Good Dog！

Jaime Joyce

导读：在美国第二悠久的运动赛事西敏寺犬展（Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show）中，来自德国的指示犬CJ获得冠军；Sophia Rogers 则带领她的6岁猎狐犬Bobby在青年训犬师表演赛中获得最佳称号。

CJ， a German shorthaired pointer， won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show， held February 15～16 in New York City. “Its exactly like what I imagined，” CJs co-owner， breeder， and handler， Valerie Nunes-Atkinson， told the Associated Press， after accepting CJs purple-and-gold ribbon and silver-bowl cup last night at Madison Square Garden.

CJ beat 2，751 dogs from 199 breeds to take the top prize at the nations second-oldest sporting event. A Westminster win doesnt come with a cash prize， but it does have rewards. Today， CJ will make the rounds of the morning talk shows. On Good Morning America， host Michael Strahan asked Nunes-Atkinson if CJ had a pre-show habit， something special that he does before entering the ring. “Absolutely，” Nunes-Atkinson said. “Most of the time he will usually sneeze. He kind of shakes it out.”

What else is on the schedule for CJ？ Traditionally， Westminsters top dog pays a visit to Sardis， a famed NYC restaurant near Times Square， for a special treat—steak.

In the Westminster Kennel Clubs Junior Showmanship competition， Sophia Rogers， 18， of Bordentown， New Jersey， won with her dog Bobby， a six-year-old American foxhound. Her younger twin sisters， Faith and Emma， 12， also competed.

Begun in 1934 as the Childrens Handling Class， and renamed Junior Showmanship， in 1951， the competition is open to young people aged from 9 to 18. In this part of the dog show， its the human， not the dog， thats judged. As the first-place winner， Sophia received a $6，000 scholarship for college or technical school. Show organizers say junior competitors are the future of the sport.

Vocabulary

pointer n. 指示犬

breeder n. 驯养者（breed为原形，意为“品种”）

ribbon n.缎带

sneeze v. 打喷嚏

foxhound n. 猎狐犬

（Dont you think these dogs are so cute？）