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According to the American Kennel Club, bulldogs were more popular than miniature schnauzers in 2007. The bullies galumped their way into the Top 10 for the first time in decades, squeezing out the perennial favorite mini schnauzer. Far from complaining, Archie actually thinks this is good news for his breed. Less popular means less demand for puppies, and thus fewer puppy mill litters languishing pet stores and newspaper classifieds. Guest host Amy would probably agree that being popular isn't the greatest news for bulldogs, who already suffer a host of health problems that are only exacerbated by over-breeding. But we'll let her dog Leon enjoy his moment of triumph, anyway.

Miss Congeniality!

Lovely little Gracie certainly earned the title during her recent visit to the Petcast Studio. Our friend Jeri Muntis, a local schnauzer owner and professional handler, joined us for Episode No. 124, which will be available online soon at www.thepetcast.com. While older sister Katie charmed Steve (and kept his lap warm), 9-week old Gracie showed us the beauty of natural, uncropped ears. Jeri's dogs have earned top honors in conformation, obedience and agility. Her oldest dog Steeler is Archie's half-brother.

A Petcast Halloween Starring Archie + Leon!

As you probably heard on Episode 111.5, Emily dudded up Archie as David Beckham for Saturday's party and Amy dressed Leon in a tux for their event on Sunday. Neither one took high honors -- hear the show to learn what very Vegasy pet owner did take all.

Here's a shot of Archie with his new schnauzer friend Pele. No, really. That's his name. Below that is a pic of Archie with Petcast guest-host and Vegas legal sensation Dayvid Figler. It's unclear what Dayvid is dressed as. Tee hee.



And here below is Leon, first chowing down and then with his papa, Paul. Wroth guest co-host Amy: "We crammed him into the tux, and this is the only in focus picture we got before he got back out of it again. The second picture shows him with just the smushed top hat, so we called his costume 'Drunk Vegas tourist who lost his suit.' They approved of the description, but he didn't win. He has a blast with the other dogs, though!




And finally, if Miles and I were that sort of gays -- and thank goodness we're not -- this is what might've become of Black and Jack on Halloween. Emily reports this is Giselle, which makes us feel a little better than this adorable creature is not being forced to crossdress as a butterfly. Oh, sorry. Papillon.


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Archie has new nieces!

Meet Journey and Cassie, black-and-silver miniature schnauzers who are just six weeks old in this photograph. Their mom is Katie, who is the sister of Archie's half-brother Steeler. Cassie (near right) has a potential future ahead of her as a show dog, and Journey is likely headed for life as an agility and obedience contender and pet. We'd take them both, but Archie rather likes being "top dog."