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LONDON, (AFP) -- On Sunday, a Lhasa Apso called Elizabeth won the Best in Show award at Britain's Crufts festival, the world's largest annual dog show. Elizabeth, from Coventry, central England, earlier won the Best Utility category before being crowned champion ahead of 21,000 other dogs at the NEC arena in Birmingham, central England. RELATED: The Biggest Woofs From The Wesminster Dog Show "I can't believe it," said Margaret Anderson, the winning breeder. "I'm sure somebody's going to pinch me in a minute and I'll wake up and it'll all be a dream," she added. "It hasn't sunk in at all. I'll go home and probably burst out crying." RELATED ON HUFFPO: Crufts Final To Reveal Britain's Top ...
Weekly Dish For March 11-17, 2012
BREEDISM IN THE SKIES Looks like certain dog breeds are staying grounded if they try to fly Continental or United Airlines. The travel companies, who recently merged, each follow something called the Pet Safe program. Pet Safe bans 9 dogs breed from taking to the skies, with prohibited pooches including the Pit Bull Terrier…
A stylin' poodle at Crufts. Contadini, Flickr Judges at Crufts, the world's largest dog show, are on high alert this year for canine competitors whose looks have been enhanced with cosmetics, reports the (U.K.) Telegraph. We're not talking blue eyeshadow or contouring blush, but the use of products such as hair removal creams and color dyes. "Although competition rules do not specifically ban the use of cosmetics and other beauty treatments on dogs, they do forbid anything that alters an animal's appearance during dog shows, to gain extra marks from judges, who award prizes for entries that best match the 'ideal' characteristics of each breed," reports the Telegraph. Dog owners who show ...