Greatest American Dog - Episode 3
Bill's dog Star!!!
First, I have to apologize as I missed the second episode of this new canine based reality show, so I didn’t submit an entry to it. However, one of my co-workers saw the second episode as her first experience with the show and was immediately caught up in the drama and the cuteness of the dogs. Her favorite is Bill, the gentle Texan and his dog, Star.
Episode number three was very interesting and dramatic. The first challenge(the Dog Bone challenge) broke the owners and their dogs into two teams and Travis and Presley, along with Brandy and Beacon led their dogs and the entire team to a victory. This enabled the winning team to enjoy the Dog Bone suite and its amenities. The winning team also chose Laurie and Andrew to spend the night in the outside dog house. (From the romance standpoint, Travis and Laura seem very attracted to each other and the dogs get along well too!!!)
For the Best in Show challenge, the dogs and owners were teamed together to see which team had the best trained in an obstacle course challenge. This time the winners of the last challenge where put against each other and the teams they personally chose. It appears that Elvis (David’s terrier) is a bit stubborn and has problems getting along with the other dogs (he has bitten them), so the team decided that Elvis should be onleash for a good part of the obstacle course challenge. This proved to be the downfall of the team (they lost by 9 seconds) and of David and Elvis.
When the three worst performing teams were brought before the judges, Laurie made some really tough comments against David and Elvis. (It didn’t seem like team supported behavior). The judges did not appreciate the fact that Elvis was on leash and said he would have performed better without it. David defended his team and Elvis by saying that it was a team decision to leash him and this is where Laurie made her comments against Elvis. (Laurie, you lost already…don’t kick a team member when they are down)
In the end, David and Elvis were chosen to leave the competition. David thanked the other teams and the judges in an emotional and tearful good bye!!! I can’t wait until episode 4!!!!!
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July 30th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Hi Susan
I liked the show’s concept - and dogs so much I created a song especially for all the great American dogs out there. Check it out at http://www.musicforanimals.org It’s a free download, it’s fun and it’s for all the dogs that mean so much to all of us dog lovers.