Slog - Comments on Dog People Are Mostly Crazy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy Lindy West went to last weekend's Seattle Kennel Club dog show: Dog people are all white and mostly crazy. Everything about them is hysterical and/or devastating. One handler's calf sported a giant, slobbering mastiff tattoo. Almost everyone was wearing a novelty T-shirt ("I HEART BITCHES" or "Who rescued whom?"). A pet psychic sat placidly beneath a banner: "DOGNOSTICATION." A Saint Bernard walked by, wearing a bib, while, nearby, a man hair-sprayed his Pomeranian. Upstairs, where various breed clubs brought sample dogs, we stopped by the basenji table. The basenji is one of my favorites: a tidy, barkless African sight hound... Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:20:21 -0800 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:13:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by manondog Maybe Santorum was right about bestiality...given these people it seems right around the corner

]]> manondog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669401 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:36:39 -0800 Comment by yeah right I know it's just the Stranger, but making up quotations is pretty unethical.

]]> yeah right http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669411 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:47:55 -0800 Comment by Rover Dog people is far too general a category. What Lindy saw are "dog show" people. Like other kinds of "show" enthusiasts they are extremely competitive and identify deeply with their animals. Whatever the quirk in their brain synapses will probably be found in the followers of car shows, beauty pagents, body building, and so forth.

]]> Rover http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669413 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:48:35 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon go meet flyball or agility people.

not to mention nazi high end breeders who make you fill out an application for a puppy.

go adopt an orphan, ladies.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669422 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:55:48 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Agree with #3. "Dog show people" and "dog people" aren't one-in-the-same.

Both, however, are likely to be crazy.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669433 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:02:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf You HAVE seen "Best in Show", haven't you?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669482 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:40:33 -0800 Comment by jtroop Best In Show was a documentary for those of us who grew up in dog-showing households. And on the east coast, every man I ever met who showed dogs was gay and had an antiques business on the side (unless it was their wives who forced them into it).

]]> jtroop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669484 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:44:08 -0800 Comment by Lindy West Um, of course I've seen Best in Show.

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669522 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:08:11 -0800 Comment by alithea i move to rename this slog post "everywhere you looked, bouncing dog testicles"

]]> alithea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669538 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:17:00 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor “Well, he can make a sound like a woman being raped,”

Best thing I've read all day.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669610 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:25:45 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I didn't mean you, Ms. West. I thought your article was very funny.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669696 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:15:11 -0800 Comment by Lindy West I didn't mean to snark. I'm grouchy today.

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669778 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669778 Life Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:26:51 -0800 Comment by gb “Well, he can make a sound like a woman being raped”

Yeah, right, somebody actually said that. Gee, I wonder why you didn't give his "owner's" name.

]]> gb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669940 Life Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:41:03 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO These people are dispicable as well as crazy. It makes me F-ING CRAZY when people glorify "breeds." Millions of abandoned dogs & cats are killed because people want "breeds". It is vanity, pure & simple.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c669981 Life Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:13:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Vanity, yes, but all is vanity. Dog shows are an especially kooky variety of vanity, which makes them wonderful in my book.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c670168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c670168 Life Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:29:21 -0800 Comment by Lindy West I wish I was funny enough to make up a quote like that.

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c670443 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/dog_people_are_mostly_crazy#c670443 Life Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:24:41 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I hope no one wielding a sword barges into that dog owner's home.

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