So this is the first time in 145 years that the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show has been held outside of Manhattan. So it is historical. But if you have to go outside, which we did have to do to the pandemic, uh, this is the place to go. Lyndhurst estate has hosted dog shows for 30 years. So new for 2021, we have four breeds there, joining four different groups. We have the Diogo Argentina, which is a all white, athletic, powerful working dog. And then we have the beaver terrier, which is a little bit of a misnomer because it's in the toy group, but it's a long coated dogs that's similar in outline to a Yorkshire terrier, but it is a totally different breed, beautiful coat. Oftentimes they have a lot of white and then the really dark mahogany markings, which is just striking. Then there's also the Belgian lakin wa, which is joining the hurting group. They have a very coarse tosel look to them and that's based on where they originally bred or bred to herd sheep and other livestock. And then, of course, the last one is the barbet, which is a very old water retrieving breed that is from France and has a curly coat and is known for its beard. Barb and barbet means beard. And so that is one of the features of the breed. Yeah.
Related video above: New dog breeds vie for Best In Show A Pekingese named Wasabi won best in show Sunday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.Wasabi came out on top of a finalist pack that also included a whippet, a French bulldog, an old English sheepdog, a German shorthaired pointer, a Samoyed and a West Highland white terrier. Altogether, 2,500 champion dogs entered the show, considered the nation’s most prestigious canine event.It underwent big changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, moving out of New York City for the first time since its 1877 founding. This year’s show was held outdoors at an estate in suburban Tarrytown, and it happened in June instead of February. Both Wasabi and Bourbon have won another big show, the American Kennel Club National Championship, and Bourbon was Westminster's runner-up last year. Meanwhile, Bourbon jockeys for bragging rights with Mathew on a daily basis — the two dogs live together, since their handlers are married to each other. Wasabi is a grandson of a Westminster winner, Connor the son of a runner-up. "It's always exciting every time, and you're always hopeful," said Wasabi's handler and breeder, David Fitzpatrick, who guided the Peke's grandfather Malachy to the Westminster title in 2012. "It's an honor to be at Westminster."The honor is triple for Olga Contant, who made a fist-pumping leap into the air Sunday afternoon as a judge chose Hugo — a bullmastiff she bred, owns and handled — as best of his breed, giving him a shot at the working group title. "It's a pinnacle show for anybody," and all the more so for the relatively few owners who show their own dogs instead of entrusting them to professional handlers, said Contant, of Los Gatos, California. The 149-pound Hugo might look imposing, but he's "the sweetest dog in the world.... He captures the heart of everybody who comes around," she said. "He is the best presentation of the breed, where you can keep him as a family pet, but also, he'll protect you."For Douglas Tighe, his turn in the sporting group ring with a Brittany named Pennie will pay tribute to a family tradition. His parents began breeding Brittanys 55 years ago. Pennie shone in the breed competition in an unusual setting for Westminster — outdoors. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the show was moved from Manhattan for the first time in its over 140 years so it could be held outside at the Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York. Pennie stayed focused, but Tighe says he just goes with it if his dogs get distracted by the birds they were bred to hunt. "Let them have fun," said Tighe, of Hope, New Jersey. "That's what it's all about."That's what it's about to Kole Brown, too. At age 9, he showed a bull terrier named Riley on Sunday alongside his parents, Kurtis Brown U.S. Air Force Capt. Samantha Brown, and some of the family's other bull terriers. The entertaining breed is strong and known for being stubborn, and the biggest ones don't weigh much less than Kole himself. But he wouldn't have it any other way: "I was born into this breed, and I'm staying in this breed," he declares. "I have a lot of fun with this sport," said Kole, of San Antonio, Texas. "Every single time I go into the ring, I have a smile on my face."
Related video above: New dog breeds vie for Best In Show
A Pekingese named Wasabi won best in show Sunday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.
Wasabi came out on top of a finalist pack that also included a whippet, a French bulldog, an old English sheepdog, a German shorthaired pointer, a Samoyed and a West Highland white terrier. Altogether, 2,500 champion dogs entered the show, considered the nation’s most prestigious canine event.
It underwent big changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, moving out of New York City for the first time since its 1877 founding. This year’s show was held outdoors at an estate in suburban Tarrytown, and it happened in June instead of February.
Both Wasabi and Bourbon have won another big show, the American Kennel Club National Championship, and Bourbon was Westminster's runner-up last year. Meanwhile, Bourbon jockeys for bragging rights with Mathew on a daily basis — the two dogs live together, since their handlers are married to each other. Wasabi is a grandson of a Westminster winner, Connor the son of a runner-up.
"It's always exciting every time, and you're always hopeful," said Wasabi's handler and breeder, David Fitzpatrick, who guided the Peke's grandfather Malachy to the Westminster title in 2012. "It's an honor to be at Westminster."
The honor is triple for Olga Contant, who made a fist-pumping leap into the air Sunday afternoon as a judge chose Hugo — a bullmastiff she bred, owns and handled — as best of his breed, giving him a shot at the working group title.
"It's a pinnacle show for anybody," and all the more so for the relatively few owners who show their own dogs instead of entrusting them to professional handlers, said Contant, of Los Gatos, California.
The 149-pound Hugo might look imposing, but he's "the sweetest dog in the world.... He captures the heart of everybody who comes around," she said. "He is the best presentation of the breed, where you can keep him as a family pet, but also, he'll protect you."
For Douglas Tighe, his turn in the sporting group ring with a Brittany named Pennie will pay tribute to a family tradition. His parents began breeding Brittanys 55 years ago.
Pennie shone in the breed competition in an unusual setting for Westminster — outdoors. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the show was moved from Manhattan for the first time in its over 140 years so it could be held outside at the Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York.
Pennie stayed focused, but Tighe says he just goes with it if his dogs get distracted by the birds they were bred to hunt.
"Let them have fun," said Tighe, of Hope, New Jersey. "That's what it's all about."
That's what it's about to Kole Brown, too. At age 9, he showed a bull terrier named Riley on Sunday alongside his parents, Kurtis Brown U.S. Air Force Capt. Samantha Brown, and some of the family's other bull terriers.
The entertaining breed is strong and known for being stubborn, and the biggest ones don't weigh much less than Kole himself. But he wouldn't have it any other way: "I was born into this breed, and I'm staying in this breed," he declares.
"I have a lot of fun with this sport," said Kole, of San Antonio, Texas. "Every single time I go into the ring, I have a smile on my face."
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