A floor-dusting puff of a Pekingese named Wasabi has won best in show at the 2021 Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Westminster wins run in Wasabi’s family. The 3-year-old dog’s grandfather, Malachy, won best in show in 2012 with Wasabi’s handler, David Fitzpatrick of East Berlin, Pennsylvania. Fitzpatrick said he would be serving the dog, who won the toy group, some filet mignon and opening a .
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Honors Pekingese Named Wasabi As Best In Show
A whippet named Bourbon repeated as runner-up.
Jennifer Peltz
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) The flavor of the year at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show: Wasabi.
A Pekingese named Wasabi won best in show Sunday night, notching a fifth-ever win for the unmistakable toy breed. A whippet named Bourbon repeated as runner-up.
Waddling through a small-but-mighty turn in the ring, Wasabi nabbed U.S. dogdom’s most prestigious prize after winning the big American Kennel Club National Championship in 2019.
“He has showmanship. He fits the breed standard. He has that little extra something, that sparkle, that sets a dog apart,” said Wasabi’s handler and breeder, David Fitzpatrick, who guided the Peke’s grandfather Malachy to the Westminster title in 2012.
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