Best of Breed at Westminster 2024

Owned and Handled by Rebecca Miller

An exceptional range with a first Beauceron. Rebecca Miller has embraced the challenge of learning and succeeding in an unusually broad range of activities with a first Beauceron. Each venue asks something different of the team. I am proud of the training, preparation, and willingness to keep learning behind this record, including an owner-handled show career and Westminster Best of Breed in 2024.

GCHB — Bronze Grand Champion: 100 cumulative Grand Championship points. OHS — Owner-Handled Silver: 500 lifetime National Owner-Handled Series points, a separate achievement recognizing competition with an eligible owner handler. RE — Rally Excellent: three qualifying off-leash courses. PT — Pre-Trial Tested: two qualifying herding tests under different judges, demonstrating controlled movement of livestock.

CA represents three qualifying Coursing Ability runs; BCAT represents 150 Fast CAT points from timed sprints. SCN, SIN, and SBN are Novice scent-work titles in Containers, Interior, and Buried, each requiring three successful searches. DN and DJ are Dock Novice and Dock Junior, each earned through five qualifying distance-jump scores within that division.

CGCA and CGCU evaluate advanced community and urban manners. TKI adds ten Intermediate tricks after the Novice title. ATT recognizes passing AKC Temperament Tests under different evaluators. VHMA demonstrates adult household manners by video evaluation. FTN — Fetch Novice requires two qualifying tests of retrieving and handler control. Together these titles make his versatility understandable: learning, athleticism, livestock work, scenting, and daily-life skills developed in one partnership.