Long before Malachy the Pekingese won “Best in Show” at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club competition, Lad the collie had his own adventures at that annual event at Madison Square Garden. Albert Payson Terhune describes them in two tales in Lad: A Dog, a collection of 12 short stories inspired by an exceptional dog at a New Jersey kennel, which became an adult bestseller after it appeared in 1919 and which its publisher later repackaged as a children’s book. You can read “For a Bit of Ribbon” and “Lost!” online or in the attractive 1993 Puffin edition with illustrations by Sam Savitt.
February 19, 2012
A Collie Enters the Westminister Dog Show in ‘Lad: A Dog’
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Tags: Collies, Dog Shows, Dogs, Fiction, New Jersey, Short Stories, Westminster Dog Show
Tags: Collies, Dog Shows, Dogs, Fiction, New Jersey, Short Stories, Westminster Dog Show
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