At the UKC Premier Shows and Top 10 Invitational we had Tycho & Bugsy entered in the Top 10 Competition as the #1 and #5 Malamutes for 2009, respectively. Bugsy decided to drop all his coat & so we left him home. Tycho competed with 2 other Mals and won the first round (BOB) under John Booth. This got him into the “semi-finals”. The semi-finals comprised all BOB winners competing in 5 groups randomly made up of all the breeds registered by UKC. From each of these 5 groups, 4 finalists were selected, making a “finals” lineup with 20 dogs. Our group was judged by Paul Bruneau and Tycho made the cut as a “semifinal winner”. The finals were held the next evening after the regular Premier show. The 20 finalists were announced & paraded for the audience and then, in groups of 3, judged individually by 3 different judges. Mary Happel, John Booth and (how embarrassing… can’t remember his name) were the judges. The event was remarkably similar event to the AMCA Top 20 event, except there were three rings, one for each judge, with a central “holding pen” and a 4th “holding ring” for the next group of 3. It was “black tie optional” and I even dressed up a bit! Out came the AMCA Top 20 judging outfit :-). It must have worked because Tycho was awarded 8th place in the Finals!! Woohoo!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
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