NEW YORK (AFP) — Hundreds of carefully coiffed beauties hit the catwalk before an adoring crowd in New York -- and did their very best not to urinate or growl.
The Westminster Kennel Club show, the Olympics of dog beauty contests, got underway in Madison Square Garden with Bull Terriers, French Bulldogs and enormous Irish Wolf Hounds strutting their stuff.
About 2,500 dogs from some 170 breeds were competing in the two-day event culminating with the Best in Show competition late Tuesday.
In addition to the sell-out crowd of 20,000 at the Garden, millions are expected to watch on television and the Internet, with portions of the show broadcast live on US television.
Although the dog show has a carefully maintained veneer of old-world civility, the competition is fierce and both owners and dogs showed signs of nervousness.
Spencer, a two-year-old Bedlington Terrier about to go before the judges, quivered as his backstage handler applied last minute touches to his fleecy white coat.
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