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ownership team (more on the
other half later). Again, useless,
Brooklyn was too exciting.

Budow described the enor-
mity of Brooklyn’s victory to
the students. The event seemed
bigger than the Super Bowl, he
said. Her victory was like the
Abrams’ basketball team beat-
ing the 76ers.

“I said, ‘Susan, you don’t have
a chance to win,’” he recalled.

Meanwhile, his wife, Susan
Fuchs, Brooklyn’s other owner
and her primary trainer,
stood off to the back, keeping
Brooklyn as quiet as she could.

After one growl, Budow raised
his eyebrows to the assembly.

“She’s telling you to be
quiet,” he said.

Fuchs, chair of the depart-
ment of psychiatry at St. Francis
Medical Center in Trenton for
more than 20 years, now runs
her own private practice. She
always looked for new ways to
treat patients, she said, and as she
started to learn more about ani-
mal-assisted therapy (especially
regarding dogs), she became
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more interested. She ended up
getting her master’s degree at the
University of Denver relating to
the subject a few years ago.

When she found Brooklyn
at a breeder in Calgary,
Canada, she knew almost
immediately that Brooklyn
was a good candidate to be a
future therapy dog; Brook, for
short, ran right up to her.

“I said, ‘You know what, I
think she’s good with people,’”
Fuchs recalled.

Now, she’s an active therapy
dog, registration and all, train-
ing up with extra classes a few
times a month, helping Fuchs
give the children she works
with confidence and comfort
during their sessions.

Her victory was unbeliev-
able, Budow told the students.

As Fuchs later said, the politics
involved in tailoring a dog’s
performance and grooming to
specific judges, not to mention
the long hours and resources
that need to be poured into
training, are often prohibitive
to those who don’t spend their
lives doing such a thing. The
people of Westminster, well …
“It’s a very snobby group
of people,” he said. “These
Westminster people have a dif-
ferent view of the world.”
Nevertheless, he focused
on the positives. He showed
her ribbon off to the crowd,
even as he groused that it
came with no cash prize.

He recalled the story of
Brooklyn’s inability to relieve
herself on pavement, so accli-
mated she’s become to the roll-
ing green in Bucks County;
consequently, Brook lyn
was ferried to Central Park,
where she did her business
in dignity.

Budow noted that he was
approached by another com-
petitor who told him how
happy she was to see him and
his wife — the first visibly
Orthodox Jews she had ever
seen at Westminster in her 25
years of attendance.

“This is such a great lesson
for your people,” he told the
children. “You can dream the
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Brooklyn at Westminster
Photo provided
Students sit as still as they can for the presentation.

Jesse Bernstein
impossible dream!” Im tirtzu …
Indeed, it was an improba-
ble victory.

“I was absolutely shocked,”
Fuchs said. “It was so totally
unexpected.” A lot of dogs, Fuchs said,
are sent away to handlers for
years at a time, only rarely see-
ing their actual owners. Fuchs,
meanwhile, did the majority
of the training for Brooklyn.

Additionally, the gung-ho mem-
bers of the dog show world are
out every weekend, establishing
a rapport with the judges. Some
even go so far as to do Academy
Awards season-style campaigns
for their pups, taking out ads in
the industry magazines.

Fuchs introduced a short
video compiled of Brooklyn’s
victory to the students, show-
ing as she was trotted around
a small ring by a gray-haired
woman in heels and a red pant-
suit. There was also a clip of
Brooklyn’s award presentation,
as she panted happily.

The floor was opened for ques-
tions, as well as comments asked
in the form of a question. “I’ve
never seen a dog with so much
fur,” one student asked. “I’m from
Brooklyn,” another inquired.

“How old is Brooklyn?” She’s
4, was the answer. “What is
Brooklyn’s lifespan?” Probably
another decade. “Can she do a
backflip?” That’s a negative. One
student stood up, raised his hand,
was called upon, and with the
eyes of the room upon him, got
too bashful and sat back down.

Speaking of sitting: The
conclusion of the Q&A led into
a display of Brooklyn’s talents.

She rolled over on the ground,
she spun around on her hind
legs, and yes, she sat.

“That’s better than my class at
sitting,” one teacher called out.

“You don’t have to go to
the circus, come to Abrams,”
Budow told the students.

After the presentation ended,
students were invited to pet
Brooklyn on their way to class.

Though Fuchs thought it might be
a bit overwhelming for Brooklyn,
she seemed to enjoy the attention. l
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