Lord Help Me! I’m Being Cuted To Death!

Posted on January 21st, 2009 12:34pm by Dave Moore
Filed under Crime, Local News, Nature

I usually ignore these “most-popular” dog breeds lists, until I found that one of the oddest-looking dogs I’ve ever seen … one that I thought only existed in posters … is popular in Dallas. It’s something called a “cavalier King Charles spaniel” (shown left).  A press release from the American Kennel Club today says that this spaniel tied with dachsunds and miniature schnauzers to be the seventh most-popular dog in Dallas. Boxers, thankfully, nose out the spaniel. The most popular breed in Dallas? The Labrador retriever. The most popular unregistered dog (my guess, at least)? I’d say it would make short work of King Charles, with or without lipstick.

16 comments

  1. Dave, I am sure my King Charles Cavalier — Buckley, named after William F. — would deign to meet you the next time he graces the office with a visit.

    @ 12:51 pm on January 21, 2009

  2. Hmm, now that I look beyond that flower basket, the dog does kind of look familiar…

    @ 12:58 pm on January 21, 2009

  3. @Dave: Welcome to the doghouse.

    @ 1:01 pm on January 21, 2009

  4. @Dooner: Oh, I’ve already got my own key to it and am having my mail delivered there.

    @ 1:07 pm on January 21, 2009

  5. as cute as those dogs are, they often snore. loudly. kennel them somewhere outside of your sleeping area if you want to sleep.

    @ 1:17 pm on January 21, 2009

  6. They are the most precious dogs ever!! They are like a cat, but a dog, the way they are so sweet and loving and just want to be on your lap.

    @ 1:47 pm on January 21, 2009

  7. Adopt, you dumb puppy mill pirates. Yoire going to feel really stupid when you find out that your carpet-pissing inbreed has 4 hips.

    @ 2:02 pm on January 21, 2009

  8. Forget these whimpy dogs and get a Boglen Terrier!!!

    @ 2:25 pm on January 21, 2009

  9. @Glenn campbell:

    “Yoire”??

    And I am going to feel really stupid? IJS.

    @ 2:39 pm on January 21, 2009

  10. My Lhasa Apso is so tough, she makes the big dogs from the neighborhood cower in the corner of the dog park. Big attitude wins out over size, most of the time.

    @ 4:29 pm on January 21, 2009

  11. Don’t mind Glenn. He’s just drunk and angry. http://www.mugshots.com/IMAGES/Mugshot__glen-campbell.jpg

    @ 4:49 pm on January 21, 2009

  12. And I think more than once!!

    I would be drunk all the time too if I could not spell.

    @ 4:58 pm on January 21, 2009

  13. They are great dogs. I have a Brussels Griffon myself (go ahead and Google it), but there are three or four Cavaliers in my building who I will gladly vouch for!

    @ 5:23 pm on January 21, 2009

  14. Why does Dave Moore always have an angle – any angle? Angles are bad, right?

    @ 5:26 pm on January 21, 2009

  15. The iphone has been drinking, not me.

    @ 6:23 pm on January 21, 2009

  16. Our grand-dog is a King Charles Cavalier and they are wonderful dogs. Smart, too: we know one who has his own blog. Totally serious. When my Golden Retriever heard that, she said she wanted her own laptop. The Doodle just wants to go to summer camp. Kids are becoming almost as expensive as kids!

    @ 1:05 am on January 22, 2009