Meet the PWD Ambassadors

01/28/2025

On January 25 and 26, 2025, the American Kennel Club (AKC) held its Meet the Breeds event at the Javits Convention Center in NYC.  Meet the Breeds gives the dog-loving public the opportunity to meet and learn about hundreds of dog breeds.  Nutmeg PWD Club has volunteered for this event since it began in 2009.  This year we had 8 club members at the event with their dogs, answering questions the public has about the breed, and allowing the dogs to be true ambassadors for the breed.

Thanks to our volunteer teams for representing Nutmeg and Portuguese Water Dogs:

Denise and Sandy Ratner with Emma, Kayla, and McKenzie

Patty Hobin with Tess and Pippin

Arthur Stein with Oslo

Stephanie Staszak with Newton

Shannon Bazzuto with Tug

Mary Nottingham with Windy

Trish Parrett with Trixie

Members – if your dog is a social butterfly who loves the attention of crowds of people, and you enjoy talking about the wonders of PWDs, please consider joining us next year.  Having more members participate would allow us to stagger appearances and give the dogs more frequent breaks.