Show-dogs getting plastic surgery

Nutcase show-dog owners are improving their hounds' chances of winning by taking them to doggy plastic surgeons.

"It's difficult for a judge who sees a dog for two minutes in the ring to say, 'What's wrong with this dog? Did he have dental work?'" said David Frei, the popular announcer on the USA Network's telecasts of the Westminster Kennel Club show.

Mr. Frei, also the spokesman for the American Kennel Club, said four dogs were disqualified last year for artificial alterations. But that's out of two million total entries, and even those guilty four were detected later, outside the ring.

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