The 3 - year - old English bulldog beat more than 5,000 other cad for the $ 50,000 prize .
AnEnglish bulldogwho reigns over her folk also ruled the ruddy carpeting last month at the 2022 American Kennel Club National Championship present by Royal Canin .
Star — register name GCHG CH Cherokee Legend Encore — took home the good in Show honor over more than 5,300 other dogs who entered the conformation show in Orlando , Fla. The competitionwas held Dec. 17 and 18before the programme debuted Sunday good afternoon on ABC .
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It had already been a successful calendar week for 3 - year - old Star , who ’d performed well in some local show leading up to the home championship , but that did n’t preclude the surprisal her owners felt when Best in Show evaluator Desmond Murphy picked her .
" It ’s an out - of - dead body experience , " one of her possessor , Kevin Mason , tells Daily Paws . " Did that really just happen ? "
" I felt like I could n’t breathe , " says Natalie Mason , another of Star ’s owners — who ’s married to Kevin . ( The English bulldog ’s other owner is Alaina Moulton , and Star was multiply by Cody Sickle , Sherry Hazelett , and Connie Chambers . )
Besting chiliad of other dogs is impressive enough , but Star had to surpass some high - caliber competitor to win the $ 50,000 loot . After winning her strain , she captured the Non - Sporting Group over Winston , theFrench bulldogwhowon the National Dog Showduring a dominant 2022 .
Then , she earned Murphy ’s nod overTrumpet , the Westminster - winningbloodhoundwho’d get ahead the Hound Group . Five other firedog made the Best in Show ring : Stache the Sealyham terrier ( Terrier Group ) ; Josie theSpinone Italiano(Sporting ) ; Clark theHavanese(Toy ) ; Mercedes theGerman shepherd(Herding ) ; and Bogart thestandard schnauzerwho gain the Working Group and Reserve Best in Show ( 2nd place ) .
Weirdly , Natalie Mason enjoin , Star seems to have sex how to wrick it on when she and handler Dennis O’Connor supercharge to the group and Best in Show rhythm . That ’s when she glide across the carpet and becomes the center of attention .
" It ’s almost like she knows what she ’s supposed to be doing , " Natalie enounce .
The same go for when she ’s at home with the Mason family in the Atlanta suburbia . That ’s where , her owner take on , she ’s the queen , sunbathing and tennis ball - chasing when she ’s not occasionally advertize her parents ' buttons . ( She ’s still a bulldog after all . )
" She owns the planetary house , " Kevin say .
Like other show dogs , she ’s a even pet at home base who loves some snuggle clock time . And like other parent , the Masons consulted their two daughters to name the bulldog . Their untested girl offered up Star .
" Gosh , it could n’t meet her any better , " Natalie read .
We — and more than a few dog show judges — would have to agree .
