Westminster Dog Show Begins

DJ the Old English Sheepdog

DJ the Old English Sheepdog is groomed backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Bulldog gets ready

A Bulldog waits to go in the judging ring during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. America's best behaved, most carefully coiffed dogs hit the catwalk Monday at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. A total of 2,626 four-legged beauties, representing 179 breeds, were chasing the elusive Best in Show title to be decided late Tuesday. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Mia the Shih Tzu

Mia the Shih Tzu is groomed backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. America's best behaved, most carefully coiffed dogs hit the catwalk Monday at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. A total of 2,626 four-legged beauties, representing 179 breeds, were chasing the elusive Best in Show title to be decided late Tuesday. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Standard Poodle legs

The front legs of a Standard Poodle backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. America's best behaved, most carefully coiffed dogs hit the catwalk Monday at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. A total of 2,626 four-legged beauties, representing 179 breeds, were chasing the elusive Best in Show title to be decided late Tuesday. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Don Quixote the Chow Chow

Don Quixote the Chow Chow backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. America's best behaved, most carefully coiffed dogs hit the catwalk Monday at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. A total of 2,626 four-legged beauties, representing 179 breeds, were chasing the elusive Best in Show title to be decided late Tuesday. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Maddox the Chow Chow

Maddox the Chow Chow backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. America's best behaved, most carefully coiffed dogs hit the catwalk Monday at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. A total of 2,626 four-legged beauties, representing 179 breeds, were chasing the elusive Best in Show title to be decided late Tuesday. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Bassett Hound backstage

A Bassett Hound sits backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Kindle the Shih Tzu

Kindle the Shih Tzu getting groomed backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Jordan the Old English Sheepdog

Jordan the Old English Sheepdog is groomed backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
A Bichon Frise backstage

A Bichon Frise backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Sparkle the Standard Poodle

Sparkle the Standard Poodle backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
A Chinese Crested backstage

A Chinese Crested backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Leo the Afghan Hound

Leo the Afghan Hound backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Jack the Yorkshire Terrier

Jack the Yorkshire Terrier is seen backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
A handler and her dog

A handler and her dog backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
A Standard Poodle wearing doggie diaper

A Standard Poodle wearing a dogggie diaper backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Parker the Standard Poodle

Parker the Standard Poodle backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Penny the Lhasa Apsos

Kathy Kalavoda and Penny the Lhasa Apsos backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Travis the Chihuahua

Travis the Chihuahua getting groomed by Hiram Stewart backstage during the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 14, 2011. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Audrey

It’s BASSET HOUND… only one T.
Stacey

That’s ok, didn’t spell Lhasa Apsos correctly either! Perhaps someone with at least a minimal interest in dogs to write this would have been a good idea. Not to mention that it is on my Yahoo home page TODAY, March 7, 2011, almost a month after the show so announcing its “beginning” is lame.

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