What is Ashleigh and Pudsey?
[[File:Ashleigh and Pudsey.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ashleigh and Pudsey in July 2012]] '''Ashleigh and Pudsey''' were a British dog trick act, comprising trainer '''Ashleigh Jade Butler''' (born 7 February 1995) and '''Pudsey''' (28 December 2005 – 21 July 2017). Pudsey was a male [[Border Collie]], [[Bichon Frise]] and [[Chinese Crested Dog|Chinese Crested]] powderpuff [[dog hybrid|cross]]. They first achieved prominence as contestants in the [[Britain's Got Talent (series 6)|sixth series]] of the television talent show ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', which they won on 12 May 2012, becoming the first ever dog trick act to win the competition. On 21 July 2017, Ashleigh announced that Pudsey had died.<ref name=telegraph1>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/britains-got-talent/9262545/Ashleigh-and-Pudsey-become-first-ever-dog-trick-act-to-win-Britains-Got-Talent.html|title=Ashleigh and Pudsey become first dog trick act to win Britain's Got Talent|access-date=13 May 2012|publisher=The Telegraph|date=13 May 2012}}</ref> Pudsey died on 21 July 2017 of [[blood cancer]] at the age of 21.<ref name=bbc1>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18048792|title=Ashleigh and Pudsey win Britain's Got Talent. Sadly little Pudsey passed away on the 21st July 2017, putting an end to this fabulous double act.|access-date=13 May 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=13 May 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://twitter.com/OfficialPudsey/ Pudsey's Official Twitter page] *[https://twitter.com/7ashleighjade7/ Ashleigh Butler's Official Twitter page] *[http://talent.itv.com/ ''Britain's Got Talent'' official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418192115/http://talent.itv.com/ |date=2009-04-18 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashleigh And Pudsey}} [[Category:People from Northamptonshire]] [[Category:1995 births|Butler, Ashleigh]] [[Category:Living people|Butler, Ashleigh]] [[Category:2005 births|Pudsey]] [[Category:2017 deaths|Pudsey]] [[Category:Deaths from bloo