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NEW YORK - Rufus enjoying a dog’s life as Westminster champion, could a beagle
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Rufus leaned in for a better look at the other dogs. Suddenly, the colored bull terrier with the football-sized noggin pitched forward, falling off his tabletop and tumbling to the ground.
The popular Westminster winner was OK, with only a scuffed-up paw to show from his 3½-foot slip over the weekend. Barking, he was soon sipping water from a champagne glass across the street from Madison Square Garden, promoting America’s No. 1 dog show.
“He’s got a great life,” said owner Barbara Bishop, in whose bed Rufus sleeps. “He wakes up around 11, gets a couple of cookies and goes with me to the grocery store. Everywhere we go, people want to pet him.”
Nearly 8 now, the 2006 champ is long retired from the show ring. Starting Monday morning, another 2,627 dogs will try to follow Rufus’ path to the prize silver bowl.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23096596/
be next?
Rufus leaned in for a better look at the other dogs. Suddenly, the colored bull terrier with the football-sized noggin pitched forward, falling off his tabletop and tumbling to the ground.
The popular Westminster winner was OK, with only a scuffed-up paw to show from his 3½-foot slip over the weekend. Barking, he was soon sipping water from a champagne glass across the street from Madison Square Garden, promoting America’s No. 1 dog show.
“He’s got a great life,” said owner Barbara Bishop, in whose bed Rufus sleeps. “He wakes up around 11, gets a couple of cookies and goes with me to the grocery store. Everywhere we go, people want to pet him.”
Nearly 8 now, the 2006 champ is long retired from the show ring. Starting Monday morning, another 2,627 dogs will try to follow Rufus’ path to the prize silver bowl.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23096596/
