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UAPBTO will be hosting its first ever American Pit Bull Terrier Specialty at the 2019 United Kennel Club Premier Dog Show! We are very excited to bring this specialty to our members and all fanciers of the APBT. This will be a chance to showcase and compete against the best that our breed has to offer while also experiencing UKC’s top show of the year, Premier.
We welcome all who wish to participate and have United Kennel Club registered American Pit Bull Terriers. See you there!
We are happy to announce that our members have selected Honorable Judge Sue Phillips to judge our very first National Specialty!
Sue Phillips is a well respected owner, exhibitor, and breeder of American Pit Bull Terriers as well as a Conformation Judge with the United Kennel Club. She has been exhibiting & occasionally breeding American Pit Bull Terriers for over 20 years. She also enjoys participating in Rally Obedience and Weight Pull with her dogs.
Some of her accomplishments in the ring include showing the first and second ever Reserve Best In Show APBT’s in UKC Premier History, Zima & Lazer, and taking somewhat of a ring Triple Crown in 2015 with Cleo when she won National Best Of Breed and National Grand Champion, #1 UKC Top Ten APBT, and Overall Top Ten at Premier as well as Overall Total Dog at Premier.
We are very excited for our very first Nationals as I’m sure all of you are as well. We can’t wait to see you all there bringing together the best that the American Pit Bull Terrier has to offer!
UAPBTO will be hosting our first show, an APBT Specialty at UKC Premier 2019! Due to our club being approved mid – December, we were under the gun in getting our event application and judge assignment in before the deadline of Jan 1. UKC was very forgiving in giving us a couple more days to get everything in because of the late approval. UAPBTO and UKC are very excited that we will be at Premier!!!
November 2, 2019 we will be hosting our first Nationals Show! It will be a fun filled weekend event starting Friday Nov 1st. The event will be hosted at Yolo County Fairgrounds in Northern California with Cali Style APBT Club and Silver State APBT Club co-hosting with UAPBTO. This event will include the UAPBTO National, 4 Multi-Breed Shows, and 3 Weight Pull Events with Total Dog Award offered all 3 days!
We certainly understand the difficulty it has become to travel with our dogs due to recent increases in airline restrictions and we empathize with anyone who cannot make it due to these circumstances. Unfortunately, that is something that we simply cannot get around for the time being. However, there will be lots of opportunities to be part of this event even if you cannot attend, such as sponsoring an award for the show. Furthermore, we will be alternating locations of Nationals every year to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to attend at one time or another regardless of where in the U.S. you live. For the health of UAPBTO, we will need to target areas that will bring the greatest number of APBT’s out to the show.
We hope that you are as excited as we are, and we hope to see many of you there. Stay tuned for more details to come!
Disclosure: UAPBTO is a UKC Provisional National Breed Association for the APBT. During the provisional period, there will be no NBOB titles awarded by UKC until the club is fully chartered. This is the case for all Provisional National Breed Associations.
On January 11-13, 2019, Cali Style APBT Club, a member club of the United Pit Bull Terrier Organization, had the privilege and the honor to co-host with the United Kennel Club, their 2nd Annual California Classic!
This years events were held at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, in Woodland, CA; where as many as 19 APBT’s showed in conformation (as well as many other breeds), in a total of (6) shows for the weekend! Many of these dogs also had a great time competing in weight pull & drag racing as well.
There were many new titles earned throughout the weekend. Also, SPOT designations were earned by some outstanding dogs & their handlers. (Thank you to Rosalie Ball, for donating your time to provide the show with an awesome SPOT evaluator) With the help of members of our unofficial “sister” club, Silver State APBT Club, our own Cali Style membership, many true friends loyal to assisting our club, the hard working UKC staff, and all the judges; California Classic 2019 was a success!
Thank you to all that helped to make this event possible! We love seeing all those active APBT’s! Looking forward to California Classic 2020, stay tuned.
Kimberly Pearson
President – Cali Style APBT Club