Not just Spot: Decoding Westminster show dogs' fancy, fanciful names

Not just Spot: Decoding Westminster show dogs' fancy, fanciful names
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Not just Spot: Decoding Westminster show dogs' fancy, fanciful names
Author: Jennifer Peltz
Published: Feb, 10 2025 19:07

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The litters are named in alphabetical order — one litter had names that start with “A,” the next with “B,” and so on — to make it easy to remember later which dog came from which group of puppies, Adams said Monday.

Not just Spot: Decoding Westminster show dogs' fancy, fanciful names They have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle.

Her name says it all,” Fred Ortiz said as he groomed the Brussels griffon to compete Monday at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

Johnson grew up with the happy-go-lucky herding dogs and has bred them for years, differentiating puppies with color — a dot of nail polish on the coat — instead of giving them names.

The portmanteau words and puzzling phrases in registered names are partly meant to avoid duplication with other dogs in registries that go back over a century.

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