Howllo Fellow Hound and Show Dog Lovers:

Many of you on the basset boards have already seen this article, but I know many of my readers come to the Mayor for the latest and the greatest! This article was in the Tucson Citizen yesterday, 2-5-08.

Champion Silverado Bling Bling hopes this is the year the breed wins its first Best in Show at the 132nd annual show.

Basset hounds usually get a smile. But do they get respect in the Westminster Kennel Club show ring?

OK, the Tucson hound probably doesn’t worry much about it, but, for sure, she likes the attention.

“She loves to show. She just sparkles. She’s always happy. Never met a stranger, never met anyone she didn’t like,” said Mimi Tysseling, who will head to New York City for the show Feb. 11 and 12.
Tysseling is a regular at the show, along with her husband, Jim.
They met at the Westminster Kennel Club show, where both were showing basset hounds about 20 years ago. Mimi lived in Tucson at the time; Jim lived back East. They moved to the Northwest Side about two years ago. Both are 50.
Bling Bling, 18 months old and 55 pounds, likes having her nails done – a plus for confirmation shows such as Westminster, in which a dog is judged on how well it conforms to American Kennel Club standards and its general appearance in the ring.
She will get a conditioning shampoo and have the hair on her tail trimmed, along with a little sprucing up between the pads of her feet.
Despite her name, her pedicure will be finished with clear varnish.
However, just before the show, her ears will be pulled up by a snood – a sort of bonnet – to keep them from getting dirty. The snood is made of purple sparkly material with two huge imitation diamond rings on top. That’s bling – hip-hop slang for glitz.
Bling Bling’s social side came out early. She started groping for company “even in the whelping box, before her eyes were even open.”
She’ll have fun. As for the competition? Bling ’em on. End of article.

You go girl. You have the prettiest white neck! Feel free to send us more pictures and updates about your success. A picture in your snood would be nice!

More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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