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Lucey is tops in beautiful bulldog event
Lucey is a slobbering 18-month-old pooch whose human family dreams of making her a therapy dog
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Lucey is a slobbering 18-month-old pooch whose human family dreams of making her a therapy dog.
Winning a pageant before her second birthday should boost the Iowa bulldog's hopes of joining owner Dr. Tiffany Torstenson in the healthcare industry.
Lucey beat out 49 drooling competitors Monday to take this year's 'Beautiful Bulldog' pageant, a tongue-in-cheek event designed to kick off the weeklong Drake Relays, an internationally renowned track and field meet in Des Moines.
'She's just very calm and she loves people,' Torstenson, of Waukee, Iowa, said. 'She loves the attention.'
Torstenson, a breast surgeon at the Mercy Katzmann Breast Center, said she often takes Lucey to work. Lucey's demeanor around doctors and patients helped convince her human family that she'd make a perfect therapy dog, and she will soon start training to become one.
Lucey was certainly a hit with the crowd at Drake's Knapp Center, besting a pair of boys named Lord Nelson and Zuul, to capture top honors.
'She's is very docile and she doesn't get really excited,' Torstenson said. 'Every room we go into, she's in that room. She likes to sleep in the bed, and hog the bed. And she loves cheese.'
The pageant is meant to honor English Bulldogs and all the slovenly traits that have endeared the breed to so many. The event has become so popular in recent years that a lottery was needed to narrow the field from over 100 bulldogs down to 50. (***)
