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Westminster Dog Show 2012

Index of Interviews and Photos from the 136th Westminster Dog Show

By Janet Tobiassen Crosby, DVM, About.com Guide

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This is the 136th Westminster Dog Show index page of interviews, articles and photos from this year's show in New York City. Like previous years, the focus is on working dogs and veterinary professionals who show dogs at this show.

Learn about new breeds, a vet who spins yarn (and knits) her dog's fur, and more. We check back in with Terri Marks DVM, who we met in 2008 with her Mastiff Bo and last year with her French Bulldogs, Porter and Sherman.

Related: Westminster Dog Show Archive (2008 - current)

1. Westminster Dog Show 2012 - Photo Gallery

Janet Tobiassen Crosby DVM

Meet the veterinary professionals and their dogs, go in the ring and behind the scenes of the 136th Westminster Dog Show in NYC.

2. Vet Interview: Ceva and Theresa DePorter, DVM, MRCVS, dip ECVBM-CA

Dr. Theresa DePorter and Ceva, Future Leader Dog

Theresa DePorter DVM MRCVS dip ECVBM-CA

This interview is a veterinarian who will be attending Westminster with a dog, but not to compete. In this interview, Theresa DePorter DVM MRCVS dip ECVBM-CA, a veterinarian with a practice limited to behavior shares what it is like as a co-puppy raiser for Leader Dogs For The Blind. She will be bringing Ceva, a Labrador puppy, to New York to meet some dogs and see some sights.

I have known Dr. DePorter via email and phone calls for a few years, and this year we will meet in person at the 136th Westminster Dog show. I will be the 'official photographer' of Ceva, future Leader Dog puppy, as she and Dr. DePorter visit New York City for the first time.

Related Photo Gallery: Ceva Visits New York City

3. Vet Interview: Meet Queso the Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Rebecca Hahn DVM

Six new breeds will be showing this year, including the Entlebucher Mountain Dog. Learn about this breed, a member of the herding group and a native of Switzerland, and what dog show life is like for veterinarian Rebecca Hahn DVM.

4. Vet Interview: Meet Calvin the Shetland Sheepdog

Julie Iverson DVM

In this interview, meet Calvin, a beautiful Shetland Sheepdog (a.k.a. Sheltie) who, in addition to completing his championship, as also earned titles in agility and herding. In addition to competitive work, Julie Iverson DVM has another 'use' for Calvin; using his undercoat to spin yarn, creating a variety of knitted goods.

5. Vet Interview: Meet French Bulldogs, Mastiffs and Terri Marks DVM

Terri Marks DVM

This is the 5th year that Dr. Terri Marks and I have met at the Westminster dog show. We met in 2008, when she was showing her Mastiff, Kubota (Bo for short). Kubota is also the star of the how to brush your dog's teeth and how to give a dog a pill videos on this site. This year, we meet up again; Sherman and Porter the French Bulldogs are in the ring.

More: Terri Marks DVM at Westminster - archive of interviews and articles 2008- present

6. Vet Interview: Meet Argos the American Foxhound (and Jefferson the Bull Terrier)

Just Chaos / flickr

This interview is a two-for-one spotlight; on Argos the American Foxhound who will be at Westminster this year, and Jefferson, a Bull Terrier who Dr. Jeanne Fournier-Fike thought would be attending Westminster, but had a change of plans at the last minute. (Another dog named Argos!)

7. Vet Tech Interview: Meet Emmett the Affenpinscher and Kara Hickey LVT

In this interview, meet vet tech Kara Hickey who started showing dogs like I did; in 4-H. She works at a veterinary practice where "75% of the staff is involved in conformation showing, breeding, obedience, or all of the above," and one of the veterinarians is boarded in veterinary reproduction.