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The Gossip Column: July 8, 2022

Newest AKC field rep, Covid hits Westminster

Hope you had a Happy Fourth of July. Talk about going out with a bang and on top: Just days after guiding that beautiful English Setter to the number-one spot as the WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB Sporting Group winner, co-breeder, co-owner and handler AMANDA CIARAVINO has been hired as the newest American Kennel Club field representative. So, double congratulations on a great win along with your co-breeders and owners and your new job. ...

Several cases of Covid were reported from the recent WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB show, from the Best in Show judge DON STURZ on down to our own office manager DARLENE BELLO. Glad to report none seem to be too serious, as they were all vaccinated. ...

SCOTT SOMMER – remember him? – is recuperating from recent surgery. He has been keeping a low profile and enjoying life. ...

While small in number and close to the bottom of the list of most popular breeds, the mighty HOLCOMBE HUNT Harriers are the first working hounds to qualify for the CRUFTS DOG SHOW. They were in the conformation classes at the 2022 CRUFTS show for the first time since 1898. ...

A recent article in THE NEW YORK TIMES tells of a new species of tick and its far-reaching expansion, which is causing great alarm. One in particular is the Asian longhorned tick, whose females can reproduce without a male in a process called parthenogenesis. They have been known to mass-attack cattle, causing them to die by bleeding. ...

I know it’s preaching to the choir, but it bears repeating: The rise in French Bulldog thefts is alarming. So be extra careful when exercising them or leaving them unattended in a yard or ex-pen. There was a recent report that a man from Korea purchased a “lilac” colored French Bulldog for $100,000. ...

We were saddened to hear that multiple group judge RUTH ZIMMERMAN has resigned due to health reasons. We were saddened to hear that Working and Herding group judge EVIE SULLIVAN has passed away. Our deepest sympathies to her family. ...

Celebrating Birthdays … MARIPI WOOLDRIDGE, LAURA KING, MICHELLE SCOTT, PAT BILLHARDT, BRUCE SCHWARTZ,  CLAY COADY, ANGELA BOOTH, GREG MCCARTHY, DAN BUCHWALD, MARY CLEGG, JOSHUA DESROSIERS, PHYLLIS WRIGHT, DELORES BURKHOLDER, LINDA ROWELL, MARK THRELFALL, CANDY CARRELL, MICHELLE STEELE, BILL DOTY, JIMMY BETTIS, MARK BETTIS, MARY ELLEN THOMAS, TERRI GALLE, TRACY ABREU, FRED BASSETT, DANA GABEL, GEOFF DAWSON, WENDY ANDERSON, MILTON LOPES, STACEY BORRMANN, GRACE ACOSTA, BOB SHREVE, JAMIE DONELSON, PAM WINTER, JANINA LAURIN, PHIL MARSMAN and MINTA WILLIQUETTE.

 

 

 

 

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