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WHO: Buddy Holly, a petit basset griffon Vendéen named after the pride of Lubbock.WHAT: A historic performance at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Buddy Holly is one of the true icons of rock and roll, a kid from Lubbock who changed music history forever in a career that lasted less than three years. His namesake, the petit basset griffon Vendéen Buddy Holly, changed dog history this week by becoming the first of his obscure breed to win Westminster. Let’s celebrate them both! Buddy Holly the dog is not a Texan (he’s from Palm Springs), but we won’t hold that against him. His breed is not very well-known in the U.S., making him the sort of underdog (er, no pun intended) that Texans…
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