We don’t know how Laurie said what she said or why. I think they were all being drilled about Elvis being on leash and nobody wanted to speak up. Laurie finally did, but that doesn’t signify throwing someone under the bus. That signifies telling the truth. The bottom line is an aggressive dog should have been expelled the minute any bites occurred. It’s really ridiculous how America is so quick to condone it.

The whole leash thing. What I didn’t like was how willing Laurie was to send Elvis under the bus. Call it balls, call it courage, call it self preservation, whatever – what I took offense to that she broung up Elvis and his “bad behavior” as a way to deflect the judges from her and her Andrew. It’s a competition show, so everyone for themselves, but I was surpirsed to see it from her ESPECIALLY with David and Elvis. It appeared from the way we saw it on TV that she and David were friends. Competition or not I won’t do that to my friend. She could have phrased it differently, like we thought Elvis was so full of energy and such that it was our group decision to keep him on a leash to keep him under control, not because he has bad behavior and bites other dogs. That’s my issues. Plus you could see the judges didn’t like the fact Elvis was on a leash -go ahead and just put salt in that wound. There was a nicer way she could have expressed her point. The judges aren’t dumb (at least I hope not) and would have figured out that four dogs off leash, one on leash that there’s a problem and they didn’t like that at all.

I won’t disagree with you Newsflash Smith that contestants are sneaking around with comments. I think the people who have written about this show have issues with how she said it because to me as well it looked as if it was every person and dog for themselves and we’ll just throw them under the bus if it saves our own skin.

1. The paper in the hoop was supposed to be SOLID without any holes but the contestants were given PERMISSION to make it larger if they wanted to. If you look at the scene with Laurie practicing with Andrew you will see the same size hole and same hoop as when they competed. The scene with Laurie looking at a hoop with a smaller, triangular hole had nothing to do with anything. I suspect it was thrown in for effect.

2. The judges asked the contestants why Elvis was kept on leash so much. Laurie was the only one willing to tell the truth. The others are all spineless dolts who talk about each other behind their backs. Laurie is the only brave one. So she wasn’t throwing David under the bus. Nobody, including David perceived it that way. I suspect the judge’s comments about it being “dirty” were added in later.

3. If it really was so horrible and hypocritical then you will see the other contestants confronting Laurie about it once they get back to the house, especially Beth Joy. I bet you won’t see that footage. Why? Because there is none.