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LONDON, (AFP) -- On Sunday, a Lhasa Apso called Elizabeth won the Best in Show award at Britain's Crufts festival, the world's largest annual dog show. Elizabeth, from Coventry, central England, earlier won the Best Utility category before being crowned champion ahead of 21,000 other dogs at the NEC arena in Birmingham, central England. RELATED: The Biggest Woofs From The Wesminster Dog Show "I can't believe it," said Margaret Anderson, the winning breeder. "I'm sure somebody's going to pinch me in a minute and I'll wake up and it'll all be a dream," she added. "It hasn't sunk in at all. I'll go home and probably burst out crying." RELATED ON HUFFPO: Crufts Final To Reveal Britain's Top ...
The Biggest Woofs from The Westminster Dog Show
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a canine institution, celebrating it's 136th year in 2012. This year, as always, the competition was biting, the participants were top-notch (and adorable) and the potty breaks were plentiful. Check out the choicest bits of kibble from this year's show, including the top dogs, a…
GCH Pawsinn Threeponds Lancelot (Lance) winning his Newfoundland Best in Breed title. Lynn Nuss The ribbons have been awarded, the dogs have gone home, and the green carpet's been put away for another year, as two days of canine celebritydom ended Tuesday night in New York City. The 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show culminated in Scottish deerhound Hickory's triumphant Best in Show win at Madison Square Garden. It was the first time the breed had captured the purple and gold ribbon and silver bowl at Westminster. Five-year-old female Hickory took a victory lap around Manhattan on Wednesday -- including appearances on various TV shows, a steak lunch at famed Midtown restaurant Sardi's ...
Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images Hickory lapped up the limelight after winning Best in Show at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday night in New York City. The 5-year-old female Scottish deerhound -- full name Gch. Foxcliffe Hickory Wind -- has been the No. 1 Scottish deerhound for the last three years. But this was her first Best in Show appearance at Westminster. After entering the ring at Madison Square Garden under a spotlight to rapturous applause, handler Angela Lloyd -- a junior handler winner at Westminster in 1998 -- led her to a swift and popular victory. Judge Paolo Dondina, who paid tribute to all the seven finalists as "the best he could remember," did not ...
Damon Dahlen, AOL The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show welcomed six new breeds in 2011, and none was more popular on the opening Monday than the redbone coonhound. Crowds flocked to ring five at 11 a.m. ET to see the finest examples of the breed -- known for its agility and muscular build -- grace the green carpet at Madison Square Garden in New York City. And top prize for the newest breed on the block went to Rufus, a beautiful and playful 14-month-old redbone coonhound from Kentucky. ...
Jayne, a Chinese shar-pei, won the non-sporting group. Credit: Mary Altaffer, AP The 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is underway at Madison Square Garden in New York City -- and plenty of doggie drama has already unfolded on the green carpet. After the first day of heated competition, four of the seven competitors in Tuesday night's Best in Show final are decided. A Scottish deerhound, Pekingese, Chinese shar-pei and bearded collie have been selected in their respective groups to compete for Best in Show. The Westminster Dog Show is considered the most prestigious dog show in the nation. This year saw 2,626 champion entries, in 179 breeds and varieties, from 49 states and more than ...