Awards & Recognition

Rody Best receives inaugural award from Master National Retriever Club for lending a hand to Hurricane Harvey victims and helping fellow retriever enthusiasts

With natural ability and heartfelt desire, ‘Ellie’ outperforms the competition at the coveted National Amateur for English Springer Spaniels

A 5-year-old red-and-white female Whippet named "Bourbon" wins Best in Show at the 2020 AKC National Championship.

A dazzling flashy fawn female Boxer named "Wilma" has won a knock-out as the breed's new top title holder.

"Emmy," an 8-year-old female Treeing Walker Coonhound, owned and handled by Lane Denny of Jay, Oklahoma, is the first PKC Platinum Champion to win the prestigious UKC World Championship.

The third top-winning bench show male Bluetick Coonhound in UKC history, based on having won 62 Grand Champion shows, is "Rocky," an 8-year-old.

In his hard-hunting, forward-running, classy style, an 8-year-old white-and-orange male Pointer named "Hammer" drove the most points in a comeback after being retired to be named the 2019-2020 Cover Dog of the Year.

The highest-titled Great Dane in the sport of Fast CAT (coursing ability test) is a 2-year-old brindle female named "Dilly Pickles," who also is the first Grand Champion of her breed to earn a FCAT title.

A consummate show dog, "Daniel," the Golden Retriever who took Sporting Group First at the 2020 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, fed off the energy of the crowd chanting his name at Madison Square Garden.

The winningest Pyrenean Shepherd in breed history is a 7 1/2-year-old female named "Silene," who drives energy and enthusiasm as she glides around the ring.

The all-time High-Point English Springer Spaniel Field Dog is a black-and-white female named "Annie," whose versatility as a flushing bird dog capable of big finds and pinpoint retrieving is second to none.

A 3-year-old male Treeing Walker Coonhound named "Bank" is a top winner in Professional Kennel Club nite hunts. Among his wins, Bank bested nearly 800 coonhounds to earn the title of PKC World Champion.