In fact, a few of the dogs that showed up to Barkfest on Sunday would be competing in the Dog Show.
"Room 213A. It started a little trend, " meaning superstitious competitors requesting rooms that incorporated the date of the dog show's final night when Best In Show is announced.
Crufts, the largest dog show in the world, expects to draw 25, 000 dogs next month in Birmingham, England.
Andy opens 1984 by telling us he went to the Westminster Dog Show again that year.
That's OK. At this level of competition at the Westminster dog show, having a big head helps.
He went by the name Harry and was a favorite to win the Westminster dog show back in February.
All that, and yet they are still determined to bring Keaton the Tibetan terrier to the Westminster dog show.
The AFL is expected to draw less than 2% of households, on a par with the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
"If they want to know how the dog is going to show, I tell them the eyes are the windows to the soul that goes for dogs, too, " Ms. Germani said.
Oakley the German wirehaired pointer enters as the nation's No. 1 show dog, with sleek Veni Vidi Vici the Doberman pinscher also a top contender.
The U.S. Navy is staging the aquatic-equivalent of a dog-and-pony show in the Arctic Ocean this month with a small fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Many big favorites laid an egg at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
He hit the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend and tried out the attack dog role, criticizing Republican John McCain for his stance on Georgia, Iraq and national security.
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Also in the best-of-seven final ring were a German wirehaired pointer ranked as the nation's No. 1 show dog, an American foxhound, a Portuguese water dog, a bichon frise and a smooth fox terrier.
Some top dogs travel the country in blinged-out RVs, comparable to a rock star's ride, though as Dean writes in "Show Dog, " Uno the beagle, upon winning Westminster, got his own seat on a commercial plane.
Among the top contenders are a prime Doberman named Veni Vidi Vici that reached the best-of-seven final ring last year, a big-winning wire fox terrier, a German wirehaired pointer ranks as the nation's No. 1 show dog and a prized American foxhound.
The statistics track how many wins and points a show dog earns and are a good metric for determining Westminster favorites.
The 2012 series final which saw Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey the dog triumph, had a peak audience of 14.5 million making it the highest rated UK entertainment television show to date this year.
Four days after competing, the dog died, on Feb. 16, while at a show in Colorado.
For this week's Westminster show, the crown jewel on the circuit, Dog News plans to cover the event with a handful of photographers and writers.
Dr Bondeson insists pictures and portraits of the dog, as well as contemporary accounts of his nature, show that the original Bobby died in May or June 1867.
As the Christopher Guest movie "Best In Show" made clear, dog competitions are a world ripe for satire, with numerous eccentric characters and rituals.
Mr Breuer's about-turns show that the tail in the investment bank now wags the dog in the boardroom.
If I was a competitor, I think all I'd care about would be knowing whether my dog was going to come up a winner and walk away with the dog chow "spokesdog" contract, the guest spot on the "Today" show and stud fees in perpetuity.
This was a TV show about sheepdog trials: you know the sort of thing, can a dog round up the sheep and get them into the pen, as in that movie, Babe.
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The self-taught, Mexican-born dog trainer has parlayed his talent for calming even the most vicious of dogs into a hit TV show, a series of best-selling books, and a mass market line of collars, leashes, beds and pet food.
In 2004, Mr. Millan's series, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, premiered on the National Geographic Channel, becoming the network's top-rated show in its first season.
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