Pug Breed Magazine - Showsight

A CELEBRATION OF PUGS

DORIS ALDRICH

1. Where do you live and what do you do outside of dogs? Pelham, Massachusetts. I am retired and just enjoying life. 2. Number of years owning and/or showing Pugs? 42 years ago—I started in obedience. 3. What is di ff erent now about the sport from when you started? Too many professional handlers—they socialize with all the judges, making it di ffi cult for the owner/handler. 4. Describe the Pug in three words: Entertaining, funny and loving. 5. What about the breed makes it a great show dog? Th ey love being the center of whatever is going on. 6. What advice would you give a newcomer? Enjoy your time together—they are show dogs for a short time, have fun. 7. What is your funniest experience at a dog show? Th e Pug is very entertaining so it is hard to pick out one thing they have done to make you laugh. JUDY BROWN

I have always had a dog or dogs in my life. I started dog showing when the last of 6 boys I raised left for college. I missed going to all the sporting events. I decided on pugs because I had rescued a black pug from our Humane Soci- ety for my parents. I fell in love with him. My husband then surprised me with a little fawn pug puppy he bought from a backyard breeder in India- napolis for my birthday. I was smitten with the breed. My foundation is from Peachtree Pugs in Georgia. Although I love my fawns my true love is the blacks. Currently I have both black and fawn pugs in my house, along with Tibetan Spaniels. I have been showing Tibetan Spaniels for 7 years. I also have a Tibetan Mastiff. He is my therapy dog. I use him with the special needs children I work with at Head Start where I am Disability/Mental Health/Transition Manager. 1. Where do you live and what do you do outside of dogs? I live in Logansport, Indiana. I garden, read, and spend time with family and friends. I also like to travel but other than a summer vacation with my I’ve been in the breed for 15 years. I first owned a Pug 20 years ago; it was a pet pug from a backyard breeder before I knew better. My first show with a Pug was in Louisville, KY, in 2002. I received a pretty cobalt blue vase for winning open black bitch. I was thrilled. family most of my travel has been to dog shows. 2. Number of years owning and/or showing Pugs?

3. What is di ff erent now about the sport from when you started? Th e blacks have gotten so much better in the last 15 years, much more substance and big round wrinkled heads. When I first started in Pugs everyone was so friendly, we would have pitch-ins at the dog shows and there seemed to be a lot of encouragement between exhibitors. Now there are like little cliques, and so much back-stabbing. I see this everywhere I travel. I show another breed also and the people are much friendlier, welcoming and encouraging.

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