Westminster, 2009

@ossobuco,

Awwwww, an oldie won...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/02/10/sports/11dogs_600.JPG

An Old Dog Takes the Title

a Sussex Spaniel named Stump..

schniff..

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Foist, I gotta apologize. I said an Irish deerhound won the hound group. Wrong country. It was a Scottish deerhound.

Yes, a geezer named Stump won. A sussex spaniel. Lumbering, liver-colored sussex. A lovely dog.

Don't fight about breeds and pedigree. I don't much care about breeding and pedigree. I just like dogs--any kind.

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@Roberta,

I love that lil pooch.

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@jespah,

Me too, me too - to both Jes and Roberta.

Another photo -

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/02/11/gal_pooch.jpg

Credits: McGrath/Getty
Published: 02/11/2009 08:58:44

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I am watching it right now. They are just starting the working group, one of my favorites!

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@Roberta,

I watched some - that damn standard poodle is always in the finals. Never see my schippearke in the finals.

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Stump (the winning cutie) was nothing but a pet for five years. Lounging on the furniture. Doing pet things. He nearly died. Then he made a comeback. Great little dog.

A few breeds now accepted by the AKC were new to me. Here's a plott:

http://www.breederretriever.com/photopost/data/724/medium/plott1.JPG

And here's a Tibetan mastiff:

http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/32530/2004773614226498273_rs.jpg

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@Roberta,

The new one this year is the Dogue de Bordeaux, which was the Hooch dog in the film Turner and Hooch.

Oh that pic of Stump -- how luminous!

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@jespah,

I have this strong urge to pick Stump up and hug him. 'Course he's fifty pounds, perhaps a tad unwieldy.

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Unwieldy, unshmieldy. Give the old guy a hug.

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@Roberta,

Well, Pacco was sometimes right around 40 lbs (big for a corgi, but he wasn't chubby) and I ain't no Charles Atlas. I guess I'll hug him on my lap.

Yet another great photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images via NYT -

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/02/10/opinion/11stump.480.jpg

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@Roberta,

damnit ive been trying to find this on tv buit i failed completely.

i saw 5 minutes of dock jumpign which was awesome even if i saw two jumps..

help!

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@Roberta,

Roberta wrote:

Saw the corgis, osso, avec and sans tails. Wonderful dogs.

The ibizan and pharoah hounds were gorgeous. Lean and athletic. The Irish deerhound won the hound group.

One line of dobermans?

i love pharoah hounds, ibizan is the dog i think i like but if its not a white vizsla looking dog then its not the one.

im partial to red and white dogs heh.

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@djjd62,

djjd62 wrote:

winner 2008 in the non sporting group

that english bulldog is quite gorgeous. as well as the bloodhound i think it was?

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

IM BOYCOTTING THESE FUCKIN SHOWS CAUSE THEY DONT RECOGNIZE CATAHOULAS> They only started recognizing border collies in AKC when they gave up trying to convince the Stock Dog associations to breed for conformity.
Conformity sucks out the dogs brains and leaves you with an Irish setter. (worlds stupidest breed of dog)

DONT gimme **** about Irishes , My dad used to raise the things for field and bench trials. DUM DUM DUM DOGS.

catahoulas are quite amazing dogs.

very chill, but not "lazy"

i used to throw a tennis ball for hours with my cousins catahoula.
ki dont undertand how he got a catahoula anyways. hah.

GAY!

usa? i just downgraded to regular cable and couldnt find the damn guide channel.

couldnt get on my computer either.

so LAME.

i swear to god those fuckers better have some godamn reruns for once on something i want to see.

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@jespah,

jespah wrote:

The new one this year is the Dogue de Bordeaux, which was the Hooch dog in the film Turner and Hooch.

Oh that pic of Stump -- how luminous!

i love dogues de bordeaux, except their "english bulldoggish" snout.

i dont like mutated lookign faces usually. great fur skin and muscle though.

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@OGIONIK,

Ogionik, Don't count on reruns. You missed the show.

Here's an ibizan hound. Is it what you were thinking of?

http://files.dogster.com/images/dogster/breeds/ibizan_hound.jpg

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@Roberta,

no...

its liek that but pure white.

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@OGIONIK,

i guess they are showing them on monday as well.

perhaps i lucked out?

i hope so!

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@OGIONIK,

I watched four hours of Westminster highlights this weekend. Two hours Sat morning and two hours Sun morning. They'll be on again. The highlights I watched started at the best in group level.

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