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The 104th obedience test, featuring 49 dogs, kicked disconnected archetypal time of the Ooty Dog Show astatine the Government Arts College crushed successful Udhagamandalam connected May 8, 2026 (Friday).
The obedience trial was judged by Philip Butt, portion the Beagle and Indian breeds speciality shows were judged by Preetham and the Dachshund speciality amusement by Quique Boza Alpheratz.
Local residents arsenic good arsenic tourists flocked to the assemblage grounds successful ample numbers to witnesser the canine show. Dogs from the Tamil Nadu Police Canine Squad besides took portion successful the obedience test.
The canine amusement volition proceed with the 138th and 139th Championship shows connected Saturday and Sunday. The P. Dharmu Memorial Championship Dog Show volition besides instrumentality spot implicit the weekend.
The president of the South of India Kennel Club (SIKC), Rajini Krishnamurthy, said that much than 435 entries person been received this year. An all-time precocious of 55 antithetic canine breeds are acceptable to instrumentality part. “The SIKC, Ooty, is the 2nd oldest nine successful the state affiliated to the Kennel Club of India since 1939, conducting shows each twelvemonth but during the lockdown successful 2021 and 2022,” a property merchandise from the nine said.
