# More proof that dog show people are crazy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521 "2012-02-11T15:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/1 "2012-02-11T15:25:40Z")
Apparently the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has cut ties with Pedigree because Pedigree’s ads featuring homeless mixed-breed dogs made the dog show people uncomfortable. > [@](#): > > Prancing purebreds and pound puppies do not mix, or at least they will not during the televised broadcasts of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this year, after the club cut ties with Pedigree, a longtime sponsor, in part because of Pedigree’s commercials featuring sad-eyed mutts up for adoption. > > “We want people to think of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show as a celebration of the dogs in our lives,” said David Frei, the club’s director of communications and the host of the show for over two decades. The Pedigree advertisements, showing quaking and abused homeless pets, are in stark contrast to the coddled and cosseted animals that strut around Madison Square Garden during the two-day show, which begins on Monday. > **[Tired of Sad Ads, Kennel Show Takes ‘Dog With a Smile’ Tack (Published 2012)](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/nyregion/westminster-dog-show-parts-ways-with-pedigree-a-longtime-sponsor.html?_r=1)** > > The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show split with the pet food brand partly over concerns about the company’s sorrowful adoption ads. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/2 "2012-02-11T15:44:38Z")
I nominate the Westminster Kennel Club for the “_Lalalala-I-can’t-hear-you_” award. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/3 "2012-02-11T15:50:43Z")
If I weren’t already familiar with all of the actors, I’d have easily mistaken _Best In Show_ for a real documentary. ---
**Author:** ![reddog\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@reddog\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reddog_1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/4 "2012-02-11T19:02:11Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > If I weren’t already familiar with all of the actors, I’d have easily mistaken _Best In Show_ for a real documentary. It might as well be real, it is very very accurate. Dog show people do a lot of good for dogs (money into health research, rescue, education) but they are all a bunch of fruit loops. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/5 "2012-02-11T20:22:06Z")
I am biting my tongue to post a civil reply to this. I have shown dogs off and on for close to 30 years, but I do it for the love of the dog, for the fun of it. I am thoroughly disgusted by what the Westminster Kennel Club is doing. Not ALL dog show people are shallow fruit loops as said in this thread. You can’t paint us all with the same brush. I have MANY dog show friends that regularly rescue and foster, who thoroughly support ALL dogs, not just the show dogs. I plan on writing to the WKC and letting them know that I will no longer watch or support their show. But please understand… just as all football players are not Michael Vick, not all who enjoy dog shows are anti-rescue, and that is a very insulting view to have for those of us who do all we can to help ALL dogs. I spend my weekends (and much time during the week) working with a rescue/transport group, getting dogs out of bad situations and into new, loving homes. My Saturdays are spent at a horse rescue, working with starved, abused horses. Look at both sided of the story before pointing fingers. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/6 "2012-02-11T20:27:51Z")
snobs always have to ruin everything. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/7 "2012-02-11T20:42:21Z")
Still holding my tongue. Please refer to my post above yours jz78817. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/8 "2012-02-11T20:45:20Z")
It should be clear that I wasn’t referring to you. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/9 "2012-02-11T21:23:03Z")
It’s still a generalization tho. I am BEYOND pissed at Westminster for this and I am making my voice heard. [removed call for action] ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/10 "2012-02-11T21:37:51Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > It’s still a generalization tho. I am BEYOND pissed at Westminster for this and I am making my voice heard. I didn’t say all of WKC were snobs. I was referring to the snobs within WKC (who are apparently influencing the organization.) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/11 "2012-02-11T21:56:12Z")
But see… the exhibitors, the people who show there, and NOT the ones that made this decision. It is the Powers That Bee who run WKC. Most of the 'dog show people" I know are just as angry about this as you & I. Do yu understand what I am saying? This is the sport, the hobby I love above all others, and in saying that all dog show people are fruit loops and snobs it is the same as saying all basketball players are drug addicts, all football players support dog fighting and all hockey players are child molestors. I am just asking everyone to think about that. Be as pissed at WKC as you want to be, because believe me, _I_ am, but don’t think everyone that shows dogs is evil. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/12 "2012-02-11T22:20:20Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > But see… the exhibitors, the people who show there, and NOT the ones that made this decision. It is the Powers That Bee who run WKC. Most of the 'dog show people" I know are just as angry about this as you & I. Do yu understand what I am saying? This is the sport, the hobby I love above all others, and in saying that all dog show people are fruit loops and snobs it is the same as saying all basketball players are drug addicts, all football players support dog fighting and all hockey players are child molestors. > > I am just asking everyone to think about that. Be as pissed at WKC as you want to be, because believe me, _I_ am, but don’t think everyone that shows dogs is evil. Quit being so sensitive. He’s referring to the people who made the damn decision, and he’s absolutely 100% right to call them snobs. Add my name to the list of people who think they are. Again, he’s not referring to the secretaries, or every last person associated with the organization. But, if the WKC made this decision, then it’s perfectly okay to refer to the WKC as snobs. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/13 "2012-02-11T22:54:47Z")
Don’t tell me how to feel. I stand by my opinion. I agree the WKC are being snobs. The dog show fancy is not. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/14 "2012-02-11T23:09:59Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Don’t tell me how to feel. I stand by my opinion. I agree the WKC are being snobs. The dog show fancy is not. Nobody said they were, for Pete’s sake. You’re tilting at windmills. ---
**Author:** ![stunned\_in\_Nashville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@stunned\_in\_Nashville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stunned_in_Nashville)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/15 "2012-02-11T23:17:53Z")
I hate elitism! WKC’s recent decision is just that, not to mention arrogant. I will continue to appreciate Pedigree’s support of rescue shelters and animal adoption. I will not watch WKC Dog Show. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/16 "2012-02-11T23:32:27Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Don’t tell me how to feel. well, don’t tell us what we’re saying to you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/17 "2012-02-11T23:38:20Z")
Their dog show is how I discovered that Penny looks like a wire haired dachshund, although she isn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/18 "2012-02-12T00:15:38Z")
Here is a contact email and phone number. Rather than arguing amongst ourselves, why don’t we all work together and let them know how we feel? [info deleted] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/19 "2012-02-12T02:13:26Z")
Okay. Good idea. What’s another word for not pure breeds? Mutts? Mongrels? Does Pedigree contain animal digest? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521/20 "2012-02-12T02:21:14Z")
TBH, Pedigree isn’t that good of a dog food. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dog-show-people-are-crazy/612521.md?page=2)