She knows how to pose for the camera too! And I like your comment about the necessity to beat many other dogs in her breed to get in the finals vs. a dog that comes from a much smaller class.
That is what I don’t understand about the Goldens who usually come from a field of 100 entries. Surely the best of breed of a group that large must have SOMETHING to recommend it, but they are always left out in the cold when the ribbons are handed out. Not fair.
The big dog shows should be advertised as giving prizes to the “most unusual”, the “newest”, etc. ‘Cause they sure don’t give them to the most popular dogs.
And don’t get me started on those ugly Pekinese dogs that can’t even waddle around the ring....
The dirty little secret of shows is *politics*.
Who knows who.
Who likes who.
And worst of all, the judges’ personal preferences.
The one BOS judge never saw a fluffy mop she didn’t love and every year, she’d pick her favorite over the best dog.
She was gone the last two years and replaced by a younger goofball, IMO.
Whoever kept putting up that grossly overdone Bull Terrier a few years back needed their head examined.
Labs also have a ginormous breed class.
Do you think you’ll live long enough to see one go BOS?