A team of Labrador Retrievers won the Obreedience competition at the world\u2019s biggest dog event, Crufts, on Thursday 6 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Labrador team, named The Labrapaws, proved themselves more obedient than the nine other breed teams that made it to the final at Crufts, held at the NEC in Birmingham, which was judged by Jen Wyatt. The other finalists were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obreedience, an exciting team obedience competition, was introduced at Crufts 2014 as a special display event. Now in its eleventh year as an official competition, Obreedience continues to grow and entertain the crowds that come along to support their favourite breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning team members were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team\u2019s captain Alexandra Turner said of the team win: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing, we had amazing teamwork. All of our friends and fellow competitors were also brilliant and the camaraderie with us all was great. It\u2019s a whole family here so it\u2019s nice. This has been a long time coming, and I couldn\u2019t even look at the scores, it was great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Helen Kerfoot, Crufts Show Manager, said: \u201cCongratulations to all the owners and dogs of the Labrapaws team on their impressive win at Crufts! The team showcased an exceptional level of training and obedience, and the bond between each dog and their owner was evident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each Obreedience team comprised four handlers and dogs, who took part in two rounds. The first was a heelwork round completed as a group, with the dogs being assessed on their ability to complete different moves whilst remaining synchronised with their teammates. The second round featured four set exercises and each member needed to successfully complete one of the four different exercises. Points were deducted for any faults and the team with the most points won. The exercises were a retrieve (handler\u2019s own article), a send to bed, stop the dog, and scent over articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For further details about Obreedience, please visit The Kennel Club website: thekennelclub.org.uk\/obreedience<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Crufts took place from 6 \u2013 9 March 2025 at the NEC, Birmingham. For more information and results from the show, visit crufts.org.uk<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A team of Labrador Retrievers won the Obreedience competition at the world\u2019s biggest dog event, Crufts, on Thursday 6 March. The Labrador team, named The Labrapaws, proved themselves more obedient than the nine other breed teams that made it to the final at Crufts, held at the NEC in Birmingham, which was judged by Jen Wyatt. The … Continue reading LABRADORS HAILED NATION\u2019S MOST OBEDIENT BREED AFTER WINNING \u2018OBREEDIENCE\u2019 FINAL AT CRUFTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crufts","category-obreedience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","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=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obedienceuk.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}