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PAULA PASCOE, LEHIGH SCOTTISH DEERHOUNDS
PAULA PASCOE
LEHIGH SCOTTISH DEERHOUNDS
BREEDER INTERVIEW BY ALLAN REZNIK
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Scandinavian subculture consists of good-hearted, honest, direct people, who tend to keep an emotional distance. Did you come from a doggy family? If not, how did the interest in breeding and
showing purebred dogs begin?
I was the oldest of three children, and we did have a Dachshund (Standard Smooth) as a family pet, but mine was not at all a show-doggy family.
After graduating from college I ended up in Aspen, Colorado, for five or six years, and it was there that I first saw an Irish Wolfhound, which captured my attention immediately. I started reading whatever I could find about purebred dogs. I acquired a pet Irish Wolfhound puppy in Aspen.
I heard about and went to a dog show in Denver, and there was an entry of Scottish Deerhounds at that show. I had not been interested in Deerhounds at that point, but seeing them in the flesh, well, it was love at first sight! So light on their feet, so elegant and graceful—I was captivated.
I remained interested in owning both breeds for a time, and acquired a show prospect Irish Wolfhound puppy from another state. Very sadly, that puppy came down with distemper within a couple weeks of arrival, and ultimately died. I still love this breed, but have never owned another after those two.
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