I don’t know how many of you know that the real BooMan was my Newfoundland dog named Buster, may he rest in peace. BusterBoo morphed into The BooMan, and I almost always called him Boo or BooMan. ‘Get the bone, Boo.’ ‘Hey BooMan, ya wanna go for a walk?’ The answer to that was always yes, unless it was really raining hard. Newfs are very large dogs and they do have a reverse gear and also a parking brake. If he didn’t want to go for a walk, he wasn’t going for a walk. Three years a go a distant cousin of The BooMan won the whole enchilada: Best in Show in the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. It was very exciting. The BooMan was an avid watcher of the Westminster Dog Show but it stressed him out and always disappointed him. Except that year. That year the BooMan got justice.
Well, the Westminster Dog Show is here today and tomorrow, even if poor Buster no longer is. And another cousin of Buster’s has won best Newf. That means he will be competing for best in working class, and if he wins that, best in show. If there is any justice in the world, Buster’s cousin will take it all. Because anyone with any sense who has ever met a Pouch Cove kennel Newf knows that Pouch Cove kennel Newfs are the very best dogs.
What kind of dogs do you have? Are you going to watch the show tonight? Who will you be rooting for?
