Hair clippers and nail trimmers were nowhere in sight at the Woofminster Dog Show.

“We just came to have a good time,” said Christopher Small of Portland, with Isaac, his 156-pound English Mastiff, in tow.

In Scarborough’s version of the world-class event, fundraising was the foremost concern. Through registrations and raffles, the dog show, put on Saturday at Camp Ketcha by the Portland-based Planet Dog Foundation, raised $11,000 for My Wonderful Dog, a nonprofit organization that trains dogs for people with disabilities. Sixty-five dogs showed up for the event, said Kristen Smith, executive director of the Planet Dog Foundation.

This is the show’s second year. Last year, it raised $6,000 for the Portland nonprofit.

The stage at Camp Ketcha became more of a sniffing site than a platform for purebreds to showcase their structure and poise. The judges rated the dogs in categories like best dancer, longest tail wag and dog-and-person lookalike.

Owners relentlessly tried to coax their dogs into doing tricks that, while may be frequently performed at home, fell flat due to stage fright or mere distraction by the cast of new canine friends.

Jamie Sullivan of Sanford had his hands full trying to keep a hold of two dogs – Manley, a 13 1/2-year-old black lab and Rottweiler mix with a handle on his back to help him stand up, and Buster, a 9-year-old Boston terrier decked out in a down vest with a fur-lined hood.

“He gets cold,” Sullivan said of Buster, who took home first place for best howl. With full audience participation, he was the only dog that managed to let out anything more than a yip.

Though most dogs went home with empty paws, one received the coveted cover-dog distinction, which, along with a first-place trophy, included a photo shoot and picture for the front of a future Planet Dog catalog.

Emcee Rachel Flehinger, of the improv comedy troupe Running with Scissors, warned that cover-dog contestants should be only the canines that can handle the pressures of fame.

Barbara Silke of Scarborough insisted that her Rottweiler Luke Skywalker, a cover-dog finalist, was not camera shy.

“I just had his family picture taken,” Silke said as she whipped out a wallet-sized photo of Luke seated between her two children.

“He’s my best friend,” she said of Luke, who celebrated his sixth birthday at the show. “I hope he wins.”

Though Foxy, a 2-year-old Pomeranian, didn’t make it to the final round for cover dog, she did take home a trophy for best dancer. Her owner, Tiara Maldonis, of Lyman, said it took a lot of practice to get the tiny dog to stand on her hind legs and twirl.

“She’s a little overwhelmed,” Tiara’s mother, Gretchen Maldonis, said.

At the end of the afternoon, eight cover-dog finalists lined up under the discerning eye of four judges, who quickly eliminated over half the herd.

And then there were two.

Isaac, the English Mastiff that outweighed most of the owners in the audience, and Droogs, a 2-year-old Welch corgi-pitbull mix dubbed “the big dog on little legs” by Flehinger, sat patiently on stage as the judges deliberated.

Despite the crowd’s overwhelming support of Isaac, Droogs emerged victorious. But there were no hard feelings.

Kathleen Keane, mother of Small, who handled Isaac on stage, said they mostly brought their “exceedingly social” dog to the show to mingle with other mutts.

In terms of the competition, she said, “it just kind of makes you laugh.”

Going to the dogs