Just once, I’d like to see the illustrious Westminster Dog Show “Best In Show” crown go to a Mutt.
You know, a “real dog”—one that is so well-mixed you can’t even guess at it’s origins.
Why? Why not? Who’s to say a purebred is any better than a mixed-breed dog? It’s actually been my experience that the reverse is true.
Now, I mean no disrespect to Sadie, the Scottish Terrier, who actually won “Best in Show” at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Nor do I doubt that any of the fine upstanding pure-breeds in competition were not deserving of their honored titles.
I’d just like to see some mutts in the mix. Who’s with me?
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What does it take to be crowned the ‘Ugliest Dog in the World’?
Well, obviously a scrunched up face, small floppy ears, and an under bite. That pretty much describes the face of Pabst, a 4 year old boxer-mix who was awarded the crown.
Pabst, who was rescued from a shelter in California by Miles Egstad, won the annual award on Friday at the Sonoma Marin Fair in Northern California. Along with the title of World’s Ugliest Dog, he received $1600 in prize money, pet supplies and a modeling contract with House of Dog.
Pabst, like many of the event’s competitors, is a rescue dog — owner Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., adopted him from a shelter three years ago. He’s named for the well-known cheap adult beverage because, Egstad said, he had a “bitter beer face.”
Miss Ellie, who is a blind 15 year old Chinese Crested, won the pedigree category. Miss Ellie is a rescue-dog ambassador who travels to schools and adoption events promoting pet responsibility. “When I adopted her she wasn’t housebroken and at 7 years old didn’t know a single command,” her owner, Dawn Goehring of Gatlinburg, Tenn., wrote of the Ugly Runner-Up. “Seven years later she is still not housebroken and still does absolutely nothing!”
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