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Article: PUTTING ON THE DOG FOR FANS OF THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB SHOW, THESE ARE DAYS OF WHINE AND NOSES.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 10, 2003
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Byline: Fred Shuster Staff Writer
If your dog is so well bred it not only picks out its own food at the supermarket but has a vote on where to spend the next family vacation, the pooch is probably already reaching for the remote to set the channel for tonight's canine show of shows.
For purebreds and breeders, the annual Westminster Kennel Club pageant is the Oscars, Grammys and World Series rolled into one. Except these models have almost certainly never worn Vera Wang and would undoubtedly prefer to chow down out of a Super Bowl than win one.
Tickets for the two-day event, in which 2,500 fussed-over competitors strut around Madison Square ...