Dog folk often call the Westminster Kennel Club show the Super Bowl of canine competitions. And that quip might be especially fitting this year. The United States' most prestigious dog show opened Saturday, on the same weekend as pro football’s Super Bowl on Sunday. The rare coincidence comes after both competitions’ dates shifted in recent years.
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However you want to analogize it, being at Westminster is a triumph for Guster the rescue pug. Owner Steve Martin never did the sport before Guster signaled he was interested: He started wagging his tail and tilting his head while they watched the Westminster agility contest on TV several years ago.“We never thought we’d be here. And now we’re here,” Martin, of Austin, Texas, said as they readied to compete Saturday.
Saturday’s contest featured about 350 hopefuls that already have reached a championship level in agility, one of dogdom’s most popular sports. It wasShe’s an intentional blend of two breeds that do well in the sport. But it also draws rescue dogs such as an Australian cattle dog mix named Sawyer, or Soy Sauce for short.
While some dogs are steered to agility to burn off energy, the sport helps others come out of their shell. Tully, a lanky, shaggy, mostly-Labradoodle mix, used to be “afraid of the world” but now is excited to go to agility classes and competitions, owner Carla Rash said.
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