You didn’t think I forgot about the Iditarod, did you? I’ll be posting more about this year’s race throughout the week, but for now, here are the top ten teams on the leaderboard as of 3:39 pm Eastern Time on Monday March 4th.
1 Nicolas Petit (20) Out of Rainy Pass
2 Peter Kaiser (9) Out of Rainy Pass
3 Ryan Redington (22) In to Rainy Pass
4 Jessie Holmes (5) In to Rainy Pass
5 Matt Hall (3) In to Rainy Pass
6 Linwood Fiedler (15) In to Rainy Pass
7 Wade Marrs (36) Out of Finger Lake
8 Aliy Zirkle (19) Out of Finger Lake
9 Ramey Smyth (6) Out of Finger Lake
10 Anna Berington (10) Out of Finger Lake
Have you seen this Mastiff competing at the Rocky Mountain Cluster Dog Show yet? I love it when dogs compete just to do something with their human, not worrying about their time at all. Adorable! I think I might actually be able to keep up with this dog!
Sully, President George H.W. Bush’s service dog, had a big February! He got to meet his namesake, pilot Chesley Sullenberger, on the Today Show, then he started his new job as facility dog at Walter Reed. Continue reading Sully, Meet Sully!→
From The Dog Lady’s mailbag: The American Kennel Club and EEM will host the first-ever 2019
AKC Agility Premier Cup presented by EEM to be held in conjunction with the Longines
Masters of New York. The event will take place on Thursday April 25th from 4 P.M.- 9
P.M. at NYCB Live at the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
This family-friendly event marks the first time AKC Agility will be held at an Equestrian event, demonstrating the amazing abilities of both horses and dogs in their respective sports. The top 60 canine agility competitors and their handlers from around the country will be invited to compete at the Invitational. Twelve dogs will be entered at each jump height (8”,12”, 16”, 20”, and 24”) for $10,000 in cash prizes. The winner will also have their name engraved on the AKC Agility Premier Cup trophy that will be displayed in perpetuity in the AKC New York Headquarters. Continue reading THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB JOINS WITH EEM WORLD TO HOST THE AKC AGILITY PREMIER CUP PRESENTED BY EEM→
