MASTERS OBEDIENCE CHAMPION
2021 • GRANT , AN 8-YEAR OLD LABORADOR RETRIEVER OWNED AND HANDLED BY MARY ANN FLANAGAN
“ NEW JERSEY LABRADOR TAKES THE WIN ”
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Labrador Retriever from Glen Gardner , New Jersey owned and handled by Mary Ann Flanagan won the 6th Annual Masters Obedience Championship at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Presented by Purina Pro Plan ® at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown , New York on Sunday , June 13 , 2021 .
Bred by Mary Kobis , eight-year-old OTCH2 Augustus Treasured Serenity UDX2 OM4 BN RA NA , known to his friends as “ Grant ,” posted the best-combined score of 394 out of a possible 400 to best a field of 25 obedience entrants under Mrs . Louise Botko . All the more remarkable is that this was Grant and Mary Ann ’ s first ever Westminster appearance . Recently , the pair finished in the Top 20 at their first National Obedience Championship .
LEFT : STEVE SURFMAN , TOP : JOHN ASHBEY
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