The Gossip Column: October 21, 2022

Moving on down the road from the rural greenery of Pennsylvania to the West Coast of Florida: Professional handlers ROXANNE & JESSY SUTTON and their bright, beautiful, talented and athletic daughter CHARLIZE are packing in the winters. They leave a huge void in the Northeast, where they became a very successful pair of handlers. They will be missed by the many friends they leave behind. All of us at DOG NEWS send our very best wishes. ...

JD & TARA MARTIN ROWELL have been taking in the sights of some more European cities as they take a river cruise down the Rhine River. ...

The Montgomery County Kennel Club Best in Show judge KAREN WILSON, one of the only American judges on the panel of the WORLD DOG SHOW, to take place in early December in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is awaiting the birth of her 23rd great-grandchild. Congratulations. ...

Timing is everything, so they say, and it is unfortunate that the WORLD DOG SHOW is being held the weekend before all the Orlando dog shows. The kennel club in Brazil wanted to hold the show during the 2022 calendar year to coincide with their 100th anniversary. Unfortunately, Covid and the rescheduling of the World Dog Show in Madrid resulted in the show-date change. Unfortunate because the size of their entry would be increased if more Americans supported the entry and flew to Brazil. Not only a chance to exhibit but to visit a beautiful country with so much to offer its visitors. But logistically, it’s a matter of time, as one would have to fly to Brazil and then quickly turn around and travel to Orlando. Doable, but not easily. As for Orlando, the entries are now open for the three-day event, which includes the Friday all-breed Puppy and Junior Stakes and National Owner Handled Series finals, followed by the two-day AKC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY ROYAL CANIN. ...

Part of that Orlando week is the very popular and well attended and supported CANINES & COCKTAILS party underwritten by TINA & BILL TRUESDALE to benefit the AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION. It’s a wonderful night where you can knock back a few and kick up your heels. A benefit that the TRUESDALES have underwritten for many years. ...

All the years you heard about coyotes attacking dogs, you sympathized with our neighbors out West who had to consider this threat as real. Now with climate change and other factors, coyotes have been sighted in New York City and Long Island. A situation unheard of in years past. ...

Longtime Dachshund breeder and Hound Group judge FRAN COLONNA has passed away. Our deepest sympathies to her family.