Dog show honors: Old Iron Margaret River takes the crystal vase

Dog fanciers and fans take in 67th WPKA show and competitions

Lacy, a 9-year-old golden retriever, snuggles with her owner, Roberta Hockenberry, of Chester, W. Va., during the agility competition at the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association dog show at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown, yesterday.
By Linda Wilson Fuoco – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Old Iron [...]

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WPKA dog show winners – Day 2

By Glenn May – TRIBUNE-REVIEW – A loveable little beagle got the loudest applause from the audience as dog show finalists pranced around the ring, but a perfectly sculpted Airedale terrier won top honors Sunday in the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association show.
Old Iron Margaret River, a 3-year-old female, won yesterday's "Best in Show" after beating [...]

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WPKA dog show winners – Day 1

By The Tribune-Review – Winners in the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association Inc. Dog Show on Saturday:     

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‘Ruff’ love shown at dog show

By Rick Wills – TRIBUNE-REVIEW – Margaret, a 3-year-old Airedale terrier born in Australia, bested hundreds of champion dogs Saturday to take home the "best of show" title at Pittsburgh's biggest dog show.    

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From Lap to Lap, via Internet and Airline

By TRACIE ROZHON – NYT – If you want something badly enough, you'll find a way to get it. Even a pedigreed dog.
We bought Reilly, our Irish terrier puppy, over the Internet. She was shipped in by Northwest Airlines in a tiny plastic carrier, arriving in upstate New York on a bitterly cold night in [...]

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Dog beat dog

By Regis Behe – TRIBUNE-REVIEW – His name is C.H. Rinposhay’s Captain Courageous — the C.H. is for champion — but you can call him Spencer.
A shih tzu, Spencer lives the epitome of a dog’s life: high-quality dog food, an hour of grooming every day and a bath every fifth day that lasts between 2 [...]

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Canine Couture

By Andrew Johnson – TRIBUNE-REVIEW – Linda Urbanek’s Claws-N-Paws Professional Pet Grooming looks like an auto-body shop for canines, complete with slickers, rakes, forceps and a muzzle.
Urbanek, 53, will be entering her 11-month-old Shetland Sheepdog, Carson, in the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association dog show this weekend.  

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Third-grader, purebred dog hunting for kennel show honors

By Linda Wilson Fuoco - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – At her Upper St. Clair home, she is simply Frances, the loyal and loving pet of the Ritchey family.
Although she’s a rather big dog, weighing in at a bit more than 70 pounds, she’s gentle and calm and cute, in a different kind of way. She has a [...]

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Conservationist campaigns to keep Tibet’s mastiffs mean

By Blythe Yee – The Wall Street Journal – GUJI VILLAGE, YUNNAN PROVINCE, China — Wong How Man is rounding up the toughest puppies he can find. For the past two years, he has spent weeks at a time scouring the Tibetan plateau for mastiff puppies with bushy tails, big heads and very bad dispositions.   [...]

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Dogs Like Us – Bioethics

By TED KERASOTE - Kelly, Wyo. – THE 130th Westminster Dog Show comes to New York today, with its thousands of contestants, ranging in size from two-pound Chihuahuas to 120-pound Great Danes. As the highly groomed dogs prance down the runways of Madison Square Garden — the floor-length coats of the Afghan hounds swaying, the teased [...]

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2006 Westminster Kennel Club Breed Judging Video

Streaming video (Streaming Video Link) of breed judging highlights for 2006 will be available within two hours of the completion of judging in that breed during the day (a high speed connection is required for viewing). If you want to see all of the 42 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels entered at the show, for example, you [...]

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Dog owner hounded over insurance

Bainbridge Island Review – Certifying dog’s good manners lets homeowner keep dog and policy. Experienced dog owner Jan Michael enrolled her 4-month-old Doberman, Abby, in training classes as a matter of course. “We’re people who believe you really need to train your dog,â€? she said. “I think any dog is more pleasant for a family [...]

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Poodle-Mix Acceptance Divides Dog Lovers

By CHRIS ECHEGARAY - cechegaray@tampatrib.com - TAMPA – They’re underdogs in a world of top dogs. – Breeders of hybrids, notably Labradoodles – Labrador-poodle mixes, as the name implies – are vying for American Kennel Club recognition. Someday soon, they want to share the stage with the primped and pampered at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship.   

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Latrobe family’s greyhound chases national title

By Tom Yerace - TRIBUNE-REVIEW – Their purebred greyhound’s formal name is “Ch. Zanzibar’s Coffee Crunch JC,” but around the house Thomas and Becky Schirf just call him “Buck.” 
By Sunday night, the Latrobe couple hope to call him something else: a national champion. 
Buck is one of only 25 greyhounds participating in the invitation-only American Kennel Club/Eukanuba [...]

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AKC 2005 Dog Registration Statistics

Ten most popular breeds in the US:

Retrievers (Labrador)

Retriever (Golden)

Yorkshire Terriers

 

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