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AKC National Championship ‘18 • Results AKC National Championship

Martial Robin, Michael Canalizo, Lee Canalizo At AKC Meet the Breeds®,
breed clubs set up decorated
booths in which members of
the public met and interacted
with their dogs. This year, the
Keeshonds took Best Booth in
Show with a windmill- and tu-
lip-dotted backdrop that cele-
brated their barge dog’s Dutch
roots.

The much-coveted AKC
Breeder of the Year award was
presented to Kent Boyles and
Liz Oster of Kenlyn/Marquis
German Shepherd Dogs. Like
Smithey with Whiskey, Boyles
is a breeder-owner-handler
who went Best in Show in Or-
lando in 2015 with a female
Shepherd named “Rumor.”

Fittingly, the AKC show also
hosted the kennel club’s Na-
tional Owner-Handled Series
Finals Best in Show, which
went to “Vogue” the Bedling-
ton Terrier; his acronym-
loaded registered name, Gold
Grand Champion Lamz Strike
A Pose, RN, CAA, CGC, TKN,
tells you he’s plenty busy out-
side the ring, too.

• Sit, Jump, Splash

Speaking of performance
events, the National Cham-
pionship also hosted the AKC
Obedience Classic and the AKC
Agility Invitational, bringing
the show’s total entries to a
whopping 9,023.

Obedience

At the AKC Obedience Clas-
sic, four dogs – one for each
competition level, or class
– emerged victorious. Those
first-place winners were “Dal-
las” the Border Collie (Grand
Champion Rising Star’s Rhine-
stones and Spurs CD BN RN)
in the Novice class, along
with three Golden Retriev-
ers: “Riot” (High Times Quiet
Riot CDX PCD BN) in the Open
class; “Journey” (Half Moon
Irresistable Impulse UD RN) in
the Utility class; and “Circus”
(OTCH Topbrass The Greatest
Show on Earth UDX8 OGM BN
GN) in the Masters class.

Agility

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