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Claire the Scottish Deerhoundcelebrated Thanksgiving with an impressive victory.
If Claire — registered name GCH Foxcliffe Claire Randall Fraser — looks familiar, it could be because the champion pooch took home the same title last year.The impressive back-to-back windoesn’t come as a total shock to those who know Claire well. The canine is the number one rankedScottish Deerhoundin America and is now the top-winning Scottish Deerhound in history. Plus, Claire comes from a line of leading dogs; her grandmother won Best in Show at the 2011Westminster Dog Show.
Even with her history of success, Claire and Lloyd did not enter the 2021 National Dog Show expecting to take home the event’s top honor.
“I was thinking more about keeping her happy, getting a really good performance out of her, and just having a good time,” Lloyd said in a statement of her approach with Claire to this year’s show.
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“Claire, in her mind, really believes in herself and has a lot of confidence in who she is. And if you looked like her, wouldn’t you?” Lloyd said of the Scottish Deerhound’s winning edge, adding, “she is just truly at the top of her game.”
Claire will return to her Virginia home with another win under her collar and resume her daily routine following the National Dog Show. For the Scottish Deerhound, that means morning runs and post-breakfast naps.
“Sometimes we watchOutlanderwhen it’s on,” Lloyd added of Claire’s home life.
source: people.com
