We Met A Westminster Winner!

We made friends with a beautiful dog named "Ch. Sterling Ugly From the Front" this past weekend. His nickname is Lyle; he was named after Lyle Lovett, who has a song by that name.

Lyle was at the Green Mountain Scenic Cluster Dog Show in Essex Junction, Vermont. He and his siblings (whose names I unfortunately can't remember due to all the excitement of meeting them) stopped by the Bark & Sparkle booth at the show. Our crystal collars had them drooling! Their mommy generously bought each of them their favorite. When the shopping was done, they graciously posed for us.

Lyle "Ugly From the Front" was Best of Breed winner at Westminster in February 2006, and Best of Show in April 2003. Here he is, in our "Hearts United" style (in honor of his win on Valentine's Day weekend):

Here's Lyle's brother, showing his love for his country in a Patriotic collar:

Finally, here's Lyle's sister, jumping for joy in her new triple strand of pearls:


The dog show was lots of fun. It got us in out of the blistering heat for the day, into a nice, cool air-conditioned building. And the DOGS! They were all incredible. We wanted to take every one home. Thankfully they all have loving owners already.

The great thing about Lyle choosing the Hearts United collar is that we'll send a sizeable portion of the profits from it to HUA, the no-kill shelter we talked about in our last blog entry. Do check them out; there are lots of "gems" there, too.