David,

If I had a nickel for every time someone thinks Jaz( Boykin Female with a wavy coat) is a cocker spaniel I wouldnt have to work another day in my life. Now my male Gus ( curly coated boykin) everyone thinks is a damn poodle!

But they both get lots of attention when we take them out to the ball park!

Since you brought it up..............I think that every dog show for looks ought to take the top five in the sporting class out back and see who has any of the skills the dogs were breed for, then decide who wins.

Just my .02 worth.

Quack

muskie and Quack--Have no fear. That's the last dog show we'll attend. It'll be field trials from here on out.

2Poppa- I hear ya. Hard to imagine most of those dogs in the ugly contest are purebred. I'll take a Heinz 57 any day over one of those pooches.

Have to agree, some of the dogs are a bit homely. But I bet they are all loved by their owners.

I have soft spot for both, but man those dogs are U-G-L-Y. It takes all kinds!

Apparently, there's only one really ugly dog, and that's all those Chinese Crested.

One was scarred, not naturally ugly.
A picture that I couldn't look at the dog because the owner was so ugly.
Pugs are really cute!

I'll tell ya something about the dog show world. It's almost as bad as that show "Toddlers and Tiaras". I know you've seen the advertisments for it on TLC. People so anal when it comes to showing their dogs. I compete with my dogs in competative obedience and I will pay someone to show my dogs if they have the right stuff, but those people seriously need to lighten up. I mean I know they put a lot of time and effort into it but come on....