America’s Dog

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Uno is the first beagle ever to win the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Snoopy and Underdog are cheering.

“He’s a people’s dog, a merry little hound,” Wilkerson said.


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10 Responses to “America’s Dog”

  1. John A. Walsh Says:

    Heidi, you and Andrew Sullivan seem to be thinking along the same lines…

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/02/the-beagle-ha-1.html

  2. Lea Hernandez Says:

    We are proud beagle owners here, in spite of the fact that our merry little dog was brought home by the dogcatcher last week.

  3. Alan Coil Says:

    The look in his eyes says it all:

    I’M THE BEST AND YOU CAN LICK MY B@!!$.

  4. Patrick Dean Says:

    I heard he bribed the judges with an Andrew Wyeth original.

  5. Edward Liu Says:

    I thought the look on his eyes was saying, “I’d much rather be napping” or “I really wish that guy would get his hand off my ass.”

  6. Chris Says:

    That dog is going to do a lot of “breeding”.

  7. Mark Coale Says:

    “turn your head and bark”

  8. michael Says:

    wow, the first beagle? and for a “merry little hound”, he sure doesn’t look it. But that’s probably due to the long hours of being prodded by everyone.

    On a side note, if you ever want to hang with some fun people, go out drinking around the area bars when the show is in the city, they are a pretty fun bunch of out-of-towners.

  9. Alan Coil Says:

    I used to participate in dog shows and met some pretty nice people, but I never associated much with the people that show dogs at Westminster, because most of the dogs at that show are owned by the rich.

  10. michael Says:

    I guess I was hanging with some of the less rich. :) I remember them telling me that there was some black tie formal thing going on, but they were not into all the formal things for the show.

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