Comments on: Westminster vignettes: Dogs and hotdogs

By: Kim Campbell Thornton

Kim Campbell Thornton — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:13:48 +0000

Sorry, Carol; they did sneak by me when I was writing this.

By: LK

LK — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:25:12 +0000

Smasher is a wonderful dog. I’m sad to see him retiring. He gave me the most beautiful puppy in the world.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:18:23 +0000

Ummm….

he breeds showing today belong to the Hound, Terrier and Herding Groups.

Did you forget about the non sporting group? There are quite a lot of us, you know.

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:39:59 +0000

Thanks so much. So nice of you to respond so quickly! Sounds like you are having a fabulous time!

By: Kim Campbell Thornton

Kim Campbell Thornton — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:20:37 +0000

Allan Reznik, the editor of Dog World, co-owns a Tibetan Mastiff. I saw one in passing today, but unfortunately didn’t get a chance to meet it or see any others.

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:13:54 +0000

Please, please please see if you can find out about the Tibetan mastiffs. I’ve seen them in the countryside in Mongolia and, actually, have some pictures of them on my blog at http://www.foxstudio.wordpress.com, category “Mongolia”.

I had no idea that there were any in this country. There is concern for their continued survival as a breed in Mongolia, due to crossing with feral dogs of other breeds, like the German Shepherd guard dogs that the Russians left behind when they pulled their troops out of Mongolia around 1991. But one does still see the real thing around the herder’s gers in the countryside.

I’ve also seen clearly purebred GSD’s roaming around the capital, Ulaanbaatar, too. So sad.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:44:40 +0000

I would LOVE to see Kate Eldredge and her mom, Dr. Deb! Guess I should have gone. :(