Manhattan’s Best Friend

February 18th, 2008 Heather Kovar Posted in Heather Kovar |

The personable little winning Uno from last week’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is expected to increase the popularity of the Beagle.

This link will lead you to a beagle and other breed adoption sites, all associated with Mayor Bloomberg’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals.

Advice for anyone considering a Beagle, Uno’s handler is quoted by the AP as saying, “Better have a fence.”

If you live in Manhattan, you don’t need one. (A fence, not a Beagle.)

Just ask the dog owners who gather every morning before 9am in Central Park to let their dogs run off leash, chase sticks and balls, and burrow in the mud. 

Central Park DogsDogs PlayingOff leash before 9amCentral Park off leashPlaying in Central ParkCentral Park

 Click here for areas dogs where are allowed across the nearly 29,000 acres of parkland in New York City.

Pets are big business in New York City. Grooming, spas, pet supplies, even luxury items, day care and full service doggy hotels.

Hey, even journalists love their dogs!

Here are some shots of people in the region who have sent me their pics.

(Please send me yours, I’ll add them on in a future blog.)

 Mitch Lebe and JakeAshley Banfield and AngusLauren Collier and EnokiBrenda Buttner and her pupsGeraldo RiveraHeather Kovar and Willamena, New Year’s EveDorothy Rabinowitz and Simon

From left: Mitch Lebe of Bloomberg News with Jake. Ashley Banfield with Angus. News 12 Connecticut Meterologist Lauren Collier with Enoki. Fox News Channel’s Brenda Buttner with her two pups. Geraldo Rivera with his dogs, me with Willamena and Dororthy Rabinowitz of the Wall Street Journal with Simon.

2 Responses to “Manhattan’s Best Friend”

  1. Good doggie Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am

    What a terrific idea for a blog thing. I’m trying to decide whether owners actually DO resemble their pets. I’m undecided right now. Maybe with a few more pictures…

  2. Vernita Says:
    December 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Manhattanites had better love their dogs, considering they pay more in rent for them than a human would cost in most places. It’s also not very surprising that there’s so much space to take a dog out in NYC, since even having a patio dog door isn’t effective for them. I can’t imagine what some dogs do when their owners have left the apartment for the day!

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