By: DaisyMaybe I was so focused on rooting for my fellow Westies at the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) dog show in New York City Tuesday that I got a little too hot under my collar at the anti-Mitt Romney demonstrators outside.
Led by the "Dogs Against Romney" advocacy group, 12 courageous people and several dogs (including a bull terrier and a pug) stood outside the show at Madison Square Garden for about a half-hour to call attention to Romney's putting his Irish setter atop the family station wagon on a cross-country trip in 1983.
In my Tuesday column, I didn't give the protestors much love, saying they should go where Romney is (check Arizona or Michigan, as both have GOP presidential primaries approaching) and not disrupt the venerable dog show. Well, the protestors didn't entirely get some love from passers-by either. The AP reported that one man yelled out "Dogs don't vote!" (No, but our human companions do.) Yet the group did get respect from the American Kennel Club.
"The AKC promotes responsible dog ownership," spokeswoman Lisa Peterson told the AP. "Putting a dog in a crate for car travel is the first step toward responsible dog ownership ... The second step would be to put that crate in a car."
So to "Dogs Against Romney," I say, good work yesterday. Even though a Peke won best in show and no Westies placed in the top four for best of breed, I feel hopeful for the future.
Daisy is a 9-year-old West Highland white terrier living in Cambridge, Mass. Her column runs weekly (and sometimes more, when she has a chance to reflect).
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