Last night Hickory the Scottish deerhound was crowned Best In Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Show, making her the first Scottish deerhound to ever take the prize. She won against competitors like bearded collie Mister Baggins, Jayne the Chinese shar pei, Adam the smooth coat fox terrier (picked to win by "wizard of odds" Johnny Avello), and apparently a muppet. (Just kidding! That furball is Malachy the Pekingese.) Judge Paolo Dondina of Italy said of Hickory, "This animal is like in the heavens. It's not of this world."
As Westminster host David Frei noted on the Today Show, a Scottish deerhound was entered in the first Westminster Kennel Club show in 1877, but that it was just a matter of "finding the right one." It didn't hurt that the judge is apparently a self-described "hound person." Check out video of her win below!
