PREMIER NATIONALS JUDGING PROGRAM These events are held under the rules and regulations of United

PREMIER NATIONALS

Thursday, June 17, 2021 2019-2020 Top Ten Invitational, 2019-2020 All Stars, National Top Junior Invitational

Friday, June 18 - Sunday, June 20, 2021 All-Breed Conformation Shows (Regular & Altered) including , Agility Trials, Lure Meets, Nosework Trials, Obedience Trials, Trials, Drag Racing, Precision Cours- ing, Dock Jumping, and Weight Pulls.

Hosted by United Kennel Club

Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo MI 49048

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2 2021 Premier Nationals Premier Best of the Best!

The Best of the Best competition is on Sunday, June 20, 2021. All the Best in Specialty winners, the Top Ten Winner, Total Regular Best In Show Winner, and the Regular Best In Show Winners from Friday – Sunday are invited to compete for the Best of the Best! The competition will be held immediately after Regular and Altered Best In Show on Sunday. The judge will be announced at the time of the competition.

NOTES & REMINDERS: Important Information • Overnight security is not provided. 1. Checking In. Exhibitors and event participants must • This is a non-smoking facility. check-in in the main lobby inside the Expo Center and com- plete a health screening questionnaire. You will receive your 3. Masks & Social Distancing. Masks are required both armbands plus a wristband after completing your health indoors and outdoors for those who are not fully vaccinated. screening, which you must present to enter any ring. Wrist- Fully vaccinated individuals will not be required to wear a bands will be used for entire event - you only need to check mask indoors or outdoors. in once. • To promote social distancing, several activities and rings have been moved from where they have Check-In Times been in years past. Please familiarize yourself with • Wednesday: 10:00am – 4:00pm the event layout. • Thursday: 6:30am – 8:00am • Safety guidelines for this event can be found on • Friday: 6:30am – 8:00am the Premier page on www.ukcdogs.com and must be followed for the duration of the event. Check-in will also be available during event times. 4. Armbands. Please check the reverse side of your arm- 2. Set-up. You may begin setting up crates and pop-up tents band to make sure the dog’s number and the entries are on Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Those who have reserved indoor correct. If there is any discrepancy, please visit the Su- crating or grooming spaces will be allowed in the building at perintendent’s table in the Main Expo Center first thing in this time. Indoor spaces will be pre-assigned so there is no the morning. All corrections or changes to entries must be need to arrive early to find a space. made in writing to UKC no later than one half-hour prior to • Building and grounds will be open to exhibitors at the start of any regular judging at the show. For questions 7:00am Wednesday through Sunday. before the show, email us at [email protected]. • The event grounds have plenty of outdoor space For questions at the show, come see us at the Superinten- for personal canopies. Loading and unloading on dent’s table. the lawns will be allowed from 7:00am-8:00am each morning and each evening beginning at 3:00pm 5. Event Times. No activities will start before the start or until event activities are completed, whichever is time published in this program, even if judging is ahead of later. schedule. • Absolutely no parking is allowed in the event field. Vehicles must be out of the event space by 8:00am. Hearing Committee: Tony Vacha, Denise Vavla, Hannah Tsui • No driving on the grass.

BEST IN SHOW FOR PREMIER NATIONALS!

A Reminder: Beginning this year, in 2021, the regular Best in Show winner of the UKC Premier Nationals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be awarded the title of National Best in Show. Winners will have the NBIS title added to their dog’s name and will receive a title certificate!

2021 Premier Nationals 3 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING: 2019-2020 TOP TEN FINALS COMPETITION The Top Ten in each breed were invited to compete in this year’s Top Ten Invitational, based on the points earned at UKC-licensed Conformation shows during the 2019-2020 calendar years. There are 437 dogs entered in this competition, representing 124 breeds. The assigned judges for the Semi-Final and Final rounds will not be announced prior to judging. The same armbands will be used for the Premier Nationals and Top Ten and All Stars. Winners of each round must keep their armband to compete in the next round. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to have their dog ringside at the time of judging. Judges are not required to wait for dogs.

On Thursday, groups will be judged in the following rings: • Ring 1 – Companion Group • Ring 2 – Group • Ring 3 – Northern Group • Ring 4 – Group, Scenthound Group • Ring 5 – Guardian Group • Ring 6 – Herding Group • Ring 8 – Group The Top Junior competition will be held in Rings 1 and 2 at 1:00pm.

Ring 1 - Companion - 61 Entries Shikoku 2 Ring 6 - Herding - 79 Entries Judge: Brenda Landers Siberian Husky 4 Judge: Valerie Piltz 8:00 AM 8:00 AM 3 Ring 4 - Scent and - 64 Entries 7 Biewer Terrier 4 Judge: Jennifer Anderson Belgian Shepherd Dog 5 2 8:00 AM Berger Picard 3 Chinese Crested 5 American Black & Tan 3 Border Collie 5 Dalmatian 3 American Leopard 3 Bouvier Des Flandres 2 English Bulldog 2 2 Briard 2 3 5 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 2 Italian 3 2 Czechoslovakian Vlcak 1 Kromfohrlander 1 1 5 Mi-Ki 1 6 9:00 AM 3 3 Dog 7 9:00 AM 3 Icelandic Sheepdog 1 7 1 La 10 Papillon 4 9:00 AM Min American Shepherd 3 Pomeranian 4 4 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 6 6 English Coonhound 1 Puli 1 Poodle MC 1 Greyhound 3 Pumi 1 Schipperke 1 6 Swedish Vallhund 2 2 Mountain 1 10:00 AM 6 1 Shetland Sheepdog 7 2 11 Ring 2 - Terrier - 46 Entries Podengo Portugueso 3 Judge: Kathryn Baxter 4 Ring 7 - Gun Dogs - 71 Entries 8:00 AM 3 Judge: Tim Catterson American Hairless Terrier 5 1 8:00 AM American Pit 8 1 Brittany 8 1 10:00 AM 3 Jack Russel Terrier 2 3 Cocker Spaniel 1 3 1 English Cocker Spaniel 4 1 Xoloitzcuintli 1 English Pointer 3 Parson Russel Terrier 2 English Springer Spaniel 4 9 Ring 5 - Guardian - 64 Entries Epagneul Breton 1 9:00 AM Judge: Tracy Doty Field Spaniel 2 1 8:00 AM Flat-Coated Retriever 1 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier 1 6 5 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 6 Bernese Mountain Dog 3 9:00 AM 1 8 MC Standard Poodle 8 Toy 6 Bullmastiff 2 German Shorthaired Pointer 6 Cane Corso Italiano 5 Gordon Setter 2 Ring 3 - Northern - 52 Entries Caucasian Ovcharka 6 Irish Setter 1 Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll 9:00 AM Kooikerhondje 1 8:00 AM Central Asian Shepherd Dog 1 Labrador Retriever 8 Akita 4 Doberman Pinscher 5 NS Duck Tolling Retriever 1 6 Dogo Argentino 2 10:00 AM 6 4 Vizsla 2 American Eskimo 10 Great Pyrenees 1 Portuguese 4 Kai 2 2 Standard Poodle 6 Karelian Bear Dog 1 Mastiff 2 9:00 AM 4 2 Perro De Presa Canario 4 Norwegian Buhund 3 5 Norwegian Elkhound 1 10:00 AM Samoyed 11 South African Boerboel 3 Standard 1

4 2021 Premier Nationals THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 | 2019-2020 TOP TEN SEMI-FINAL ROUND The Best of Breed winners from the first round will advance to the semi-finals. Judges are not announced. Approximate 15-minute break between the conclusion of all the Breed Preliminaries and Semi-Final Round.

Group A Ring 1 Portuguese Water Dog Czechoslovakian Vlcak American Hairless Terrier Xoloitzcuintli Bavarian Mountain Hound Shetland Sheepdog Papillon M/C Poodle Bluetick Coonhound Rottweiler Shikoku Keeshond American Eskimo American Bulldog Irish Setter Leonberger Mastiff Pembroke Welsh Corgi Plott Hound NS Duck Tolling Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer Tibetan Spaniel Bullmastiff Group C Ring 7 Staffordshire Bull Terrier Olde English Bulldogge Caucasian Ovcharka Borzoi Kai American Pit Bull Terrier Greyhound Irish Wolfhound Miniature Pinscher South African Boerboel Labrador Retriever Perro De Presa Canario Norwich Terrier Saluki Redbone Coonhound Cocker Spaniel Scottish Deerhound Standard Poodle Basset Hound Central Asian Shepherd Dog American Bully Scottish Terrier Epagneul Breton Cane Corso Italiano Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier Schipperke Group E Ring 7 (After Group C) English Cocker Spaniel White Shepherd Dutch Shepherd Chesapeake Bay Retriever Yorkshire Terrier Golden Retriever Swedish Vallhund English Springer Spaniel American B & T Coonhound Min American Shepherd Great Pyrenees English Bulldog Chinese Crested Brittany Bouvier Des Flandres Norwegian Buhund Pumi Alaskan Malamute Karelian Bear Dog Norwegian Elkhound Biewer Terrier M/C Standard Poodle Silken Windhound Briard Boston Terrier Cardigan Welsh Corgi Group B Ring 4 Kerry Blue Terrier Poodle French Bulldog Carolina Dog Pug Border Terrier Azawakh Podengo Portugueso Jack Russel Terrier Akita Kooikerhondje Flat-Coated Retriever Dachshund Gordon Setter Siberian Husky English Pointer Basenji Mi-Ki Icelandic Sheepdog Alaskan Klee Kai Group D Ring 4 (After Group B) Teddy Roosevelt Terrier Australian Shepherd Vizsla Berger Picard Rat Terrier English Coonhound Beagle Great Dane Pharaoh Hound Field Spaniel Dalmatian Bernese Mountain Dog Kromfohrlander Rhodesian Ridgeback Boxer Treeing Walker Pomeranian Samoyed Coonhound Belgian Shepherd Dog German Shepherd Dog Puli Border Collie La Catahoula Leopard Dog Standard Poodle Dogo Argentino Doberman Pinscher

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2021 Premier Nationals 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING: TOP JUNIOR & PERFORMANCE ALL STARS UKC would like to say a special thank you to our stewards. Their commitment to the sport and assistance makes these invitationals possible. Please take a minute to personally thank them.

THURSDAY: AGILITY ALL STARS. The Agility All RING 12 show entries can be made until 3:00pm. Please enter Stars competition will begin at 8:00am and will run in Judge: Susan Knowles at the pool. the following order. Divisions will be run from Toy I, II, 8:00 AM Rally 2: 25 Entries and then III. 9:00 AM Rally 3: 18 Entries Splash 1: 20 Entries 10:45 AM Rally Master: 19 Entries Splash 2: 14 Entries 8:00 AM Splash 3: 12 Entries ALL STARS AGILITY I. THURSDAY: DRAG RACING ALL STARS AND Splash 4: 10 Entries Judge: Quincie Wend APTITUDE TESTS. Splash 5: 9 Entries 25 Entries Judge: Jose Perez (34 Total Entries) Splash 6: 10 Entries

9 NATIONAL TOP JUNIOR AGILITY (AGI COURSE) RING: THURSDAY: PRECISION COURSING Judge: Quincie Wend 7:00 AM : Flat Racing: Track opens at 8:00am. Day of show entries can be Top Junior Agility is a separate competition and will be Category A, Division 2 3 made at the track until 3:00pm. If your dog is entered run after the Agility I All Stars competition. Category A, Division 4 2 in both trials, both runs can be done at the same Category B, Division 2 1 time. 9:30 AM Category B, Division 4 1 ALL STARS AGILITY GRAND CHAMPION Category C, Division 2 1 8:00am Novice & Advanced: 88 Novice and 11 Judge: Quincie Wend Category C, Division 3 1 Advanced entries. Novice and Advanced runs can be 17 Entries Category D, Division 1 2 done at any time between 8:30am and 12:30 pm. Category D, Division 3 2 10:30 AM Category D, Division 4 5 12:30pm: Lunch & Course Change ALL STARS AGILITY III 8:00 AM : Steeplechase: Judge: Quincie Wend Category A, Division 2 2 2:00pm Superior & Master: 15 Superior and 8 Master 20 Entries Category A, Division 2 2 entries. Superior and Master runs can be done at any Category B, Division 2 1 time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. 11:30 AM Category B, Division 4 1 ALL STARS AGILITY GRAND CHAMPION Category C, Division 2 1 Judge: Quincie Wend Category C, Division 3 1 17 Entries Category D, Division 1 2 Category D, Division 3 1 12:45 PM Category D, Division 4 5 ALL STARS AGILITY II Judge: Katrina Junis THURSDAY: DRAG RACING 22 Entries Exhibitors are responsible to report to the track and 1:45 PM check in for their run(s), starting at 10:00am. ALL STARS AGILITY GRAND CHAMPION Judge: Katrina Junis Judge: Jose Perez (36 Total Entries) 17 Entries Trial 1: RING: THURSDAY: OBEDIENCE ALL STARS. The Obedi- 10:00am or to follow All Stars, whichever is later: ence All Stars competition will begin at 8:00am and Flat Racing: will run in the following order. Aptitude 10 Steeplechase: RING 10 Aptitude: Judge: James Comunale 12.5” to under 15” 3 8:00 AM Utility: 5 Entries 15” up to 18” 4 9:00 AM Open: 8 Entries 10:15 AM Novice: 9 Entries Trial 2: Flat Racing: 7 National Top Junior Obedience (Novice Course). Aptitude 11 Top Junior Obedience is a separate competition and Steeplechase Racing: will run after the Novice Obedience All Stars compe- Aptitude: tition. 10” to under 12.5” 1 12.5” to under 15” 3 THURSDAY: RALLY OBEDIENCE ALL STARS. The 15” up to 18” 4 Rally Obedience All Stars competition will begin at TRACKS CLOSE AT 4:45 PM 8:00am and will run in the following order. THURSDAY: WEIGHT PULL RING 11 Judge: Jamie Robinson (52 Total Entries) Judge: Anna Arndt Location: Weight Pull Barn 8:00 AM Rally 1: 33 Entries 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Weigh-In 9:15 AM: Handlers’ Meeting 18 National Top Junior Rally Obedience (RO1 9:30 AM: Pull Course). Top Junior Rally Obedience is a separate Division A 37 2021 Premier Nationals Prize Sponsor! competition and will be run after the Rally Obedience Division B 15 Be sure to visit their booth. 1 All Stars competition. THURSDAY: DOCK JUMPING Special thanks from UKC Judge: James Birch Pool opens at 10:00am and closes at 4:45pm. Day of

6 2021 Premier Nationals FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING There are 781 dogs entered in Conformation representing 136 breeds with a total entry of 1,785, including 131 Agility entries, 132 Nosework entries, 62 Obedience entries, 141 Rally Obedience entries, 56 Drag Racing entries, 57 Weight Pull entries, and 49 Junior Showmanship entries. For your convenience, the following division of sexes has been carefully tabulated; however, UKC does not assume responsibility for complete accuracy.

On Friday, groups will be judged in the following rings: • Ring 1 – Companion Group • Ring 2 – Junior Showmanship (Open Junior, Novice Senior); Northern Group • Ring 3 – Junior Showmanship (Pee-Wee, Sub Junior, Pre-Junior, Novice Junior); Terrier Group • Ring 4 – Junier Showmanship (Open Senior); Sighthound Group, Scenthound Group • Ring 5 – Guardian Group • Ring 6 and 7 – Herding Group • Ring 8 and 9 – Gun Dog Group

Ring 1 Judge: Kathryn Baxter 1:00 PM 11:30 AM 8:30 AM 14 Alaskan Klee Kai M 1-2 S 1-1 CH-6 GRCH-3 7 Dachshund M 1-0 CH-4 GRCH-2 12 American Bully 5-1-3-3 3 Alaskan Klee Kai ALT CH-1 GRCH-2 7 Beagle 0-1-3-3 1 1-0-0-0 2 Bluetick Coonhound 0-0-1-1 8 Biewer Terrier 4-1-1-2 Ring 3 3 Carolina Dog 0-2-1-0 4 Boston Terrier 1-0-3-0 Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll 1 Grand Griffon Vendeen 1-0-0-0 9:30 AM 8:00 AM 2 Greyhound 0-0-2-0 13 Chinese Crested 4-1-1-2 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 1 Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0 1 0-0-1-0 1 Pee-Wee 1 Mountain Cur 0-0-1-0 6 French Bulldog 0-1-3-2 1 Sub-Junior Lunch 2 Italian Greyhound 0-0-2-0 1 Pre-Junior 1:00 PM 6 Novice Junior 1 Italian Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 3 Podengo Portugueso PS 1-0 CH-1 GRCH-1 1 Dalmatian 0-0-1-0 Judge: Valerie Piltz 6 Irish Wolfhound 1-1-2-2 1 English Bulldog 0-0-1-0 8:45 AM 2 0-1-1-0 10:30 AM 3 American Hairless Terrier CH-2 GRCH-1 4 Plott Hound 0-2-2-0 3 Kromfohrlander 1-1-0-1 1 Border Terrier 0-0-1-0 4 Redbone Coonhound 0-1-1-2 3 Mi-Ki 0-2-1-0 1 Border Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 2 Rhodesian Ridgeback 0-0-2-0 4 Minature Pinscher 0-2-1-1 17 American Pit Bull Terrier 1-3-5-8 1 Rhodesian Ridgeback ALT 0-0-0-1 7 Papillon 1-3-0-3 3 American Pit Bull Terrier ALT 0-2-0-1 1 Scottish Deerhound 0-0-1-0 8 Pomeranian 2-2-4-0 9:45 AM 1 Spanish Greyhound 1-0-0-0 11:30 AM 3 Kerry Blue Terrier 0-0-3-0 1 Xoloitzcuintli CH-1 GRCH-0 9 Poodle M 1-2 CH-2 GRCH-4 10 3-4-2-1 2:00 PM 4 Poodle MC M 1-0 CH-2 GRCH-1 1 Jack Russell Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 7 Treeing Walker Coonhound 2-2-2-1 1 Pug 0-0-1-0 1 CH-1 GRCH-0 13 3-3-5-2 1 Pug ALT 0-1-0-0 1 Norwich Terrier 0-0-0-1 1 Whippet ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Schipperke 0-0-0-1 4 Parson Russell Terrier M 0-1 CH-3 GRCH-0 2:45 PM 1 Tibetan Spaniel 0-0-1-0 2 Parson Russell Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-1 16 Silken Windhound 2-4-5-5 2 ALT 2-0-0-0 1 0-0-1-0 2 Silken Windhound ALT 0-0-1-1 3 Yorkshire Terrier 0-0-2-1 1 Scottish Terrier 0-0-1-0 1 1-0-0-0 Ring 5 Ring 2 10:45 AM Judge: Jennifer Anderson Judge: Jennifer Landers 18 Rat Terrier M 1-0 S 5-2 CH-7 GRCH-3 8:30 AM 8:00 AM 1 Rat Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-0 9 American Bulldog 0-0-4-5 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 4 Bernese Mountain Dog 0-1-2-1 10 Open Junior 4 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier 0-3-1-0 11:45 AM 9 Boxer 0-0-5-4 3 Novice Senior 9:30 AM Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 1 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Teddy Roosevelt Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 2 Bullmastiff 1-0-1-0 9:30 AM 5 Cane Corso Italiano 1-1-2-1 3 Akita 0-3-0-0 7 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 1-2-3-1 16 Toy Fox Terrier 4-5-5-2 9 Caucasian Ovcharka 1-1-6-1 9 Alaskan Malamute 2-1-5-1 1 Dogo Argentino 0-0-1-0 3 Alaskan Malamute ALT 0-1-2-0 Ring 4 1 Great Dane 0-0-0-1 8 Siberian Husky 0-3-1-4 1 Central Asian Shepherd Dog 0-0-1-0 1 Siberian Husky ALT 0-0-0-1 Judge: Timothy Catterson 8:00 AM 1 Newfoundland 0-1-0-0 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 18 American Eskimo S 1-2 CH-6 GRCH-9 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 28 Open Senior 10 Doberman Pinscher 1-2-4-3 3 Finnish Lapphund 2-1-0-0 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 2 Great Pyrenees 0-0-1-1 1 Kai 0-0-0-1 10:30 AM 2 Leonberger 0-0-0-2 1 Karelian Bear Dog ALT 0-0-0-1 1 1-0-0-0 2 Mastiff 0-1-1-0 1 Keeshond 0-0-1-0 2 American B & T Coonhound 0-0-2-0 5 Olde English Bulldogge 0-0-3-2 2 Keeshond ALT 0-0-1-1 1 American 1-0-0-0 11:30 AM 11:30 AM 3 American Leopard Hound 0-0-2-1 7 Perro De Presa Canario 2-1-4-0 3 Norwegian Buhund 0-0-2-1 5 Azawakh 0-4-1-0 6 Rottweiler 0-2-3-1 1 Norwegian Elkhound 0-0-1-0 6 Basenji 0-0-0-6 1 Rottweiler ALT 0-0-1-0 7 Samoyed 0-0-1-6 1 Basset Hound 0-0-0-1 1 South African Boerboel 0-1-0-0 4 Shikoku 2-0-0-2 1 Basset Hound ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Standard Schnauzer 0-1-0-0 Lunch 5 Borzoi 0-2-2-1

2021 Premier Nationals 7 Ring 6 Division B 15 Judge: Tracy Doty Group & Best In Show 8:30 AM Ring 1 FRIDAY: 16 Australian Shepherd 1-4-7-4 1:00 PM Groups & Best In Show Judge: Kristie Austin (136 Total Entries) 5 Australian Shepherd ALT 0-0-4-1 Altered Groups will be held immediately following Location: Lure Coursing Field 2 Collie CH-2 GRCH-0 the regular groups in a different ring. 8:00 AM 1 Czechoslovakian Vlcak 0-0-1-0 The groups will be judged in the following order: Meet 1: 9:30 AM • Gun Dogs Regular Stakes: 4 Entries 9 Belgian Shepherd Dog G 2-1 M 0-1 CH-4 GRCH-1 • Herding Aptitude: 84 Entries 6 Berger Picard 3-2-0-1 • Guardian Meet 2: 7 Border Collie 0-0-5-2 • Terrier Aptitude: 48 Entries 1 Border Collie ALT 0-0-0-1 • Companion Track Closes at 4:45 PM 1 Bouvier Des Flandres 0-0-0-1 • Northern *Aptitudes for Meet 1 and Meet 2 can be run at the 10:30 AM • Scenthounds same time. 8 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 3-3-1-1 • Sighthound & Pariah 1 Cardigan Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-0-1 • Best Junior in Show FRIDAY: DOCK JUMPING 5 Dutch Shepherd 0-1-1-3 • Best In Show Judge: James Birch 2 Dutch Shepherd ALT 0-0-1-1 Pool opens at 10:00am and closes at 4:45pm. Day of 11:15 AM show entries can be made until 3:00pm. 18 German Shepherd Dog 3-5-3-7 FRIDAY: OBEDIENCE 2 German Shepherd Dog ALT 0-0-1-1 Judge: Susan Knowles (62 Total Entries) Splash 1: 27 Entries RING 10 Splash 2: 22 Entries Ring 7 8:00 AM: Splash 3: 15 Entries Judge: Heidi Scheff Utility B: 3 Entries Splash 4: 11 Entries 8:30 AM Open B: 9 Entries Splash 5: 10 Entries 4 Min. American Shepherd 1-0-3-0 Open A: 3 Entries Splash 6: 13 Entries 4 Icelandic Sheepdog 1-2-1-0 10:00 AM: 18 LA Catahoula Leopard Dog 0-2-4-12 Advanced Novice: 2 Entries FRIDAY: PRECISION COURSING 9:30 AM Novice C: 1 Entry Track opens at 8:00am. Day of show entries can be 2 Old English Sheepdog 0-1-1-0 Novice B: 16 Entries made at the main desk inside the Expo Center until 11 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 3-1-1-6 Novice A: 4 Entries 3:00pm. If your dog is entered in both trials, both 1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-0-1 LUNCH runs can be done at the same time. 2 Puli 1-0-1-0 1:00 PM: 10:15 AM Beginner Novice: 11 Entries 8:00am Novice & Advanced: 85 Novice and 17 10 Shetland Sheepdog 1-3-2-4 Pre-Novice: 13 Entries Advanced entries. Novice and Advanced runs can be 5 Shetland Sheepdog ALT 1-2-2-0 done at any time between 8:00am and 12:30 pm. 11:00 AM FRIDAY: RALLY OBEDIENCE 26 White Shepherd 3-5-7-11 Judge: James Comunale (58 Entries) 12:30pm: Lunch & Course Change RING 11 Ring 8 8:00 AM: Rally 1 Walkthrough 2:00pm Superior & Master: 13 Superior and 7 Master Judge: Brenda Landers 8:15 AM: entries. Superior and Master runs can be done at any 8:30 AM Rally 1 C: 11 Entries time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. 1 Field Spaniel 0-0-0-1 Rally 1 B: 32 Entries 2 Flat-Coated Retriever 1-1-0-0 Rally 1 A: 15 Entries FRIDAY: NOSEWORK 1 Flat-Coated Retriever ALT 0-0-1-0 Location: Nosework Barn 4 English Springer Spaniel 0-0-1-3 Judge: Anna Arndt (83 Entries) 8 Brittany 0-0-1-7 RING 12 HANDLER DISCRIMINATION 6 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 1-2-2-1 8:00 AM: Rally 2 Walkthrough Judge: Victor Borras (24 Entries) 1 English Springer Spaniel ALT 0-0-0-1 8:15 AM: 8:00 AM: 9:30 AM Rally 2 B: 38 Entries Novice T1: 7 Entries 2 Cocker Spaniel 0-1-1-0 Rally 2 A: 10 Entries Novice T2: 7 Entries 3 English Cocker Spaniel 0-0-2-1 11:00 AM: Rally 3 Walkthrough 8:30 AM: 7 English Pointer 2-3-0-2 Advanced T1: 2 Entries 12 German Shorthaired Pointer 3-2-4-3 11:15 AM: Advanced T2: 2 Entries 1 German Shorthaired Pointer ALT 0-0-1-0 Rally 3 B: 20 Entries 9:00 AM: 10:30 AM Rally 3 A: 3 Entries Excellent T1: 1 Entry 23 Golden Retriever 6-4-9-4 LUNCH Excellent T2: 1 Entry 3 Golden Retriever ALT 1-0-2-0 1:30 PM: Rally Master Walkthrough 9:30 AM: 1:45 PM: Master T1: 2 Entries Ring 9 Master B: 10 Entries Master T2: 2 Entries Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll Master A: 2 Entries 9:00 AM CONTAINERS 2 Gordon Setter 0-0-2-0 FRIDAY: AGILITY Judge: Caroline Oldham (110 Entries) 2 Irish Setter 0-1-1-0 8:00 AM: Beginner Agility. Katrina Junis. 60 Entries. 11:00 AM: 2 Kooikerhondje 1-1-0-0 11:00 AM: Excellent Agility. Katrina Junis. 25 Novice T1: 29 Entries 14 Labrador Retriever 1-3-4-6 Entries. Novice T2: 25 Entries 1 NS Duck Tolling Retriever 0-0-0-1 12:30 PM: Intermediate Agility. Quincie Wend. 46 LUNCH 5 Portuguese Water Dog 1-0-2-2 Entries. 1:00 PM: 10:00 AM Advanced T1: 12 Entries 1 Spinone Italiano 0-1-0-0 FRIDAY: WEIGHT PULL Advanced T2: 12 Entries 1 Sussex Spaniel 0-0-1-0 Judge: Jamie Robinson (57 Total Entries) 2:00 PM: 1 Vizsla 0-0-1-0 Location: Weight Pull Barn Superior T1: 4 Entries 1 0-1-0-0 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Weigh-In Superior T2: 4 Entries 18 Standard Poodle 5-4-3-6 9:15 AM: Handlers’ Meeting 2:30 PM: 11:00 AM 9:30 AM: Pull Master T1: 5 Entries 24 Standard Poodle MC 2-3-9-10 Division A 42 Master T2: 7 Entries

8 2021 Premier Nationals 3:15 PM: Category D, Division 3 2 Category D, Division 4 2 Elite T1: 6 Entries Category D, Division 4 3 Champion: Elite T2: 6 Entries Champion: Category D, Division 3 1 Category D, Division 3 1 Grand Champion: FRIDAY: DRAG RACING Grand Champion: Category A, Division 4 1 Judge: Jose Perez (56 Total Entries) Category A, Division 4 1 APTITUDE RACING Trial 1 8:00 AM : Steeplechase: 10:00 AM or to follow Regular racing, whichever is 7:00 AM: Flat Racing Regular: later: Regular: Category A, Division 4 1 Flat Aptitude: Category A, Division 4 1 Category B, Division 2 2 Aptitude 13 Category B, Division 2 2 Category B, Division 4 2 Steeplechase Aptitude: Category B, Division 4 2 Category C, Division 2 1 Division 2 1 Category C, Division 2 1 Category D, Division 1 2 Division 3 3 Category D, Division 1 2 Category D, Division 2 2 Division 4 4 Category D, Division 2 2 Category D, Division 3 3 Track closes at 4:45pm

SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING There are 733 dogs entered in Conformation representing 132 breeds with a total entry of 1766, including 136 Agility entries, 114 Nosework entries, 60 Obedience entries, 176 Rally Obedience entries, 56 Drag Racing entries, 72 Weight Pull entries, and 45 Junior Showmanship entries. For your convenience, the following division of sexes has been carefully tabulated; however, UKC does not assume responsibility for complete accuracy.

On Saturday, groups will be judged in the following rings: • Ring 1 – Companion Group • Ring 2 – Junior Showmanship (Open Junior, Novice Senior); Northern Group • Ring 3 – Junior Showmanship (Pee-Wee, Sub Junior, Pre-Junior, Novice Junior); Terrier Group • Ring 4 – Sighthound Group, Scenthound Group • Ring 5 – Junior Showmanship (Open Senior); Guardian Group • Ring 6 and 7 – Herding Group • Ring 8 and 9 – Gun Dog Group

Ring 1 7 Alaskan Malamute 2-1-3-1 1 Norwich Terrier 0-0-0-1 Judge: Tim Catterson 1 Alaskan Malamute ALT 0-0-1-0 4 Parson Russell Terrier M 0-1 CH-3 GRCH-0 8:30 AM 3 Finnish Lapphund 2-1-0-0 2 Parson Russell Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-1 12 American Bully 5-1-3-3 1 Kai 0-0-0-1 1 Scottish Terrier 0-0-1-0 1 Bichon Frise 1-0-0-0 1 Karelian Bear Dog ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Skye Terrier 1-0-0-0 9 Biewer Terrier 4-1-1-3 1 Keeshond 0-0-1-0 1 Teddy Roosevelt Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 4 Boston Terrier 1-0-3-0 2 Keeshond ALT 0-0-1-1 1 Wire Fox Terrier 0-0-1-0 1 Coton De Tulear 0-0-1-0 3 Norwegian Buhund 0-0-2-1 LUNCH 9:30 AM 1 Norwegian Elkhound 0-0-1-0 1:00 PM 13 Chinese Crested 4-1-2-6 10:15 AM 18 Rat Terrier M 1-0 S 5-2 CH-7 GRCH-3 1 Chinese Crested ALT 0-0-1-0 18 American Eskimo S 1-2 CH-6 GRCH-9 1 Rat Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-0 6 French Bulldog 0-1-3-2 8 Samoyed 0-0-1-7 4 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier 0-3-1-0 3 Italian Greyhound 0-0-3-0 11:15 AM 1 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Italian Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0 4 Shikoku 2-0-0-2 2:00 PM 1 Dalmatian 0-0-1-0 8 Siberian Husky 0-3-1-4 7 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 1-2-3-1 1 English Bulldog 0-0-1-0 1 Siberian Husky ALT 0-0-0-1 17 Toy Fox Terrier 4-6-5-2 10:30 AM 11:45 AM 3 Kromfohrlander 1-1-0-1 13 Alaskan Klee Kai M 1-2 S 1-1 CH-5 GRCH-3 Ring 4 3 Mi-Ki 0-2-1-0 2 Alaskan Klee Kai ALT CH-0 GRCH-2 Judge: Tracy Doty 4 Minature Pinscher 0-2-1-1 9:30 AM 7 Papillon 1-3-0-3 Ring 3 1 Afghan Hound 1-0-0-0 8 Pomeranian 2-2-4-0 Judge: Kathryn Baxter 1 American B & T Coonhound 0-0-1-0 11:30 AM 8:00 AM 1 1-0-0-0 8 Poodle M 0-2 CH-2 GRCH-4 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 2 American Leopard Hound 0-0-1-1 4 Poodle MC M 1-0 CH-2 GRCH-1 1 Pee-Wee 5 Azawakh 0-4-1-0 1 Pug 0-0-1-0 1 Sub Junior 1 Basset Hound 0-0-0-1 0 Pre-Junior 1 Pug ALT 0-1-0-0 5 Novice Junior 1 Basset Hound ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Schipperke 0-0-0-1 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 1 Bluetick Coonhound 0-0-0-1 1 Tibetan Spaniel 0-0-1-0 Judge: Jennifer Landers 3 Carolina Dog 0-2-1-0 3 Yorkshire Terrier 0-0-2-1 10:30 AM 3 Basenji 0-0-0-3 15 American Pit Bull Terrier 1-2-5-7 7 Beagle 0-1-3-3 Ring 2 2 American Pit Bull Terrier ALT 0-1-0-1 10:30 AM Judge: Tracy Doty 3 Kerry Blue Terrier 0-0-3-0 7 Dachshund S 0-1 CH-5 GRCH-1 8:00 AM 3 American Hairless Terrier CH-1 GRCH-2 5 Borzoi 0-2-2-1 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 1 Border Terrier 0-0-1-0 1 Grand Griffon Vendeen 1-0-0-0 10 Open Junior 2 Greyhound 0-0-2-0 3 Novice Senior 1 Border Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 11:30 AM 1 Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 6 Irish Wolfhound 1-2-2-1 Judge: Valerie Piltz 11 Jack Russell Terrier 4-4-2-1 1 Jack Russell Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Mountain Cur 0-0-1-0 9:15 AM 2 Otterhound 0-1-1-0 3 Akita 0-3-0-0 1 Manchester Terrier CH-1 GRCH-0 2021 Premier Nationals 9 11:30 AM 1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-0-1 SATURDAY: RALLY OBEDIENCE 4 Plott Hound 0-2-2-0 11 Shetland Sheepdog 2-3-2-4 Judge: Susan Knowles (88 Entries) 3 Podengo Portugueso PS 1-0 CH-1 GRCH-1 3 Shetland Sheepdog ALT 1-2-0-0 RING 11 4 Redbone Coonhound 0-1-1-2 10:30 AM 8:00 AM: Rally 1 Walkthrough 3 Rhodesian Ridgeback 1-0-2-0 24 White Shepherd 3-5-6-10 8:15 AM: 1 Rhodesian Ridgeback ALT 0-0-0-1 Rally 1 C: 24 Entries 4 Scottish Deerhound 1-2-1-0 Ring 8 Rally 1 B: 48 Entries 7 Treeing Walker Coonhound 4-2-1-0 Judge: Kathryn Baxter Rally 1 A: 16 Entries LUNCH 9:00 AM 1:00 PM 5 Brittany 0-0-0-5 Judge: James Comunale (88 Entries) 1 Spanish Greyhound 1-0-0-0 6 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 1-2-2-1 RING 12 12 Whippet 3-3-5-1 2 Cocker Spaniel 0-1-1-0 8:00 AM: Rally 2 Walkthrough 1 Whippet ALT 0-0-0-1 4 English Cocker Spaniel 1-0-2-1 8:15 AM: 1 Xoloitzcuintli CH-1 GRCH-0 7 English Pointer 2-3-1-1 Rally 2 B: 45 Entries 2:00 PM 10:00 AM Rally 2 A: 9 Entries 16 Silken Windhound 2-4-6-4 2 English Springer Spaniel 0-0-0-2 11:30 AM: Rally 3 Walkthrough 2 Silken Windhound ALT 0-0-1-1 1 Enlgish Springer Spaniel ALT 0-0-0-1 11:45 AM: 1 Field Spaniel 0-0-0-1 Rally 3 B: 19 Entries Ring 5 3 Flat-Coated Retriever 1-1-0-1 Rally 3 A: 2 Entries Judge: Jennifer Landers 1 Flat-Coated Retriever ALT 0-0-1-0 LUNCH 8:00 AM 11 German Shorthaired Pointer 3-2-3-3 1:30 PM: Rally Master Walkthrough JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 1 German Shorthaired Pointer ALT 0-0-1-0 1:45 PM: 26 Open Senior 11:00 AM Master B: 9 Entries Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 20 Golden Retriever 6-4-7-3 Master A: 4 Entries Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll 1 Golden Retriever ALT 0-0-1-0 10:30 AM SATURDAY: AGILITY 8 American Bulldog 0-0-4-4 Ring 9 8:00 AM: Beginner Agility. Quincie Wend. 67 Entries. 4 Bernese Mountain Dog 0-1-2-1 Judge: Jennifer Anderson 11:15 AM: Excellent Agility. Quincie Wend. 21 10 Boxer 0-0-6-4 8:30 AM Entries. 2 Bullmastiff 1-0-1-0 1 Gordon Setter 0-0-1-0 12:30 PM: Intermediate Agility. Katrina Junis. 48 1 Dogo Argentino 0-0-1-0 2 Irish Setter 0-1-1-0 Entries. 11:30 AM 2 Kooikerhondje 1-1-0-0 4 Cane Corso Italiano 1-1-1-1 1 Sussex Spaniel 0-0-1-0 SATURDAY: WEIGHT PULL 9 Caucasian Ovcharka 1-1-6-1 1 Weimaraner 0-1-0-0 Judge: Jamie Robinson (72 Total Entries) 12 Doberman Pinscher 2-2-5-3 16 Labrador Retriever 1-4-3-8 Location: Weight Pull Barn 1 Great Dane 0-0-0-1 9:30 AM 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Weigh-In LUNCH 21 Standard Poodle MC 1-3-9-8 9:15 AM: Handlers’ Meeting 1:00 PM 10:30 AM 9:30 AM: Pull 2 Great Pyrenees 0-0-1-1 5 Portuguese Water Dog 1-0-2-2 Division A 54 2 Leonberger 0-0-0-2 1 NS Duck Tolling Retriever 0-0-0-1 Division B 18 5 Olde English Bulldogge 0-0-3-2 17 Standard Poodle 4-2-5-6 5 Perro De Presa Canario 2-1-2-0 Group & Best In Show SATURDAY: LURE COURSING 5 Rottweiler 0-1-3-1 Judge: Kristie Austin (103 Total Entries) 1 Rottweiler ALT 0-0-1-0 Ring 1 1:00 PM Groups & Best In Show Location: Lure Coursing Field 1 South African Boerboel 0-1-0-0 8:00 AM 1 Standard Schnauzer 0-1-0-0 Altered Groups will be held immediately following the regular groups in a different ring. Meet 1: The groups will be judged in the following order: Regular Stakes: 5 Entries Ring 6 Aptitude: 63 Entries Judge: Heidi Scheff • Gun Dogs • Companion Meet 2: 8:30 AM Aptitude: 35 Entries 16 Australian Shepherd 1-4-7-4 • Northern • Herding Track Closes at 4:45 PM 2 Australian Shepherd ALT 0-0-1-1 *Aptitudes for Meet 1 and Meet 2 can be run at the 7 Berger Picard 4-2-0-1 • Guardian • Terrier same time. 9:30 AM 7 Border Collie 0-0-4-3 • Scenthound • Sighthound & Pariah SATURDAY: DOCK JUMPING 10 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 5-3-1-1 Judge: James Birch 1 Cardigan Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-0-1 • Best Junior in Show • Best In Show Pool opens at 10:00am and closes at 4:45pm. Day of 2 Collie CH-2 GRCH-0 show entries can be made until 3:00pm. 3 Czechoslovakian Vlcak 1-0-2-0 10:30 AM SATURDAY: OBEDIENCE Splash 1: 35 Entries 5 Dutch Shepherd 0-1-1-3 Judge: Anna Arndt (59 Total Entries) Splash 2: 30 Entries 14 German Shepherd Dog 2-3-3-6 RING 10 Splash 3: 26 Entries 1 German Shepherd Dog ALT 0-0-1-0 8:00 AM: Splash 4: 16 Entries 11:30 AM Utility B: 3 Entries Splash 5: 18 Entries 10 Belgian Shepherd Dog G 3-1 M 0-1 CH-4 GRCH-1 Open B: 10 Entries Splash 6: 20 Entries Open A: 4 Entries Ring 7 10:30 AM: SATURDAY: PRECISION COURSING Judge: Brenda Landers Advanced Novice: 2 Entries Track opens at 8:00am. Day of show entries can be 8:30 AM Novice C: 1 Entry made at the track until 3:00pm. If your dog is entered 4 Icelandic Sheepdog 1-2-1-0 Novice B: 15 Entries in both trials, both runs can be done at the same 13 La Catahoula Leopard Dog 0-1-5-7 Novice A: 4 Entries time. 1 Old English Sheepdog 0-1-0-0 LUNCH 2 Puli 1-0-1-0 1:30 PM: 8:00am Novice & Advanced: 88 Novice and 19 3 Min American Shepherd 0-0-3-0 Beginner Novice: 10 Entries Advanced entries. Novice and Advanced runs can be 9:30 AM Pre-Novice: 11 Entries done at any time between 8:00am and 12:30 pm. 10 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 3-1-1-5

10 2021 Premier Nationals 12:30pm: Lunch & Course Change 1:45 PM: 8:00 AM : Steeplechase: Master T1: 1 Entry Regular: 2:00pm Superior & Master: 10 Superior and 7 Master Master T2: 1 Entry Category A, Division 2 3 entries. Superior and Master runs can be done at any 2:00 PM: Category A, Division 4 1 time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Elite T1: 3 Entries Category B, Division 2 2 Elite T2: 3 Entries Category B, Division 4 2 SATURDAY: NOSEWORK Category C, Division 2 1 Location: Nosework Barn SATURDAY: DRAG RACING Category D, Division 1 2 Judge: Jose Perez (56 Total Entries) Category D, Division 2 2 EXTERIOR Trial 1 Category D, Division 3 5 Judges: Victor Borras (T1) & Caroline Oldham (T2) 7:00 AM: Flat Racing Category D, Division 4 1 8:00 AM: Regular: Champion: Novice T1: 39 Entries Category A, Division 2 3 Category D, Division 3 1 Novice T2: 32 Entries Category A, Division 4 1 Grand Champion: 11:00 AM: Category B, Division 2 2 Category A, Division 4 1 Advanced T1: 10 Entries Category B, Division 4 2 APTITUDE RACING Advanced T2: 10 Entries Category C, Division 2 1 11:00 AM or to follow Regular racing, whichever is LUNCH Category D, Division 1 2 later: 9:00 AM: Category D, Division 2 2 Flat Aptitude: Excellent T1: 1 Entries Category D, Division 3 5 Aptitude 7 Excellent T2: 1 Entries Category D, Division 4 3 Steeplechase Aptitude: 1:00 PM: Champion: Division 2 1 Superior T1: 6 Entries Category D, Division 3 1 Division 4 4 Superior T2: 6 Entries Grand Champion: Track closes at 4:45pm Category A, Division 4 1 SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 | TOTAL JUNIOR & TOTAL DOG TOTAL JUNIOR AWARD Total Junior competition is held over two days, with the Showmanship Qualifier on Friday, June 18, 2021 , and the Performance Qualifier on Saturday, June 19, 2021.

Total Junior Participant Parade and Announcement of Qualifiers On Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the Main Expo Center immediately after the conclusion of Saturday’s Best In Show the following will take place:

Total Junior Participant Parade. A parade of Total Junior participants will kick off this special recognition. All Total Junior participants report as dog-and-handler teams for the parade of Total Juniors.

Total Junior Qualifiers. Following the parade of participants will be the announcement of the Total Junior Qualifiers.

The Total Junior Participant Parade and Announcement of Qualifiers takes place before the regular Total Dog Qualifiers Parade. TOTAL DOG AWARD Total Dog competition is held over two days, with the Conformation Qualifier on Friday, June 18, and the Performance Qualifier on Saturday, June 19. Please note that the Premier Nationals is not a Regional Qualifying Event for the Total Dog Invitational.

Total Dog Qualifiers Parade, Total Dog Groups and Total Dog Best In Show Competition. On Saturday June 19, 2021 in the Main Expo Building, approximately a half hour after the conclusion of Saturday’s Best In Show competition, the following will take place in the Main Expo Building:

Parade of Qualifiers. A parade of Total Dog qualifiers will kick off this special recognition and competition. All Total Dog qualifiers (dog AND handler teams) will report for the parade and announcement of the Total Dog qualifiers.

Group Competition. All Total Dog qualifiers will immediately compete in Total Dog Groups. The Total Dog Groups are the standard eight group designations. There will be no Altered Total Dog Group competition – Altered Total Dogs will go directly to Altered Total Dog Best In Show. Judges will be announced at the time of the competition.

Total Dog Best in Show. Lastly, the Total Dog Group One winners will proceed to the judging of the Total Dog Best In show competition. A 2021 Total Dog Best In Show and 2021 Total Dog Reserve Best In Show winner will be selected.

Altered Total Dog Best in Show. Following the Total Dog Best in Show, the Altered Total Dog qualifiers will compete for the 2021 Altered Total Dog Best in Show and 2021 Altered Total Dog Reserve Best in Show.

RING 1 & 2 Total Dog Gun Dog Group Qualifiers Competition Total Dog Best in Show

Ring 3 Total Dog Scenthound Group Qualifiers Competition Total Dog Companion Dog Group Qualifiers Competition Total Dog Guardian Group Qualifiers Competition

Ring 4 Total Dog Northern Dog Group Qualifiers Competition Total Dog Sighthound Group Qualifiers Competition Total Dog Terrier Group Qualifiers Competition

Ring 5 & 6 Total Dog Group Qualifiers Competition

2021 Premier Nationals 11 SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING There are 630 dogs entered in Conformation representing 121 breeds with a total entry of 1370, including 106 Agility entries, 75 Nosework entries, 51 Obedience entries, 102 Rally Obedience entries, 38 Drag Racing entries, 46 Weight Pull entries, and 44 Junior Showmanship entries. For your convenience, the following division of sexes has been carefully tabulated; however, the United Kennel Club does not assume responsibility for complete accuracy.

On Sunday, groups will be judged in the following rings: • Ring 1 – Junior Showmanship (Pee-Wee, Sub Junior, Pre-Junior, Novice Junior); Terrier Group • Ring 2 – Junior Showmanship (Open Junior, Novice Senior); Northern Group • Ring 3 – Junior Showmanship (Open Senior); Companion Group • Ring 4 – Sighthound Group, Scenthound Group • Ring 5 – Guardian Group • Ring 6 and 7 – Herding Group • Ring 8 and 9 – Gun Dog Group

Ring 1 8 Samoyed 0-0-1-7 5 Irish Wolfhound 1-1-2-1 Judge: Jennifer Landers 4 Shikoku 2-0-0-2 1 Mountain Cur 0-0-1-0 8:00 AM 7 Siberian Husky 0-3-1-3 2 Otterhound 0-1-1-0 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP 1 Siberian Husky ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Plott Hound 0-0-1-0 1 Pee-Wee 10:30 AM 1 Sub Junior Ring 3 3 Podengo Portugueso PS 1-0 CH-1 GRCH-1 1 Pre-Junior 5 Novice Junior Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll 3 Redbone Coonhound 0-1-1-1 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 8:00 AM 3 Rhodesian Ridgeback 1-0-2-0 24 Open Senior Judge: Jennifer Anderson 1 Rhodesian Ridgeback ALT 0-0-0-1 Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 8:45 AM 1 Scottish Deerhound 0-0-1-0 10:30 AM 11 American Pit Bull Terrier 1-2-3-5 1 Spanish Greyhound 1-0-0-0 12 American Bully 5-1-3-3 1 American Pit Bull Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 8 Treeing Walker Coonhound 4-3-1-0 11:30 AM 3 Kerry Blue Terrier 0-0-3-0 11:30 AM 13 Chinese Crested 4-1-2-6 3 American Hairless Terrier CH-1 GRCH-2 12 Whippet 3-3-5-1 1 Chinese Crested ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Border Terrier 0-0-1-0 1 Whippet ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Bishon Frise 1-0-0-0 1 Border Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 15 Silken Windhound 2-4-5-4 9 Biewer Terrier 4-2-1-2 1 Manchester Terrier CH-1 GRCH-0 1 Silken Windhound ALT 0-0-0-1 3 Boston Terrier 1-0-2-0 1 Norwich Terrier 0-0-0-1 1 Coton De Tulear 0-0-1-0 9:45 AM Ring 5 1 Italian Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0 11 Jack Russell Terrier 4-4-2-1 Judge: Kathryn Baxter 1 English Bulldog 0-0-1-0 1 Jack Russell Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 8:30 AM LUNCH 3 Parson Russell Terrier M 0-1 CH-2 GRCH-0 6 American Bulldog 0-0-3-3 1:00 PM 2 Parson Russell Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-1 4 Bernese Mountain Dog 0-1-2-1 3 Kromfohrlander 1-1-0-1 1 Scottish Terrier 0-0-1-0 9 Boxer 0-0-5-4 9 Pomeranian 2-2-5-0 1 Skye Terrier 1-0-0-0 2 Bullmastiff 1-0-1-0 4 Miniature Pinscher 0-2-1-1 4 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier 0-3-1-0 4 Cane Corso Italiano 1-1-1-1 3 Mi-Ki 0-2-1-0 1 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier ALT 0-0-1-0 9:30 AM 5 Papillon 0-3-0-2 10:45 AM 7 Caucasian Ovcharka 1-1-4-1 2:00 PM 1 Wire Fox Terrier 0-0-1-0 12 Doberman Pinscher 2-2-5-3 6 French Bulldog 0-1-3-2 1 Teddy Roosevelt Terrier ALT 0-0-0-1 1 Dogo Argentino 0-0-1-0 2 Italian Greyhound 0-0-2-0 7 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 1-2-3-1 1 Great Dane 0-0-0-1 4 Poodle MC M 1-0 CH-2 GRCH-1 18 Toy Fox Terrier 4-7-5-2 1 Leonberger 0-0-0-1 8 Poodle M 0-2 CH-2 GRCH-4 12:00 PM 10:30 AM 2 Pug 0-0-2-0 18 Rat Terrier M 1-0 S 5-2 CH-7 GRCH-0 5 Olde English Bulldogge 0-0-3-2 1 Pug ALT 0-1-0-0 1 Rat Terrier ALT CH-1 GRCH-0 5 Perro De Presa Canario 2-1-2-0 1 Schipperke 0-0-0-1 4 Rottweiler 0-1-2-1 1 Tibetan Spaniel 0-0-1-0 Ring 2 1 Rottweiler ALT 0-0-1-0 1 Yorkshire Terrier 0-0-0-1 Judge: Tim Catterson 1 South African Boerboel 0-1-0-0

8:00 AM 1 Standard Schnauzer 0-1-0-0 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP Ring 4 10 Open Junior Judge: Valerie Piltz Ring 6 2 Novice Senior 8:30 AM Judge: Brenda Landers Best Junior Handler will be judged before Best in Show. 1 Afghan Hound 1-0-0-0 8:30 AM Judge: Tracy Doty 1 American B & T Coonhound 0-0-1-0 13 Australian Shepherd 1-4-5-3 9:15 AM 1 American Foxhound 1-0-0-0 3 Australian Shepherd Alt 0-0-2-1 13 Alaskan Klee Kai M 1-2 S 1-1 CH-5 GRCH-3 1 American Leopard Hound 0-0-1-0 7 Belgian Shepherd Dog G 1-1 CH-4 GRCH-1 2 Alaskan Klee Kai ALT CH-0 GRCH-2 5 Azawakh 0-4-1-0 9:30 AM 3 Akita 0-3-0-0 1 Basset Hound 0-0-0-1 7 Berger Picard 4-2-0-1 7 Alaskan Malamute 2-1-3-1 1 Basset Hound ALT 0-0-1-0 6 Border Collie 0-0-4-2 1 Alaskan Malamute ALT 0-0-1-0 2 Bavarian Mountain Hound 1-0-1-0 1 Border Collie ALT 0-0-0-1 10:15 AM 2 Bluetick Coonhound 0-0-1-1 10 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 5-3-1-1 18 American Eskimo S 1-2 CH-6 GRCH-9 1 Grand Griffon Vendeen 1-0-0-0 2 Cardigan Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-1-1 1 Finnish Lapphund 1-0-0-0 7 Beagle 0-1-3-3 10:30 AM 1 Kai 0-0-0-1 1 Basenji 0-0-0-1 2 Collie CH-2 GRCH-0 1 Karelian Bear Dog ALT 0-0-0-1 9:30 AM 2 Czechoslovakian Vlcak 1-0-1-0 1 Keeshond 0-0-1-0 6 Dachshund S 0-1 CH-4 GRCH-1 3 Dutch Shepherd 0-0-1-2 2 Keeshond ALT 0-0-1-1 5 Borzoi 0-2-2-1 9 German Shepherd Dog 2-0-3-4 11:15 AM 3 Carolina Dog 0-2-1-0 1 German Shepherd Dog ALT 0-0-1-0 3 Norwegian Buhund 0-0-2-1 1 Greyhound 0-0-1-0 1 Norwegian Elkhound 0-0-1-0 1 Greyhound ALT 0-0-1-0

12 2021 Premier Nationals Ring 7 9:45 AM: Splash 6: 9 Entries Judge: Tim Cattereson Advanced Novice: 2 Entries 9:30 AM Novice C: 1 Entry SUNDAY: PRECISION COURSING 4 Icelandic Sheepdog 1-2-1-0 Novice B: 15 Entries Track opens at 8:00am. Day of show entries can be 6 La Catahoula Leopard Dog 0-0-2-4 Novice A: 3 Entries made at the main desk inside the Expo Center until 1 Old English Sheepdog 0-1-0-0 LUNCH 3:00pm. If your dog is entered in both trials, both 3 Min American Shepherd 0-0-3-0 12:45 PM: runs can be done at the same time. 8 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 3-1-0-4 Beginner Novice: 7 Entries 1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi ALT 0-0-0-1 Pre-Novice: 11 Entries 8:00am Novice & Advanced: 60 Novice and 15 10:30 AM Advanced entries. Novice and Advanced runs can be 11 Shetland Sheepdog 2-3-2-4 SUNDAY: RALLY OBEDIENCE done at any time between 8:00am and 12:30 pm. 2 Shetland Sheepdog ALT 1-1-0-0 Judge: Anna Arndt (43 Entries) 11:00 AM RING 11 12:30pm: Lunch & Course Change 26 White Shepherd 3-5-8-10 8:00 AM: Rally 1 Walkthrough 8:15 AM: 2:00pm Superior & Master: 7 Superior and 10 Master Ring 8 Rally 1 C: 9 Entries entries. Superior and Master runs can be done at any Judge: Jennifer Landers Rally 1 B: 24 Entries time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. 9:00 AM Rally 1 A: 10 Entries 6 Brittany 0-0-1-5 SUNDAY: NOSEWORK 6 Chesapeake Bay Retriever 1-2-2-1 Judge: Susan Knowles (59 Entries) Location: Nosework Barn 4 English Cocker Spaniel 1-0-2-1 RING 12 HANDLER DISCRIMINATION 8 English Pointer 2-3-1-2 8:00 AM: Rally 2 Walkthrough Judge: Caroline Oldham 10:00 AM 8:15 AM: 8:00 AM: 4 English Springer Spaniel 0-0-1-3 Rally 2 B: 28 Entries Novice: 6 Entries 1 English Springer Spaniel ALT 0-0-0-1 Rally 2 A: 8 Entries Advanced: 2 Entries 1 Field Spaniel 0-0-0-1 10:45 AM: Rally 3 Walkthrough Excellent: 1 Entry 1 Flat-Coated Retriever 0-1-0-0 11:00 AM: VEHICLES 1 Flat-Coated Retriever ALT 0-0-1-0 Rally 3 B: 12 Entries Judge: Victor Borras (T1) & Caroline Oldham (T2) 9 German Shorthaired Pointer 3-2-2-2 Rally 3 A: 3 Entries 9:00 AM: 1 German Shorthaired Pointer ALT 0-0-1-0 LUNCH Novice (T1): 23 Entries 11:00 AM 1:00 PM: Rally Master Walkthrough Novice (T2): 17 Entries 17 Golden Retriever 6-2-7-2 1:15 PM: 11:00 AM: 2 Golden Retriever ALT 0-0-2-0 Master B: 5 Entries Advanced (T1): 3 Entries Master A: 3 Entries Advanced (T2): 3 Entries Ring 9 11:30 AM: Judge: Heidi Scheff SUNDAY: AGILITY Superior (T1): 6 Entries 8:30 AM 8:00 AM: Beginner Agility Judge: Katrina Junis. 50 Superior (T2): 6 Entries 1 Sussex Spaniel 0-0-1-0 Entries. LUNCH 1 Gordon Setter 0-0-1-0 10:30 AM: Excellent Agility Judge: Katrina Junis. 16 1:30 PM: 1 Irish Setter 0-1-1-0 Entries. Master (T1): 3 Entries 2 Kooikerhondje 1-1-0-0 11:45 AM: Intermediate Agility Judge: Quincie Master (T2): 2 Entries 14 Labrador Retriever 1-4-3-6 Wend. 40 Entries. 4 Portuguese Water Dog 0-0-2-2 9:30 AM SUNDAY: WEIGHT PULL 21 Standard Poodle MC 1-3-9-8 Judge: Jamie Robinson (46 Total Entries) Drag Racing is on Page 14 10:30 AM Location: Weight Pull Barn 16 Standard Poodle 3-2-5-6 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Weigh-In 1 NS Duck Tolling Retriever 0-0-0-1 8:45 AM: Handlers’ Meeting 9:00 AM: Pull Group & Best In Show Division A 31 Ring 1 Division B 15 1:00 PM Groups & Best In Show Altered Groups will be held immediately following SUNDAY: LURE COURSING the regular groups in a different ring. Judge: Kristie Austin (73 Total Entries) The groups will be judged in the following order: Location: Lure Coursing Field • Guardian 8:00 AM • Gun Dog Meet 1: • Herding Regular Stakes: 4 Entries • Northern Aptitude: 45 Entries • Scenthounds • Terrier Meet 2: • Sighthound & Pariah Aptitude: 22 Entries •Companion Track Closes at 4:45 PM •Best Junior in Show *Aptitudes for Meet 1 and Meet 2 can be run at the •Best in Show same time. •Best of the Best Competition SUNDAY: DOCK JUMPING Judge: James Birch SUNDAY: OBEDIENCE Pool opens at 10:00am and closes at 4:45pm. Day of Judge: James Comunale (51 Total Entries) show entries can be made until 3:00pm. RING 10 8:00 AM: Splash 1: 21 Entries Utility B: 2 Entries Splash 2: 19 Entries Advanced Open: 1 Entry Splash 3: 12 Entries Open B: 6 Entries Splash 4: 10 Entries Open A: 3 Entries Splash 5: 5 Entries 2021 Premier Nationals 13 SUNDAY: DRAG RACING Champion: Champion: Judge: Jose Perez (38 Total Entries) Category D, Division 3 1 Category D, Division 3 1 Trial 1 Grand Champion: Grand Champion: 7:00 AM: Flat Racing Category A, Division 4 1 Category A, Division 4 1 Regular: 8:00 AM : Steeplechase: APTITUDE RACING Category A, Division 2 3 Regular: 10:00 AM or to follow Regular racing, whichever is Category A, Division 4 1 Category A, Division 2 3 later: Category B, Division 2 2 Category A, Division 4 1 Flat Aptitude: Category B, Division 4 1 Category B, Division 2 2 Aptitude 3 Category C, Division 2 1 Category B, Division 4 1 Steeplechase Aptitude: Category D, Division 2 1 Category C, Division 2 1 Division 4 2 Category D, Division 3 3 Category D, Division 2 1 Track closes at 3:00pm Category D, Division 4 3 Category D, Division 3 3 Category D, Division 4 1

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14 2021 Premier Nationals CLASS CHANGE/CORRECTION OF ENTRY General Building and Parking Information 1. Owners are responsible for the accuracy of information on the entry 1. Building and Grounds will be open to exhibitors at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, forms. Owners are responsible for any errors made on entry forms, June 15, 2021. Overnight security is not provided. All times are regardless of who may make such errors. Owners and exhibitors are Eastern Daylight Savings Time. responsible for correcting any errors on their entry. 2. Building and Grounds will be open to exhibitors at 7 a.m. Wednes- 2. If, according to the owner’s records, dogs that have completed day-Sunday. Building will close at 10 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. On the requirements for a title after the closing of entries may be moved Sunday, the building will close 30 minutes after the conclusion of Best up from the entered class to the class for which it is eligible, provided of the Best or 6 p.m., whichever is later. the move up is requested in writing to UKC not later than one half- 3. Please follow the directions of the parking attendants to facilitate an hour prior to the start of any regular judging at the show in which the orderly traffic flow through the unloading and parking areas. Vehicles entry is being made. are allowed a 10-minute unloading time. Violators will be towed. 3. Any corrections to entries must be made in writing to UKC using the 5. Outdoor grooming space is on a first come, first served basis. Empty appropriate form provided not later than one half-hour prior to the grooming space may not be saved. start of any regular judging at the show. 6. No rugs or ground cover mats are allowed on the floor. 7. No exercise pens inside any building. There is ample room for private TOTAL JUNIOR – AWARD OF MERIT ex-pens outside. To qualify as a Total Junior, a Junior Handler must earn a placement with 8. Exhibitors will be required to stack their crates when crating in competition or an Award of Merit in Junior Showmanship on Friday, June buildings. 18. 9. Dogs may not be left unattended when on a grooming table or crated in soft mesh crates. No dog may be left in an unlatched or un-zippered The Award of Merit for UKC Junior Showmanship classes will be calculat- crate. ed as follows: 10. Dogs must not be left in the buildings overnight. All dogs must be out of the buildings by 10 p.m. *Award of Merit will only be given if the individual class meets these requirements. 11. No dogs or pets of any kind in restrooms or showers. 12. No foreign substances allowed on dogs. • 6 Junior Handlers in competition 1 AOM 13. For Conformation, small ringside tables and crates are only allowed • 9 Junior Handlers in competition 2 AOM at ringside during the judging of a single breed. The Event Committee • 12 Junior Handlers in competition 3 AOM may order these tables and crates to be removed at their discretion. • 15 Junior Handlers in competition 4 AOM Please do not abuse this privilege. • 18 Junior Handlers in competition 5 AOM 14. There will be absolutely NO SMOKING/VAPING in any building or • 21 Junior Handlers in competition 6 AOM designated areas. • 24 Junior Handlers in competition 7 AOM 16. No cones or other means may be used to save parking spaces in or • 27 Junior Handlers in competition 8 AOM about the parking lot or campgrounds.

The Junior Handler must also earn a qualifying score in a Performance Exhibitor and General Information event on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Eligible Performance events include 1. All events are held under the Rules and Regulations of the United Agility, Obedience, Rally Obedience, Nosework, Lure Coursing (exclud- Kennel Club. ing Coursing Aptitude Tests), Drag Racing (excluding Aptitudes), Dock 2. UKC, its agents, and its employees assume no responsibility for Jumping, and Weight Pull. any loss, damage, or injury sustained by spectators, exhibitors, and/ or handlers, or to any of their dogs or property, and further assume TOTAL DOG AWARD no responsibility for injury to children not under the control of their To qualify as a Total Dog, a dog must compete in Regular or Altered Con- parents or guardians. UKC is not responsible for loss, accidents, or formation on Friday, June 18, 2021 and win one of the following awards theft. over another dog: Best Male/Female of Variety, Reserve Best Male/Fe- male, Best of Winners, Champion, Reserve Champion, Champion Award Ring Conflicts of Merit, Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, Grand Champion • Exhibitors are responsible for being available for judging at Award of Merit, Best of Breed, Group 1 through 4 (Group 4 win only the scheduled time. counts if there are five or more breeds in the Group), Best In Show, or • Every possible effort will be made to accommodate exhibitors Reserve Best In Show. who have dogs entered in multiple events, but judges are not required to wait for dogs. Exhibitors are advised to notify The following addition to the existing Total Dog Rules regarding Awards stewards in all rings affected by the conflict so judges may of Merit for the Champion and Grand Champion classes shall apply solely work around any conflicts more easily. on Friday, June 18, 2021. • All Stars exhibitors: please be advised the Agility, Obedience, Rally Obedience, and Drag Racing All Stars Invitationals are Champion and Grand Champion Award of Merit (AOM) shall count to- not required to make allowances or accommodations for dogs ward competition win when computing a total dog qualifier. The number or handlers entered in the All Stars competition and any other of Awards of Merit to be awarded shall be calculated as follows: event. 4. UKC encourages exhibitors to present their dogs with the least amount • 5-9 dogs in competition – 1 AOM of grooming necessary to enable a judge to properly compare each • 10-14 dogs in competition – 2 AOM dog with its breed standard. Dogs should be clean, have clean teeth, • 15-19 dogs in competition – 3 AOM and have nails cut to a length suitable for the dog to perform the work for which it was bred. UKC enforces rules against artificially altering The dog must also earn a qualifying score in a Performance event on pigment, coat color, and coat texture with products, surgical alterations, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Eligible Performance events include Agility, or other means as outlined in the Official UKC Rules for All-Breed Events. Obedience, Rally Obedience, Nosework, Lure Coursing (excluding Cours- The judge’s determination that this rule has been violated shall be final. ing Aptitude Tests), Drag Racing (excluding Aptitudes), Dock Jumping, and Weight Pull.

2021 Premier Nationals 15 5. The owner or designated handler of each dog is solely responsible 12. All rights to televise, videotape, advertise, photograph, promote, for having it ready at ringside when its class is to be judged. The host or otherwise exploit the event are vested in United Kennel Club and its organization, event committee, and superintendent have no obligation assignees. All persons and animals on the event grounds at any time or responsibility for providing service through a public-address system, while the shows are in progress do, by attending these shows, grant to stewards, or runners for locating dogs that are not brought into the ring the club the right to photograph, televise, videotape, audiotape, or oth- when required. erwise use their likeness and voice in any manner without further release or consent. 6. No unentered dogs allowed on the event grounds. No dog less than 8 weeks of age may be present on the grounds of a UKC licensed event. EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN – On Call VCA Southwest Michigan Animal Emergency Hospital • 104 W. Cork St. 7. Exhibitors and dog owners are expected and required to clean up after Kalamazoo, MI 49001 • (269) 381-5228 their own dogs. Any person witnessing a violation of this rule must report it to the Event Committee. The Event Committee may ask any person CAMPING violating this rule to leave the event grounds. No refund will be made if an The Kalamazoo Expo Center & Fairground handles all camping reserva- exhibitor is asked to leave the grounds. tions, information and questions. Please contact them at (269) 383- 8778. 8. ATVs (4-Wheelers) are prohibited on the grounds of the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds. GOLF CARTS Golf carts (rented or private), motorized scooters and mopeds must carry 9. No bicycles are allowed in any building or directly around any event proof of insurance. All drivers must be of an age to have a state issued ring. Failure to adhere may result in the expulsion of the cyclist from the driver’s license. For insurance specifications, please call the Kalamazoo Event Grounds. Expo Center and Fairground at 269-383-8778. This will be enforced. Golf carts must not impede the follow of traffic at any event on the grounds. 10. Skateboards and roller blades are allowed in the camping area only. SPECIALTY GUIDE 11. UKC will vigorously support any lodging facility that files a complaint To view all events held in conjunction with Premier, please visit: about exhibitors who fail to keep their dogs quiet or to clean up after https://www.ukcdogs.com/docs/show/premier-specialty-guide-2021.pdf them. UKC will take disciplinary action against any offenders.

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August 6-8, 2021 November 19-21, 2021 December 3-5, 2021

Tentative Dates: Tentative Dates: Tentative Dates: Entries Open: Monday, June 14, Entries Open: September 27, 2021 Entries Open: September 27, 2021 2021 Entries Close: November 3, 2021 Entries Close: November 12, 2021 Pre-Entry Deadline: Wednesday July 21, 2021 at 11:59pm EST

October 21-23, 2021 | By Invite Only

The Total Dog Invitational will be limited to 200 dogs at a cost of $200 per dog. Event registration will include entry into three performance classes, conformation groups, and our banquet dinner. Exhibitors may add up to two more performance classes (cost TBD) and additional tickets for the banquet dinner ($30 per).

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2021 Premier Nationals 19 ABEST Is Here To Help!

Local clubs are the lifeblood of any kind of organization like United Kennel Club. While registration activities might make up the framework for our existence, local clubs and events are what truly animates and gives life to the UKC mission of spotlighting Dogs That Do More™. From hosting events, to helping integrate new members and dog owners into hunting activities or per- formance sports, to being a resource for new dog owners, a significant part of what we do to embody our Total Dog philosophy would not be possible without the tireless efforts of local clubs and their leadership.

But we also recognize that putting on those events can be A LOT of work. There’s paperwork to deal with, there’s rule and policy questions that you may or may not know, there’s day-of-show entries that you must process, in addition to making sure earlier entries are taken care of. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few extra people to help pull it off?

In our quest to give back to the clubs who help us out in so many ways, UKC has created the All-Breed Event Support Team (ABEST), to help with some of those very problems.

Each year, UKC will select six events (outside of our yearly Classic events or the UKC Premier Nationals), based on past atten- dance, club experience, and other related factors, for ABEST attendance.

Team members are then on the ground to help club leadership by offering support at these UKC-licensed events. It can be as simple as answering questions or processing entries, or it can be a little more complex, like event paperwork, or any number of other things. We’re not there to observe—quite the opposite. We’re there to help however we can, as fellow lovers of dog and sport alike.

Given the UKC’s recognition of hundreds of clubs across the country, and licensing of thousands of events, it becomes impos- sible to have a presence at all of them, no matter how much we would like to do so. We’d spend all our time traveling! Despite those limitations, UKC wants to give back to the clubs that help popularize and maintain dog sports, and the ABEST program is a way to do that.

“One of the biggest benefits of the ABEST program is being able to show that UKC reps are coming to events, which is helping to develop a stronger presence and build personal relationships,” said UKC Director of All-Breed Sports, Hannah Tsui.

The team was announced in October of 2020, and attended their first event in April of 2021, at a show put on by the Carolina All-Breed Association, in King, North Carolina.

UKC has also sent an ABEST representative to an event with the Utah Nosework Club, in Farmington, Utah.

Most recently, the UKC All-Breed Event Support Team (ABEST) was in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin May 8-9, for an event hosted by the Dodge City Canine Club, with support from the Club of Central Wisconsin, and the United Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog (LCLD) Club.

The event served as a Regional Qualifying Event for the Total Dog Invitational, which will be held October 21-23 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

ABEST representatives will also be at an event held by Twister City Kennel Club, in Hutchinson, Kansas, in the end of May, and we currently have two dates yet to be announced.

If you’re interested in your club having an ABEST representative attend your event, let us know by email at [email protected].

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