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Primping pooches: Do's and don'ts at Westminster

NEW YORK – Scissors, blow dryers, bobby pins – they're as much a part of the Westminster Dog show as commands, crates and treats.

Take Sophie, for example. With perfectly trimmed pompoms and fluffed out fur, she's the very essence of Poodle pulchritude.

What Westminster won't tolerate, though, are PEDs – performance-enhanced dogs.

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