Naked Dog

There was a dog (I must be going dyslexic - just typed "god show" there!) show down the road from where I live recently and a friend and I went along to have a look. What a sight it was, we got in the door and laughed and laughed...the dog owners are nuts, the showing is all for them, the poor dogs look miserable, standing on their little tables while they are brushed repeatedly and then rushed around a ring a few times to see if their "form is in keeping with the breed." I was intrigued by the Chinese Hairless Crested dogs (pictured above) which I'd only ever seen in dog books as a kid -- man are they UGLY! I think the owners thought we were huge fans because they kindly asked us to help hold their naked little dogs while they rushed the others around the ring. It was quite fun although they feel very strange. They look kind of like mutant My Little Ponies (I hope the loving owners of the naked dogs aren't reading this!).