Mary Oliver and her dog Ricky, who's not camera-shy. (Photo by Anne Taylor) It’s easy to write bad poetry about dogs. God is dog spelled backwards, pup spelled backwards is still pup, and so on ...

National Dog Show host, Seinfeld actor John O'Hurley, shares his thoughts on the dogs in our lives in the poem below called, "The Perfect Dog." [see below] O'Hurley is hosting this year's show again.