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[quote=Anonymous][b]Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show[/b] by Tommy Tomlinson

As a dog-lover who has mostly owned rescues, I've always been fascinated by the dog show world.  Who are those men in tuxes and women in sparkly St John's knock-offs and Vionic flats racing around Madison Square Garden with their pampered pooches? Sure, you can watch Best in Show to get a hilarious, satirical take on this scene, but if you're looking for a non-fiction deep dive, you can't do better than Tomlinson's account of embedding with Striker, a champion Samoyed, and his team as they make their last-chance run at Best in Show.  Tomlinson, a sportswriter for the Charlotte Observer knows how to spin a gripping underdog story, but goes well beyond that to provide readers with nuggets of fun facts about the history of dog shows, laugh-out-loud anecdotes from his own experience as a dog dad, and, finally, a beautiful epitaph to his dog.  I borrowed this book from the library and then went out to buy half-a-dozen copies to give to family and friends who love dogs.     [/quote]

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