Aw, c’mon, Westminister. The Pekingese? You’ve got to be kidding me.  The little Robo-Mop won Best of Show with his hair in desperate need of conditioning. Yeah, the cute little pink tongue contrasted well with the black face and frizzy hair but really, this is a DOG show. Little Malachy could pass for a cat, a Kate Spade purse or a chamois towel. How the judge could have chosen this feline for the best DOG in show astounds me. So many to choose from – REAL dogs. She had the German Shepherd – stately even though I always want to lift the hips up (yes, I know it’s the “standard” but it just looks a little off) and the cute little Dalmation, a breed that has never won the Westminster Dog Show. C’mon! The breed that has entertained children around the world for years upon years in 101 Dalmatians and is the mascot for fire stations across the country has never won Westminster. That’s criminal! Then you had the Doberman – a breed I usually have little affection for but Fifinator?! With a name like that, she was so ready to be a winner plus earned extra points because she didn’t look as if she would bite your head off like a lot of Dobies do. Another small dog finalist – but at least one with a DOG personality – was the wire-haired dachshund. He at least aspired to be a dog. Maybe even a big dog. You could tell. This dog would scurry down the rabbit hole and pull that sweet, precious bunny out for stew. Rounding off the seven finalists were the Kerry Blue Terrier (I dare you to say you didn’t want to pet those fleecy legs of his – he’s a lamb!) and a gorgeous Irish Setter, a crazy breed to be sure but again, let’s talk about doggie personality; the Setter has it. You could see it – that dog would be down the street and a mile away before you knew the gate had been ajar for all of two seconds. So let’s see: we have the Dobie, Dalmation, Setter, Dachshund, Shep, Kerry Blue Terrier and Robo-Mop. My husband and I took stabs at guessing the winner even though he already knew it because of damn Twitter. During the commercials which took 3 minutes even on Tivo, we guessed every breed to be the winner…except the one who won. Because it is just so wrong to pick a cat as the winner of a dog show. Just wrong. You mark my words. Malachy is going to be in a Sheba commercial next year, sitting on a cushion and everyone is going to think “There’s one ugly cat.”

AP photo/ Craig Rutt (2.15.12)