Imagine this-- people barking and dogs wearing the hairstyles of U.S. reality TV stars.
Now it can only mean one thing -- New York's annual dog show is underway at Madison Square Garden.
Jeanne Moos takes us there.
Fans of Tilly cool her off with a fan as if she's a supermodel.
It's Westminster,
the show where poodles show up with their ears wrapped and sheepdogs walk around wearing waders.
The show where humans pre-moisten the dog treats in their own mouths and pick up their pooches by their privates;
the show where your Great Dane pins you to the wall.
This year, there are six new breeds at Westminster, and many are a mouthful.
The, uh, the Boykin spaniel
South Carolina's state dog.
There's the redboned coonhound and the bluetick coonhound.
And there's our favorite name.
The Leonberger.
Such a sweet face.
And guess what Annie the Leonberger likes.
Oh, she loves hamburgers.
Leonberg is actually the town in Germany where the breed was established.
Among those newly admitted to Westminster, the redboned coonhound has a special quirk.
The redboned coonhound has been recorded at 125 barks in a minute.
But that's only when chasing raccoons up a tree.
Could I get one little bark out of Thunder?
I don't think Thunder's gonna bark for you.
We know who will.
Mary Bloom is considered the dean of Westminster photographers.
She'll do anything to make dogs look at her lens, and they do.
Look, look, look, look. Newspaper. You're gonna be in it.
But if a show dog needs to attract attention, a hairdo might help.
What's the hairstyle called?
The Snookie.
Ersey Shore meets hoitie-toitie Westminster show dog.
It only took an hour to get Stormy here all dolled up.
I take an hour and I don't anywhere near that good.