Dog competition comes to Mylan Park

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25-04-2025

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Mountaineer Kennel Club, along with Pittsburgh's South Hill Kennel Club, is hosting a dog show through this weekend at Mylan Park in Morgantown.
The competition began on Thursday and runs until Sunday. Each day, 800 dogs from all over the country are judged to see which dog is the best representation of their breed, and the public is welcome to come to Mylan Park to watch.
12 News caught up with a dog breeder who competed on Thursday and took second place with her English Springer Spaniel named Puzzle.
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'I wasn't happy, but I had my little red second-place ribbon, but that's okay. Every day is a different day because you have different competition,' Dog Breeder Bettyann Hale said
Hale explained to 12 News that judges look at the American Kennel Club's written standards for how a certain breed should look.
'It talks about things from shape of their eyes, color of their eyes, the way they should move, the way they should stand, how they're built,' Hale said. 'So you look for all kinds of different things.'
Chairman of the South Hills Kennel Club, Vince Grlovich, said that what he enjoys about a competition like this weekend is the dogs. 'It's fun to see the dogs here. They have fun. They know it's something special for them,' Grlovich said.
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