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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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Atright:CoadyEganwithSadie.

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