AKC MEET THE BREEDS® at Westminster by J NMcGINNIS III, CHAIR BEST BOOTH CONTEST
Photos by David Woo, AKC One of the most exciting—and perhaps taxing—judging exercises at this year’s
these people put in a full day’s work sorting through and sorting out 136 elabo- rate breed booths according to the criteria set
Westminster must be that of the AKC MEET THE BREEDS® BEST BOOTH CONTEST. Below you see a glimpse of the crowd that pours in for this very special event—and this photo was taken moments after the doors opened! Above is the judging panel, left to right: Bud Boccone, Jacquelyn Fogel, Christopher Sweetwood, John Morris, Patti Wilson, Lauren Friedman, yours truly, Linda Morris, Red & Denise Tatro, and Liz Donovan. Trust me,
forth in our “Standard”: is the booth a) impressive (obvi- ously very labor-intense); b) educational, c) entertaining, and d) approachable (family friendly, pettable dogs on hand)? Exhibits are scored 1-10 in each catageory and believe me, there are a lot of perfect scores. Judging is much more difficult than it sounds, and if you were there, you saw why. We’ll try to share with you the highlights...>
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