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Salisbury Dog Returning to Compete at Westminster
Rita, a seven-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever from Salisbury, will compete again at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show next week.
, will come out of retirement to compete once again in the prestigious , according to her owner Cindy Meyer. The competition will be held Feb. 13-14 in Madison Square Garden.
Rita won an Award of Merit at the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2011. She was bred in June and had a litter in August. Rita was invited back to the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show last December in Orlando---and won the breed for the second time in a row, Meyer said. Rita competed against approximately 20 other "chessies," many who were top-ranked in the country.
"The judges for Eukanuba and Westminster were good for her. It would be nice to also win the breed at Westminster," Meyer said.
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Rita showed only six months out of the year and was the No. 1 Chesapeake Bay Retriever female dog in the country. She was ranked eighth overall; the top seven in the breed were males.
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