A popular holiday park in Fife has named its second guide dog puppy with the help of local schoolchildren.

Pettycur Bay Holiday Park in Kinghorn, run by the Wallace family, has backed Guide Dogs for the Blind as one of its adopted charities.

Its first sponsored puppy was named Tom in memory of Thomas Wallace Snr, grandfather of Steven Wallace, and father of Alan and Tommy Wallace, who passed away in January 2025.

Last month, pupils at Kinghorn Primary School were given three names to choose from, and picked Bonnie.

Aileen Murphy, a volunteer puppy raiser with Kinghorn pupils, and Steven Wallace (back) and Janet Murray Pettycur Bay Holiday Park. (Pic: Submitted)

placeholder image — Aileen Murphy, a volunteer puppy raiser with Kinghorn pupils, and Steven Wallace (back) and Janet Murray Pettycur Bay Holiday Park. (Pic: Submitted)

The puppy will be placed with a Puppy Raiser for about a year before going to Guide Dog School for professional training, before being assigned as a guide to someone with visual impairment. The holiday park hopes to have a third puppy named soon.

Aileen Murphy, a volunteer puppy raiser, who has volunteered with West Fife Guide Dogs for 23 years, visited the school to tell the schoolchildren more about the Name a Puppy initiative.

She took along Cassia, an 18-month-old puppy that was withdrawn from puppy training for health reasons,

She said: “”It was a highly enjoyable day which Cassia has loved. The children had lots of questions about what guide dogs do, which is brilliant when it comes to raising awareness of their important role. We also discussed the importance of fund raising.

“We all love the name Bonnie, which has been chosen for the new puppy which will soon start its training.”

Kelly Syme, headteacher at Kinghorn Primary, said: "It was fantastic to see the children so engaged in learning about guide dogs and how these dogs support people in their every day lives.”