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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alaina Demopoulos in New York

Westminster confidential: sequins, spectacle and the smell of 2,500 dogs

Comet, a Shih Tzu, won the Toy Group on night one of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Comet, a Shih Tzu, won the Toy Group on night one of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

I’m not afraid to say it: dogs are in their flop era. Or maybe, just their owners are. The ones who bring a Great Dane into the grocery store, or hole up in a cocktail bar with a giant Saint Bernard at their feet. Dog people used to symbolize sensitivity, or a down-to-earth vibe. Now, they’re synonymous with white-collar entitlement.

But I kept those feelings to myself during the Westminster Dog Show, lest they take me out back to get mauled by a pack of Belgian Malinios.

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