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Pet Pic of the Day: It's Winston! The Dog, Not Harry.

PetSugar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:30:42 -0700

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but so is Winston. Although in this picture, I can't decide if Winston is giving me the stink-eye, or is just trying to bribe a treat from mom with puppy dog eyes. Thoughts?

Congrats to Winston and sweetdr for being chosen as our Pet Pic of the Day! Don't forget to submit your favorite photos to our Pet Pics group for a chance to see your furry pals on the pages of PetSugar.

R-Bils Has Purple, But What Color Is Your Bag?

PetSugar — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:00:31 -0800

Why should the duty of picking up doody be boring? We seem to agree that Rachel Bilson is a great dog mom, so of course she never leaves home without Thurman Murman's essentials. In addition to that fab Ella Dish leash, I'm guessing these purple poop bags are the lavender scented biodegradable ones. I stock pink ones for my pampered pooch – what color or kind do you use for your doggies?

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Pet Pic of the Day: Oscar Takes a Break

PetSugar — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:21 -0700

A break from what, you ask? Well if long days on the set of a high profile photo shoot don't make you tired, I don't know what does. This Tibetan Terrier recently spent his day posing for an ad for Dillard's – Yup, all in a day's work, folks.

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PetSugar's Crufts 2008 Cheat Sheet

PetSugar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:10:25 -0800

The time has come for the largest dog show in the world - Crufts features over 23,000 pooches! Sadly, it's not televised (live) and it takes place in England, so it's not something most of us can watch. Sigh. But don't worry, I'll be providing photos and updates from the four-day event as it progresses here on PetSugar! Before I got started, I needed to brush up on my dog groups because the organization of the Kennel Club UK is a bit different than the AKC and Westminster Kennel Club. While there are still seven competing groups, the members and names are switched up, and there are some breeds that we wouldn't even see here in the US. My little Boston Terrier would be part of the Utility group in this show. To see a brief description of the groups, read more.

Toy: Pretty straightforward, this group includes many of the pooches from our Toy group along with breeds like the Coton De Tulear that can't compete here yet!
Utility: This is similar to our Non-Sporting group - a hodgepodge mix - but, in England, there are a couple differences like all three poodle sizes (including the Toy Poodle) compete here.
Gundog: We'll find the hunting dogs like retrievers, pointers, and spaniels in this group - seems like our Sporting Group but with fun dogs that I'm not too familiar with – can you say Large Musterlander, Lagotto Romagnolo, and Kooikerhondje three times fast?
Working: Once a worker, always a worker as these pups were bred to be guards and search and rescue dogs. One of my fave newcomers at Westminster this year was the Tibetan Mastiff, competing here as well alongside the Mastiff, Bullmastiff, and Neapolitan Mastiff.
Pastoral: Meant to work livestock, similar to our Herding group, you'll see another sheepdog (the Maremma Sheepdog), and four different variations of the Belgian Shepherd.
Terrier: I love the spunky Terriers - many familiar faces here in this big group alongside a couple different ones like the adorable Cesky Terrier.
Hound: It's Uno's group, the Hound dogs! Here we'll see sight and scent pups like the Cirneco dell'Etna, Sloughi, and Portuguese Podengo who are all members of AKC Foundation Stock Service, which allows these purebred breeds to continue to develop here in the US while providing them with the security of a reliable and reputable avenue to maintain their records.

2008 Westminster Winners: Non-Sporting Group

PetSugar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:20:31 -0800

This hodge-podge collection has a special place in my heart for my little North is part of the Non-Sporting group! I learned during last night's show that, not only is it made up of pups that didn't fit any other group, originally there were just two groups – the Sporting and the Non-Sporting. As new groups formed and split off, first the Hounds and Terriers separated from the Sporting and the Toys and Working split from the Non-Sporting, with Herding later breaking away from the Working. But, who topped the remaining pooches in the Non-Sporting group that competed last night? To see their winner, read more.

Ahh! "Remy" the Standard Poodle! I can't say I was surprised as poodles often capture this group ("Yes" won at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship show) but I was really pulling for the Bulldog who has entered the AKC most popular breed list for the first time in 75 years. He was so adorable (and adorably slow) so maybe next year he'll come out on top.

For the Non-Sporting group, the results were:

Poodle (Standard): Ch Brighton Minimoto. Female born June 20, 2004.
Bulldog: Ch Cherokee Legend Rock. Male born Nov. 19, 2004.
Bichon Frise: Ch Paray's Paragon. Male born Mar. 12, 2004.
Tibetan Terrier: Ch Players Prodigy. Male born Aug. 22, 2002.

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