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’vebeentoanAKCMeettheBreedseventatNewYork’s
JacobJavitsConventionCenterseveraltimesbefore,but
thisyearforthefirsttimeItookadogofmyown,my
year-and-a-halfSusie.Itissomuchfunseeingthereactions
ofpeopleastheyseeandinteractwithaPBGV,andthisyear
itwasextraspecialbecausemylittlegirlwastheregiving
kisses,acceptingbellyrubsandbeingagreatambassador
forthebreed.
AlsotherewithaPBGV,Sadie,wasCoadyEganandher
friendAaron.ThenextdayLisaBlizzardwastherewith
RemyandLander,ShelleyBarclayandMonaStileshad
Homer,andNickandPatReadinghadMargeau,Goliard,
andpuppyCamille.NextdoorintheGBGVarea,Betty
Barthhadbroughtacoupleofdogsincludinga7-month-old
puppy(theygetbigfast!),andFranEspositoandJean
FinneganalsobroughtGBGVs.Ontheothersidewere
severalbassets.
Againthereweremorethan200breedsofdogsandcats
present,manyvendorsandorganizationswithbooths,and
tensofthousandsofvisitorspackedtheaisles.
“Dotheyhavehairorfur?”Yes.Andalldogsshed—as
doallpeople.“Aretheygoodapartmentdogs?”They’lldo
fineinanapartment,buttheydoneedsomeexercise.“Are
theygoodwithkids?”Absolutely.“Aretheyfurrybassets?”
No.Takealookatthebassetsrightoverthere,notethe
differentbonestructureofthesebreeds—they’renot
reallyrelated.
WeagainhadGBGVs,PBGVsandbassetsrightnextto
eachotherinanextendedbooth.BettyBarthhaddesigned
anewphotobackdropforthethreebreedswith“basset”in
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Meet
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Anoverviewofthebassetboothspace.
Atright:CoadyEganwithSadie.
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