POSTED FEBRUARY 14, 2012  9:05 am

Hollywood Reporter:

THERE ARE TWO GOLDEN COLLAR WINNERS IN THE SAME CATEGORY. THREE RECOUNTS CONFIRM RESULTS. FIRST TIME IN GOLDEN COLLAR HISTORY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A TIE.

Vote counting was completed late Thursday evening at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles to determine the five Golden Collar Award winners of Hollywood’s most prestigious and coveted acting award for canine thespians. An independent auditor has verified the voting results to insure their

accuracy.

THE NOMINEES:

BEST DOG IN A REALITY TELEVISION SERIES

Giggy – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills / Lisa Vanderpump (Bravo)
Millou – The Real Housewives of New York City / Sonja Morgan (Bravo)
Jack Pot  – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills / Adrienne Maloof (Bravo)
Spartacus – Ice Loves Coco / Coco (E! Entertainment)
Hercules – Pit Boss / Shorty Rossi (Animal Planet)

THE WINNERS:

Best Dog in a Theatrical Film: Uggie as the Dog in “The Artist”  (who cares…)

Best Dog in a Foreign Film: Koko as Red Dog in “Red Dog”  (who cares…)

Best Dog in a Television Series: Brigitte as Stella in “Modern Family”  (who cares…)

Best Dog in a Reality Television Series: (tie) Hercules in “Pit Boss”

…and Giggy in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

                             Lisa Vanderpump and Giggy

NOTE:  A distant relative of Bernie The Insult Chef…Triumph The INSULT DOG… had some strong words for this rinky-dink doggie award!  (From Conan O’Brian… here.)

Triumph warns the GC folks, “If you are willing to bend your rules for the likes for Hugo and not for me… I demand to be added to the list of nominees so that I can stand on that stage, look out at that audience of 4-7 people and proudly declare that the Golden Collar award is  truly an incredible honor…. For me to POOP ON!”

golden collar, Triumph the insult dog

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(Thanks to SH reader “JZ”!!!)