Winning the Terrier Group tonight: Norwich Terrier
Runners up: Border Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, Airedale Terrier
Winner Info: GCHS CH Taliesin Twice As Nice, owned by Lisa Sons and Jeff & Kim Sime. Call sign Tanner.
Next up: The all-important Best in Show!
Taking the top prize: the Puli Preston, who is the top-ranked dog of all breeds in the country
Followed by: Shetland Sheepdog, Belgian Sheepdog, Smooth Collie
Winner Info: GCHB CH Cordmaker Mister Blue Sky, owned by E. Charles, J. Beaudoin, L. Pitts, P. Kelly, and S. Huebner. Call Sign Preston
Next Up: Best Bred by Exhibitor Finals
Tonight’s working group competition was won by: Devlin, the Boxer. I love that the judge had a rose for him!
Runners up were: Doberman Pinscher, Portuguese Water Dog, Mastiff
Winner Info: GCHP CH Mephisto’s Speak Of The Devil, owned by Mrs. Jack Billhardt and Sergio Tenenbaum.
Next up: The Herding Group
Best in Group: the Clumber Spaniel
Followed by: Cocker Spaniel (ASCOB), English Springer Spaniel, German Shorthaired Pointer
Winner info: GCHS CH Clussexx Man Of Steel, owned by Reg J. Hubbard, W. & K. Holbrook, and B Dowd. Call sign Angus.
That’s it for tonight. Come back tomorrow for more from the 2016 AKC National Championships from Orlando.
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
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!
Winners in the Terrier Group are as follows:
Best in Group: Skye Terrier, Charlie
2nd Place: Border Terrier, Leonard
3rd Place: Wire Fox Terrier, Monte Cristo
4th Place: Lakeland Terrier, Jenny
All of today’s pictures are from Westminster Kennel Club’s website.
Up next: the grand prize, Best in Show!
Best in Group: Samoyed, Bogey
2nd Place: Boxer, Devlin
3rd Place: Rottweiler, Indie
4th Place: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Gus
Best moment of the show so far: the Leonberger figured out very quickly that his snacks were in the handler’s coat pocket, and he kept trying to get to them – through the cloth – the whole time he was running around the ring!
Photo courtesy McMagic Samoyeds.
Check back soon for the Terrier Group winners.
Winners in the Sporting Group are as follows:
Best in Group: German Shorthaired Pointer, CJ
2nd Place: Clumber Spaniel, Angus
3rd Place: Labrador Retriever, Cyrus
4th Place: Brittany, Beckett
All of today’s pictures are from Westminster Kennel Club’s website.
Check back soon for the Working Group winners.