Curator Alan Fausel

By Randy Cohen

Published December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM EST

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Susan Packard

Alan Fausel, the curator and executive director of the AKC Museum of the Dog recalls one owned by Charles Dickens. “It was a Maltese that was so flea-ridden, they regularly had to shave him and bathe him to get rid of all the fleas.” Dogs in art, ethics, and history.

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