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Over at the AKC Agility In-
vitational, five dogs darted,
jumped and weaved their
way to victory in the various
height categories – eight, 12,
16, 20 and 24 inches, repre-
senting how high the dogs are
required to jump. The first-
placers were, respectively:
“Zoom” the Cavalier King
Charles Spaniel (MACH2 Kay-
angee Wishing Well Excuse My
Dust MXG MJC); “Tammy” the
Miniature Schnauzer (MACH5
PACH2 Tear Em Up Tammy
Trinity MXS2 MJG2 MXP8 MXPG
MJP11 MJPC PAX2 MFG TQX
MFP); “Mysti” the Border Col-
lie (MACH16 Hob Nob Mystic
Flame MXS4 PDG MJG4 PJG
MXF TQX T2B5); “Decoy” the
Labrador Retriever (MACH7
Bak In Blak’s Man In Motion
MXG2 PAD MJC2 PJD MFS TQX
T2B3) and “Jif” the Weima-
raner (MACH4 Pm’s Grayquest
Wild Blue Yonder CD JH MXS2
PAD MJS2 PJS MFB TQX T2B4).
Enough acronyms for you?
Dock Diving
A perennial crowd pleaser at
the AKC National Champion-
ship is the dock-diving com-
petition – who doesn’t love to
watch dogs sail through the
air and land with a joyous bel-
ly flop? North America Diving
AKC National Championship Dogs drew a record entry of
more than 690 for its NADD/
AKC National Championship,
and here, as in the big ring,
a Whippet made his mark:
“Sounders” not only won the
Open Class Elite Division, but
his jump of 33 feet and six
inches unofficially broke the
world record for dock diving,
with video of the jump sent
into Guinness headquarters
for official recognition.
• Junior Winners Sterling; “Sulley” the Cavalier
As in conformation, the
American Kennel Club offers
special recognition to young
people who compete with their
dogs in obedience, agility and
AKC Rally®, which is a more
relaxed version of obedience.
Juniors Obedience & Rally
Based on highest combined
Results • AKC National Championship ‘18
1-2 / 2019
obedience with two Rally
classes, plus bonus points, the Beauchemin; and “Bentlee”
winners were Burlynne Mejeris the Golden Retriever (Bentlee
and “Cooler” the Australian Sawhney CD BN RE NAP NJP
Shepherd (Soundtrack’s Cool- NFP CGC TKN), handled by
er Nights) in Beginner Novice Jada Sawhney.
plus Rally; Cassandra Didelot
and “Ruby” the Labrador Re- • What’s Next for Whis-
triever (Ruby Red Didelot BN key?
RN) in Preferred Novice plus
Rally; and Abigail Stark and As for fellow Whippet, Whis-
“Fuji” the Shetland Sheepdog key, Smithey says he will take
(Drumlin’s Fuji Made for Pic- a break from full-time show-
tures CDX BN GN RE) in Pre- ing in 2019, coming out only
ferred Open plus Rally. (The for specialties and marquee
latter also won the Top Com- shows such as Westminster,
bined Obedience & Rally Junior where last year he placed
Award.) fourth in the Hound Group.
Chances are his biggest com-
Juniors Agility petition at the Garden this
time around will be his sister,
In the AKC Juniors Agility who won the American Whip-
Competition, the first-placers pet Club show in 2018, as he
in the various Junior Excellent did the year before, making
height divisions were “Fern” them the only Whippet litter-
the Papillon (Ch. MACH2 mates in AKC history to both
Amoure Beau’s In The Quiet win a national specialty.
Woods MXS MJG MXP2 MJP2),
handled by Danielle Wagner (8 And that sister’s name?
inches); “Shadow” the Shet-
land Sheepdog (MACH2 Blue Dramatic pause, accompa-
Shadow On The Lake MXS MJS nied by the gentle clink of ice
NF CGC TKP) handled by Mor- cubes.
gan Vance (12 inches); fol-
lowed by a trio of Border Col- Bourbon, of course.
lies, who so often dominate
the agility ribbons: “Spark” You can watch Whiskey’s big
(MACH2 Wyndspell Fireworks win, and the competition lead-
UD RAE2 MXS MJS MXF T2B ing up to it on AKC.TV.
TKA), handled by Avery Adams
(16 inches); “Bandit”(Bandit
CDX RE AX AXJ OF), handled
by Ryan Klamm (20 inches);
and “Savvy” (Winthrop Savvy
AX AXJ XF), handled by An-
drew Clark (24 inches).
In the Junior Superior class-
es, the winners of those cor-
responding height divisions
were, respectively: “Razi”
the Russell Terrier (MACH8
Razi MXC2 MJB3 MFS TQX T2B
SWN CGCA) handled by Briana
King Charles Spaniel (MACH7
Rhapsody’s Enchanting Mon-
ster MXG2 MJG2), handled by
Carly Kreiser; “Flint” the Bor-
der Collie (Liberty Hill Emit A
Spark RN OA OAJ CGC TKI),
handled by Ryan Ford; “Har-
ley” the Border Collie (MACH
Orionwildthing CDX MXS MJS
XF T2B2), handled by Faith