Shake, rattle and roll
Scarlet, a 2-year-old Siberian husky, gets a bath Tuesday before an event at the AKC-sanctioned dog show at the Twin Falls Country Club.
Shake, rattle and roll
Dog-lovers congregate for Onofrio Dog Show
By Kevin Otzenberger
Times-News correspondent
FILER?The judges scrambled to finalize their selections as rapidly increasing winds began to wreak havoc on the awnings and tents around the show rings. But even the violent afternoon wind couldn't blow the smile off the face of Best in Show handler Jorge Olivera, who had just been given the first top prize of this year's Onofrio Dog Show Circuit at the Twin Falls County Fairgrounds.
The overall winner of Tuesday's show was an affenpinscher owned by Dr. Loren Lipson and Carol Girouard of Pasadena, Calif. The team is one of many who travel across the country each year to compete in this annual, AKC-sanctioned, all-breed dog show put on by the Snake River Canyon Kennel Club of Idaho.
The second half of the dog show will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the fairgrounds.
The show marks the first stop on a circuit that will spend the next four days in Blackfoot and then 10 days in Montana.
'People come from all over the country, Florida, Arizona, Tennessee, all over,' said show Chairwoman Mary Stotz. 'There are a bit over 700 entries from just about all the AKC-registered breeds.'
Obedience class coordinator Janice Harper said competition is a bonding experience for dog and owner.
'The more you work with your dog, the more the dog responds to you,' she said. 'You're not doing it for the scores; you're doing it because you and your dog love working together.'
Harper explained that if anyone wants to enter their AKC-registered dog into an obedience competition, they need to find a personal trainer and that the most useful outlet to find those trainers is through local kennel clubs like the Snake River Canyon Kennel Club.
'I started my dog at seven weeks old, very gently,' said Harper, 'but I've trained dogs as old as 12 years old.'
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