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Storm, a doberman, with his handler Peter Knoop after his second consecutive best in show victory at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Feb 10, 1953.
PHOTO: NEAL BOENZI/NYTIMES
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Anika Burgess
Storm, a 40kg doberman with a piercing stare and ears pointed like arrow tips, was a dog in demand.
Just before winning his second consecutive best in show title at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 1953, he was profiled in Life magazine and in The New York Times Magazine. He had sat, like a good boy, on a tapestry for the photographer Philippe Halsman and on an armchair for Sam Falk.
