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An Interview with
An Interview with

BY FRED SALUD

I don’t remember the fi rst time I went to a dog

show since my father has been showing dogs
even before I was born. I do remember one
memorable day in 1973, I was probably 6 years old,
when one of my dad’s German Shorthaired Pointers
won Best in Show and earned his CD title on the
same day. His name was Ph Ch Weidenbach’s Mac von
Jobe CDX (USA) or “Mark” as we called him. At that
time, our house was full of GSPs.

Growing up, my dad would get into diff erent breeds,
one at a time. I still recall the times when we had
German Shorthaired Pointers, Japanese Akitas, Bull
Terriers, Shar-Peis and German Shepherds. I was
very fortunate to grow up in a family that loved and
adored all sorts of animals. Our parents encouraged
my siblings and I to get into various hobbies such
as dogs, fi sh, reptiles, horses and many others. Our
house was always fi lled with diff erent kinds of animals
and my parents supported us with all of them. My
parents would also buy us books in order to learn
more about our pets.

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