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n one of those ‘whose name is it and who owns it?’, the American Kennel Club has changed the name of its highly anticipated dog collar from WOOFTAGG to WOOFTALE. Whose name is it registered in is a good question to ask. In other kennel club news, GLENN LYCAN has been transferred from the DNA/ Customer Service Department to the Events Department to become co-director alongside ALAN SLAY to report to DOUG LUNDGREN, with GLENN becoming the “front person” to deal with clubs. SHEILA GOFFE, Director of AKC’s Government Relations Department, reported to CYNTHIA BEAGLES in the Legal Department. Now SHEILA will report to CHRIS WALKER, VP of the Marketing/Communications Department, which oversees the Public Relations Department. Why GR should be in PR is another question to ask. It seems that the big shadow of CHRIS WALKER grows and grows. That’s the latest change; needless to say more will come. It’s Spring, time for rice throwing…on April 8th former professional handler and whippet fancier LORI WILSON will marry terrier group judge ROBERT PAUST in Modesto, California. LORI & BOBBY have settled in Modesto. LORI, of course, had a very successful handling career, breaking many show records along the way. BOBBY spent many years in Sweden with his former wife and returned Stateside much to everyone’s delight. All of us at DOG NEWS send our very best wishes. ROBIN SEAMAN, one of the nicest people I have ever met (and we met a long time ago), whose name is synonymous with Newfoundlands, is to be married to handler and one of the unsung heroes who helped everyone find their benching at the Garden, NORMAN GRENIER, on May 16th. RICHARD REYNOLDS is off to judge his first overseas judging assignment. He will travel to New Zealand for Easter weekend to judge a Beagle specialty and a hound show. The last of the “DANDY DOZEN,” the twelve gentlemen that ran the Kennel Club of Philadelphia, CHARLES SCHAEFER, has passed away. He along with some boldface names like CHUCK O’NEILL, BILLY KENDRICK, STUART COCHRANE, SAM EWING, COUNCIL PARKER, ALAN ROBSON, and SAM PEACOCK ran Philadelphia when it was a must to attend on everyone’s show calendar. Together with his wife NINA SCHAEFER they bred and exhibited Siberian huskies and went on to judge. NINA and CHARLIE both became Delegates, supporters of the AKC Canine Health Foundation, and NINA went on to successfully run for the Board of Directors, on which she served for eight years. All of us at DOG NEWS send our deepest sympathies to NINA and family.
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the Gossip column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris