They have names that could make a random password generator cry uncle.

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Her name says 91裸聊视频� what exactly? Well, ponder the final part, and you may understand what her owners are wryly getting at. But in any event, you can just call her Wrassy.

After Saturday, Westminster91裸聊视频檚 main competition began Monday with that leads to U.S. dogdom91裸聊视频檚 most illustrious best in show prize, awarded Tuesday night.

In semifinals Monday night at Madison Square Garden, judges so far have chosen a bichon frise known as Neal; a shih tzu called Comet, who was and won the huge American Kennel Club National Championship in 2023; and a whippet dubbed Bourbon, who91裸聊视频檚 at Westminster.

Comet 91裸聊视频渆njoys every moment of this,91裸聊视频� co-breeder, co-owner and handler Luke Ehricht told the crowd at Madison Square Garden, where the show returned for the first time since early 2020. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 such a fun dog, too.91裸聊视频�

Four more finalists will be picked Monday and Tuesday nights.

The full, formal names of those chosen so far? That would make for a dizzying paragraph.

If show dogs are the aristocrats of the canine world, they often have the names, titles and nicknames to match.

Their 91裸聊视频渞egistered,91裸聊视频� or formal, names are the ones used for showing. Those long, confounding-sounding appellations are actually packed with show-dog information.

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After those titles, the first word in a registered name generally indicates the kennel, or breeding program, that produced the dog. Other kennels or dogs in the pedigree might get a shout-out at the end.

Meanwhile, show dogs have 91裸聊视频渃all names91裸聊视频� that they go by on a day-to-day basis. A dog might also have had a different 91裸聊视频減uppy name91裸聊视频� bestowed by its breeder and later changed by its eventual owner.

The portmanteau words and puzzling phrases in registered names are partly meant to avoid duplication with other dogs in registries that go back over a century.

But many breeders also to help them remember which litter was which.

Professional dog handlers and sometime miniature schnauzer breeders Rachel Adams and Alberto Montila name their litters in alphabetical order 91裸聊视频� one litter had names that start with 91裸聊视频淎,91裸聊视频� the next with 91裸聊视频淏,91裸聊视频� and so on, Adams said Monday. She was blow-drying a French bulldog named GCHG CH Elysium91裸聊视频檚 Adventurous Rapscallion D91裸聊视频橝ssisi, better known as Finn.

When Amie McLaughlin picks names for her litters of Norwegian buhunds, she just likes to have pun.

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A dog she bred and guided on Monday, GCH CH Cloudpointe Nothing Betta Than This CGC, was born into a fish-themed litter (hence 91裸聊视频淏etta,91裸聊视频� a type of Southeast Asian fish). He goes by Eirik when he91裸聊视频檚 at home with co-owner Sarah Woodworth in Paloa, Hawaii.

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Comedian and actor Chris Hardwick, who owns the dog with his wife, model and actor Lydia Hearst, named Zoltar for the fortune-telling machine that makes a teenager grow to adult proportions overnight in the movie 91裸聊视频淏ig.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e knew he was going to grow,91裸聊视频� and plenty big, explained Hearst.

Zoltar got some recognition Monday from the judge, but the dog91裸聊视频檚 cousin Melody, a.k.a. GCHS CH Dobhran91裸聊视频檚 Alexa Play Some Music, won best of breed.

Hardwick and Hearst were also cheering on the French bulldog breed winner, called Sassy, or GCHS Diva91裸聊视频檚 Sassafras Lass. She and other breed winners were headed into a semifinal round Monday night.

Sassy is owned and was co-bred by Hearst91裸聊视频檚 mother, newspaper heir . Famous in the 1970s for her abduction and involvement in a robbery by a radical group, she91裸聊视频檚 been renowned in recent years for and other show dogs.

Colton Johnson and his family name their litters of old English sheepdogs by themes, such as songs, movies, money, or 91裸聊视频� appropriately 91裸聊视频� fluffy things.

One of those 91裸聊视频渇luff91裸聊视频� dogs is GCH CH Bugaboo91裸聊视频檚 Give Me S91裸聊视频檓ore, who lolled on a table while Johnson brushed him Monday.

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The dog91裸聊视频檚 call name is Graham, as in the crackers that join toasted marshmallow and chocolate to make s91裸聊视频檓ores. He91裸聊视频檚 a grandson of , whom Johnson handled to a second-place finish at Westminster in 2013.

Last year91裸聊视频檚 runner-up, a German shepherd named GCHP Kaleef91裸聊视频檚 , is back this year for her last show before retiring. The 5-year-old won her breed Monday.

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