The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show isn't just a dog show anymore ... it's a phenom. Long before the show airs Monday and Tuesday on the USA Network, dog-folk are running amok all over Manhattan, from invitation-only parties to the dog-writers dinner. (Of course we dog writers have an association. Heck, even the cat people do.)
Starting tomorrow morning, dog-show judges congregate over bagels and Splenda-spiked decaf to learn more about the fine points of the canines they canvas. On the docket are two newcomers to the American Kennel Club that you won't see on the green carpet at the Garden -- at least, not this year: the imposing Tibetan mastiff and the low-legged Swedish Vallhund.
For those who definition of canine art rises above a Chudleigh e-card, there's the special exhibition at the William Secord Gallery of canine-centric artist Christine Merrill. (Among her clients: Oprah and Barbara Taylor Bradford.)
A smidge uptown, Doyle New York has its eighth annual Dogs In Art auction, with the gavel falling Tuesday at 1 p.m. The reserve prices are a little less dear at Bonhams' Dog Sale.
And then there's the show itself. Among the 2,500 handlers vying for a Best of Breed ribbon, and the chance to look 10 pounds heavier on television, will be yours truly, showing a handsome Rhodesian Ridgeback named Barnum. Ours is a long-distance relationship -- he lives outside of Philly, I'm on Long Island -- and we haven't seen each other in more than a year. But once we reunited, it should be like old times. Should being the operative word.
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