When we lose someone as great as John Cook, we really have to wonder about even discussing him, as each of his assignments were important to this Breed. For a long time, his decisions maintained the look in the Breed to which many of us strove. and his reasons for that look were what we are still trying to understand.
I, personally, always had a great relationship with Mr. Cook and we never had anything that came between us, even though he did not like all my dogs and his decisions often made that clear. We always talked Dachshunds and their history. As you can see from the dogs he put up, he had one look that he preferred; he really tried to keep the long, low and level Dachshund with which most of us fell in love.
As friends, we kept our talks about other things and never talked about my dogs at all, but we did have great conversations about the Dachshund Breed in general, as well as Dachshund people. We were great friends, and I still miss him all the time.
Read about my remembrance of Mr. Cook here:
https://www.dachshundhistoryonline.com/?p=19684
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