
How the glam dogs of Westminster keep up with the canine Kardashians — from elaborate grooming routines to pricey trips
NY Post
Looking this good doesn’t come easy.
Kennedy Green is like a lot of other 10-year-olds, keeping busy with homework and friends. But when it comes to afterschool activities, she’s got one very hairy, utterly adorable demand on her time — her prize-winning Pekingese showdog, Lincoln, who will compete at this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City.
Grooming, bathing, training, exercising, feeding him his expensive meals and supplements — it all takes time. On some days, the SoCal-based private schooler will spend well over two hours tending to Lincoln’s needs.
This comes at the expense of her social and own extracurricular life, doing everything from cleaning her charge’s nose rolls to prepping high-end, freeze-dried raw meals complete with fresh proteins and a series of supplements.
“There are a lot of times when my friends are doing stuff over the weekend, but I can’t go, because I’m going to the dog shows, or I have to wash my dog,” Green sweetly and shyly explained to The Post.
“Pekingese are structurally bred to sit on pillows in palaces — you can’t put them on a treadmill. Kennedy has to be very creative in ways to get her dog to exercise that are unique and out and the box,” added mom Shannon, who regularly drives the duo hundreds of miles round-trip to dog shows near their home, and shepherds the pair cross-country on regular, pricey trips.
