Best in Group goes to: the Bichon Frise
Runners-up are: Chow Chow, French Bulldog, and the Miniature Poodle
Winner info: GCHP CH Belle Creek’s All I Care About Is Love, owned by Patrina Odette, Lindsay Van Keuren, Lorrie L Carlton, and Lawrence A Letsche. Call sign Flynn.
Next up: The Sporting Group
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner goes to: the Whippet
Runners-up are: Greyhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Borzoi
Winner info: GCHP CH Sporting Fields Shameless, owned by Barbara Call, J Cooney-Waterhouse, Dionne Butt, & Amanda Giles. Call sign Brazen. This is the same dog who won the group in 2015.
Next up: The Non-Sporting Group
The Brussels Griffon has won the toy group, followed by the Pom, the Min Pin, and the Pekingese.
Winner Info: GCHS CH Somerset Wynzall Hashtag, owned by Keith Jacobson & Jo Ann Noffsinger. This young man goes by the call sign Newton.
Coming up next: Release the hounds!
And we’re underway in Orlando with the Best in Group showing of the Toy Group. I’m not in a place where I can get good pictures, but I’ll be bringing you the results of each group as quickly as I can.
I didn’t want you all to think I forgot about you, so I wanted to let you know what was going on. We spent about 3 or 4 hours at the AKC Meet the Breeds event, then Uber-ed back to the hotel. I’m now going through over 400 pictures, picking out the best ones to show you – coming up as soon as I get through the whole stack.
This evening’s event – the Best in Group showings for the Toy, Hound, Sporting, and Non-Sporting groups begins at 6 pm, so I’ll be back to bring you all the excitement from the show ring at that time.
To hold you over until my next post, here are two very contented dogs at the Meet the Breeds event.
Here is Jake, pictured with friends of his family. Jake is a Boykin Spaniel, which is the state dog of South Carolina. According to his family, Jake is the most titled Boykin in history, having earned championships in conformation, rally, obedience, senior hunting, and dock diving. In his spare time, Jake works as a therapy dog. Way to represent the Boykins, Jake!
Wow! These are the first pictures from this morning. We are at the Orlando Convention Center, and the venue is HUGE! (Or YUGE if you’re a Donald Trump fan.) We even saw this cute little Pom practicing his show prance in the hotel parking lot this morning.
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