Uno--You Are Best In Show--Yes You Are

For the first time in history, a beagle has won the Westminster Best in show competition:

“He’s the most perfect beagle I’ve ever seen,” Jones said at a news conference, where Uno hopped on the judge’s legs trying to get at his water.

“If you saw him, you saw that perfectly smooth locomotion. Not one muscle went the wrong way. Look at his face, you melt right down."

He added: “That was a beautiful lineup of dogs. I’d give this dog a 10.”

Jones had not been aware that his choice of a beagle was unprecedented.

“That’s wonderful!” he said, and turned to Aaron Wilkerson, Uno’s 29-year-old handler, and said, “You’re a first, young man.”

He certainly is a good boy, yes he is.

Having a beagle win is a triumph of sorts. Generally, the dogs that win Best in Show are typically little yappy dogs whose owners have shaven them from arsehole to earlobe. Most dogs that win these events don't even look like dogs, they look more like sewer rats with pedicures, or strung-out cyborgs with those ridiculous twisted tails and hair that looks like Edwards Scissorhands was messing with them.

Beagles, although small, are excellent dogs. Beagles are notorious for not listening, and will piss in your shoe when you aren't listening. Most of all though, they aren't poodles.

Congratulations, Uno, you are one terrific little fella!