Our Whom to Watch at Westminster (WWW) list for the Working Group this year feature’s one of the most interesting breed match ups, an all time breed record holder, & the current Number One Dog All Breeds.Last year’s Number One Working Dog, the Boxer bitch, Our Working Group this year feature’s one of the most interesting breed match ups, an all time breed record holder, & the current Number One Dog All Breeds.
GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream
(Photo by Infocusbymiguel)
Last year’s Number One Working Dog, the Boxer bitch, GCH CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, made it all the way to the Number Three Dog All Breeds with 34 BIS & 102 Working Groups. Scarlett was bred by Tina Porter & Lee Stanton, is owned by Debbie McCarroll, Mark Fagan, Mrs Jack Billhardt, & Sergio Tenenbaum, and handled by Diego Garcia.
GCH CH R and G's Mystical Dancer
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
Scarlet will be challenged in the breed by a Boxer dog, GCH CH R and G’s Mystical Dancer. Both dogs exhibit beautiful breed type with Scarlett sporting a refined, feminine look and Danny capitalizing on a powerful, masculine presence. Danny finished 2011 as the Number Two Boxer, the Number Three Working Dog, & the Number 17 Dog All Breeds with 17 BIS & 63 Working Groups. Danny is shown by breeder/owner Kimberlie Steele-Gamero. Rounding out Team Danny are breeder/owner Gayann Jones, and owners Roberta & Roberto Bezerra, Barbara Bachman, C Desmond, & Gary Steele.
GCH CH Szumeria's Wildwood Silver Six Pence
(Photo by Derek Glas)
GCH CH Szumeria’s Wildwood Silver Six Pence is the top winning Kuvaszs in AKC history with 25 career BIS. Tanner & handler Diana Wilson finished the season as the Number Nine Dog All Breeds with 18 big rosettes & 70 Working Group top prizes and won a giant BIS in Palm Springs CA to start the 2012. Tanner was bred by Beatrice Page, Clay Page, Lynn Brady, & Constance Townsend, and is owned by Mercedes Vila, Lynn Brady, Constance Townsend, & Claudia Muir.
GCH CH Protocol’s Veni Vidi Vici
The current Number One Dog All Breeds is a Doberman Pinscher with the very un-Doberman-like name of FiFi. GCH CH Protocol’s Veni Vidi Vici, made it all the way to the Number 19 Dog All Breeds spot in 2011 with 15 BIS & 44 Working Groups. This year she has coming out roaring, winning three of the four BIS in Portland OR earlier this year. FiFi, breeder/owner handled by Jocelyn Mullins, was bred by Jocelyn & husband Kevin Mullins, and co-owned by the Mullins & Suzy & Dick Lundy.
GCH CH Chancellor Flirt's Hi Flyin' Gladiator
(Photo courtesy of AKC)
Our final choice in the Working Group is the Rottweiler, GCH CH Chancellor Flirt's Hi Flyin' Gladiator. Pilot came on strong at the end of the year to finish as the Number Ten Working Dog with four BIS & 27 Working Groups and was the breed winner at December’s AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Pilot was bred by Wendi Lewellen and handled by Perry Payson.
Nest up, the Terriers.,
I wouldn't count out the malamute. He's been right in there in the rosettes (the only working dog to place all five days in Portland), placed second to FiFi in Portland under the same group judge as Westminster, and also won the Rainier Working Dog Specialty. Go Ricky!
ReplyDeleteMs. Betty Regina Leininger did not judge the working group in Portland, OR this year. Another judge took over the assignment for Mr. Everett Dean whom Ms. Leininger was going to be judging in place of. I am of the assumption Ms. Leininger requested she not replace Mr. Dean to judge the working group there because of her up coming assignment at the Garden. Ricky is a very handsome Malamute.
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