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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The irony is that, while there ARE some very sane people showing dogs, even they wouldn't blink at some of this (like worrying about the undescended family jewels, or sperm counts, etc) but these people all exist and others just as crazy acting.. believe me!

And very true, no way am I as interested as I was in the people in Showbiz Moms & Dads.

The wife of the judge.. seems like they've been "in the game" long enough that she'd be equipped to do a show on her own or have a friend willing to go along and help out.. sheesh! To be a Best in Show judge HE has to have been active in the game for quite awhile..

I keep forgetting this then my DVR will suddenly catch an ep and I try to watch it.



Katbry
Member

10-27-2004

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 1:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And I thought the movie @ the showdog people (forgot the name) was over the top...my goodness these people are totally wacko!!! I really love my pets, but give me a break...this is a total different realm. The "boys" are drama queens to the max (can't believe they were each on the phone to their moms while they were fighting). The husband of the couple who is a judge is also a bit of one and talk @ controlling...whew! Guess that's why he loves to be a judge (and he loves the spotlight). The mom (Moira?) seems like she is pretty good w/her dogs; however, I think she needs to let up on her son a bit or he is going to hate it pretty soon as she is all over him for any mistake and he is only 10 yrs. old. I did feel for Lourdes as her dog was having trouble conceiving as it did bring up her memories of her problems and now it seems her dog does too...hope she gets some nice puppies. The lady in the park was just too weird, and Moria said she was out there a lot...let me see, if your dog bites don't bring it to the park off leash??? I am surprised they did not take it on the spot since he broke skin on that guy. Well, definitely an entertaining show and they could do a showdog movie II from this one!

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry, I can't help it, but didn't anyone else find the irony in Brandon & Ryan so appalled at massaging the dogs b@lls?

Hummingbird
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08-21-2002

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I feel so sorry for the little boy whose Mom so critical of him. He is so cute!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
He probably does the junior showmanship just so he can get some time with his mom.. even negative attention..

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"Sorry, I can't help it, but didn't anyone else find the irony in Brandon & Ryan so appalled at massaging the dogs b@lls? "

Irony? You mean because they're gay? I'm gay and I would be also be very reluctant to do that. Believe it or not, most gay people (just like most straight people) have absolutely no desire to manipulate the genitalia of animals.

Would it be "ironic" if a straight man was appalled at having to manipulate his female dog's genitalia?

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finally caught this show. The woman with the biting dog was hysterical in everything she said. (paraphrasing here) "I told you to run, my dog bites. I suffer when he bites me too. It hurts but it is only a pinch." That was equal to her dog biting her vagina. Odd that she used the currently PC use of the word vagina. (something I find ridiculous)

Liberace, fabulous name for that pup!

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
didnt mean to offend, they were acting like 13 year old girls

Having cleaned 2 baby circumsised penis' , crap & vomit to elbows,And doing some nasty cleaning of private areas of an old dogs, sure didnt act like that, you do alot of things that are nature.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well if you are actually going to breed dogs, you can't be too squeamish, that's for sure.. if you don't want to get down and dirty, you'd better be rich enough to have a kennel manager and full time handler for your dogs.

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Really! I've had to do some NASTY stuff in caring for my pets. It wasn't something I wanted to do, but it sure was worse than having to massage some testes. I know my brother was grossed out when my mom wanted him to look to see his dog was in heat. He had to tell me all about it and how she kept wanting him to look and he SO wanted nothing to do with it. My kids are rather grossed out in some of the "cleaning" I have to do for our elderly dog. I told them to stop complaining that she smells if it disturbs them so much. I've also offered to let them remedy the situation and they seem to quit commenting rather fast. Gee, I wonder why?



Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Frutibat - "Liberace, fabulous name for that pup!"

I used to have a garter snake named Fluffy. :-)

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am at your feet in awe. I claim to be superior at naming things and Fluffy is the most perfect name for a snake. I named a kitchen snowball in an apt I had in Boston in the late 60's. A hippo in the San Diago zoo looked like a Faye to me. And so it goes..........I can't stop myself.

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Fluffy.. gotta love it! :-)

Hummingbird
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08-21-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


This bugs me too. I think it started with Kindergarten Cop. This is one area where I would rather hear a euphemism (if it must be referred to at all!)

Speaking of gross. The guy massaging anal glands and showing where it squirted on his shirt was just too much! Yuk! If you have to do things like that I will never own a dog!








Hummingbird
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08-21-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"Odd that she used the currently PC use of the word vagina. (something I find ridiculous)"

The above comment by fruitbat was omitted from my earlier post when I attemped to cahnge it to italics.

Lurkin
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02-15-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Every episode I say that's it these people are too ridiculous to watch , then I get pulled in, now I have to see what happened to Liberace. It's like a car accident you just have to look

My son loves the movie Best in Show, I told him he has to watch this, It makes that movie look like a true documentary and this show the satire

I had to laugh when Brandon said to the trainer lady we didnt make it because we had been arguing all day. I'm sure she saw the police in her parking lot

Hummingbird what got me was he kept saying how revolting the smell was and kept smelling it and even chased the cameraman to smell it

Hummingbird
Member

08-21-2002

Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, it was almost as if he enjoyed the smell. I think that couple are even weirder than Brandon and Ryan. Style tip to the wife: Let those bangs grow out!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
'scuse me??? The wife of the attorney just said, "examinated". I guess he didn't marry her for her brain. LOL

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Chalcy's owner, clearly loves the dog, but jeez, if you are on a Top Dog team, you need to BE there and BE serious. She was their entry at Utility level and shouldn't have been making rookie mistakes like that. Had she arrived with the team and gotten herself into performance mode, this likely wouldn't have happened.

I missed how Liberace injured his leg..

The couple with the whippets are so typical..I used to joke that I was going to sell items with various excuses that people could pick up as they left the ring.

"The judge was crazy"
"My dog was distracted by (fill in the blank)"
"I ran out of bait (liver or whatever perks up the dog"
"It was fixed"
etc.

And of course with the husband being a licensed judge, and licensed to judge best in show, this means he's done lots of judging and would be known to most other judges, which often means he has a leg up as far as influence.

The woman with the bangs travelling with her handler, there was lots that was real there, though I can't imagine travelling with two large dogs and wearing spike heels.. just silly. What if both of her dogs had won their classes and winners.. who was going to take in the less favored of the pair? But it did show the hours of travelling, how you end up walking the dogs, grooming, being nervous, unpacking and packing and often going home with nothing or a couple of unwanted ribbons.

I did most of my showing in California or out of state at huge specialty shows, where lots of the weekend would be social (luckily labs require not so much grooming, and in fact at that time if we had a British breeder judge, they frowned upon fluffy, too clean coats.) But you have to know when and where to show a specific dog. Hard to say whey they travelled all that distance; looked to me like the dogs were still learning and they could get practice closer to home.

It may seem like the mom is hard on the son, but trust me, he's getting more attention, of a positive sort, than lots of kids of dog show parents!

Tk4x5
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07-10-2004

Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Seamonkey, thanks for posting your experiences in the world of show dogs. It really adds to the show and I find your comments to be entertaining and informative. How much more could one ask?

I'm glad to see there are a few others hooked on the show. I started watching while I was still in the hospital, as it was all the buzz among the staff. So, of course, I'm following it at home.

I don't know how it happened, but Lourdes and her German Sheperds along with Brandon/Ryan and there 2 babies have become my favorites. Keira, not so much, but I do love her dog. All in all I find all the Moms and Dads to be entertaining.

Hummingbird
Member

08-21-2002

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Speaking of pet names...I have a friend who had a hairless rat named "Fuzz" and a pomeranian named "Darla" (because she was a Little Rascal.

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Liberace broke his leg by running down the stairs too quickly and taking a tumble. Been there, done that! LOL Poor little thing. From what the vet said, that kind of injury happens a lot with the toy breeds. They are so small and fragile!

I love the Australian Shepherds. Great dogs and so smart. I grew up with German Shepherds (not pure breds, tho) and they are also beautiful and very smart. Dogs so mirror the temperment of their owners, though, and Lourdes and her trainer are piece of work. :-)

The gal who owns the Australian Shepherds has a voice, and especially laugh, that make me nuts. It's that stacatto, machine gun effect and it would drive me to drinking. LOL

I love the movie 'Best in Show' and this is so entertaining to watch a 'real-life' version of it. :-)

Maybe they'll do cats next season. Now THAT would be a hoot, I bet!

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Haha.. DD worked and my son now works for our cat vet and I've been to a few shows and let me tell you, a lot of those owners are really out there, too!

I only did some very primary showing with our dog since there are very few shows you can compete in with a mixed breed. We did obedience training which I think is a lot of fun and would love to do again with a dog that could compete more. Have to say I love all the "herder" breeds. They're so good at obedience & utilty, etc! What bugged me at the last show I entered was these two women who had much more seasoned dogs, entered their dogs in the level 1 class so they could get ribbons and then put the dogs in the upper classes as just exhibition. Those of us with "new dogs" would have loved an opportunity to get any kind of ribbon, but those ladies didn't give a chance. Our mixed-breed, adopted from the animal shelter as a stray, does have a couple of ribbons from 4H local shows and she did make it to the state fair because of points, though. My daughter really wasn't into it so I started taking the dog and let me tell you, it really bugged the people w/pure breeds that my mutt was showing them up in class. :-)

My son and I were trying to remember the word she made up when we heard it! Geeeze... on here AND on The Apprentice they're making up words!

I also couldn't get over those women with the shepherd and their high heels. Sheeesh! And I too was worried about the little fella and his surgery and I just started watching after reading about the show here, but I always forgot when it was actually on!

Supergranny
Member

02-03-2005

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I showed persian cats for 12 years!! My husband would come along just to watch the people. There is nothing more thrilling than a Best in Show but we had one that won too early and too much and she was poisoned at an out of town show. Needless to say it broke my heart and spirit and I quit showing!

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poisoned? Deliberately?! THat's terrible! :-(