Westminster dog show available

COEUR d'ALENE - The 135th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is Monday and today at Madison Square Garden in New York.

There are two ways to see it. One, you could catch a plane to New York. Two, you could drive to Cricket's in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

The Kootenai Humane Society is hoping you'll go with the second option.

This will be the seventh year of the gathering of dog devotees in to track via satellite what is considered the country's most prestigious dog show.

From 5-8 p.m., there will be menu specials, trivia contests, gift baskets and table toppers featuring pictures of dogs available for adoption at KHS. No dogs allowed, though.

It's a chance to raise money for the shelter and give exposure to dogs and cats that need homes, as a percentage of the proceeds will go to KHS. About $6,000 was raised in the past two years and organizers are hoping for another large turnout.

There about 65 dogs at the shelter at the end of Ramsey Road.