Preston the Puli takes the AKC Dog Show!

American Kennel Club Dog Show

A Puli known as GCHB CH Cordmaker Mister Blue Sky, or more commonly, Preston, won “Best in Show” at the American Kennel Club National Championship dog show last weekend in Orlando, Florida.

Ringside at the American Kennel Club National Championship — Preston the Puli. The Champion!

He beat out nearly 5,000 dogs to win a $50,000 cash prize, the largest prize in American dog shows.

The show as part of a week-long dog festival known as the Canine Extravaganza, sponsored by Royal Canin.

Here are Preston’s official show portraits, courtesy of the American Kennel Club.

And here’s a close-up.

For more about Preston, visit his Facebook page.

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Sean Sheer

Sean is a passionate dog lover and the proud owner of Urban Dog’s Official Spokes-Dog, Bodhi the Weimaraner. His family has always owned dogs, but Bodhi is the first he's been fully responsible for since puppyhood… and he couldn't be more doting. As a longtime New Yorker of more than 20 years, Sean knows what a dog's and dog owner's lifestyle is like in NYC. Besides being a doggy dad and top dog at Urban Dog, Sean also has a "real job" experience as co-owner of a Palm Beach, Florida-based private investigative firm, and as a licensed (pet friendly) Real Estate Salesperson with Douglas Elliman in NYC. Sean also exercised his creativity and business sense as an award-winning journalist, producer, TV marketing exec, and private investigator. When not blogging, working, or playing with Bodhi, he is an avid adventure traveler who has circumnavigated the world, bird-watched on all seven continents, safari-ed in Africa, and SCUBA-dived in exotic waters.