I was wondering about the dye thing, too....when they were showing the dogs backstage, they kept showing this cute little beagle, but it looked like his handler was putting brown dye around his face....maybe it was something else, but I don't know.....My little dalmatian almost never gets chosen, either...a few years back, there was one that went pretty far, but not the case lately. We'll see the sporting tonight....Diamond Jim the springer won a few years ago...we'll see....I love them all....