Everyone wants an affenpinscher after Westminster win

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Emily Jane Fox </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><a class="soc-twtname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=cnnmoney" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@CNNMoney</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="cnnDateStamp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">February 13, 2013: 2:56 PM ET</span><br /><span class="cnnDateStamp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/130213053805-affenpinschers-westminster-620xa.jpg" /></span><br /><span class="cnnDateStamp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Banana Joe became the first affenpinscher to be named Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.</span></span><br /><span class="cnnDateStamp" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div class="cnnStorySource" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NEW YORK (CNNMoney)</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 21px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Banana Joe took home the top award at the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/living/gallery/dog-breeds-westminster/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11&iid=EL" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004276; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show</a> on Tuesday night. But the real winners may turn out to be dog breeders that sell black-furred, scrunchy-faced affenpinschers, like Joey.</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Within a half hour of the big win, I already had quite a few emails from people looking for affenpinschers," said Jude Daley, president of the Affenpinscher Club of America. She breeds the rare toy dogs in South Hampton, New Hampshire. Her pups go for $2,500 a pop.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It is exciting to have people knocking on your door to buy puppies from you," she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's always a big deal for dog breeds that win the highly coveted "Best in Show" title in New York each year. But it's particularly so for the small, close-knit affenpinscher community.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daley said there are about 100 members in the club and only 15 breeders, each of whom don't sell more than a couple of puppies a year.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Affenpinscher means "monkey terrier'" in German, according to the American Kennel Club, and it is nicknamed "the little devil with a moustache." They have been competing at Westminster for 75 years, but an affen has never taken home the top honors before this year.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Breeders say affenpinschers go for an average of $2,000. Because the dogs are so rare, breeders often travel out of the country to find suitable mates. This leaves affen-seekers waiting for months or even years.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">"People like that they're rare. Everyone's into owning something that's elite and a little different," Daley said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Donna Wolfe, a volunteer with Affenpinscher Rescue, has gotten nearly 10 inquiries about available affens since Tuesday night. Usually, she sees one or two a week.</div><div class="IE_bodyVid" id="vid0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; height: 386px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><br /><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Requests are also flooding in to Lisa Ferris, who has bred affens for 16 years in Kerrville, Tex. She usually sells about one per year for around $1,900. She doesn't plan to increase her price.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It's really great for the affen community, but we're going to be protective of our breed and make sure they go to the right owners, and I've always kept my prices steady," she said.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">The wait may be long and the price tag hefty, but Ferris says it's worth it.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">"They're like potato chips: You can never have just one," she says. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/13/news/westminster-affenpinscher-dog/?iid=EL#TOP" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004276; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="To top of page" border="0" height="7" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/images/bug.gif" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="7" /></a></div><br style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><div class="storytimestamp" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First Published: February 13, 2013: 2:14 PM ET</div></div></div></div>

affenpinscher Everyone wants an affenpinscher after Westminster win

By Emily Jane Fox @CNNMoney February 13, 2013: 2:56 PM ETBanana Joe became the first affenpinscher to be named Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.NEW YORK (CNNMoney)Banana Joe took home the top award at the Westminster Kennel Club D…

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