As promised, here are the results of today’s Best in Group judging. For more details and for winners of each breed, see the Westminster Kennel Club’s web site.
Continue reading Day One Results from the 2010 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
As promised, here are the results of today’s Best in Group judging. For more details and for winners of each breed, see the Westminster Kennel Club’s web site.
Continue reading Day One Results from the 2010 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Just a quick reminder to set your DVR if you won’t be home this evening. The first night of competition for the 134th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Gardens is tonight, starting at 8 pm.
Continue reading Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Starts Tonight!
When Samantha Juskiw and Paige Hoffman saw a police K-9 demonstration at a park near their home, they decided to hold some fundraisers to buy the dogs new kevlar vests, as the ones they were wearing were in need of replacement. A kind, but not truly unique gesture, until you realize that these good Samaritans are only in 7th grade!
If you missed last Sunday’s puppy bowl on Animal Planet, you can see clips here. They are just TOO precious!
Don’t miss watching the kitty half-time show.
Enjoy!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Our Top Ten list this week was of commercials that feature dogs. Are you more likely to buy something because a dog is featured in a commercial for the product?
Continue reading Saturday Survey: Impact of dogs in commercials
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Have you checked out PetTube yet? Similar to YouTube, this site has videos of all the crazy things pets do. For example, my brother sent me this one, of Zeke the hound playing basketball:
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Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Holly, a Dogue de Bordeaux, will be competing with her brothers Brando and Ceasar at the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club show next week, but that’s not the real story.
Have you seen the Traveler’s Insurance commercial where the dog tries to put his bone in a safety deposit box at the bank, then can’t sleep because he’s worried about it? How about the one for Denta-Stix that shows the dogs with doggie dentures? These are two of my favorites, which prompted me to do some research on commercials with doggie stars.
According to LePaws, a Hollywood talent agency that represents animal actors, one of every three television commercials features a dog.
I tried to find commercials that weren’t specifically for dog-related products, although the Denta-Stix one was too cute not to include in my top ten.
As promised, the manager at Moochie & Co at Easton (Columbus, OH) sent me pictures of wine-loving dog, Ruby, who lives with store employee Mandy when she’s not trying to escape from Moochie’s to the wine shop down the mall. Continue reading Update on Moochie & Co.