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Welcome Labrador Retriever Owner
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Winners
The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, held last weekend in Long Beach, California, featured nearly 5,000 dogs vying for the title of "top dog" and more than $225,000 in prize money. Top honors were awarded in several categories, including:
Best in Show – CH Roundtown Mercedes Of Maryscot (Scottish Terrier), owned by Amelia Musser
Best Bred by Exhibitor in Show – CH Rush Hill’s River Road Payoff (Golden Retriever), owned by Mark & Tonya Struble & Kelsey Dunn; bred by Suzanne Rapier, Michael Rapier, & Tonya Struble
Eukanuba World Challenge Winner – Multi BIS & Multi Ch Axel del Monte Alago (Bracco Italiano), owned by Salvatore Tripoli & Bitte Ahrens
Best Junior Handler – Demery Paladichuk, showing an English Springer Spaniel.
Agility & Obedience Winners Five dogs and their owners - one dog/handler team in each height category - were crowned at the AKC Agility Invitational, which brought together nearly 450 dogs from across the country and beyond. The winners are:
8" – MACH5 Hawk Hill’s Tobi Bear MXF (Pembroke Welsh Corgi) & Darlene Paul
12" – MACH3 Dobcar’s Cavaletti XF (Cardigan Welsh Corgi) & Michelle Permann
16" – NAC MACH2 Luka De La Brise XF (Pyrenean Shepherd) & Ashley Deacon
20" – MACH3 Bluefire What Was I Thinkin’ XF (Border Collie) & Lisa Carol Ross
24" – MACH4 Thornwoods Flare MXF (Doberman Pinscher) & Yvonne Mancino
Nearly 100 of the nation’s top Obedience Trial Champion pointed dogs in the country competed for the coveted title of AKC National Obedience Invitational Champion. For the second year in a row, the title was won by NOC OTCH Count Tyler Show Me the Money UDX4, a Labrador Retriever owned by Petra Ford. See complete results, including photo and video coverage. http://links.mkt2242.com/ctt?kn=8&m=2815602&r=MTUyMzYxMzgxNzgS1&b=2&j=ODA5OTg3ODMS1&mt=1&rt=0