Article: Bay State couple's pet project pays off at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.(Arts and Lifestyle)

When Bill Truesdale was 12, he used his paper route money to pay a professional dog handler to show his boxer to best advantage. It's that competitive spirit that carried Truesdale and his wife, Tina, from Massachusetts to New York's Madison Square Garden last week, where two of their show dogs took high honors at the 124th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Truesdale, now a veterinarian in Seekonk, wasn't born into a dog-showing family, but he fell in love with the sport after a dog breeder invited him to bring his boxer to a show. Boxers remain his first love, and he looked like an excited kid standing at ringside on Valentine's Day as his current champion, Ch. ...

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