NOT only is Shenzi looking forward to Christmas – but it’s her birthday just a few days later.

The Jack Russell and chihuahua cross will be a year old on December 30.

The shy but playful pup is one of the latest furry Hampshire residents to enter the Daily Echo’s Festive Pets competition.

Her owner Lucy MacLeod photographed her wearing her Christmas jumper with a picture of a reindeer on which she likes to wear when she’s taken for a walk.

On Christmas Day she will be spoilt with a stocking full of gifts.

Lucy, 27, a carer from Gosport, said: “She’s a shy but playful girl who loves chasing leaves, running through long grass and spending time with her boyfriend Trevor, a Jack Russell and pug cross who lives next door.

“Throughout December she’s been wearing her Christmas jumper which jingles when she walks.”

The competition is running throughout the month and we are inviting owners to send in pictures of their pets dressed in their best Christmas clobber in the hope of winning this year’s title.

How to enter To nominate your pet into the competition, send a photograph, which must have your name, address, contact details and your pet's name and age included in the email to picdesk@dailyecho. co.uk.

Alternatively post it to Picture Desk, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton SO16 9JX The winner will receive a bag of pet goodies.