[Magdalen] Westminster.

[Charles Wohlers]

Well, since we had springer spaniels when growing up, that's my favorite. 
They *really* don't like to be left alone, but wonderful otherwise. After 
retirement, my parents had golden retrievers, which I don't care for. Very 
affectionate, but also very dumb.

I must mention here that Lee's oldest sister was (at the time, maybe still) 
the youngest person to ever win at Westminster, for best brace of dogs. She 
was (IIRC) 10 at the time, so this would have been in the late 40's. We also 
have a framed copy of a magazine ad for Purina, which features a cute little 
girl (Lee, age 7 or so) with a couple of the shelties they raised. Shelties, 
being herding dogs, are fine with me.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Weigel
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:03 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Westminster.

Well, I don't care for terriers, even though I grew up with one. My
favorites are the Herding and Working groups. Ot's a personal thing,
obviously. The BIS is simply about which dog is the best example of not
only its breed, but its group, and I disagreed mightily with that choice.
I'm not a particular fan of beagles, but she didn't strike me as a really
great one, either. I thought the English Springer was the best last night,
although I was secretly pulling for either the Portuguese Water Dog or the
Shih Tzu, neither of which breed would I particularly want to own. S/O,
having grown up with Springers, was smitten.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > Anyway, it's over for another year with a beagle named Best in Show.
>
>
> Wish I could have watched. I adore Airedale Terriers especially. They're 
> so
> huggable! Obviously I have a keen technical interest in breed
> characteristics. :)
>
> And the hilarious film Best in Show is a must-see, perhaps especially 
> right
> after seeing the real Westminster.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>