Uno Wins Westminster!

Hopefully at least some of you have been like me; glued to your TV for the past couple of days watching Westminster.

Westminster has been a yearly TV ritual for me since the 1980s. And Columbia has produced a lot of good dogs during that time. Liz Hansen, who teaches our conformation classes, was in the Working Groups for several years with her great Standard Schnauzer Seasar. And Pam Dziuk went to the Toy Group a couple of years ago with the Min Pin Nancy.

This year it was Eddie Dziuk's turn. I've been hearing all year how great Uno was doing with his handler as he racked up Best in Shows at a dizzying pace. And last night we all saw why. How cool is it that the owner of the most famous dog in the world right now lives right here in Columbia!

Way to go Eddie, way to go Uno. He deserved the win, it brought down the house. David Frei, who has been the TV host of Westminster for 19 years, said he'd never heard anything like it. I've certainly never seen a winner get a standing ovation.

What a ride!