Westminster has done their best to make the place look like home. The club’s colors and logo define the territory the moment you arrive at the Piers. Even so, long time Westminster exhibitors better brace themselves for a shock when they enter this big, rambling show site. Overall, you will probably come away from the […]
Lynn H. Butler Going to the Dog Show 11 January – 23 February 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, 10 January, 6 to 8 PM Book signing and special opening February 9th 1 to 5 PM Her images, reflect her deep concerns for the protection of the landscapes and animals that are her artistic canvases. Dogs and their […]
– A Commitment to Serving Our Customers – New York, NY – Shortly after the end of World War II, a family purchased a dog and registered it with the American Kennel Club in their daughter’s name. That registration decision was certainly a nice way of saying to their daughter, “This dog is yours […]
102 – The Annual, 2012-13 by Kerry Rushby During the warm UK summer, I had a very exciting trip to undertake. The opportunity to travel to the Emerald Isle otherwise known as Ireland to exhibit my dogs presented itself and I jumped at the chance. Let me tell you a bit about the ‘Munster Circuit’. […]
144 – Annual, 2012-13 By Fran Reisman photo by Steve Surfman Many years ago, I think it must be at least 30 by now, my sisters and I went to the then-“must-go-to-show” – The Kennel Club of Philadelphia. Accompanying us was a surprise visitor from California and his famous Borzoi who was entered at the […]
260 – The Annual, 2012-13 By Chris Robinson One crisp fall morning a few years ago, hunting upland birds on my late partner’s conservation reserve program land in central Nebraska, I was tuned in to the tinkling of the melodious Swiss sheep bell on my Brittany. The bell was a necessity because the cover in […]
354 – The Annual, 2012-13 by Peter Baynes When we travel by air on vacation, or for pleasure, our arrangements are usually pretty fluid. In fact, despite my wife’s panicky looks, I have been able to negotiate some great deals by volunteering to skip an overbooked flight. Even if a flight is delayed, I sometimes […]
498 – Annual, 2012-2013 by Amy Fernandez By now, you’ve probably heard more than enough about Superstorm Sandy. Even so, it’s hard to envision the surrealism of Monday, October 29. This incident might bring this disaster into focus. At the height of the storm, a little bar in Mill Basin, Brooklyn was ripped from its […]
580 – Annual, 2012-13 by Kerry Rushby Photographs by Svetlana Valueava Against a background of economic recession, social network disagreements and a campaign to stop people going to Romania, the organizers of the 2012 European Show came through with flying colors to surprise many detractors with a show that grew in stature over its four […]
Golden Retrievers (61), Labradors (54) and Rhodesian Ridgebacks (50) lead the way; Entries come from all 50 states, most from New York (287) and California (228) Entries from all 50 states and several foreign countries have helped to give the 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, to be held in New York City […]
