Uno, The Beagle
and the Airport Search
David Frei
sent the following regarding the great PR work done by Uno, the WKC BIS Beagle.
Adding to the
Uno saga: We were in St. Louis this past weekend, where Uno appeared on four TV
shows Friday, visited the Ronald McDonald House Saturday (with TV coverage),
threw out the first pitch at the St. Louis Cardinals game Sunday at Purina
Pooches in the Park Day, and then was the celebrity headliner Monday at the new Danforth Student Center at Washington University.
The Westin
Hotel treated him like a rock star, with privileges and courtesies never before
extended to any canine, I am sure.
He
must have had his picture taken a thousand times on this weekend, more and more
people are recognizing him in airports, on the streets, in restaurants, etc. And
he loves it, a great ambassador for purebred dogs, his breed, his owners, the
sport and Westminster.
When Uno
flies, it is exclusively on Midwest Airlines as they let him fly in a seat, he
gets a ticket just like every human, it looks exactly like mine, and when he is
with me, it says "Uno CP Frei." (the CP stands for Celebrity Pet, their program
for special dogs).
On the way
out of St. Louis Monday afternoon, it finally happened: the computer selected him
for "additional screening." (pat down, etc.). So was I, but it was a little
humorous (especially since we had plenty of time) and the TSA folks got a kick
out of it, too. They took a copy of his ticket and a lot of pictures of them
patting him down and scanning him with a wand.
Now you can
all rest well, knowing the world is safe from Terrorist Beagles.