Monty, a giant schnauzer, competes in the working group during the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Monty won best in working group. NEW YORK — — With the U.S. dog show world's most prestigious award on the line, seven canines and their handlers were about to take their star turns Tuesday at theRummie the Pekingese aims to bring home the third trophy in 11 years for his small-but-regal breed.
An Australian shepherd named Ribbon, an English setter called Cider, a giant schnauzer named Monty and an American Staffordshire terrier called Trouble also are in the pack of contenders. If Buddy Holly was feeling the pressure, he wasn't letting it show. Instead, he seemed more concerned late Tuesday afternoon with playing with his people and rejecting the notion of a nap in his crate.
“He just screams PBGV,” handler and co-owner Janice Hayes said. “They're just very independent but very charming and just silly. Their goal is to make you laugh every day.”Buddy Holly — so named because “he's a buddy," breeder Gavin Robertson explained — has also lived and competed in his native United Kingdom and in Ireland and Australia.
Ribbon is"like the fun girl at the party," handler Jessica Plourde said. Rummie is"true to Pekingese type, lots of carriage, presence — everything in one, here," said owner and breeder David Fitzpatrick, who guided Pekes Malachy and
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