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01-22-2005, 11:09 PM | #1 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
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| [News] Yorkies Highlight Ventura Dog Show Tendency to shake? What's that all about? --- Blue Tiffany squiggled as she sat on a table topped by a cloth made of brown fur and bordered by black lace. Her owner, Beverly Waid, brushed her, leaving Tiffany's brown fur long, straight and silky. Tufts of fluff atop her head were gathered in a ponytail held in place with a pretty, aqua-green bow. Waid brushed liquid hair spray onto Tiffany's tresses like nail polish, lacquering flyaway ponytail hairs in place. Then it was time for the straightening iron, which got rid of kinks in fur over Tiffany's hind legs. "She's not pampered at all," Waid said, wearing a pin on her lapel where rhinestones spelled "YORKIE." The pampering and primping, the fluffing and buffing Tiffany the Yorkshire terrier underwent Friday were preparations for trotting in the ring at the opening day of the Winterfest Cluster all-breed dog show. The third annual show runs through Sunday at Ventura's Seaside Park, attracting 1,500 dogs and 164 breeds. Many who brought their fluffy and puffy, teased and styled dogs said they are regulars on the circuit, traveling city to city and show to show to fulfill both a love of dogs and of a sport. "We want to showcase our dogs and breed better dogs," said Donna Hollingsworth, the show's coordinator. At the end of each day, one dog stands alone as best in show. Friday's event was hosted by the Simi Valley Kennel Club, while San Fernando's kennel club will crown today's winner. The Ventura County Dog Fancier's Association will sponsor tomorrow's event. As the show began, the fairgrounds was filled with everything from 4-pound Yorkies -- Ewok-colored creatures with a tendency to shake -- to elongated dachshunds and golden Great Danes that weigh more than most children. Dogs were bathed, brushed and braided. There was baby talk, plus kisses and coos. Groomers in aprons held doggie paws and brushed and clipped, practically giving canine manicures. Some tucked blow dryers under their chins, freeing both hands to brush and groom. Anita Berg, of Santa Barbara, is a dog-show regular, spending 48 of 52 weekends in a recent year at shows. On Friday, she showed her Samoyed, Rusty, a descendent of sled dogs with white, polar-bear fur. Berg spritzed and dried Rusty with vacuum-style hoses. She kissed his cotton-soft coat, leaving traces of pink lipstick and prompting jokes that dog wears more makeup than she does. "You become weekend warriors in your RV," Berg said as pugs with curlicue tails and smooshed faces trotted plump brown bodies into the ring. When it came to RVs, the parking lot was full. They were parked with lawn chairs and penthouse-sized dog cages standing in front. Charles Bentley came in an RV from Norco with Desi and Monkey Boy, two friendly Great Danes who weigh over 300 pounds combined and are the same breed as Scooby-Doo. Bentley joked that his RV is for the dogs. He said he sleeps in his truck. Monkey Boy won best in his class Friday, and Bentley planned to celebrate by taking his dogs to the beach. "You get to travel a lot of places," he said of shows. "If you're going to hang out with your dogs, you might as well go to a dog show." Meanwhile, as she readied Tiffany the Yorkie while poodles with puffball fur around their paws and tails daintily pranced for judges, Waid said showing her dog was a way of sharing the uniqueness of her animal. "It's just sort of pride when you do well," she said. http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs...490496,00.html |
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