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March 6, 2008

Crufts -- the biggest dog show in the world

The world’s largest dog show opened today in Birmingham, England, with about 23,000 dogs vying for the big best-in-show trophy, awarded last year to a Tibetan Terrier named Willy.

The Kennel Club of the United Kingdom says it expects the four-day show to be the second largest since it was founded in 1891 by entrepreneur Charles Cruft. Its largest was the centennial show in 1991. The best in show title will be awarded Sunday.

The hotel chain Travelodge expects more than 300 dogs to stay at its hotels around Birmingham, and it is providing special pooch beds, in various sizes, according to this BBC report.

"Crufts is a big occasion in the dog calendar and we want to acknowledge the importance of this event," said Leigh McCarron, sleep director (now that sounds like a cushy job) for Travelodge.

(Photo by Associated Press)

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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