What is a utility dog? A group comprised with everything from the Dalmatian to the Bulldog, would it be fair to suggest this is a group made up of all the dogs that just don’t quite fit under their own header. Crufts has seen many a utility breed take its top prize but this year it won’t be our personal favourite the Bulldog, taking top honours. CH MYSTYLE AMOS OCOBO looked less than impressed taking his 4th place prize as he proceeded to cock his leg on the 4th spot podium. Bulldog etiquette at its finest!

Around the trade stalls today, brisk business was being done as money changed hands at a rapid rate. K9 by Igloo sell stylish dog accessories and T-shirts and we wanted to have a chat with them about how they came up with such an innovative name as ‘K9′. They were very busy selling their top gear though so we left them in peace to serve their hungry customers.

Along with our friends at K9 by Igloo, we also caught up with our pals at Dog Theft Action who have a stand at Crufts for the first time in their short history. For those who read K9Magazine.com on a regular basis, you’ll know how much we support DTA and their endeavours. K9 Magazine’s editor is a DTA advisor and their stand was always buzzing whenever we were around it.

OK, so if you hadn’t guessed already we at K9 Magazine are not dog show experts, we just love dogs. And today we give out our second award in K9 Magazine’s Alternative Crufts Awards. The award for ‘Dog we’d Most Like to Take Home’ goes to CH MYSTYLE AMOS OCOBO. The brilliant Bulldog who did what we’d all like to do when we don’t get first place, he took a wee on his 4th place podium. That’s what dogs are all about. They just don’t care who’s watching or what people think of them. This was Crufts magic.

With only a day to go in the Kennel Club’s Friends for Life competition, K9 Magazine wishes all the contenders the best of luck and unlike last year when we unashamedly threw our support behind our old mate Endal in the now superseded Hero Dogs awards, we’ll leave it to everyone else to make their mind up who’d they’d like to win.

Onto the results for today:

UTILITY GROUP:

1) CH MINARETS SECRET ASSIGNMENT JW
POODLE (MINIATURE) 2) CH VORMUND I’M MARNIE
JAPANESE SHIBA INU3) CH ARAKI FABULOUS WILLY
TIBETAN TERRIER
 
4) CH MYSTYLE AMOS OCOBO
BULLDOGTIBETAN TERRIERTOY GROUP:TIBETAN TERRIER1) DK/S CH FINCH’S OVATIONS FOR ME
POMERANIAN2) INT/IT/SP QOCCLE’S OLIVERLIGHTSOME
YORKSHIRE TERRIER3) AM/CAN CH DIVINES MARC OF FRIENDSHIP AT DELCOST
MALTESE4) CH CONNECTION TRI SYMPHONY
PAPILLON