RACE FOR NUMBER ONE IS OVER

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GCH CH Downhome Hitech Innovator (Photo by Kayla Bertagnolli, colurtesy of Best In Show Daily)
The National Title of Number One Dog All Breeds was decidedtoday at the Western Reserve Kennel Club show today in Cleveland.  Sandy Wheat handed the big rosette to theHarrier, GCH CH Downhome Hitech Innovator, and the Reserve ribbon to the ShihTzu, GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Bells Will Be Ringing, while the Number Two Dog AllBreeds, the English Springer Spaniel, GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova,watched.
GCH CH Wynmoor Champagne Supernova (Photo by Lights, Camera, Canines)
Rounding out the final seven were the Boxer, GCH CH DracoGreets Dassin With Fourbears, the Russell Terrier, GCH CH Goldsands Columbus,the Standard Poodle, GCH CH Dassin Hillwood Rock On By, and the Briard, GCH CHLightning Strike El Xargall.
While the bad news is that the Springer will fall short ofcatching the Number One Dog, GCH CH Mt View's Ripsnorter Silver Charm, the good news is the win should be sufficient to putthe Harrier, Chet, into the prized Top Ten, subject to final verification.

THE 2012 NUMBER ONE DOG IS...

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GCH CH Mt View’s Ripsnorter Silver Charm (Photo by Kayla Bertagnolli courtesy of Best In Show Daily)
We don’t have the complete results in, but we wanted to letyou know that the German Wirehaired Pointer, GCH CH Mt View’s Ripsnorter SilverCharm, has just been awarded Best In Show by judge Dennis McCoy at the DelawareWater Gap Kennel Club show in Allentown PA. The win worth over 1300 points will make Oakley the 2012 Number One DogAll Breeds.  Congratulations to breeders ClaireWisch, Kelly Wisch, & Helen George, owner Victor Malzoni Jr, and handlerPhil Booth.

2012 AENC HERDING GROUP

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GCH CH Rocheuses Me and My Shadow of Cornus
Now that the national rankings race has been decided we canturn our full attention to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship (AENC).  Last night the winners of the Sporting, Hound,Toy, and Non-Sporting Groups were crowned. Tonight we start with the Herding Group judged by JamesFredericksen.  One of the interestingthings in this weekend’s judging is that several dogs started to appear thathad not been at the preliminaries.  

 Oneof those dogs that we had not seen this week was the Bouvier des Flandres, GCHCH Rocheuses Me and My Shadow of Cornus.  Today Casper took the breed over BIS winnign competition and went on to a Herding Group 1, followed by the Puli, GCH CH CordmakerRumpus Bumpus, the Rough Collie, GCH CH Wyndlair Cherokee Vindication, and theGerman Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Babheim’s Captain Crunch.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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The Wheelers(L/R:  Emily, Billy, Brenda, Windy & Tom, Olivia, Lori, & Winston)
2012 has been a wonderful year for Dog Show Poop and theWheelers.  We have been all over the USvisiting with our fellow dog fanciers and reporting on the most exciting racefor The Number One Dog All Breeds since 2008. We also saw our daughter, Windy, marry a wonderful young man, TomFitzhugh. 
In 2013 we will continue our thrice weekly Back Story columnover on Best In Show Daily as well as ringside reports starting with January’s  Rose City Classic in Portland OR and the WestminsterKennel Club show in February.  Next weekwe will announce some new features for you here on Dog Show Poop.
In the meantime we wish you Merry Christmas & Happy NewYear and hope you and your families are as blessed as we have been.

2012 AENC WORLD CHALLENGE

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GCH CH Jaset’s Satisfaction
Next on the AENC schedule tonight is the finals of the WorldChallenge, an event unlike any we see anywhere other than this weekend.  Brazilian Judge Luis Miguel V Pinto Texeriawas presented with 13 finalists from all over the globe.  His First Place went to the Standard Poodlerepresenting the United States, GCH CH Jaset’s Satisfaction, the Runner Up (secondplace to us) ribbon went to the Swedish Saluki, CH Shiraz California Dreamin’,the First Runner Up (third place) prize went to the Pembroke Welsh Corgi from Russia,Andol Pinkerton.

2012 AENC TERRIER GROUP

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GCH CH AfterAll Painting the Sky
Our second group tonight is the Terrier Group judged byPeggy Beisel-McIlwaine.  The TerrierGroup today was huge with over 500 entered. Unlike some other groups we had most of our top ranked Terriers herethis weekend.  The four that made it tothe top of the heap were the Wirehaired Fox Terrier, GCH CH AfterAll Paintingthe Sky, the Border Terrier, GCH CH Meadowlake Simply Sinful, the WelshTerrier,GCH CH Sharireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor, and the Scottish Terrier, GCH CHLondview Clementina.