The winners, the Affenpinscher and the Old English Sheepdog
What surprised me is that my DH also decided to watch the dogs instead of the State of the Union Address. Normally he's all over political things, but he said he was tired of empty air and I can't really disagree at this point. I'm totally frustrated with the inability of our government on the local and national level to actually work together for solutions to our problems. Shame on them.
Now back to some beautiful dogs. Three other groups were judged last night, the Sporting Group who had the German Wirehaired Pointer as the winner. He was a totally stunning dog.
Then we had the working dogs group - the drool masters. This is where the Mastiffs, the Saint Bernards, the Alaskan Eskimo Dog and the Giant Schnauzer fit in, along with many others. The winner last night in this group was the Portuguese Water Dog and he was a beauty.
The final judged category was my favorite, the Terrier group. I adore these spunky companions bred to go after vermin in the rocks. They seem to always be happy, perky, and generally energetic. The Smooth Fox Terrier was the Group winner. This was the only group where I had issues with the judge. He seemed to have a real thing for Fox Terriers, giving three of the four placement steps to some variant of the breed. The second place was the Wire Fox Terrier, and the fourth place was the Russel Terrier. Only the third place winner, the Border Terrier, was outside of that general family. So no, I didn't agree with all of the choices from that particular judge.
But the show is over for another year now, and my dreams of owing a Norfolk Terrier or a Norwich Terrier are once again unfulfilled. But I can share their pictures with all of you and wish you a wonderful Wednesday while I get errands finished and start the editing process for my latest o-fic.
The Norfolk Terrier
The Norwich Terrier
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