10 Questions ...

Profession:
Retired CEO

Dog-sport involvement:
Breeder of Whippets, judge, lure coursing enthusiast

Hometown:
Seattle, Washington 

Astrological sign:
Libra

1. Do you have any dog-show superstitions?  
If a lady bug lands on me, the judge will point to my dog.

2. TV-show guilty pleasure?

The Crown and Seinfeld reruns.

3. If you were president of AKC for one day, what would you do?  
Make it mandatory to be proven in breed performance (coursing for sighthounds) in order to obtain a AKC Championship in the ring.

4. Most valued material possession?

 My dogs and my husband. Not necessarily in that order.

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

That I love all dogs, across the board.

6. Who would you compare yourself to?
No one I can possibly imagine!

7. What are you “famous” for? 

 Posting historical pictures of whippets on my Facebook page in 2020 during Covid.

8. What are your thoughts on Social Media?
Facebook is a lot of fun if it focuses on dogs, pictures of dogs, educational information on dogs, basically dogs! Otherwise it can be pure poison for some. 

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

Winning my 1993 American Whippet Club National with a dog I bred.

10. What do you wish someone  would ask you?
Would you like to judge whippets at Crufts?