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Feb. 10, 2014. Dawn Kelly grooms and puts curler's on her Yorkshire terrier at the Westminster Kennel Club 138th Annual Dog Show in New York.
Sky is the 14th wire fox terrier to win best in show, and the 46th
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The
winner of Tuesday night's Westminster Dog Show is a 5-year-old wire fox
terrier named Sky. "She just said, 'Pick me,'" Best in Show judge Betty
Regina Leininger said. "She is a beautiful wire. She really made us
proud."
According to the New York Times, terriers have won Westminster 46 times
in 138 years, making them the most popular group of dog. Sky's owner,
Gabriel Rangel, won Best in Show with another terrier in 2010.
On the tip toe of expectation..."
Sky's the limit: wire fox terrier wins Westminster dog show
NEW YORK
1 of 12. Sky,
a Wire Fox Terrier breed, stands in trophy after winning the Best In
Show at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square
Garden in New York, February 11, 2014.
Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
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HyperVocal | Best In Show, Best In Smooches: Sky Kisses All the People
Sky the Wire Fox Terrier stands in the winners circle after winning
27 all breed Best In Shows
(NEW YORK) — Sky the wire fox terrier has become America’s top dog.
Sky won best in show at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night. The wire fox terrier beat out a standard poodle, a Portuguese water dog, bloodhound, an Irish water spaniel, a Cardigan Welsh corgi and a miniature pinscher.
Judge Betty Regina Leininger picked the winner at a nearly full Madison Square Garden. The standard poodle named Ally was chosen as the runner-up.
This was the record 14th time a wire fox terrier has won at the nation’s top dog show. Sky has won 129 best in shows overall, and was ranked as the country’s No. 1 show dog last year.
There were 2,845 dogs entered in the show. They were eligible in 190 breeds and varieties.
Milestone:
Westminster Winner - Rufus
'Rufus' is the most successful Bull Terrier in the history of the breed.
[Rufus]
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Rufus, aka Ch. Rocky Tops Sundance Kid, is a colored bull terrier. Owned by Barbara and Tom Bishop of Keyport, N.J., Rufus was born April 8, 2000
NAMED. RUFUS, 5, a colored bull terrier; as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, making him the first bull terrier to win dog breeding's most prestigious contest; in New York. The frisky tan-and-white underdog, nicknamed "Puppyhead," beat out six other finalists, including classic crowd-pleasing family dogs such as a golden retriever and an Old English sheepdog. Kathy Kirk, his beaming handler, said, "We're going to have to buy him a steak somewhere."
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This is Allie, a Standard Poodle who won Reserve Best in Show (second place).
He's not sad, his face just looks like this.
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Dogs in motion.
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Groups of dogs all talking about how much they look alike.
The true winner.
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