A team of four Shetland Sheepdogs won the Obreedience competition at the world\u2019s biggest dog event, Crufts on Thursday 5th March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n Shetland Sheepdogs team, named the Sheltie Superstars, proved \nthemselves more obedient than the nine other breed teams that made it to\n the final at Crufts in Birmingham. The other finalists were teams of \nGerman Shepherd Dogs, Cocker Spaniels, Manchester Terriers, Jack Russell\n Terriers, Cairn Terriers, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Standard \nPoodles, Papillons and Bernese Mountain Dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Obreedience,\n an exciting team obedience competition, was introduced at Crufts 2014 \nas a special display event. Now in its sixth year as an official \ncompetition, obreedience continues to grow and entertain the crowds that\n come along to support their favourite breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning team members were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa Hardin with Jelly Tot (Sheltysham Medley of Gold AW(G) RL6.Ex) from Milton Keynes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carol Dare with Rafa (Lavika Mirror Image Nov.Ex) from Buckley, Flintshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rowena Steady with Toes (Tooralie\u2019s Just the Tonic P.Beg Ex RL3.Ex) from Bridgwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jean Tuck with Zac (Tooralie\u2019s Masquerade at Craygill AW(P) Beg.Ex RL3.Ex) from Uttoxeter <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n team\u2019s captain Vanessa Hardin said: \u201cWe are delighted with our win! We \nare geographically challenged as a team so practice times were limited \nto shows only – this speaks volumes for the dogs\u2019 temperaments and \nsociability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe dogs on our team are multi-talented, most of them have awards from agility as well as working trials and rally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa\n McAlpine, Crufts Show Manager, said: \u201cHuge congratulations to the \nShetland Sheepdogs team on their amazing win. These dogs are fantastic \nexamples of happy, well-trained dogs that have an incredibly strong bond\n with their owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe\n obreedience competition is a brilliant way to show off the fact that \nany breed, given the right training and socialisation, and of course \npatience from their human counterparts, can do well in competitive \nobedience. We look forward to seeing which breeds excel in obreedience \nat the heats being held throughout 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each\n obreedience team comprised four handlers and dogs, who took part in two\n rounds. The first was a heelwork round completed as a group, with the \ndogs being assessed on their ability to complete different moves whilst \nremaining synchronised with their team mates. The second round featured \nfour set exercises and each member needed to successfully complete one \nof the four different exercises. Points were deducted for any faults and\n the team with the most points won. The exercises were a retrieve \n(handler\u2019s own article), a send to bed, stop the dog, and scent over \narticles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For further details about obreedience, please visit the Kennel Club website www.thekennelclub.org.uk\/obreedience<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Crufts took place from 5th \u2013 8th March at the NEC, Birmingham. For more information, please visit www.crufts.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A team of four Shetland Sheepdogs won the Obreedience competition at the world\u2019s biggest dog event, Crufts on Thursday 5th March. The Shetland Sheepdogs team, named the Sheltie Superstars, proved themselves more obedient than the nine other breed teams that made it to the final at Crufts in Birmingham. The other finalists were teams of … Continue reading SHETLAND SHEEPDOGS HAILED NATION\u2019S MOST OBEDIENT BREED AFTER WINNING \u2018OBREEDIENCE\u2019 FINAL AT CRUFTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crufts","category-obreedience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}