Nabbing top-dog status at the National Dog Show can be a long, ruff journey. But the crowning achievement is worth the nerve-racking buildup for a prized pooch’s handler — and maybe even the winner.

Emily Landrum and her Doberman Phasma competed at Westminster after 15 years of training, calling the experience a dream come true despite not winning.

The elite athlete is capable of tremendous discipline. At the moment, though, he’s humping the competition. Sonny, the star Portuguese water dog, went nosing around for a girlfriend when he was ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly four decades, Brush Prairie, Washington dog handler Andy Linton has pursued what he calls "the Super Bowl of dog shows, ...

Under the burning lights at Madison Square Garden, as TV cameras and thousands of spectators watched, something miraculous happened to dog handler Andy Linton. The 67-year-old Clark County resident ...

A crowd is waiting to see you run a labyrinthine obstacle course you have never done before. You have to complete it with enough focus to avoid wrong turns, enough precision to ensure your foot ...