my pocket magazine (can’t have been 5 now I think of it) and sending in this photo. Bless! There’s me thinking I won the drawing competition all these years & won the dogs haha!! I was clearly very keen! (Still am haha!)

I would absolutely love a scan of this if it’s not too much trouble! You’ve made my day! Thank you - will message you my email address.

Wow isn’t this forum & people like you just great!

[piddy]

It's good to solve a mystery, glad I could help, you should have the scan now. 

[Jenna]

I'm glad piddy was able to help you lara , and that you are enjoying the forum!

Here is a link to the photo if anyone else is interested!  Super cute!  

I have to pay money to free up space for more photos, so we have to use other imaging site like Imgur.