{"id":1526996,"date":"2022-06-23T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526996"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:19:24","slug":"trumpet-the-bloodhound-makes-history-taking-home-top-honor-at-westminster-kennel-club-dog-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumpet-the-bloodhound-makes-history-taking-home-top-honor-at-westminster-kennel-club-dog-show\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Trumpet\u2019 The Bloodhound Makes History Taking Home Top Honor At Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumpet-the-bloodhound-makes-history-taking-home-top-honor-at-westminster-kennel-club-dog-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cTrumpet\u201d the wrinkle-faced, jowly looking bloodhound has finally put his breed on the map after beating out all the other show dogs at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show held in New York Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-year-old bloodhound from Illinois with the chocolate coat, droopy face and floppy ears, shocked everyone at the 146th competition of the annual dog show when he beat a Maltese, an English setter, a fluffy Samoyed, a Lakeland terrier, a French bulldog, and a German shepherd, to score the award for \u201cBest in Show,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/22\/sports\/trumpet-bloodhound-wins-westminster-dog-show.html?\">New York Times<\/a> reported in a piece published Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Even his handler, Heather Buehner, told the outlet she couldn\u2019t believe the pup won it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked,\u201d Buehner shared. \u201cThere were seven beautiful dogs in that ring. You know, I feel like sometimes a bloodhound might be a little bit of an underdog. So I was absolutely thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trumpet couldn\u2019t have looked prouder in photos that have since surfaced online showing him surrounded by a slew of ribbons and a huge silver cup.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trumpet the Bloodhound won the highly coveted Best of Show honor at the 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Wednesday night, besting over 3,500 dogs of more than 200 different breeds for the ultimate prize. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvCccFPUkP\">https:\/\/t.co\/lvCccFPUkP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Frank Franklin II, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DLzHJXERkV\">pic.twitter.com\/DLzHJXERkV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\/status\/1539816722005229568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night, me and an All-Star cast of journalism heavyweights put down our notebooks and opened our hearts to the dog show. <\/p>\n<p>If you get a chance, relive some of our journey. It turns out, Super Teams *can* win \u2026 and so can bloodhounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yrWKnegRLK\">https:\/\/t.co\/yrWKnegRLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Hoffman (@BenHoffmanNYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenHoffmanNYT\/status\/1539938120963162114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sound off! Trumpet is 1st bloodhound to win Westminster Dog Show <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nrT8i1JIIv\">https:\/\/t.co\/nrT8i1JIIv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGiY8vRHIS\">pic.twitter.com\/pGiY8vRHIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1539823918797787136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 146th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WestminsterDogShow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WestminsterDogShow<\/a> Best in Show champion is Trumpet the Bloodhound! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cEOIbmxrrq\">pic.twitter.com\/cEOIbmxrrq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Westminster Dog Show (@WKCDOGS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WKCDOGS\/status\/1539808024352669696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crowd apparently approved of his selection as well. In the clip below, \u00a0we can hear the audience let out the loud cheers and claps at the award show that seemed to be a little too much for some of the pups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trumpet, a magnificently be-wrinkled and be-jowled bloodhound from Illinois, won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Wednesday night. He is the first bloodhound to win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JDvl4Qhtbr\">https:\/\/t.co\/JDvl4Qhtbr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grk7mpg7My\">pic.twitter.com\/grk7mpg7My<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1540026922129833994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And given all the licks he gave his handler, it was obvious that Trumpet was excited about winning too.\u00a0What might be even more shocking than the bloodhound being the first of his breed to win the honor, is the fact that he only started competing this year in January.<\/p>\n<p>Trumpet also comes from a line of another winner and is from \u201cwinning stock,\u201d the outlet noted. Tigger, his great-grandfather, once held the record for the pooch with the longest ears, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<p>Communications Director of the dog show Gail Miller Bisher appeared on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/westminster-dog-show-trumpet-first-bloodhound-win-best-show?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">Fox &#038; Friends<\/a>\u201d and said bloodhounds have been competing in the annual event since 1878.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBloodhounds have been at Westminster since 1878, and so for it to take that long, it\u2019s a long time,\u201d Bisher explained. \u201cBut he was beautiful last night. He really floated around the ring. He\u2019s in great condition. His muscle tone, his skin\u2026 he\u2019s just in great shape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTrumpet\u201d the wrinkle-faced, jowly looking bloodhound has finally put his breed on the map after beating out all the other show dogs at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show held in New York Wednesday night. The 4-year-old bloodhound from Illinois with the chocolate coat, droopy face and floppy ears, shocked everyone at the 146th competition &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1527089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1527089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}