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Westminster: Meet and Compete

Meet the Breeds and Masters Agility Championship

A Border Collie from Rhode Island named Trick won the the 3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Saturday.

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Trick (Courtesy NJ.com)

Here’s a video of his exciting run courtesy of Fox Sports.

(Does anyone else think it’s weird the announcer is giving Trick’s owner and handler John all the credit?)

Day one of Westminster Kennel Club’s dog show weekend in New York City was dubbed Meet and Compete. It was “two events in one”: The Masters Agility Championship and the American Kennel Club’s Meet The Breeds dog fair. Meet and Compete took place at Piers 92 and 94 on Manhattan’s West Side.

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Agility Championship Ring

The Masters Agility Championship featured dogs and their handlers attacking an obstacle course of jumps, tunnels, weave poles, and more. It’s a race against the clock. The best time won. Trick took the trophy with a time of 32.65 seconds! He beat out more than 300 other dogs. Unlike other Westminster events, mixed breed dogs are allowed to compete in the agility trials.

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The Agility Championship Trophy

The eighth annual Meet the Breeds event gave people an opportunity to get up close and personal with more than 100 different breeds in booths scattered across both piers. Enthusiasts manned each booth to answer questions about each breed’s country of origin, historical purpose, and attributes as family pets. The event was staged by the AKC.

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This Cutie Greeted Urban Dog with a Smile at “Meet the Breeds”

As usual, the event was very crowded!

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“Meet the Breeds” was PACKED!

Here is a small sample of the dogs we saw at Meet the Breeds. First up, a Keeshond.

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Keeshond

People got a chance to interact with various breeds. Here are people petting an Akita puppy.

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Akita Puppy

Here’s a Bergamasco Shepherd.

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Bergamasco Shepherd

This is a Bull Terrier. Famous Bull Terriers include Bullseye, Target’s mascot, and Bud Light’s Spuds MacKenzie.

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Bull Terrier

This is the Great Pyrenees.

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Great Pyrenees

This is the American Hairless Terrier, newly recognized by the AKC.

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American Hairless Terrier

An Ibizan Hound.

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Ibizan Hound

This is a Poodle. Made of flowers. Yes, dog people are weird.

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Flower Poodle

This year cats made their return to the Meet the Breeds event. The International Cat Association gave folks a chance to to meet and play with more than thirty different cat breeds.

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Cat

 

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The View Outside

It was long day for people and the dogs.

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Gordon Setter: YAWN!

Very long.

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English Sheepdog

Time to go!

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Clumber Spaniel
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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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