This guard dog made January headlines after his owner was denied access to the New York subway. Stump the Sussex spaniel, aged 10, was quite literally the underdog this February when — returning from a retirement forced by a mystery illness a few years ago — he unexpectedly won the Westminster Dog Show , the eldest dog ever to do so. In August, owner Cathy James rushed this Australian cattle dog to the vet after noting that Polly was apparently stuck to the door of her fridge . The chihuahua’s status as an accessory in the arms of celebrities like Paris Hilton and in movies like Legally Blonde drove the breed’s popularity to new heights in California, but then fantasy met reality — and news broke in December that the state’s shelters are being overrun by a tiny army of unwanted pets. In December, a Jack Russell terrier named Prima Donna was overwhelming voted the winner of a German reality-TV contest (à la “America’s Got Talent”) for walking on her hind legs, jumping through hoops and chasing her tail. The ASPCA murdered this dog for no reason other than Oreo had served her purpose as a donation magnet and VICTORIA WELLS, THE UNCERTIFIED SOCALLED ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST wasn’t cutting it as far rehabbing this dog.

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