Is it just me or did the latest Greatest American Dog seem more like Greatest American Top Model? With the theme of personality, the dogs essentially became models and it ended up in a very interesting expulsion. After last weeks leave of David and Elvis, few dogs and owners were upset. One was even relieved Elvis was gone and that was Ron. A few weeks ago his told Tillman and Elvis got into a spat so with the psycho dog gone it was all good in the Canine Academy.

During dinner Travis and Laura once again began to flirt. Brandi couldn’t help but notice and sat in during their entire conversation. It wasn’t really that interesting but the end was. When a few other players entered the kitchen Brandi was caught but she played it off well. She told Travis to keep chatting away with Laura while he asked her why he can’t talk to anyone else besides her. Someone made a comment towards the end but I sadly missed it. The next morning brought breakfast and showed two opposing ways of feeding the dogs in the house. While Beth Joy created her own vitamin filled food for Bella Starlet, Ron took the easy approach by filling up Tillman’s bowl with hearty dog food.

Good thing the dogs were practicing their eating as that was the main point of their next Dog Bone challenge. Each round the dogs would be given some type of food or item and their owner had to guess if their dog would pick up or eat that item. For the first round the producers pulled out juicy steak, taking out Laurie/Andrew and oddly enough Ron/Tillman. The second item was a stick and all but two pairs remained: JD/Galaxy and Laura/Preston. For the last temptation the dogs were asked to eat tofu. Although Galaxy normally doesn’t eat normal food, JD guessed he would eat it. Laura, on the other hand, said Preston wouldn’t eat the tofu but she was wrong. Since Preston licked the food, Galaxy and JD took home their second dog bone challenge and sent their biggest threat, Travis and Presley, to the Dog House.

Immediately following the Dog Bone challenge it was time to prepare for the Best of Show challenge. For the very first time it would be individual as the owners had to choose which word their dog would represent in a photo shoot. The teams and words were as follows: JD/Galaxy doing sneaky, Beth Joy/Bella Starlet doing mischievous, Bill/Star doing stubborn, Teresa/Leroy doing angry, Ron/Tillman doing lazy, Laurie/Andrew doing curious, Brandy/Beacon doing love, Travis/Presley doing joy and Laura/Preston doing regal.

Most of the owners had an easy time getting their ideas together but Bill and Teresa suffered the most it seems. Bill was VERY nervous about his first photo shoot with Galaxy and he found it hard to think of a pose or idea to represent stubborn. Being so close to Ron and Tillman seemed to help him though as he took a page from their playbook and tried to relax and go with the flow. On the other side was Teresa who had a hard time making her always happy day, Leroy, be angry. She had different methods to do so such as squirting him with lime water and putting a vacuum hose on him. He didn’t like that to much since he bit her, showing he does have some anger in him at least. In the end Laura gave her snarl bands which force the upper lip of the dog to stay up, making them look angry. She didn’t want to use them and used them as a last resort.

When it was time to shoot the photos Travis and Presley were up first. Since Presley is a boxer he loves to jump and that’s what Travis had him doing. When it came time to judging the one judge loved it while the other two found it rather boring as they’ve seen it so many times before. For Galaxy and sneakiness, JD pulled some props from the Dog Bone room and placed Galaxy in a bush/wilderness scene. The way Galaxy hunched his back impressed the judges so much that they named him best in show, rewarding with him with the chance to have the photo in the one magazine ran by the male judge. Pretty impressive! I’m surprised how well JD is doing, although he is a professional dog trainer so I can see why he’s doing so well.

For Laurie her idea for curious came pretty naturally for her and Andrew. Using a telescope she had Andrew peer into it, impressing all the judges and they agreed it would be hard for the type of breed Andrew is to do that. For Bella Starlet and Beth Joy the judges finally had high praises. By pulling off mischievous so well, Beth Joy rewarded Bella with all the bones she used in the photoshoot. Hope it doesn’t ruin her diet! Another one who did rather was Bill. Although he was nervous in the beginning, he pulled off a great stubborn pose by having Star stand there while he tugged on her leash. I didn’t get it at first but once it made sense it was pure greatness. Although she thought she pulled off her pose well, Laura and Preston weren’t a fan favorite of the judges. They though Preston’s simple, to the side, stance wasn’t regal enough but Laura barely squeaked through as she wasn’t in the bottom three.

Leaving only three left that means the remaining three were in the bottom three and could be sent home. Teresa pulled off the angry pose with Leroy very well in the picture, but the judges scolded her for using the snarl bands. Since she had such a hard time in the photoshoot Teresa pulled them out. She said she regretted it but it was too late. Brandi, who thought she was going home for the longest time, was loved by one judge and hated by the others. I must admit her photo of Beacon and love didn’t really show any love at all so there was no surprise she was on the bottom three. Probably the most surprising thing though was who was expelled and that was Tillman and Ron. They were a favorite of mine as they added much needed fun to the show. Ron decided to take the easy route and just let Tillman be Tillman at the lazy photoshoot. Using a black and white picture for his entry, the judges all agreed that he skimmped on the creativity part. One even called it the worst picture of a boxer ever, I’d probably have to agree.

Also CBS is running a “Make Your Dog Famous” section on the Greatest American Dog Website. If you want to find out more you can click here: Vote In Make Your Dog Famous. That’s my puppy Gabby, please vote for her then submit your own dogs for the site!

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With the Mole down to its final four and the identity of the Mole still pretty much a secret things were sure to get interesting. Last week everyone was shocked to learn that Clay was executed but all four were still glad to be in the game. Each had a different strategy for who the Mole was but the missions are what really brought things out in the open. Jumping right into the first mission it was time to bring out the technology that the Mole is known for. Before starting the four were asked to select two “kids at heart” with Paul and Craig being chosen. Paul thought he would be able to work with Craig for once but John switched things up a bit. Each kid at heart would have to work with another person, creating two pairs of one kid at heart and one not kid at heart. They kept the usual pairs which were Paul/Mark and Craig/Nicole.

For the mission each pair would have to complete a set of tasks that were meant for kids. The only catch was the kid at heart would be wearing goggles that were hooked up to a video camera that their partner would be operating. Essentially they could only see what their partner showed them and everything would be backwards. The first task was fairly simple: putting blocks into the hole that they were shaped for. Paul had a fairly easy time getting all the blocks together while Craig stumbled a bit. On this task Paul showed some Mole behaviour by blaming “noise” in the camera while Nicole kept an odd angle on the block and also spoke when she wasn’t allowed to.

The next task was a bit harder and neither Craig nor Paul finished it. They had to kick two soccer balls into a goal. Mark seemed to think Paul was acting Moleish at this point while Nicole though Craig was too since they felt the soccer kick should be rather easy. For the third task both Paul and Craig had to pour tea into four small teacups without dumping any tea. Paul ended up getting two out of the three he filled while Craig only got one. He bumped the table which seemed Moleish for sure but then again Nicole kept wiggling the camera. For the fourth and final task the producers once again put the players into the air. Paul and Craig had to first walk across half a plank that was supsended between two buildings. After they picked up a piece of chalk they had only one minute to cross the rest of the plank and right down the phrase at the end. Paul finished with only a few seconds to spare while Craig got to the end of the plank just as time ran out. In the end Paul/Mark added $18,000 to the pot while Craig/Nicole added $4,500.

During the break between missions it seemed as if two new coalitions were formed between odd pairings. Mark and Craig took the “nice guys” side while Nicole and Paul, somehow bonded, to form the “evil team”. At the next mission these two teams were shown to be helpful as they were playing a first individual challenge that morphed into a group challenge. Oh they were also playing for a very coveted final exemption. The objective of the mission was to be the first to finish a word puzzle. The first to do so would get to become the sniper. The remaining three would then had to maneuver through an obstacle course while avoiding being shot at by the paint balls from the sniper. For each person who got through the course without being hit would add $15,000. If the sniper hit the person holding the exemption card they would get the exemption and be safe from execution.

During the word puzzle everyone seemed to stumble but Mark quickly got it together and became the sniper and only person eligible for the exemption. Although Nicole and Craig finished the word puzzle early as well, they waited for Paul since he was the only one who ever played paintball before. This seemed to work to their advantage as he helped them move through the course. Paul and Nicole moved well together as they moved in-sync while Craig pulled his weight by moving when he had a chance. Towards the end Mark finally got the hang of the gun and ended up hitting Nicole. While Mark was celebrating Paul dashed to the finish and got through safely. Knowing he had a shot Craig also tried to run but was hit by Mark, giving them only $15,000 for the pot and Mark two chances for the exemption.

When it was revealed that Craig did hold the exemption card, Paul didn’t take it too well. He let everyone know that he wasn’t happy with someone, besides him of course, having safety in the final four and guaranteeing Mark a spot in the finals. When it came time for the quiz to be taken both Nicole and Paul finally buried the hatchet as they agreed that they played similar games. At that point I think they both realized they weren’t the Mole and that pointed them at two others players. We know that Nicole and Paul were targetting Craig for the quiz but Craig’s target was somewhat unknown. In the end Paul was executed and he said he knew he was going. Next week we have the final missions so it should be interesting. I’m still not sure if its the finale or not but if I find out I’ll let you know. Oh and if you want to know my prediction for the Mole: I think its Craig. What do you guys think? Leave a comment and discuss who you think is the Mole!

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