National Dog Show | KCP’s Pooch Parade

Man’s Best Friend | We all have our own Turkey Day traditions — parades, football, cranberry sauce. For me, T-day means I get to watch the “National Dog Show.” Two hours of exquisitely groomed Afghan Hounds and Colored Bull Terriers, prancing Doberman Pinschers and darling St. Bernards — this is the stuff Christopher Guest parodies are made of. Somebody queue Jane Lynch and Jen Coolidge. But it wasn’t a “Rhapsody in White” style Standard Poodle who took the title this year. The 2009 “best in Show” winner was none other than 4-year-old Scottish Terrier, Sadie. Perhaps, featuring dogs is a bit unorthodox, but what’s more homoneurotic than a showcase of bitches and beagles on parade?

For the uninformed, a quick synopsis from the The Kennel Club of Philadelphia (KCP):

The elite canines must prevail though several levels of competition before boasting the “Best in Show” title. The entrants are first judged against their own breed, and then are classified by seven different groups: Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding. The winner from each group is then brought into the ring to compete for the coveted title of “Best in Show.”

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