After spending Sunday in parks gazing longingly at the sorts of dogs that our landlord would evict us for even letting scuffle momentarily into our flat, we went home to settle down in front of…more dogs! Crufts 2014 was on our telly and we enjoyed every moment of it, until Colin the Polish Pomeranian lost out to Ricky the poodle, who re-defined big hair and was announced best of show at the event at Birmingham's NEC arena. Colin is, at the time of typing, still trending on Twitter:
So here’s the need-to-know:
He is totally adorable and might potentially break our hearts, even those of us who prefer cats.
He is named after Colin Farrell because his owner fancies Colin Farrell. Well, Claire Balding says so.
And Ricky, by the way, is officially called Afterglow Maverick Sabre. We don’t know exactly why but it could be something to do with the singer and that drum n’bass song by Wilkinson…
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.