10 Questions ...

Profession: Retired from hair dressing

Dog-sport involvement: Breeder, owner and handler of Pomeranians and Azawakh

Hometown: Bassett, Virginia

Astrological sign: Aries

1. Do you have any dog-show superstitions?  

I don’t.

2. TV-show guilty pleasure?

Animal Planet.

3. If you were president of AKC for one day, what would you do?  

Have a glass of wine.

4. Most valued material possession?

My mother’s chain.

5. What is something no one would guess about you?

How sweet I can be.

6. Who would you compare yourself to?

No one, because I like to always be myself.

7. What are you “famous” for?

For making desserts.

8. What website do you visit most often?

AKC to register my litters and check on points.

9. What was more memorable, your most satisfying win or disappointing defeat? And what was it?

My second national Best in Show win under the wonderful Mrs. Michele Billings was my most satisfying, and we have won 12 nationals. The most disappointed defeat is when a breeder-judge is judging pedigrees in the ring.

10. What do you wish someone would ask you?

The details of my two breeds.