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Masters Agility Championship 2018

Westminster Dog Show Agility Competition

Photographs by Natalie Siebers

More than 300 dogs competed at the 2018 edition of the Masters Agility Championship in New York City this past weekend. It was all part of the big celebrations of dogs collectively known as Westminster weekend.

Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)
Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)

Urban Dog’s favorite photographer Natalie Siebers was there. She got the great photos in this post and this video of the handlers familiarizing themselves with the course. (It’s okay to laugh… the video is pretty funny!)

Dogs competing in the contest have to work their way over and through obstacles including a slalom, a seesaw, a tunnel, and any number of hurdles.

Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)
Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)

The winner of the Master’s Agility Championship was a Border Collie named Fame(US) —  pronounced “famous” — Fame, for short. You can see Fame’s run starting at the 6:33 minute mark in the video from Fox Sports below.

Fame won with a time of 29.53 seconds, three seconds faster than last year’s winner.

“It’s difficult to top her athletic ability,” Fame’s owner and handler Jessica Ajoux told The Associated Press, “I’m privileged to have her as a teacher, really.”

Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)
Masters Agility Championship Winner Fame (Photo: Steve Surfman for the Westminster Kennel Club)

Here’s a full report from NJ.com and here’s one from NPR.

Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)
Westminster Agility Championship (Photo: Natalie Siebers)

And for more from Natalie, check out her website.

And here’s a look back at last year’s Urban Dog coverage of Westminster’s Meet & Compete, including the Masters Agility Championship 2017.

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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.

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