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  • 11
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    2013
    3:47pm, EST

    Pooches get pruned for the Westminster Dog Show

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    Pari, an English toy spaniel, gets blow-dried before judging at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Feb. 11, in New York City.

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    Owen, a standard poodle, is groomed before judging at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Feb.11, in New York City.

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    A groomer shaves the paw of a dog during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 11, in New York City.

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    Teddy, a 4-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, has his ears wrapped during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City, Feb. 11,

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    Pollyanna, a Maltese, is groomed for her judging session at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Feb. 11 in New York City.

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    Linda Scott, of Odessa, Texas, grooms Pink, a 2-year-old bulldog, during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb. 11 in New York City.

    More than 2,700 prized dogs will be on display at the 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Two new breeds, the Russell Terrier and the Treeing Walker Coonhound, will be introduced to the competition, which features dogs from all 50 states and several foreign countries.

    More information from the Westminster Kennel Club website. 

     

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    These dogs bear LITTLE relationship to the original breed and all the "grooming" is nothing more than another load of BS. Shaving the paws, Trimming the whiskers. Hair do's and all the rest. The big winner last year was a either a Peke that couldn't walk more than 5 feet without over heating and dyi …

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