Whippet Good
Dog competitions are just the weirdest things ever. In one category, a beagle can actually go up against a mastiff. They are compared on totally different criteria to see which one most closely approximates the platonic ideal of its breed. Is the beagle better at being a beagle than the mastiff is at being a mastiff? Craziness.
We watched bits of the Westminster dog show earlier this week. We watched our favorites, the working dogs, and it was good ogling. A fine Rottweiler took that category. The Bull Terrier won best in show, not that I was paying attention. My interest in the show was revived only when I heard that the Whippet had been lost at JFK.
How exactly, I wondered, do you lose a show dog in an airport? The answer, it seems, is by letting her out of her cage on the tarmac and then pulling a Keystone Kops when she bolts for the marshes at 25 mph (who was using what to clock the whippet???). My feeling is that anyone who raises dogs that look and behave like they're fed on amphetamines deserves what they get.
We watched bits of the Westminster dog show earlier this week. We watched our favorites, the working dogs, and it was good ogling. A fine Rottweiler took that category. The Bull Terrier won best in show, not that I was paying attention. My interest in the show was revived only when I heard that the Whippet had been lost at JFK.
How exactly, I wondered, do you lose a show dog in an airport? The answer, it seems, is by letting her out of her cage on the tarmac and then pulling a Keystone Kops when she bolts for the marshes at 25 mph (who was using what to clock the whippet???). My feeling is that anyone who raises dogs that look and behave like they're fed on amphetamines deserves what they get.
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