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Hail,
Caesar...

Ziggy

Bob Marley's eldest son
carries on the master's reg-
gae excellence. He per-

forms with the Melody
Makers. All ages. State
Theatre, next to the Fox
Theatre. Tickets: $17.75.
(313) 961-5450.

So does Gold, who calls herself "a
diehard" Flyball fan. She and Caesar
train on average once a week with the
Sportsmen's team (they've never
missed a practice) and will be demon-
strating the sport at Sunday's Ken-
nel Club show.
"I would welcome anyone (attend-
ing the show) to come up and meet
Caesar person-to-person," says Gold,
a Southfield resident who designs and
markets picture frames.
When Caesar's not hanging with
his teammates (the "Footloose Fly-
ers"), he's often visiting hospitals
through the Pet a Pet program. With
his Therapy Dog International cer-
tification, he's allowed to accompa-
ny patients in wheelchairs and those
with walkers and canes.
But Caesar's main role is as Gold's
best friend and her protector, espe-
cially against bad dates.
"He screens all my dates," Gold
says. "And if he doesn't like them, I
don't get out the front door."

— Liz Stevens

`Et The Detroit Kennel Club Dog
Show, America's largest one-day
all bend-led dog show, comes
to Cobo Center from 8 a.m.. to 8
p.m. Sunday, Ma.ch 10. Caesar
and his teammates will demon-
strate Flyball at 10'
and 3:30 p.m
events are $9 4 u:
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*.o$K0oAK, W010:$;:m.

Bob Seger

Rock 'n' roll never
forgets. Seger returns to
the stage after nine
years. Palace of Auburn
Hills. Tickets: $25 and
$30. (810) 645-6666.

Sun., Tues.,
Thurs., 8 p.m.

PHOTO BY DANIEL LI PPITT

R

eina Gold didn't pick Caesar;
Caesar, she says, picked her.
From the moment they met —
when the feisty black Labrador
retriever nudged another pup from
Gold's lap — woman and dog knew it
was meant to be. So far they've proven
destiny right.
Caesar, just 2 years old, already
has his American Kennel Club "Ca-
nine Good Citizen" certificate, was re-
cently designated an official "Therapy
Dog International," and is a rising star
on the North American Flyba 11 Cir-
cuit.
That's right, flyball.
Sort of like an American Gladiators
relay for dogs, Flyball tests not only
a canine's athleticism but also its agili-
ty and intelligence. The sport consists
of two teams of four dogs each "racing
side-by-side over a 51-foot-long
course," according to the official North
American Flyball Association de-
scription. Each lane has four hurdles
and a box at the end that tosses the
dog a tennis ball after the animal trig-
gers a switch. The dog retrieves the
ball and returns over the jumps.
Gold stumbled onto a flyball
demonstration at the 1994 Detroit
Kennel Club Dog Show and says she
immediately recognized it as some-
thing at which Caesar would excel. In
April of that year, Caesar began train-
ing with the Sportsmen's Dog Train-
ing Club of Detroit, and by December
of 1995 the Lab had earned his first
title: "Flyball Dog."
As Gold suspected, Caesar has
found his calling. "He sees his (spe-
cial Flyball) collar, and he goes nuts,"
she says. "He just loves it."

Reina Gold and Lord Caesar II gear up for Caesar's Flyball demonstration at the Detroit Kennel Club Dog Show.

34th nn
Film Festiva

Over 100 independent and ex-
perimental 16 mm films will be
shown from all over the world.
See today's calendar for show
times. Tickets: $35 for the entire

Tuesday • Saturday

series, $10 for entire evening
and $6 per screenir3-. Michigan
Theatre, 503 Liberty St., Ann
Arbor. (313) 995-5356.

Shadowlands

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This moving Broadway hit
is based on the real-life sto-
ry of C.S. Lewis and Joy
Davidman. Runs through
April 7. Meadow Brook
Theatre. (810) 377-3300.

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a stand-up routine to rk Ridley's
Comedy Castle in Royal . Oak Tickets:
810) 542-9900.

Opens Wed.,
8 p.m.
Through Sun.

Fri. & Sat.,
8:15 & 1ft15 p.m.
Sun 7:30 p.m.

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