[Ag-eq] Westminster Dog Show

Sat Feb 17 15:35:16 UTC 2018

Well, Matt narrowed his list down to 3, leaning mostly to the Britny
Spaniel.  The main thing is that the males are between 30 and 40
pounds and the females are 20 to 30 pounds.  Short haired with
feathering on back of legs with a short or stubby tail.  Also, there
are 6 AKC breeders in Virginia.

The absolute must that has to be checked with the breeder is they have
to be screened for the blood dis order of hemophilia.  Males suffer
from it more, but females can be carriers.

One thing that was stressed while watching the dog show was the
misconception that buying a mixed breed like those crossed with
poodles, does not filter out health problems in the other breeds.  All
it does is increase the chance of disorders because now you have added
the possibilities of problems that the poodles are known for.

Susan
dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com

On 2/17/18, Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> A couple years back, my brother bought one of those "designer" dogs, aka a
> mixed breed.  It is billed as a miniature golden, and is a golden mixed
> with
> some kind of spaniel to keep it small-medium-sized.  Sounds like a nice
> idea
> to me.  And I bet she's adorable as all-get-out.  Just mentioning it.
> Full of curiosity as to what Matt fancies.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Matt was real interested in the agility compotition and I think that every
> other dog that went up, he'd say that was the dog he wanted.
> Just listening to him had me doubled over laughing.  He was like a kid in a
> candy shop!  He has widdled his dog list from 28 to 6.  I'll let you know
> what his two final dogs to choose from will be.  He is looking for
> something
> between a spaniel or a terrier, but the terriers don't do well with smaller
> animals.  So, we'll see what comes out in the wash.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com
>
> On 2/16/18, Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Wow Susan, congratulations to your cousin!
>> I watched the dogshow!  My mother was into showing.  Her breed was
>> Irish wolfhounds, and, later, she got a nice Brussells griffon.  We
>> went to Westminster a couple times.  It was fun to meet different
>> dogs, but it was also really crowded.  Oh, and it was fun to walk
>> around the vendors, and see all the dog-related stuff.  Equipment,
>> toys, treats, jewelry ... you name it, it was probably there
>> somewhere.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of dogwood
>> farm via Ag-eq
>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:54 PM
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>> Cc: dogwood farm
>> Subject: [Ag-eq] Westminster Dog Show
>>
>> I don't know if anyone on the list watched the dog show earlier this
>> week, but my husband and I did and now we are doing the happy dance!
>> You ask
>>  why?  Well, I'll tell you.
>>
>> My cousin, Wes, breeds and shows Golden Retreavers and has done so for
>> quite a  while.  His two year old male, Decoy qualified to participate
>> in the Westminster dog show in New York, which happened the first of
>> this  week.
>> There were over 201 breeds represented and over 2,800 dogs and
>> representing all 50 states and 16 countries.  The Golden Retreaver
>> class had 52 dogs and Decoy won Reserve Grand Champion.  This means he
>> was the number 2 dog in all the AKC showings.
>>
>> Matt already has a list of breeds he is researching for another inside
> dog.
>> Matt was texting Wes the entire time they were in New York.  I told
>> Wes that if Matt had gone with them, they would have had to leave him
>> in the room because he would have driven them crazy wanting to be
>> everywhere seeing/petting/hugging any dog he could have gotten hold
>> of.  .  Wes said there were so many people there that they couldn't
>> even get close to watch his class, so they found someone who was
>> sitting in the front row to film it for them.  Decoy's handler was
>> suppose to be a guy named David, however, when they  arrived and while
>> unloading the cages, there was greese on the floor and David slipped
>> and face planted flat on the floor.  He spent all of Monday in the
>> emergency room because they thought he tore his rotater cuff.  David's
>> wife Jennifer, had to fly up from Georgia to show the remaining 3
>> dogs.  He was showing/handleing 5 dogs in the two days.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com
>>
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