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PETaPOTTY flies to New York and takes on 3000 dogs
Los Angeles based PETaPOTTY flies to New York and takes on 3000 dogs in a week at the 133rd Westminster dog show. They say if you can make it there you can make it anywhere, well PETaPOTTY definitely made it there. Let the urine flow. From The hotel Pennsylvania’s Penn Top Ballroom where 300+ dogs used the PETaPOTTIES to the Hotel Pennsylvania’s green room where the PETaPOTTIES accommodated 3000+ dogs. The PETaPOTTIES managed to contain tens of gallons of urine in their lower trap pans. Top Dogs from around the world converged on the Hotel Penn’s green room to use the facilities ranging from potty facilities to dog grooming stations to doggy masseuses. It was a raging river of urine and the PETaPOTTIES withstood the torrent. The hotel was so happy with the performance of the PETaPOTTIES that they spread several units around the hotel in key dog traffic areas.
While in town PETaPOTTY owner/creator Brandon Hochman took in the entire Westminster Dog Show. He was able to rub elbows with all the top dogs including last year’s winner Uno. Brandon and Uno bonded and had many in depth conversations about dog’s potty needs.
The entire Westminster week was a huge success for PETaPOTTY. PETaPOTTY plans to make an annual pilgrimage to the event and become part of the Westminster tradition.
LA Times “Watch your step while in the company of greatness”
The big night is approaching for 2,400 pampered dogs in New York.
T.J. Simers
February 8, 2009
Los Angeles Times
From New York — Page 2 here at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which begins Monday, but first the PETaPOTTY party.
Try saying that three times in a row while having a drink and watching the floor to avoid stepping on a Shih Tzu.
The Celtics are playing across the street in Madison Square Garden, while here at the Fashion Show on the 18th floor of the Hotel Pennsylvania, hundreds of guests and dogs are dressed alike, Eli the Chihuahua wearing a wonderful silver satin fabric shirt, full vest, of course, with black and clear rhinestones.
Eli the Chihuahua, by the way, is better dressed than Myung J. Chun, The Times’ videographer, who is here to document the next few days. Chun, told he’d be shooting video of the dogs in New York, initially thinks he’s going to a Clippers game.
AIRFARE TO New York, cab ride, hotel room, expensive restaurants and there is no prize money at Westminster. Yet there are more than 2,400 dogs here representing 170 breeds competing for ribbons and an ego boost — Choking Dogs for some reason not recognized as an official breed, but still California with 265 entrants to lead all states.
A beagle, Uno, won last year. A Brussels griffon, Lincoln, is favored this year. A writer, Charlotte Reed, quotes Uno extensively in something called “the blue boo,” and people think Uno is special.
There are 1,000 dogs staying in the Pennsylvania, and while I wonder who is checking into these rooms next week, there’s no containing the excitement of Jerry Grymek, who is wearing a name tag that identifies him as hotel “doggie concierge.”
“We welcome you with open paws, ha, ha,” Jerry says, obviously wanting to be a doggie concierge ever since he was a little pup.
“Oh, let me show you our doggie spaw — ha, ha,” he says, “where everyone is considered a VIP, ha, ha, very important pooch.”
There isn’t a blade of grass or a tree within miles of here, “but we have a loo downstairs for our guests with separate his and her areas because everyone gets their privacy,” says the concierge.
SKYBARK Fashion and Award Red Carpet Affair
SKYBARk Pre-Westminster Fashion show Golden Paws Award was the place to be Friday night in NYC! who’s who in the dog community were there to network a parade of “well behave owners” and “fashionable dogs” filled the Red Carpet reception area, were celebrities such as “CELEBRYPUPS” Bocker, Eli, Tito, Andrew, Jilli and Elvis posed with Dr. Ruth…whom after spending a lond day giving speeches at universities came to support her good friend Dr. Dave and Elvis. Ada Nieves “Moulin Rouge” Fashion Show was part of the entertainment… Our Master of ceremonies was Maria Milito (Q104.3 fm) a list of models include guests from the shows :The greatest American Dog ( CBS ) Andrew & Elvis From Underdog to Wonderdog; Andrea Arden & Ali Mclean Groomer has It Jonathan David , Jorge Bendersky faithful friends (Animal Planet ) Kathleen Sepulveda The newly formed group ; Celebripups – Eli, Tito, Jilli, Andrew, Bocker, Vanilla , Elvis The NJ Dog Whisperer, janice wolfe Philantrophist ; Erika Searl with her furkids Ginger and Cubby the event was produced by Petapotty and 1st In-Line with a list of sponsors like Fido Friendly magazine, les pooch, comfy and cozy pet furniture, buddyg’s, happy paws, lunas brat pack and ruff doggie style
Posh Puppies: Skybark NYC Pre-Westminster Red Carpet Fashion Show
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SKYBARK NYC Pre-Westminster Red Carpet Fashion Show and Awards:
The following awards were by presented by Ada Nieves for Dogs
Maria Milito – Our MC – Excellence award for her dedication and contributions to better the NYC dog community
Elvis and dr. Dave – Award of merit for being an asset to the NYC dog community
Wyatt & Janice Wolfe – Humanitarian award for creating Merlin Kids, a provider of autism service dogs to children
Kathleen Sepulveda & Ragee- Participation award for joining our benefit for Animal Haven
Jorge Bendersky & Tito - Award of merit for his contributions to the NYC dog community
Erika with Cuby & Ginger – Special achievement award for her continued NYC dog community support creating fundraisers… Cuby is a representative of the dogs adopted from Animal Haven
Jonathan, Sebastian, Piper and Penny – Performance award for his participation on different TV shows and being a representative of the NYC dog community
Marie & Bocker – Quality of life award for their exemplary therapy work making others happy!
Ali Mclean & Gracie – Participation award for being part of our benefit
Andrea Arden & Molly – Performance award for being an icon of the NYC dog community, her constant appearances on TV representing us, her books, training, etc.
The following awards were sponsored by North Shore Animal League of America and donated by
Barbara Pawlick (Comfy Zone ) Glass engraved photo of each winning dog with nighttime illumination.
Laurie & Andrew – Mr. Congeniality 2008 – Andrews’s performance on CBS’s Great American dogs stole everyone’s heart. Mom Laurie is president of Celebripups, a new group formed by Pooches and Pawrents promoting a stronger bond with pets through the use of media
Rick & Jilli – NYC MOST TALENTED DOG 2008 – The only poker playing dog in the world! He also does other tricks such as playing basketball, getting you a tissue if you sneeze, etc.
Eli & Karen - NYC CELEBRITY DOG of 2008 - Winner of Milkbone, Barking Beauty Pageant, Halloween Masquerade and many others…plus attends all NYC fund raising events
Mutt-i-gree – Received 2 awards for being ambassadors of education and good will
Animal Haven Shelter – Skybark’s benefit Choice for 2008
“Vanilla Salt Nieves – did not awarded myself of course! hahahahahaa
but she was mentioned as the ” FIRST GOLDEN PAWS HOST ”
vanilla has been in the cover of magazines, with multiple spreads ,
has received world coverage with her “OSCAR GOWNS” like BBC London, Italy, Spain, Japan,
Germany, etc…
Won the tittle of Ms Glamor at the barking beauty pageant, has been in tv shows like K-9 karma , several Animal Planet TV shows, the Martha steward show, the view, Conan O’Brien show……has participated in NYC Fashion week…
is a constant with Simplicity company, is featured in different books….right now in a commercial for Capri Sun shown at nickelodeon and cartoon network. vanilla also visits a nursing home for seniors.
these are just a few of her achievements.
Vanilla & Eli were married for WE TV in 2008 and are right now in the cover of Pet E magazine
for their valentine issue
and of course is mommie’s model girl 
hehehe” -Ada
Pampered Pups Primp for Westminster- ABC NEWS
By GIGI STONE
Feb. 7, 2009
For a champion Havenese like four-and-a-half-year-old Lotus from Tampa, Fla., primping for the big competition can be a lengthy process. Between blowouts, pedicures, and teeth cleanings, she hardly has time to think.
Uno 2008 Westminster Kennel Club Show Champion
Cameras prepare for top dogs at annual Westminister Kennel Club show.
So to help ease the tension, Field treated Lotus to a specially designed canine massage. It’s one of a number of amenities being offered at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City, where 1,000 out of 1,700 rooms are filled this week with dogs, all headed for Westminster.
The hotel also offers a dog beauty parlor with grooming stations, blow dryers and aromatherapy, a pet psychic, and special treadmills for the pooches to work out on. There’s even a “doggie concierge,” Jerry Grymek, who hand out biscuits as guests arrive.
While starlets on the West Coast are gearing up for the Academy Awards and their big night on the red carpet, in New York divas like Lotus are preparing for their debut on the green carpet.
Westminster is the Oscars for the four-legged set. The fetching Fidos are going to compete among 2,500 dogs and 170 purebreds over who has the most elegant gait, dramatic poses and overall beauty.
Last year all the fanfare at Westminster was over Uno, after the beagle won the trophy for the first time in the show’s 100 years.
Uno retired a few months later and has spent the past year on a celebrity whirlwind tour, signing pawgraphs, somehow throwing out the first pitch at baseball games, even visiting the White House.
Hotel Pennsylvania’s dog spa- Recordonline.com
Hotel Pennsylvania\'s Dog Spa
After travelling a long distance to get to the big show at Madison Square Garden, what better way to treat your prized pet then to pamper him/her at the Hotel Pennsylvania’s dog spa?
Simers bites back at readers critical of his Westminster dog show coverage
Simers bites back
T.J. Simers bites back at readers critical of his Westminster dog show coverage
3:53 PM, February 15, 2009
Our colleague, sports columnist T.J. Simers, had never been to a dog show before he went to Madison Square Garden last week to cover Westminster, the grandaddy of them all.
Simers has a longstanding reputation for offending (it’s sort of his thing). And, rather naturally, he heard from many dog fanciers who took offense at his coverage of Westminster.
Particularly irksome to many readers was Simers’ use of the word “ugly” to describe Westminster’s canine competitors, including his referral to Hound group winner Tiger Woods as “a malnourished mangy mutt, also known as a Scottish deerhound.”
As reader Bill Todman Jr. commented, “The funny aspect of your Westminster Dog Show ‘coverage’ was you commenting on which animals were ugly. Talk about irony
– you have to be one of those who looks in the mirror and sees Brad Pitt looking back. And since you haven’t ever ‘kissed a dog,’ I know a 100-pound Rottweiler who would very much like to meet you in person.”
Simers’ response? “Looking like Brad Pitt, I get this all the time.”
Another big offender? Simers’ assertion that “No kid in America is safe as the Brussels griffon, the nasty little snapper, takes the next spot” as the winner of the Toy group. (He’d be referring to little Lincoln, pictured here.)
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A concierge, a Jacuzzi, and a nice massage: Westminster’s dog stars get pampered
11:00 AM, February 9, 2009
Our colleague, T.J. Simers, is new to the Westminster scene, but certainly not new to the Wide World of Sports. He’s in New York to report on America’s most prestigious dog show (and, naturally, if you’re familiar with T.J. Simers, to insert his own unique brand of snark into the proceedings).
In his first dispatch from the Garden, Simers takes us on a grand tour of the luxury accommodations for the stars of the dog show world (and yes, there are both a doggie masseuse and a doggie Jacuzzi). Dogs like Lincoln, a Brussels griffon who’s a front-runner from the Toy group, can expect nothing less than decadence at the Hotel Pennsylvania, where they even have their own concierge:
There are 1,000 dogs staying in the Pennsylvania, and while I wonder who is checking into these rooms next week, there’s no containing the excitement of Jerry Grymek, who is wearing a name tag that identifies him as hotel “doggie concierge.”
“We welcome you with open paws, ha, ha,” Jerry says, obviously wanting to be a doggie concierge ever since he was a little pup.
“Oh, let me show you our doggie spaw — ha, ha,” he says, “where everyone is considered a VIP, ha, ha, very important pooch.”
There isn’t a blade of grass or a tree within miles of here, “but we have a loo downstairs for our guests with separate his and her areas because everyone gets their privacy,” says the concierge.
Just outside the loo, there’s also a “tip jar for Pepe la Pue,” and while not spelled correctly, I think I know who came up with that idea. Ha, ha.
Stay tuned for more T.J. Simers wit and wisdom as the show gets rolling.
–Lindsay Barnett
Watch your step around stars of Westminster Dog Show- LA TIMES
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Watch your step around stars of Westminster Dog Show
The big night is approaching for 2,400 pampered dogs in New York.
T.J. Simers
February 8, 2009
From New York — Page 2 here at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which begins Monday, but first the PETaPOTTY party.
Try saying that three times in a row while having a drink and watching the floor to avoid stepping on a Shih Tzu.
The Celtics are playing across the street in Madison Square Garden, while here at the Fashion Show on the 18th floor of the Hotel Pennsylvania, hundreds of guests and dogs are dressed alike, Eli the Chihuahua wearing a wonderful silver satin fabric shirt, full vest, of course, with black and clear rhinestones.
Eli the Chihuahua, by the way, is better dressed than Myung J. Chun, The Times’ videographer, who is here to document the next few days. Chun, told he’d be shooting video of the dogs in New York, initially thinks he’s going to a Clippers game.
AIRFARE TO New York, cab ride, hotel room, expensive restaurants and there is no prize money at Westminster. Yet there are more than 2,400 dogs here representing 170 breeds competing for ribbons and an ego boost — Choking Dogs for some reason not recognized as an official breed, but still California with 265 entrants to lead all states.
A beagle, Uno, won last year. A Brussels griffon, Lincoln, is favored this year. A writer, Charlotte Reed, quotes Uno extensively in something called “the blue boo,” and people think Uno is special.
There are 1,000 dogs staying in the Pennsylvania, and while I wonder who is checking into these rooms next week, there’s no containing the excitement of Jerry Grymek, who is wearing a name tag that identifies him as hotel “doggie concierge.”
“We welcome you with open paws, ha, ha,” Jerry says, obviously wanting to be a doggie concierge ever since he was a little pup.
“Oh, let me show you our doggie spaw — ha, ha,” he says, “where everyone is considered a VIP, ha, ha, very important pooch.”
There isn’t a blade of grass or a tree within miles of here, “but we have a loo downstairs for our guests with separate his and her areas because everyone gets their privacy,” says the concierge.
Just outside the loo, there’s also a “tip jar for Pepe la Pue,” and while not spelled correctly, I think I know who came up with that idea. Ha, ha.
I wonder, though, who will be using the exhibition area next week, right now the floor covered in wood shavings, red fire hydrants on the left for the boys, a pink settee and glitter saw dust on the right for the girls and 1,000 dogs seemingly always on the go here.
There are exceptions, of course, and available just off the lobby, pink panties are being sold with Poise inserts.
“Pink is a little sexier,” says sales lady Neena Pellegrini, and Myung Chun is nodding in agreement before we part ways.
DOGS EVERYWHERE, sticking out of purses, pushed in crates, Best in Show announced Tuesday night, but right now Page 2 only cares about Rhodonite Rolex Emberez. And I suppose, Chelsea Conway too.
Conway’s the one with the drool rag. She went to UCLA but says that has nothing to do with it.
She owns Rolex, paid $16,000 to get him from England and now feeds the 165-pound behemoth raw meat. That reminds me, haven’t seen Eli the Chihuahua lately.
“He probably eats about five pounds a day,” she says, and it brings back memories of Andruw Jones. “We got him a lamb’s shoulder here, a couple steaks, some pork, chicken and so far he’s eating better than we are.”
Got to keep Rolex happy and belching. He represents Dogue de Bordeaux, No. 1 in his breed and the first time such a breed will be included in judging here. For those who caught the movie “Turner & Hooch,” like Hooch, the slobber just kind of rolls out of Rolex’s mouth.
“Rolex has a morning ritual which involves a 29-inch head shoved in your face snorting, grunting and leaving you covered in a spray of who knows what,” says Conway, and from my experience, eating lunch with Tom Lasorda is not all that different.
Now in his own way Rolex comes across like Andrew Bynum, developing, imposing but very approachable, and recovering from an earlier injury too. Like Bynum, he now has to prance around like the big dog he is.
Haven’t followed Bynum all that much, so don’t know, but when it came time for Rolex to take care of business, he ignored the sign and went to the ladies restroom.
“It probably smells like a men’s club to him,” Conway says. “I know this, Rolex gets more action than my husband.
“He’s got 40 to 50 sons and daughters so far,” she says, although they can only allow Rolex to mingle with his favorite girlfriend and not actually finish the deal. “Too dangerous.”
Details, details, I just know this, the dirty dog’s frozen sperm draws $2,500 every time there’s a request, and Rolex never seems to complain.
THAT’S WHY spiritualist Annie Germani is here. She’s a pet communicator, charging $1 a minute to hear a dog’s complaints, wants and needs. Obviously something smells here, but maybe it’s only because her booth is directly adjacent to the doggie loo.
“You’d like to retire,” she says, sounding more like Sam Zell than a pet communicator. “You want some change in your life . . .”
She’s not the first woman apparently to think I’m a dog.
“I communicate with humans too,” she says, and she’s got me there, because for the most part I just deal with athletes and coaches.
They also have a masseuse here charging $1 a minute to essentially pet your dog, a woman making matching raincoats for owner and dog, treadmills for dogs, and a Jacuzzi to help a dog unwind. Candles and a bottle of wine for an additional charge.
“Ha, ha,” says the doggie concierge.
t.j.simers@latimes.com
