GO, DOG, GO!(The Talk of the Town)(dog shows)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 27-FEB-06

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A couple of years ago, on a snowy December weekend in Chicago, Liz Hansen slipped and broke an ankle while crossing the street. She was on her way to a dog show, where she'd planned to enter her standard schnauzer, Seasar. She told the orthopedist, "This foot has to be functional by the second Monday in February, because I will show my dog at Westminster." It was, she did, and Seasar won the Westminster Kennel Club's best-of-breed distinction.

Last Monday, the second this February, Hansen slipped on her way up the snowy steps to Madison Square Garden and broke a wrist. She...

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