Crufts 2024

Trio of agility stars crowned winners at Crufts

Three agility dogs, from Gloucestershire, Staffordshire and Essex, competing in The Kennel Club Novice Cup at Crufts, were crowned winners in the final on Thursday 7 March, in their respective categories, for small, intermediate and large dogs, sponsored by YuMOVE.

Bug, a three-year-old Shetland Sheepdog, and owner Steven Swankie from Gloucester, won The Kennel Club Novice Cup for...

Portrait of Orca, 2023 Best in Show winner, presented at Crufts 2024

A portrait of last year's Crufts Best in Show winner, Am GCh Kan Trace Very Cheeky Chic, a Lagotto Romagnolo, known at home as Orca, was unveiled at Crufts 2024 on Friday 8 March in the Resorts World Arena at the NEC, Birmingham.

Artist Anne Zoutsos presented the painting to Crufts Chairman, Tom Mather, in front of thousands of spectators in the arena. Anne and Tom were joined for...

Lincolnshire youngster honoured with top award at Crufts

Dog loving 18-year-old Emily Dabb from Grimsby, Lincolnshire has won the Young Kennel Club (YKC) Young Person of the Year award at Crufts 2024 on Sunday 10 March.

Emily has been a member of the Brigg Muttley Crew flyball team since 2018, and this year competed as part of the YKC Flyball team at Crufts, where, as the oldest handler on the team, has proved to be an inspirational role...

The Russellers at Crufts 2024

Jack Russell Terrier hailed nation's most obedient breed after winning 'Obreedience' final at Crufts

A team of Jack Russell Terriers won the Obreedience competition at the world's greatest dog show, Crufts on Thursday 7 March.

The Jack Russell Terrier team, named The Russellers, proved themselves more obedient than the nine other breed teams that made it to the final at Crufts, held at the NEC in Birmingham. The other finalists were as follows:

The Cool Cockers – Cocker...

Golden Retriever from West Yorkshire crowned Good Citizen Pre-Beginner Obedience Stakes winner at Crufts 2024

Ruby, a five-year-old Golden Retriever from Wakefield, and her owner Sandra Jones, triumphed at Crufts by winning the Good Citizen Pre-Beginner Obedience Stakes Competition on Saturday 9 March.

Ruby (Gaelleda Krystal Dream Girl) beat 30 other talented dogs to be crowned the winner of the 2024 Good Citizen Pre-Beginner Stakes competition at the world's greatest dog show, with the...

North Yorkshire woman crowned UK's best dog breeder at Crufts

A woman from Goole, North Yorkshire has won The Kennel Club Breeders' Competition final at Crufts, the world's greatest dog show, on Friday 8 March.

Cathy Thompson-Morgan won the ultimate breeder title, in front of a packed Resorts World Arena at the NEC, alongside her team of Belleville Portuguese Water Dogs. The team beat 42 other breeders who qualified for the final.

The...

Quartet of agility stars crowned champions at Crufts

Four dogs and their handlers from Warwickshire, Bristol and Shropshire, have won one of the country's most prestigious agility competitions after triumphing in The Kennel Club Agility Championships, which are sponsored by YuMOVE, at Crufts on Thursday 7 March and Sunday 10 March.

Large, intermediate, medium and small dogs and their handlers who had won an Agility Challenge...

Lorna and Nora Crufts heelwork to music winner

'Dog in a million' from Devon and owner crowned winners at Crufts

Nora, a five-year-old Border Collie, and her owner Lorna Syrett from East Budleigh, Devon, won the heelwork to music freestyle final at the world's greatest dog show, Crufts, on Friday 8 March.

Each year Crufts hosts the finals of both heelwork to music and the freestyle competitions. All advanced level dogs and handlers can qualify for Crufts by entering one or more of a series of...

Crufts Gamekeepers winner Emma and Tweed

Labrador Retriever from Inverness wins Gamekeepers' classes at Crufts

Nithvalley Tweed at Foxhope, a Labrador Retriever from Inverness, Scotland, known at home as Tweed, and owned by Mr and Mrs Bamford, and handled by Emma Bamford, was declared the overall winner of the Gamekeepers' Classes on Friday 8 March at Crufts 2024.

Tweed is four years old and triumphed in the category which is confined to working gundogs. Judged this year by Alan Meldrum,...

Crufts Large Novice ABC agility winner Lorna and Drico

Scotland agility star crowned winner at Crufts

Drico, a seven-year-old Hungarian Viszla, and Lorna Kennedy from Edinburgh, Scotland, won The Kennel Club Large Novice ABC (Anything But Collie) Agility competition, after battling it out against seven other finalists at Crufts, the world's greatest dog show, on Friday 8 March.

The final, which was sponsored by YuMOVE, saw eight large dogs in Grades 1-5 of agility, other than Border...

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