From The CC Vault: Looking Around With Lee – Immigrant Handlers’ Stories

By Lee Canalizo

Originally Published July 2018

My article this month is in response to the news we hear daily with regard to new people coming to our shores.

I can only write about what I know and the following is a bit about those I know who immigrated to the USA and found their place in our dog show world!

Going way back, the most prominent U.S. import would have to be Peter Green who is judging Best in Show at Westminster in 2019. He came, he saw and he certainly conquered!

Others who came to the USA and joined our ranks decades ago include Andrew Peel, Ernesto Lara, Kaz Hozaka, Christian Manelopoulos and Gabriel Rangel.

There are more worthwhile folks you see in the ring today than I can mention in this limited space. They all have made a successful life for themselves. Today I present the stories of the ones I know best and have had the opportunity to get to know more closely. I’m proud to say we welcomed them and watched them succeed here in the United States of America.

I say welcome to them and those who follow! Read their stories here: https://bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/?i=509333&p=148&view=issueViewer

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