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The Takeaway
"fitspatrick" Discussed on The Takeaway
"On sunday night. A pekinese named was saab was crowned best in show at one hundred and forty fifth annual westminster. Kennel club dog show. I watched the show with my three ragtag matz but joining me now. Is sarah montague the takeaways resident. Westminster reporter sara. I'm thrilled to have you here and welcome back to the show. Thank you going to match. This is my annual treat. Well i was thrilled to know that i would be guest hosting For this segment. So let's talk about with saab who was awarded best in show last night while saban is an extraordinarily beautiful pekinese. He is co owned by a syndicate including sandra middle banks. David fitzpatrick his hand breeder peggy steinman and the late. I was loved. One of new. York's most irrepressible fabulous characters. She died of cobra lost march and the new york times called her the indiana jones in miniskirt. Which tells you something about it so in someone is what it felt like. Nine was a memorial to iris. Want to hear from david about what makes was soppy special. He's just fantastic dog. I've been breeding pekinese for fifty years and he conforms to breed standard and he also has charisma You know he's just a terrific dog. Best in show judge patricia. Trotter reinforced that. She said he was a dog who thought he was ten feet toll and behaved like a lion. They are in fact cold. The lion dog what he actually looks like is a flower in a sea of his own with the fabulously expressive face. He truly has a fabulously expressive face. And yet that sia for. I kept saying to myself. Is there a dog in there. Like how big is the dog itself as compared to that fabulous main of that we were seeing last night. That's a really good question because when the judges judge and the judge big dogs like that. The winner of the hunting group was node into sheepdog. And it's much the same. They actually feel right under the the hair and code for the skin structure for the for the bone structure. They need to know what substances that and she was saying he was perfectly constructed for pekinese the big express head the sloping body that gives them that waddling gait that so delicious. They feel for that quite literally to be short. It's all oh. I love that. So there were some new elements this year. Certainly part of it was the location. But can you walk us through some of the other changes and what effect they had on the show that was really the most significant change The show in fact did take place at its usual time in february of two thousand and twenty eight. Almost immediately after that world shot up and westminster came to the conclusion fairly quickly given the tremendous uncertainty. At the time that they couldn't imagine that they were going to confidently be able to come back to the very crowded circumstances of the pier and then at madison square garden. They reached out to a number of different facilities. I understand and they happened on then host because it itself on the estate is intended town. It is the result of three generations of robber. Barons flaunting their wealth in neo gothic style. I built in eighteen thirty eight and it had had for many years the westchester kennel club dog show so it had a history with that and it had it history without because it's last owner helen gould daughter of financier. Jay gould was a peak fancier. So when i spoke to fitspatrick earlier he said we'll that has to be a good omen and so it proved when you talk about that sense of. Accessibility does the annual winner of this show. Impact the adoption of family pets in other words. Will we see an uptick in requests for pekinese pups this year happily. No that doesn't happen as much as you think. and it doesn't happen under other conditions either. The president obama got a portuguese water. Dog everybody thought it would happen then. The community is much more measured and responsible so they spent a lot of time. One of the reasons. Westminster is a better show is so that people go and get a look at what they're interested in and then there are constant messages saying think about the dole. That is right for your lifestyle. This is going to be a member of your family patricia. The judge had a great speech before she awards the awards last night and she said the thing to remember is not every show dog but every show dole is pat. And that's how the message. The peaks are relatively popular anyway. The small charming departments. So my guess is that an ak registrations. They are probably fairly high up the list but no people don't rush to get one of those which is a good thing. let's talk about. That was the border collie who won the agility championship again. This year also won back in two thousand nineteen. And i have to say as as someone who has Sort of a crew of ruffians matz in my home who nonetheless are quite athletic. I really love the agility aspect. How is this relatively new edition from two thousand fourteen. How has it impacted the The the westminster kennel club dog show more. Broadly i think one of the reasons they incorporated that there's also. Competition is in fact precisely to broaden access one of the things that distinguishes it of course as westminster's and confirmation show it celebrates the extraordinary beauty of purebreds but many other kinds of wonderful dogs out there and both patricia trotter. In her speech last night mentioned that. And it's part of the tradition of having gold who was one of the country's most significant philanthropists and while she had purebred peaks and a brother showed saint bernards and they were very successful she had many ministries. What's called the all. American dole mixed breeds can compete in agility. So it's a wonderful way of opening the community of dogs and also the people who want to celebrate an active dog. It really is quite sensational to watch. It is stunning to watch. Sarah montague is the takeaways. A resident westminster reporter sara. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. My pleasure and.
Pro Football Talk with Mike Florio
Fitzpatrick or Winston: Who will start for the Tampa Bay Bucs?
"To footballs and entertainment business, and you have to convince the fans to part ways with money time. And and emotion. Loyalty dedication to the team. What are the people in Tampa? Think of Ryan Fitzpatrick versus Jameis Winston, right? I mean, I saw a bunch of beards. I didn't see anybody eating ws in the stands on Monday night. I saw a bunch of beards on Monday night. Do the Tampa Bay fans want Fitzpatrick or do they want Winston, and and coaches can say we ignore the outside of baloney. If you ignore what your fans want what the people who pay the bills want what the people who either show. Show up or don't want the people who either clamor for you to be fired or clamor for you to get an extension want. Then you're stupid. You have to listen to what the fans want, and you have to be communicating with the fans, you have to be doing focus groups and surveys, and you have to have your finger on the pulse at all times of what the people want because that's a factor. It's not the deciding factor, Chris. But if there is a clear momentum for Fitspatrick, you can't move to Winston you can. But you have to do it at your own risk until there's that clear move among the fans to go with James Winston.