This was the first time I’ve ever picked a winner at a dog show. I knew it, I knew as soon as I saw Sadie the Scottish terrier adorable, spunky little gait, and her outstretched little paws that this dog was a star. And she won! Sadie was crowned Best in Show last night at Westminster, beating out a poodle, a Brittany, and a French bulldog, amongst others. But Sadie was the star! Probably because she knows the words “hot dog” in five languages. For real!

With an entourage bigger than Leonardo DiCaprio’s, the city’s top dog took her victory lap around Manhattan Wednesday morning. Sadie, the Scottish terrier crowned a night earlier as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club championship, was enjoying the perks of her triumph.

“You are gorgeous!” cooed Whoopi Goldberg, sharing some chicken with Sadie before they both went on “The View.”

The top pooch earlier outshone movie superstar DiCaprio, arriving with her bevy of attendants for CBS’s “Early Show.”

The star of the upcoming “Shutter Island” only appeared once Sadie’s spot was over.
“So Leonardo was right after us!” laughed her handler, Gabriel Rangel.

“She can be a diva, if it makes her a great show dog,” said David Frei, Westminster’s communications director.

Sadie soaked up the attention, offering a smile as people stroked her beard. She was generally very composed – although she did yawn on national television while appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and barked at the first camera put in her face before breakfast.

“I think she knows,” said Rangel. “She’s very aware of everything.”

Sadie only got two or three hours of sleep after her late-night victory. She started with her entourage of 11 at 6 a.m., hitting all the morning talk shows.

“That’s the dog that won the show!” exclaimed passersby as she was whisked from one spot to another.

On “Good Morning America,” Sadie was rushed into a makeup room, where she perched on her chair and leaned to check herself out in the mirror.

Rangel brushed out her beard, twisted her lengthy eyebrows and spritzed her with water.
After “The View,” Sadie’s schedule includes a visit with Donald Trump and a trip to the top of the Empire State Building.

[From The New York Daily News]

One of the cutest parts about Sadie’s victory is that after she was named, all of the other trainers gathered around to shake Rangel’s hand – and Sadie put her little paws up in the air like she was asking for praise (or a hot dog). I love dogs!

Also, at the event last night, PETA tried to protest, and two of them even got onto the floor. Security got to them quickly, though, and they were charged with “criminal trespass”.