Best In Show

I love dog shows.

The colorfully bizarre people. The cute dogs and their overly primped and puffed hair. It's totally not something I would ever want to do myself, but it sure is fun to take pictures of.

These two women were great. I loved how excited they were to be there and how meticulously they prepped their pair of pomeranians. They said they had a whole lineup of dog shows after this one. They were way into the dog show thing.

A lot of the time I was there I was trying to get something at dog level. There were a handful of children showing dogs, and I was enamored with shooting low photos of these short people with their small dogs walking around the kids' short legs. It wasn't as weird as it sounds.

This little guy, wearing his little suit with a little bulldog in tow, was my favorite one.

This was also amusing to me. With all the dog grooming tables around her, this girl takes a little time to groom herself before the competiton. I wish there had been a dog on a table or someone nearby grooming a dog, but it didn't work out that way.

And before I left, I saw this sign on the bathroom door. I wonder if they put that up after someone tried to wash their dog in the bathroom sink. Now that would have been a good photo.