How much do you love the Westminster Dog Show? All those perfect pooches, so elegantly coiffed and able to trot and impress on command -- it makes me want to run out and adopt 10 dogs right this minute. The two-day event wrapped up this week and the covetable title of Best in Show was bestowed upon a spunky wire fox terrier named "Afterall Painting the Sky," or just simply "Sky." Alas, the competition was not without controversy. It seems Sky is of a breed that often wins many a crown, while a crowd favorite named Nathan -- a bloodhound -- is, how should I put this, less Lady Mary Crawley and more Charlie Carson and,therefore, didn't make the discerning judge's cut.
But, as far as we're concerned, all of the dogs were winners and we'd like to take a minute and give a shout-out to the 28 pups who rose to the top as the leaders in their group.
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