Show Dog

by Dean, Josh

• ISBN13: 9780062020482
• ISBN10: 006202048X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-07
• Publisher: It Books

Summary

A veteran magazine journalist captures the idiosyncratic world of professional dog showing, from the local competitions held in florescent-lit school gymnasiums to the granddaddy of them all, The Westminster Dog Show, as he follows a lovable novice dog through his inaugural year in competition.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Wildwood	p. 1
Hello, Jack, Meet the World	p. 25
Jack's Mom, Human Variety	p. 33
The Road to a Championship Starts with a Single Point	p. 44
White Plains: Meeting the Menagerie	p. 53
Heather and Jack	p. 64
Fantastically Rich People Do the Darnedest Things: A Brief History of Dog Shows	p. 72
Westminster: Welcome to the Big Time, Kid	p. 79
How the Hell Does a Wolf Become a Pekingese? A Brief History of Purebreds	p. 95
York	p. 114
Pardon Me While I Fondle Your Dog's Testicles: Show-Dog Judging Explained	p. 122
Edison	p. 132
And Now a Brief Interlude Featuring the Perez Hilton of Dog Shows	p. 145
The Campaign: I'll Take Thirty-four Consecutive Back Covers of Dog News, Please	p. 153
Meet Ron Scott, Show-Dog Investor	p. 160
Harrisonburg	p. 169
Like Walking Energy on a Leash	p. 174
Welcome, Halle B	p. 182
Stayin' Alive (Often with Great Effort): Breeding Ain't Always Pretty	p. 192
Delaware and Beyond: The Slump Begins	p. 205
Oyster Bay	p. 212
Freehold	p. 221
Ludwigs Corner	p. 225
Do Dogs Actually Like Dog Shows?	p. 230
New Paltz	p. 241
Jack and Summer	p. 246
Bel Alton	p. 249
Bloomsburg	p. 257
August: All Is Not Lost (Yet)	p. 262
Hey, Puppies!	p. 274
Deep into the Heart of Texas	p. 278
Bloomsburg (Again)	p. 290
Philadelphia	p. 305
A Quick Lesson in Poor Sportsmanship: The Battle for (and Insanity over) Number One	p. 314
Go West, Young Jack	p. 322
Wildwood: Once More, with Feeling	p. 336
Last Stop, Westminster	p. 350
The End. For Now. Maybe?	p. 364
Acknowledgments	p. 371
Appendix: Finally, a Thoroughly Random Collection of Purebred-Dog Marginalia	p. 375
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