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Terra's Owner User is Offline

Planet Earth

MH
Posts:262

02/14/2012 4:16 PM
Just wondering if anyone is following the Westminster dog show this year. It kind of looks like all the different pointing breeds are being judged as one. Or is that just how the videos are being put online? I watched the Plott video. Only 3 entered so everyone won. The sure do look like Jenny.

John (human), Bearoff (gsp), Jenny (Plott), Sunshine (Heinz57 rip 11/4/2010), Terra (missing but still in my heart)

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Connecticut

MH
Posts:1208

02/14/2012 7:13 PM
I'm watching it on TV. I love all dogs and was happy the Wirehaired came in 2nd. The Irish Setter was gorgeous. Now my favorite of all is the Great Dane named James - I think I want one of those now.

mjbuck

Hancock, MI

MH
Posts:144

02/15/2012 2:20 PM
Love the dog show at Westminster and watch it every year. We had to miss some this year because of prior committments.

Nancy D

No. Lower MI - Gaylord Area

MH
Posts:853

02/16/2012 6:41 AM
That Irish Setter was great as was the Wirehaired Pointer, but I so wanted Fifi, the dobe, to get BIS. She was like poetry in motion. Of course, I am biased. ;-)

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Connecticut

MH
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02/16/2012 6:25 PM
I can't believe the pekingese won - that is a dog? Looked like a hairball my cat puked up.

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MH
Posts:262

02/17/2012 8:33 AM
It is almost like the toy dog breeds are a seperate species. Like a cat, racoon, squirril or deer is a separate species than a dog.

John (human), Bearoff (gsp), Jenny (Plott), Sunshine (Heinz57 rip 11/4/2010), Terra (missing but still in my heart)

everbell

Kanata, ON

MH
Posts:3166

02/17/2012 10:45 AM
The problem I have with breeds like the Pekingnese is that they are rewarding charcteristics that are detrimental to the health of the dogs ... flat faces cause eye and breathing problems. Someone on another site was saying that a lot of Pekingnese actually trouble "doing the deed" without human intervention. Doesn't say a lot for its long-term survival at this rate, does it?

Joce and Rich Bogart and Shiraz (GSPs) Roxane (RIP: 1995-2009) and Tiger Lily (Cats) The Everbell Adventures

vnrose53

MH
Posts:379

02/17/2012 4:23 PM
Everbell, that's exactly how I feel. Nobody will stand up and say "But the emperor has no clothes!" So to speak! Those poor dogs. Give me a dog that looks like a dog. (Well, I have two! ) On another site somebody commeted "How can you not reward a dog that looks like Beyonce's wig?"

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Otsego MI

MH
Posts:244

02/20/2012 7:03 AM
Not to mention the Peke couldn't go anywhere without being on an ICE CUSHION!! Couldn't even be on the couch at the Today show without the ice cushion. WOW.

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Splat

Illinois (Northern)

MH
Posts:3136

02/20/2012 7:25 AM
Is the ice cushion something to keep the dog cool so it doesn't start breathing hard?