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gettable. This make us all hope your efforts will be a pivotal point for keeping this breed, we so love, alive. Now therefore: I, Richard Yoho, President of the Dandie Dinmont Club of America, the Board of Governors and membership (including officers and club members here to- day) do bestow upon Mike Macbeth, Paul Keevil and Alexander (Sandy) Stoddart, on this day, July 23, 2022, an Honorary Member- ship in the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America. The reaction from Mike Macbeth Dear Mr. President and Madame Secretary:

Richard Yoho presenting the Proclamation to Mike Macbeth

Stoddart was a most generous gesture, so I am in grand company. Please do take care and good luck to you, the board, and the members of the DDTCA in the work you are doing to help preserve our breed for another 200 years. Paul Keevil If you do not know as of yet, you will know now! Mike

Would you kindly forward and express to the executive of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America my sin- cerest gratitude for bestowing upon me, an Honorary Membership in the DDTCA. To be quite honest, I was gob smacked! I may be a pro- fessional writer, but there is no better word to describe the range of emotions I felt when the beautiful, artfully

Macbeth did over a year ’ s research about Grayfriars Bobby and we all kept a secret that Paul Keevil asked us to keep until the release to the news media. Grayfriars Bobby is a Dandie Dinmont Terrier! This has been made official. I had the privilege of having a meet- ing with Paul Eardley (Chairman of the DDTC), Meriel Taylor (Club Secretary of the DDTC), Dr. Aman- da Clarkson, BVMS, (club member of the DDTC and veterinarian) and Margaret Russell. There were con- cerns about the health survey that the DDTCA ’ s Strategic Advisory Committee is pursuing. I answered their concerns and questions and at the end of the meeting they felt much better about what is being done and the fact that we are able to do these surveys and give the results to all Dandie owners around the world. Thank you so much for being a part of the Annual meeting. Take care and stay healthy. 

crafted framed memento was pre- sented. I felt unworthy, humbled and undeserving. Yet I was also con- sumed with shock, pride and a bit of embarrassment. Many others could have, should have stood in my shoes that Saturday at The Haining, as all of us have contributed to the breed in our own special way. Nevertheless, you and your commit- tee chose to grant me this treasured honor. I thank you all, from the bot- tom of my heart. I will cherish that unforgettable moment for the rest of my life. Thank you once again, Sincerely, Mike Macbeth The reaction from Paul Keevil Do please thank your Board for ac- knowledging the work we have done to promote the breed with the honor- ary membership to the club. I am very much aware that your Board does not just hand this out to anyone, it has to be earned and also including Sandy

Grayfriars Bobby Fountain in Edinburgh, Scotland. The memorial was made by William Brodie and was unveiled in 1873. It was sited at the southern end of George IV Bridge, just past its junction Chambers Street and close to the junction with Candlemaker Row, near the Greyfriars Kirkyard and the National Museum of Scotland.

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