For the dogs

I watch a lot of HGTV and TLC. It's my addiction. But there are some shows where I draw the line. And when I saw the ads for their Leader of the Pack show, I knew the line had to be there. If you haven't seen the show or the ads, this show gives a family 8 dogs and each week they vote one dog out of the house, until they finally pick their new dog.

But last night, after saying goodbye to my hubby for a whole week, I found myself sucked in to HGTV and my addiction took over. I watched the season finale. It is just as bad as it sounds. At times it seemed like a parody of a reality TV show. They had both the mom and the dad individually lobbying the son and the daughter to vote for the dog they wanted (the mom and dad lobbied for different dogs). They had the brother who wanted dog A, but wanted to vote for dog B just to throw the tribe family for a loop. The confessionals with the stage-whispered voices and super-closeups (so close you could see up their noses). The vote on specially designed paper placed anonymously in a fire hydrant. Except the voting paper looked more like a dog-shaped note paper torn from a pad you might find at the dollar store and write your shopping list on. You could feel the fake tension in the air as the host read each vote and it was (gasp!) tied going in to the last vote.