I said 'other' because my vote would have to go to the poodle. Although I really intensely dislike the show cuts that they must wear, it does show off the excellent coats that these dogs have. Not all poodles are able to wear that cut, due to different grades of hair texture and thinness, etc. (a complaint that many of us humans have when we go to the hairdresser and say "make me look like so and so.") No matter how much we might like "good hair" we aren't always born with it. So it is with poodles.

Also the intensive grooming and sculpting which is done by the groomers in my opinion deserves an award just for the painstaking job it is in and of itself. I groom my own dogs and have been grooming my poodles for over 30 years. Believe me, a dog that sits that long and patiently for the show clips is a real hero in my opinion.

Of course I am probably too biased to even be replying to this post.