Animal House

Vivi fans are buzzing over the recent New York Times article about the wayward whippet and the psychic efforts to find her. (Not a new angle -- animal communicators were involved in the search, almost from day one. Remember the telepath who saw her on a ship with French sailors, and she was wearing a beret?)

There were, however, a couple of boo-boos, chief among them the statement that Vivi breeder Bo Bengtson skipped the Garden last year. If that is the case, then the tall blond fellow with the Swedish accent that I sat next to at the press table last February was some convincing apparition.

Also, despite what the piece said, Vivi's owner, Jil Walton, will not be at Westminster this year, as she doesn't own any show dogs now. But she did recently get another whippet puppy, and we wish her all the best.