King beat an intriguing group of contenders: Burns, a longhaired dachshund; Bono, a Havanese; Baby Lars, a bouviers des Flandres; Wilma, a boxer; and Bean, a Sussex spaniel.
Judging by the vocal reaction, the crowd was hoping for a somewhat less predictable, and more fun, winner — a dog like Bean, perhaps. When he ambled around the show ring, the crowd erupted, chanting, “Bean, Bean, Bean!”
“It was unbelievable,” Bean’s handler, Per Ingar Rismyhr, said. “He definitely feeds off of that. He feels the energy. How could you not? He tries to play it cool but he really kind of likes it. Right, Bean?”
Bean did not answer. He was playing it cool.
While the finish was unsurprising, there was drama before Tuesday’s events even began. A day after winning the nonsporting group and a place as one of the seven finalists, Colton, a schipperke, was ruled ineligible for best in show because of a conflict of interest between the dog’s owners and the Best in Show judge, Peter Green. Colton was allowed to walk onto the green carpet for the final judging before being awkwardly excused from the ring.
As a result, only six dogs competed for best in show, one fewer than usual.
“It’s not the first time it’s happened at a best in show, but it’s the first time at this show,” Crista Cook, Colton’s handler, said. “If you have any business relationship with a judge and an owner, you shouldn’t compete.” Cook characterized the connection between Colton’s owners and the judge’s family as a distant one.
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