Uno First Beagle Ever To Win Best in Show Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show 2008

 Uno is the first beagle to win Best In Show.   Aaron Wilkerson, Uno’s 29-year-old handler,  has been working with Uno since he was 6 months old.  Now, said Wilkerson, Uno can do as he pleases, but the champion will probably be content to return home  to Columbia, S.C.. and play with his rubber duck.

 

The Westminster Kennel Club has a remarkable charity called Angel On a Leash.  There goal is to create the best therapy dog programs in health care facilities and other settings across the country.  At the end of 2008 Angel teams were visiting nine prestigious health care facilities accross the United States.

  Angel On A Leash  has agreements with two other therapy dog organizations; Mid South Therapy Dogs of Memphis (MSTD) and Intermountain Therapy Animals of  Salt Lake City (ITA). MSTD is a Delta Society affiliate that sends teams to approximately 40 facilities in the Greater Memphis area. ITA has developed a successful and widely-implemented animal-assisted therapy program called Reading Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) and this agreement grants ANGEL(Westminster Kennel Club Charity) the right to implement R.E.A.D. programs.
  

 The Westminster Dog Show featured R.E.A.D.(Reading Education Assistance Dogs) program on national television in a segment that was  aired right before the Best in Show competition on February 8th, 2004.    See videos and links regarding this program R.E.A.D(reading education assistance dogs) in Roxie’s Family and Dog Issues Section.