Pixel nodded, already texting on a dog-bone-shaped phone. "Of course, Günter. Of course. Hundheit ."
Günter, a venerable Dachshund with eyebrows like tufts of wiry snow, adjusted his bow tie and glared at the teleprompter. "More pathos, Günter," his agent, a frantic Jack Russell named Pixel, had squeaked. "The nation is counting on you." Free German Dog Porn
But the real heavyweight was Wuff den Wuff (Bark the Bark), a singing competition where dogs howled covers of Rammstein. A three-legged Poodle mix named Wolfgang had won last year with a haunting rendition of "Du Hast." Pixel nodded, already texting on a dog-bone-shaped phone
The studio audience of impeccably groomed Schäferhunds and pampered Maltese sat in rapt silence. Hundheit
You see, in Germany, dog entertainment was not a frivolous affair. It was an industrie . It had ordnung . It was state-subsidized and taken as seriously as car engineering or bread baking.
The nation, in this case, was the entire canine population of the Federal Republic of Germany. And the event was the 47th annual Telepaws Awards, the Oscars of Hundefunkschau —German Dog entertainment.