The Gossip Column: August 2, 2024
An interesting statistic: July 26 was National Dog Photography Day, and to help with the celebration A&T TRAINED DOGS compiled a list of the five most popular breeds whose photographs appeared on Instagram. The top five were French Bulldogs with 39.8 million hashtags; Golden Retrievers with 38 million hashtags; Chihuahuas with 37.1 million hashtags; Labrador Retrievers with 27.3 million hashtags, and Siberian Huskies with 24.9 million hashtags. ...
Native-born son PETER GREEN is off to Wales to attend the Welsh Kennel Club dog show, where BETH SWEIGART will be judging; traveling with them will be ERNEST LARA. ...
The MILLNERS, TOMMY & MERRY JEANNE, are once again vacationing in Manda Bay, Kenya. It’s a destination I've visited many times, as I’ve been a regular yearly traveler to Kenya since 2001. A little travel advice, after or before going on safari: Fly to the coast, whether it be Manda Bay, Diani Beach or Watamu— you can’t beat the warm ocean or the stretches of white-sand beaches. ...
Great news that JAMES REYNOLDS has improved so much from his recent illness that he will be permanently moving into the Waterford Grand Residence on August 9. Certainly the most popular Canadian judge here in the United States, JIM will cancel some upcoming shows but hopes to return to judging in the future. We all look forward to the day. Another well-known and popular judge, SHIRLEY LIMOGES, also resides at Waterford. I’m sure both of them would love to hear from their many friends: Barrhaven Grand Retirement Residence, 121 Marketplace Avenue, Nepean, Ontario, K2J 6M6, Canada. ...
Well-known Miniature Pinscher and Whippet fancier KATIE WINTERS has passed away. For more than five decades, she bred those two breeds and was approved to judge them. ...
Celebrating Birthdays … CINDY VOGELS, DENNIS O’CONNOR, WOOD WORNALL (who is enjoying his new life in the West Coast waterfront home that he shares with fiancée BARBARA BENTLEY), LORENE HOGAN, NORM KENNEY, LISA MILLER, LISA BETTIS, GLEN LAJESKI, ROZ KRAMER, DEVON KIPP KEITH, JUDY VANDERLIP, WENDY PINTO, VICKY COOK, BILL SAHLOFF, HIROTO SHIMIZU, LYNN MEYER, NIKKI RIGGSBEE, MERRY JEANNE MILLNER, JEFF HANLIN, CONNERY COLE, KAREN SPEY, GUSTAVO MOLINARI, DOROTHEA HAND, THERESA NEBITT, DAVID FITZPATRICK, TOM WEIGAND, KENNY SAENZ and TONY DINARDO.