A dog's life More than 1,000 dogs representing more than 100 breeds will compete this weekend at the Expocentre. You remember good ole Duke, who on the country variety show shared the front porch with Buck Owens, Roy Clark and the rest of the gang as they lamented that if it weren't for bad luck they'd have no luck at all. Well, the Dulings, who live in the Michigan Valley area of Osage County, became so fascinated with the somber-faced hounds that they got one and later got into breeding and showing them. Obedience trials for those shows will be in Agricultural Hall, while the confirmation competition will be in Exhibition Hall.
Admission is free to all the shows.
The Dulings will be among the owners of hundreds of different breeds of dogs who will be at the Kansas Expocentre to participate in the annual Rainbow Cluster Dog Shows staged by the Manhattan Kennel Club, the Topeka Kennel Club and four single-breed dog clubs. Sherry Duling said they discovered how attuned bloodhounds are to their owners. Their tails are at coffee table height and can clear it with one sweep. And as far as wearing dark clothes around bloodhounds, forget it unless you have want to spend hours with a lint brush vainly trying to remove all the shed hair. Bloodhounds also are a little slower to mature than other breeds.