Ruff justice at the Westminster Dog of the Year competition

Off to the highlight of Mr Steerpike’s 2013, the Westminster Dog of the Year competition, where the pedigree chums of our elected representatives lined up to compete for a prestigious place on the podium.

With Jake Berry’s standard poodle Lola taking a break from the competition after competing three years in a row, someone was needed to fill the role of Westminster Poodle – and Alan Duncan’s Noodle was more than willing to fill Lola’s pawprints.  Although strictly a Cockapoo, so only half poodle (very on-trend, don’t you know), Noodle had gone all-out with her campaigning, even going so far at to write her very own ‘Dogifesto’.

Noodle’s campaign strategy

She wasn’t alone in the campaigning states, however. Cholmeley and his owner, David Borrowes, had even made their very own personalized chocolate rosettes. But Cholmeley kept his eye on the ball, as every good Labrador should, making sure that his biggest adversary, Noodle, was never out of sight.