Rumson Dog Showing at Westminster
The Westminster Kennel Club show will feature Hondo, a Leonberger, and two pugs from Rumson.
The 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, known as the most prestigious of its kind, starts today and will be featuring an "invited" Leonberger from Rumson — Hondo. The show is nothing new for Hondo — short for Bronze Level Grand Champion Cherrywood's Slam Dunk — and his owners. He was in the Westminster show last year as well. What is new for his family, though, is that this year not only Hondo will compete, but two pugs, bred by owner Sheila Jett-Wickman, will be competing as well. Showing tomorrow, Feb. 12, Hondo is a top five — top five nationally ranked in each breed — invited entry this year, said Jett-Wickman. He will compete in the AKC Working Group of dogs against nine other Leonbergers. "Last year, he was the youngest in a …
Jack Mayhoffer
4:10 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
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