Wasabi the Pekingese wins best in show at the 2019 AKC National Championship 🐾
The fluffy Pekingese was named Best in Show at the 2019 American Kennel Club National Championship Presented by Royal Canin, which aired on Animal Planet on Wednesday. The competition had been held in Orlando, Fla., in mid-December.
“I had no expectations,” David Fitzpatrick, Wasabi’s breeder, owner and handler admitted to the club after their win. “Wasabi is a young dog that won one Best in Show before this and has been shown very little sparingly. Dogs like that do not win Best in Show in Orlando.”His little Pekingese is just 20-months-old, and Fitzpatrick believes it was the pup’s personality that really shone through to the judges.
The ball of fluff, who comes from a family of Pekingese winners, beat out over 5,200 other competitors and secured a $50,000 cash prize in addition to the title.
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