Scottish Deerhound Wins Best in Show at Westminster 2011

Congratulations to the Scottish Deerhound, the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Best in Show. She is formally know by GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, but she goes by Hickory as a pet name. Seven groups competed for the coveted Best in Show title. Besides the Scottish Deerhound, representing the hounds, other winning group competitors (listed from 1st to 4th) include: Herding Bearded Collie- GCH Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins Belgian Tervuren- GCH Sky Acres Spy Plane Border Collie- GCH Bon-Clyde’s Take One Pembroke Welsh Corgi- GCH Segni At Coventry Hound Scottish Deerhound- GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind Beagle (15”)- GCH Torquay Midnight Confession Norwegian Elkhound- GCH Vin- Melca’s Voyager? Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeen- GCH Celestiral CJ’s Hearts on Fire Sporting Cocker Spaniel- GCH Casablanca’s Thrilling Seduction Irish Setter- CH Jewelset’s Up Up N Away Wirehaired Pointing Griffon- GCH Fireside’s Spontaneous Combustion Irish Water Spaniel- GCH Poole’s Ide Got Water RN Non-Sporting Chinese Shar-Pei- GCH Vaje’s Miss Jayne Hathaway Bichon Frises- GCH Saks Hamelot Little Drummer Boy Lhasa Apso- GCH My Thai Ta Sen Halleluiah Keeshond- GCH KarolinaBonnyvale Meant To Be Terrier- Terriers are my personal favorite, as they represent my canine companion, Cardiff. Fox Terrier (Smooth)- GCH SlyFox Skeak’s A Peek Norfolk Terrier- GCH Cracknor Cross The Ts Skye- GCH Cragsmoor Buddy Goodman West Highland White Terrier- CH Blythefell Fergus Toy Pekingese- GCH Palacegarden Malachy Affenpinscher- GCH Banana Joe V Tani Kazari Pug- CH Xoe’s Oscar De La Hoya Papillion- CH Copella’s Rising Attraction Working Portuguese Water Dog- GCH Aviators Luck Be A Lady Boxer- GCH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream Kuvaszok (AKA Kuva)- GCH Szymeria’s Wildwood Silver Six Pence Samoyed- CH- McMagic’s Candied Ham of Pebblesrun Congratulations to all winners for all the hard work (and dieting) to make it to such a notable stage in the dog show competition world. Good luck on your next studding, whelping, or showing ventures. Make sure to follow this link to sign up for email delivery of my follow up Westminster articles. Veterinarian Favorites from Westminster 2011 Flaws from Westminster 2011 Related Articles 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Warm Up Dr. Mahaney’s Top 5 Westminster 2010 Dog Show Faves Dr Mahaney’s Top 3 Westminster 2010 Dog Show Faults   Bizarre Illness Nearly Kills 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show Winner Copyright of this article (2011) is owned by Dr. Patrick Mahaney, Veterinarian and Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist. Republishing any portion of this article must first be authorized by Dr. Patrick Mahaney. Requests for republishing must be approved by Dr. Patrick Mahaney and received in written format. Follow Dr Patrick Mahaney (@PatrickMahaney) and Westminster Kennel Club (@WKCDogs) on Twitter. Photo credit: Creative Commons me'nthedogs and is not a photo of Hickory.