Post by Die Fledermaus on Feb 18, 2010 21:38:07 GMT -4
This is a continuation from the other thread from a few days ago.
>> Dogs have their day at the 2010 Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden
Sadie, a saucy Scottish terrier, win the Best in Show award at the Westminster Kennel Club championship.
Click through to see more Sadie photos and the other adorable pups who competed in the 134th annual Westminster Dog Show, which takes place Feb. 15 and 16 at Madison Square Garden. <<
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS
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>> Scottish terrier Sadie wins top Westminster prize <<
>> Terrier takes 'Best' title over Doberman
By AMBER SUTHERLAND and ED ROBINSON
Last Updated: 5:42 PM, February 17, 2010
Posted: 4:30 AM, February 17, 2010
Sadie the lady is a champ.
The elegant Scottish terrier overcame dog-eat-dog competition last night and wowed the crowd at Madison Square Garden to take Best in Show honors at the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
"She was perfect. I couldn't ask for anything else," said Sadie's handler, Gabriel Rangel.
Sadie entered the show as the No. 1 dog in the country but had to go snout to snout with the No. 2 ranked show dog, a hard-nosed Doberman named C.J., who won the working group and was backed by a large segment of dog lovers at the Garden.
But judge Elliott Weiss was charmed by Sadie, a petite pooch with jet black eyes who happily paraded around with her tongue sticking out.
"A dog of this quality only comes along once every 10 years," he said.
It was an historic win as Sadie became the first winner of the dog-show Triple Crown.
She had been named top dog at the National Dog Show in Pennsylvania in November and the American Kennel Club/Eukanuba National Championship in California in December.
The Westminster ribbon was her 112th best in show honor.
It was her third attempt at Westminster. Last year's try ended dismally when she relieved herself on the Garden floor.
Rangel stopped short of saying Sadie would retire now that she's won the big prize, but admitted, "She won everything she has to win."
The handler described the canine world's newest su perstar as a "happy" dog who "really enjoys herself."
"She likes to watch TV," Rangel said. "We have dinner together at the hotel and watch 'Animal Planet.' "
The show was briefly interrupted by a protest when two women ran onto the Garden floor and held up signs reading, "Mutts Rule" and "Breeders Kill Shelter Dogs' Chances," a slogan often used by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The women were charged with criminal trespass. With AP
Read more: www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hottie_scotty_zCntw9I7YRg2yEHxtFkVHJ#ixzz0fwK2huZJ
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>> Westminster Best in Show winner Sadie the Scottish Terrier takes victory lap <<
>> With an entourage bigger than Leonardo DiCaprio's, the city's top dog took her victory lap around Manhattan Wednesday morning.
Sadie, the Scottish terrier crowned a night earlier as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club championship, was enjoying the perks of her triumph.
"You are gorgeous!" cooed Whoopi Goldberg, sharing a treat with Sadie before they both went on "The View."
The top pooch earlier outshone movie superstar DiCaprio, arriving with her bevy of attendants for CBS's "Early Show."
The star of the upcoming "Shutter Island" only appeared once Sadie's spot was over.
"So Leonardo was right after us!" laughed her handler, Gabriel Rangel.
"She can be a diva, if it makes her a great show dog," said David Frei, Westminster's communications director.
Sadie soaked up the attention, offering a smile as people stroked her beard. She was generally very composed - although she did yawn on national television while appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" and barked at the first camera put in her face before breakfast.
"I think she knows," said Rangel. "She's very aware of everything."
Sadie only got two or three hours of sleep after her late-night victory. She started with her entourage of 11 at 6 a.m., hitting all the morning talk shows.
"That's the dog that won the show!" exclaimed passersby as she was whisked from one spot to another.
On "Good Morning America," Sadie was rushed into a makeup room, where she perched on her chair and leaned to check herself out in the mirror.
Rangel brushed out her beard, twisted her lengthy eyebrows and spritzed her with water.
After "The View," Sadie's schedule includes a visit with Donald Trump and a trip to the top of the Empire State Building. <<
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>> Sadie's one hot dog
Comments: 2
By CINDY ADAMS
Last Updated: 10:19 AM, February 18, 2010
Posted: 12:51 AM, February 18, 2010
While Sadie the Scottie, West minster's Best in Show, hit yesterday's talk-show circuit, I spoke to her parents. And what personal goodie did Sadie get for winning this huge prize? "A hot dog," said Dan Musser. "She loves hot dogs. Kosher. Nonkosher. Hebrew National. Anything. Any kind."
Before becoming famous as owners of the country's best dog, Amelia and Dan Musser were known for owning Michigan's landmarked Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Listed among America's historic hotels, since 1887 it has housed from the Duchess of Windsor to Jackie Kennedy. Kept Victorian style by decorator Carleton Varney, this classic American summer place allows no cars. Transportation is horse-drawn carriage. Coat and tie required in the dining room. Its longest veranda anywhere is 660 feet. And 1980's Chris Reeve-Jane Seymour film "Somewhere in Time" was filmed there.
So, is the grande dame of hotels to be home for the grande dame of hounds?
"Not now," said Dan Musser. "She's going to California with her trainer to be bred. He has a wife and three children, so she'll stay with them. But she'll come back to Michigan to give birth. She's used to airplanes because in this campaign year she's showed someplace every week. She flies under the seat.
"We've been showing dogs 50 years. Done Westminster maybe eight times and won Best of Breed, but it's our first Best in Show. Sadie's 4½. She started showing two years ago and won 112 Best in Shows countrywide. She won Top Terrier in 2009 and that started her Atomic Year, where she's so far won every prize there is, beating out 115,000 others. She came into Madison Square Garden as the No. 1 dog of 2009.
"First time a Scottie's won Westminster Kennel Club since the '80s."
And, people, you will kindly remember that before the WKC's president Dennis Sprung and its top dog Sean McCarthy gave me my down-front seats -- way before -- I told you the winner would be Sadie. Check my previous columns. I told you.<<
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NOTE: I already commented on this elsewhere on Rodent Retreat. Big dogs, and others, always get the shaft. I should have recalled this and asked about it this year when I was there; I will next year. it will be at the top of my list. By the way, the judges also like poodles.
>>It's a dog-beat-dog world: Working mutts don't get a fair shake at big show<<[/color]
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_its_a_dogbeatdog_world.html#ixzz0fwNPDQin
>>
Meaning no disrespect to Sadie the Scottie, who won Best in Show at this year's Westminster competition, and, really, really, really, really, we mean no disrespect to Sadie, who is as terminally adorable as any lapworthy mutt could be.
But, still - another Scottie?
Clearly, the judges are not New Yorkers. This is a sin for which they can be forgiven, but their anti-New York-dog prejudices are unpardonable.
The city is a working town, but the judges have it in for big, brawny, lunchpail-type canines.
There are 26 working breeds, including boxers, Dobermans, Rottweilers and great Danes. In the Best in Show competition's 103-human-year, 721-dog-year history, members of these 26 breeds have taken top prize a grand total of nine times. Meanwhile, darling, darling Scotties have copped eight blue ribbons.
Worse injustices are playing out in plain sight.
According to the American Kennel Club, the most popular breeds among New York City dog owners are, in descending order, Yorkshire terriers, Labradors, dachshunds, Shih Tzus and German shepherds.
But for more than a century, the judges have skunked Labs, dachshunds and Shih Tzus, while deigning to give the nod to a single Yorkie in 1978 and a single German shepherd in 1987.
The insult is palpable. These are among the finest dogs the world has to offer, yet they are treated like curs. Why? Because where these judges are concerned, there's a very big problem at the other end of the leash. <<
READ MORE
www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_its_a_dogbeatdog_world.html
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Check this out about the above:
www.westminsterkennelclub.org/history/biswinners.html
Best in Show (BIS) started in 1907.
Up and including 1937 almost all the winner were smaller dogs and most of those were terriers. A few Pointers, an Old English Sheepdog, and a Standard Poodle slipped in.
From '37-'75 only about half a dozen larger dogs won, and if you consider Boxers "larger" you can add a small number of them, too.
Now, starting in 1976, the BIS winners are totally dominated by smaller dogs, a Newfie in 2004 being a rare exception. Check it out yourself.
Something smells fishy.
>> Dogs have their day at the 2010 Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden
Sadie, a saucy Scottish terrier, win the Best in Show award at the Westminster Kennel Club championship.
Click through to see more Sadie photos and the other adorable pups who competed in the 134th annual Westminster Dog Show, which takes place Feb. 15 and 16 at Madison Square Garden. <<
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS
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>> Scottish terrier Sadie wins top Westminster prize <<
>> Terrier takes 'Best' title over Doberman
By AMBER SUTHERLAND and ED ROBINSON
Last Updated: 5:42 PM, February 17, 2010
Posted: 4:30 AM, February 17, 2010
Sadie the lady is a champ.
The elegant Scottish terrier overcame dog-eat-dog competition last night and wowed the crowd at Madison Square Garden to take Best in Show honors at the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
"She was perfect. I couldn't ask for anything else," said Sadie's handler, Gabriel Rangel.
Sadie entered the show as the No. 1 dog in the country but had to go snout to snout with the No. 2 ranked show dog, a hard-nosed Doberman named C.J., who won the working group and was backed by a large segment of dog lovers at the Garden.
But judge Elliott Weiss was charmed by Sadie, a petite pooch with jet black eyes who happily paraded around with her tongue sticking out.
"A dog of this quality only comes along once every 10 years," he said.
It was an historic win as Sadie became the first winner of the dog-show Triple Crown.
She had been named top dog at the National Dog Show in Pennsylvania in November and the American Kennel Club/Eukanuba National Championship in California in December.
The Westminster ribbon was her 112th best in show honor.
It was her third attempt at Westminster. Last year's try ended dismally when she relieved herself on the Garden floor.
Rangel stopped short of saying Sadie would retire now that she's won the big prize, but admitted, "She won everything she has to win."
The handler described the canine world's newest su perstar as a "happy" dog who "really enjoys herself."
"She likes to watch TV," Rangel said. "We have dinner together at the hotel and watch 'Animal Planet.' "
The show was briefly interrupted by a protest when two women ran onto the Garden floor and held up signs reading, "Mutts Rule" and "Breeders Kill Shelter Dogs' Chances," a slogan often used by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The women were charged with criminal trespass. With AP
Read more: www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hottie_scotty_zCntw9I7YRg2yEHxtFkVHJ#ixzz0fwK2huZJ
READ MORE
www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hottie_scotty_zCntw9I7YRg2yEHxtFkVHJ
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>> Westminster Best in Show winner Sadie the Scottish Terrier takes victory lap <<
>> With an entourage bigger than Leonardo DiCaprio's, the city's top dog took her victory lap around Manhattan Wednesday morning.
Sadie, the Scottish terrier crowned a night earlier as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club championship, was enjoying the perks of her triumph.
"You are gorgeous!" cooed Whoopi Goldberg, sharing a treat with Sadie before they both went on "The View."
The top pooch earlier outshone movie superstar DiCaprio, arriving with her bevy of attendants for CBS's "Early Show."
The star of the upcoming "Shutter Island" only appeared once Sadie's spot was over.
"So Leonardo was right after us!" laughed her handler, Gabriel Rangel.
"She can be a diva, if it makes her a great show dog," said David Frei, Westminster's communications director.
Sadie soaked up the attention, offering a smile as people stroked her beard. She was generally very composed - although she did yawn on national television while appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" and barked at the first camera put in her face before breakfast.
"I think she knows," said Rangel. "She's very aware of everything."
Sadie only got two or three hours of sleep after her late-night victory. She started with her entourage of 11 at 6 a.m., hitting all the morning talk shows.
"That's the dog that won the show!" exclaimed passersby as she was whisked from one spot to another.
On "Good Morning America," Sadie was rushed into a makeup room, where she perched on her chair and leaned to check herself out in the mirror.
Rangel brushed out her beard, twisted her lengthy eyebrows and spritzed her with water.
After "The View," Sadie's schedule includes a visit with Donald Trump and a trip to the top of the Empire State Building. <<
READ MORE
www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/pets/2010/02/17/2010-02-17_westminster_best_in_show_winner_sadie_the_scottish_terrier_takes_victory_lap.html
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>> Sadie's one hot dog
Comments: 2
By CINDY ADAMS
Last Updated: 10:19 AM, February 18, 2010
Posted: 12:51 AM, February 18, 2010
While Sadie the Scottie, West minster's Best in Show, hit yesterday's talk-show circuit, I spoke to her parents. And what personal goodie did Sadie get for winning this huge prize? "A hot dog," said Dan Musser. "She loves hot dogs. Kosher. Nonkosher. Hebrew National. Anything. Any kind."
Before becoming famous as owners of the country's best dog, Amelia and Dan Musser were known for owning Michigan's landmarked Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Listed among America's historic hotels, since 1887 it has housed from the Duchess of Windsor to Jackie Kennedy. Kept Victorian style by decorator Carleton Varney, this classic American summer place allows no cars. Transportation is horse-drawn carriage. Coat and tie required in the dining room. Its longest veranda anywhere is 660 feet. And 1980's Chris Reeve-Jane Seymour film "Somewhere in Time" was filmed there.
So, is the grande dame of hotels to be home for the grande dame of hounds?
"Not now," said Dan Musser. "She's going to California with her trainer to be bred. He has a wife and three children, so she'll stay with them. But she'll come back to Michigan to give birth. She's used to airplanes because in this campaign year she's showed someplace every week. She flies under the seat.
"We've been showing dogs 50 years. Done Westminster maybe eight times and won Best of Breed, but it's our first Best in Show. Sadie's 4½. She started showing two years ago and won 112 Best in Shows countrywide. She won Top Terrier in 2009 and that started her Atomic Year, where she's so far won every prize there is, beating out 115,000 others. She came into Madison Square Garden as the No. 1 dog of 2009.
"First time a Scottie's won Westminster Kennel Club since the '80s."
And, people, you will kindly remember that before the WKC's president Dennis Sprung and its top dog Sean McCarthy gave me my down-front seats -- way before -- I told you the winner would be Sadie. Check my previous columns. I told you.<<
READ MORE
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NOTE: I already commented on this elsewhere on Rodent Retreat. Big dogs, and others, always get the shaft. I should have recalled this and asked about it this year when I was there; I will next year. it will be at the top of my list. By the way, the judges also like poodles.
>>It's a dog-beat-dog world: Working mutts don't get a fair shake at big show<<[/color]
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_its_a_dogbeatdog_world.html#ixzz0fwNPDQin
>>
Meaning no disrespect to Sadie the Scottie, who won Best in Show at this year's Westminster competition, and, really, really, really, really, we mean no disrespect to Sadie, who is as terminally adorable as any lapworthy mutt could be.
But, still - another Scottie?
Clearly, the judges are not New Yorkers. This is a sin for which they can be forgiven, but their anti-New York-dog prejudices are unpardonable.
The city is a working town, but the judges have it in for big, brawny, lunchpail-type canines.
There are 26 working breeds, including boxers, Dobermans, Rottweilers and great Danes. In the Best in Show competition's 103-human-year, 721-dog-year history, members of these 26 breeds have taken top prize a grand total of nine times. Meanwhile, darling, darling Scotties have copped eight blue ribbons.
Worse injustices are playing out in plain sight.
According to the American Kennel Club, the most popular breeds among New York City dog owners are, in descending order, Yorkshire terriers, Labradors, dachshunds, Shih Tzus and German shepherds.
But for more than a century, the judges have skunked Labs, dachshunds and Shih Tzus, while deigning to give the nod to a single Yorkie in 1978 and a single German shepherd in 1987.
The insult is palpable. These are among the finest dogs the world has to offer, yet they are treated like curs. Why? Because where these judges are concerned, there's a very big problem at the other end of the leash. <<
READ MORE
www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_its_a_dogbeatdog_world.html
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Check this out about the above:
www.westminsterkennelclub.org/history/biswinners.html
Best in Show (BIS) started in 1907.
Up and including 1937 almost all the winner were smaller dogs and most of those were terriers. A few Pointers, an Old English Sheepdog, and a Standard Poodle slipped in.
From '37-'75 only about half a dozen larger dogs won, and if you consider Boxers "larger" you can add a small number of them, too.
Now, starting in 1976, the BIS winners are totally dominated by smaller dogs, a Newfie in 2004 being a rare exception. Check it out yourself.
Something smells fishy.
