I’ve been busy writing about the Scottish Deerhound named Hickory, the dog that won “Best in Show” at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year, and a couple of other dogs in the show, and have missed posting to my readers here.
My owner is Scottish, so liked the idea that a dog that had it’s origins in Scotland won the show. Some who don’t understand how dogs are judged may think that a Scottish Deerhound, part of the Hound group, isn’t the most beautiful dog, but I’ve heard that they are a sight to see running across a field. Here is a picture of a Scottish Deerhound…it isn’t the coloring that we are accustomed to now, they are bred to look more gray now:
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog show starts tonight on Valentines Day! We are excited and recording the event. It’s a little tricky this year, because they are showing the first hour of opening night on CNBC network (8-9 pm EST), then the rest of the show on USA Network (9-11 pm EST). The next morning from 9 am to noon they will replay the whole show on USA.
Tomorrow night (2/15), when the “Best in Show” is announced, the whole show will be on USA Network, and played again the next morning from 9-11 am EST.
My owner is watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show now. Last night she watched ice skating on the Winter Olympics, so recorded the dog show to watch today. Imagine, the dog show taking second place to the Winter Olympics!
The hound group is up now, and the judge is looking them over to make his final decision, they all look beautiful (my owner says…I think I’m jealous) as they make their rounds…and he chooses the Whippet as the winner of the hound group. We have to watch more to see the rest…and be sure we don’t listen to the news so the results will still be a surprise…hope we haven’t spoiled any surprises for you.
We did a page online about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, it’s hard to believe that the show has been happening for 134 years, that’s a lot of history. I hope you enjoy visiting our page, we’ll update it after the show.
We just watched the Westminster Kennel Club dog show last week, and even though a Yorkie didn’t win, we loved “Stump”, with his stumpy little tail that he seemed to have a hard time holding up until he proudly “wagged” it as he paraded in front of the audience. What a pleasant surprise to see him win! I think it was a surprise to the owner, too, from some of the interviews we saw him on.
Stump is the oldest dog to win the dog show, 10 years old…hey, I’m almost 10, so that’s not old, right? He also suffered some health challenges… (more…)
