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Jilly top dog at leading show

March 10, 2013 20:46
A Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen called Jilly on Sunday won the Best in Show award at Britain's Crufts festival, the world's largest annual dog show. Jilly, from Oxfordshire, south England, was crowned champion ahead of more than 20,000 other dogs at the NEC arena in Birmingham, central England. "She is just so busy, so naughty, she's such a character, a once in a lifetime dog," said owner Gavin Robertson. Organisers The Kennel Club describes the breed as a "well balanced, short legged, rough coated, compact hound".

Millions for a mastiff at China Tibetan dog expo

March 9, 2013 10:30
Drooping eyes barely visible behind a mountain of glossy black fur, an enormous dog snoozes on stage in an industrial Chinese city. Its asking price: close to a million US dollars. "This is the greatest dog in China," breeder Yao Yi said, as he stroked a year-old Tibetan Mastiff, up for sale on Saturday for five million Chinese yuan ($800,000), at a dog show in Baoding, a few hours drive from Beijing.

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February 13, 2013 19:47
FIVE-YEAR-OLD AFFENPINSCHER NAMED BANANA JOE WINS BEST IN SHOW AT NEW YORK'S WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW

UPDATE 4-Labrador retriever again denied at Westminster dog show

February 13, 2013 10:31
(Adds winner of working dog group) By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A 6-year-old German wirehaired pointer that came in as the top-ranked dog in the United States won best in group for sporting dogs at the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday, eliminating the Labrador retriever once again.

Obscure breeds truly one of a kind at New York dog show

February 13, 2013 10:15
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A kuvasz can search the entire Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show without finding another dog like him. The same is true of a plott, an Anatolian shepherd dog, a Norwegian lundehund and an Entlebucher mountain dog, all obscure breeds represented by a single entry this year at the dog show, which was due to crown its best in show dog later on Tuesday.

Tiny affenpinscher dog is America's top banana

February 13, 2013 06:31
A tiny black affenpinscher called Banana Joe became top dog Tuesday by winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. His handler, Ernesto Lara, lifted him in the air and shook him joyfully, then placed him next to the winner's podium, where Banana Joe leaped up like a born winner. After conquering his toy dog category, Banana Joe had to face serious -- not to mention much bigger -- competition in the final round pitting the best in breeds against each other.

Tiny affenpinscher dog is America's top banana

February 13, 2013 01:15
A tiny black affenpinscher called Banana Joe became top banana in America's dog world Tuesday by winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York. After winning his toy dog category, Banana Joe went on to face serious -- not to mention much bigger -- competition in the final round pitting the best in breeds against each other. Up against the miniscule pooch were a German wirehaired pointer, a smooth fox terrier, an American foxhound, a fluffy white bichon frise, a Portuguese water dog and an enormous shaggy old English sheepdog.
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