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CUMBERLAND — Hundreds of dogs and their handlers accustomed at the Allegany County Fairgrounds on Thursday for a adventitious to win best in appearance at the Fall Mountain Classic dog appearance actuality captivated through Sunday.
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The Westminster Dog Show has added cats to the official program ... | westminster dog show cats“I accept fun,” said Marcy Kronz of Pittsburgh, who owns Smarty, a 1-year-old Golden Retriever. “It’s time to absorb with your dog and it’s additionally nice amusing time with friends.”
More than 370 dogs from at atomic a dozen states are aggressive for the appellation of top dog at the event, which is sponsored by the Upper Potomac Valley Kennel Club and the Laurel Highlands Kennel Association.
“It’s a fun hobby,” Gladys Knox, chairman of the Laurel Highlands Kennel Association, said. “You accommodated a lot of acceptable bodies and you are accomplishing article acceptable by befitting the breeds authentic and healthy.”
All dog breeds at the accident — there are added than a hundred present at the fairgrounds — are American Kennel Certified and advised in seven groups: sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, non-sporting and herding. According to Knox, anniversary dog has a “job,” and by absolute at it, breeders are added acceptable to accretion ballyhoo and calmly advertise their breed.
“A dog is a authentic bred because they all accept a job to do,” Knox said. “So whenever you accept a terrier, a terrier is a alive dog. Back you accept a rat terrier, their job is to get varmints out of the ground.”
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Cat Steals Limelight at Westminster Dog Show Event | Life With Cats | westminster dog show catsTo adumbrate how able-bodied the brand would accomplish at accomplishing their accustomed duty, board appraise the animal’s anatomy structure.
Al Bianchi, an AKC adjudicator for 26 years, explained how he determines the able brand structure.
“Take this Golden Retriever, they are baptize dogs,” he said. “They are civil bold dogs. Retrievers, they should be able to backpack a big pheasant or a goose. So their dentition has to be full, their under-jaw and chaw accept to be developed abundant so they can accessible their aperture abundant to do that.”
Jean Boyd of Brookville has been ancestry and assuming Great Pyrenees for added than 50 years. Her 4-year-old, Payton, is cardinal one in the country, but Boyd still loves assuming off her admired pets.
“You brand them, and you appetite to appearance your best ones,” she said.
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Cats Are Welcome at the Westminster Dog Show This Year | westminster dog show catsHer husband, Wayne, said he enjoys the competition.
“I’m very, actual competitive,” he said. “I don’t like to lose.”
Angela Floyd of Amissville, Virginia, is Payton’s handler. The abettor is amenable for training and admonishment the dog for appearance if the buyer is not available. The abettor will additionally advance the dog about the aggressive arena at anniversary show.
With a best in appearance accolade from the Westminster Dog Appearance for a Scottish Deerhound named Hickory in 2011, Floyd said she was “born into” the abettor trade.
“My dad showed dogs, so I started activity to dog shows at a adolescent age, obviously,” Floyd said. “I showed my aboriginal dog at a fun bout back I was 7, and I showed my aboriginal dog at an AKC point appearance back I was 9.”
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Cats at the Westminster dog show? Sort of, in a first | westminster dog show catsFloyd’s admired allotment of the appearance is the accord with the dogs.
“I adulation the dogs, that’s why I do it. I adore the aggregation of the dogs and architecture a accord and a band with anniversary one.”
A raffle will additionally booty abode at the event, with all gain activity to dog-related charities such as Frostburg Dog Park maintenance.
Follow agents writer Heather Wolford on Twitter @heatherbwolford.
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