I love that an old dog won Best In Show at Westminster. I wish he was a she – I have so many great ‘old bitch’ lines. Guess I’ll have to hold on to these pearls of comedy and wisdom until I win Miss America – I’m thinking of storming the stage one of these years wearing my best pair of Spanx and wielding my formal wear cane. Lord knows it would add some life to that absurd show.
Stump is 70 – which is 10 in dog years. How cool is that? And he’s a survivor. Stump almost died from a mysterious medical condition. He spent nearly 3 weeks in the hospital before recovering.
I’m not a fan of dog shows. I prefer to see dogs messy and relaxed and having a grand old time humping legs and sniffing each other. I’m not judging Westminster – I’m not qualified to – and I’m sure the show dogs are very well cared for. Their criteria is just not what makes a dog a winner to me.
Which is why Stump touches me. I love his story of overcoming illness and showing the young pups that an old guy can still have his testicles squeezed with the best of them.
Cheers to Stump – well done old guy.
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Stump's photo came from THE WESTMINSTER SITE
