Cornell fetches high appreciation at Westminster pet dog show
Cornell brings full marks at Westminster dog reveal
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Aly Cohen was 11 the very first time she went to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
“As a youngster that liked pets, going to Westminster at that age seemed like the very best day of my life,” said Cohen, now an extension veterinarian for the
Cornell Richard P. Riney Canine Health Center (RCHC) and also medical teacher for Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell.
“Joan Rivers existed talking to individuals. Martha Stewart was there with her Chow-Chows,” she remembered. “I remember walking by a Neapolitan Mastiff that was probably two-and-a-half times my weight at the time, and he just laid there in his rough magnificence and took a look at me like I was lunch.”
This year, Cohen was part of an 11-person team of experts from the
Cornell University Hospital for Animals, Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, the Duffield Institute for Animal Behavior as well as the RCHC who pertained to offer veterinary look after the 4,000 canine competitors at the show, held May 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Check out the full tale on the College of Veterinary Medicine web site.