The Awwwww Factor

Greetings from New York City, home of the prestigious, historic and very, very crowded Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! Above is the view from my hotel window -- below is a similarly claustrophobic view of the benching area at Westminster:

That's just one direction. Let's see if there's any air to be found in the other direction:

Nope, guess not! Somehow our intrepid team from AOL did manage to meet, photograph and videotape many of the beautiful dogs who are here to compete in America's oldest dog show. I'll have plenty of pictures, video clips and links to good Westminster stuff for you this evening and tomorrow, so stay tuned!

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• #4 Comment from aolpetsEntry Author 
  2/15/07 11:02 AM | Permalink

  Hi, CindaadniC --
  
  What looks like a dog with a pink nose is really just a dog making an incredibly cute face by licking his nose. It's an attention-getter, isn't it? <g> You can't really tell in that little picture, but here's a bigger one from a previous Awwwww Factor entry:
  http://journals.aol.com/aolpets/TheAwwwwwFactor/entries/2006/05/11/can-you-do-this/778
  
  The breed is unusual -- it's a Mi-Ki ("mee-key"). I've never seen one in person (that I know of -- I think I'd mistake it for a Maltese or something else) -- here's some info: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/miki.htm. Scroll down to the bottom of that page and look at the pictures. They look really variable -- I'm wondering what makes a Mi-Ki a Mi-Ki and not a mutt -- anybody know? (By the way, in my book "mutt" is a good thing, not a bad thing.)
  
• #3 Comment from cindaadnic 
  2/13/07 3:00 PM | Permalink

  The picture under the banner "we've got more" and above the words 'cuteness counts', is of a fuzzy puppy-looking critter with a round PINK nose.  What breed is that?
  
  CindaadniC@aol.com
• #2 Comment from suzieaim 
  2/12/07 9:01 PM | Permalink

  Thanks for whetting our appetites -- can't wait to see the photos and videos! Hope you're all having fun. :-)
• #1 Comment from my78novata 
  2/12/07 7:27 PM | Permalink

  great cant wait to see it