The First Noel: I guess they couldn't find an actual dog.

Why Westminster aggrandizes these type of animals I don't know, health problems out the ying-yang. It's not a healthy breed.

recognize well bred dogs, not farcical approximations of them.

/end rant.

It is one of the oldest breeds, but congrats on your woeful ignorance

I want to prop my feet up on it

evilsearat: This looks 'shopped.

I agree, I can tell from some of the pixels.

Bking1168: It is one of the oldest breeds, but congrats on your woeful ignorance

that doesn't mean my Rottie wouldnt want that little pathetic yappy fur ball for a snack. Booo AKC.... pick a real dog


Also FTFA, Ben Walker of the Associated Press, do you know how I know you're gay??

I love big dogs, Rotties, German Shepards, St. bernards, all of them. Just because it's small and yappy doesn't make it any less of a "real dog".

Ah, the Pekingese - a boon to lazy people everywhere. Why sweep, when you have a dog that doubles as a mop?

cookiefleck: Just because it's small and yappy doesn't make it any less of a "real dog".

It most certainly does.

croesius: I kinda had a wild hope that the weimeriner (yeah, you get the gist) who was rescued from an abusive life would have won. Knew there wasn't a chance in hell, but that dog rocked.

Rescued from the Swans from Best In Show? That poor dog never had a chance....

We need more Josh types (newf the other year) than these little 'dogs'

I hate pekingeses at dog shows. They always look like something I would attach to the end of a long stick and mop my kitchen floor.

Cndn Bacon: Neondistraction: Whoever named that dog needs to be punched somewhere sensitive.

FTFA: A Pekingese named Malachy won Best in Show

What's wrong with Malachy? I think it's one of the least offensive names of a show-winning dog that I I've heard.

Or did you just read the article's headline and think the name of the dog was actually Cutesy Bootsy Booboo?

The dog's actual name is "Palacegarden Malachy."

KrispyKritter: Pontious Pilates: Hurray. More grist for the puppy mills.

/Don't breed or buy while homeless pets die.

The problem is when someone wants to buy a breed dog ( of any type) there aren't good resources for avoiding puppy mills. The AKC and most breeders associations will not provide lists of breeders, either preferred ones or places to avoid. ASCPA or Humane Societies don't have the budgets and they need to place the animals they have. So people go to puppy mills because the mills advertise that they have purebreds, which almost no other place does. You can rant about rescue dog shelters and public dog pounds being the places you should get dogs but some people want purebreds for whatever reason.