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hiswasoursecondyearofbeinginvolvedinthisevent
anditdidn’tdisappoint!Theatmosphereisalways
electricwithpeoplebustlingabout.Setupdaystartson
Friday,withthemaineventonSaturdayandSunday.
Thisyearwerequestedadoubleboothtoallowforplenty
ofroomforvisitorstomeetandgreetthedogs.Ourlocation
wasideal,rightatthetopoftheaisle,sowehadplentyof
visibilityandalotoftrafficbythebooth.
WearrivedonFriday,foundourlocationandthenstaked
outourterritory.Uponcloserinspectionwenotedthatour
boothwasmissingacoupleofkeyelements,asidecurtain
andasidebanquettable,whichwouldgivebetterdefinition
totheareaofthebooth.Wellthatjustwouldn'tdo,so
MarthaStewartIngherandIquicklysetoutonarecon
missionandwithinnotimeatall,ourboothhadeverything
thatitneededandthensome!Itpaystobetheearlybird
(orPeeb)!
Thisyearweusedthehuntingscenebackdropthatwas
debutedattheMeettheBreedseventinNewYorkattheJav-
itsCenterearlierintheyear.Thepanelisquitebeautifuland
veryeye-catching.Theotheritematthebooththatattracted
alotofattentionwasthewooden
fencewiththePBGVsrunningto-
wardthebunny.Weentertaineda
lotofquestionsaboutthebackdrop
andthefencefromthegeneral
publicandfrommembersofother
breedclubs.Thefenceisonloan
fromBarbaraandGaryOxholm;
wethankthemagainforlettingus
displayitinthebooth.
Anunexpectedbenefitgained
fromaneventlikethisisthe
opportunitytointeractwithpeople
fromtheotherclubsandbeableto
shareinformationandideas.
Manyboothsaresimplydoneandsomearevery
elaborate.Therealattractionforourboothwasthe
PBGVsthemselves.
Eachofthedogswas
suchagreatexample
ofthespiritofthe
breed.Theywerevery
outgoing,happy
ambassadorsforthe
breed.Theyworked
thecrowdanddrew
peopleoverquite
expertly.Ofcoursewe
keptthebasketwell
stockedwithcandyand
hadplentyofwaterand
treatsforthedogs.
Itissuchapleasureto
introducepeopleto
PBGVs.Manyhaveheard
aboutthebreedbuthave
neverseenoneinperson.
Theyaresoappreciativeandexcitednotonlytoseeone
buttobeabletointeractwithaPBGVandeventohavea
picturetakenwithone.Peopleaskedlotsofgoodquestions.
Wehadlotsofeducationalmaterialavailable.
Severalmemberswereattheeventandstoppedbyto
helpwiththebooth,bringadogoverorjusttosayhello.
LindleyHensonbroughtFriday(ownedbyKarenClugston)
overtobethebooth.Karenstoppedbylatertohelp.Jill
FitzgeraldbroughtQuincyandSheltontothebooth.Robyn
andGenShavewereattheboothwith
Hottiebothdays.MeganEscherick’sMuse
joinedusonSunday.KatherineHowell
andSparkswerepartofthe
festivities.PaulaDePalma,LoriMegli,
BonnieLapham,SueSmyth,BettyBarth
andPamHelmerhelpedoutwiththedogs
andinformationatthebooth.Sandy
Bustin,SusannahCooperandPink
stoppedbytosayhello.
MeettheBreedsisnotthetypeof
eventthatcanbedonebyonlyoneor
twopeople.Thankssomuchtoeveryone
whocamebyandhelpedout;wecouldn’t
havedoneitwithoutallofyou!
I
byHelenIngherandLindaMurray
MeettheBreed:Orlando
I
MeettheBreedsreturnstoOrlando’s
OrangeCountyConventionCenter
Clockwise,from
topleft:The
PBGVbooth;Jill
Fitzgeraldand
Shelton;Lindley
Hensenwith
Friday;Robyn
ShavandHottie
greetavisitor.