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What the Westminster show dogs' names mean

Westminster's main competition started with breed-by-breed judging, leading to the Best in Show prize awarded on Tuesday night.
A whippet named Bourbon, a two-time runner-up, was the first semifinalist chosen at Madison Square Garden.
Last year's runner-up, a German Shepherd named GCHP Kaleef's Mercedes, returned for her final show before retirement.
Comedian Chris Hardwick named his dog Zoltar after a fortune-telling machine from the movie Big.

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New York Post

Westminster show dogs’ names are long and complicated — here’s what they mean

Show dogs have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle. Meet, for example, GCHG CH Calicops Sassafras Gonnakikurass.

12 days ago·New York, United States

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Washington Top News

What the Westminster show dogs’ names mean

They have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle. Meet, for example, GCHG CH Calicops Sassafras Gonnakikurass. “She’s a saucy girl. Her name says it all,” Fred Ortiz said as he groomed the Brussels griffon to compete Monday at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Her name says … what exactly? Well, ponder the final part, and you may understand what her owners are wryly getting at. But in any event, you can just call her Wra…

12 days ago·Washington, United States

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Penn Live

Breaking down the ABC’s of what the Westminster show dogs' names mean

If show dogs are the aristocrats of the canine world, they often have the names, titles and nicknames to match.

12 days ago·Harrisburg, United States

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What the Westminster show dogs' names mean

The dogs at the Westminster Kennel Club show have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle. But those long, confounding-sounding appellations are actually packed with show-dog information.

13 days ago·United States

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