tibetan mastiff : KHAN

Khan to compete in Westminster dog show



Champion Aujudon’s Emperor Khan,a tibetan mastiff, is competing in the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Feb. 10. “Khan” won the all breed Tibetan Mastiff Award at the Kennesaw Kennel Club Dog Show in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 26.The no. 5 ranked Khan is out of eight Tibetan mastiffs competing at Westminster.

Although Khan, weighs 120 pounds and growing, he is a cool giant. Owner Teri Williams, a resident of Mineral Bluff, said khan loved Bitsy, a tiny kitten very much. When she saw how much Khan loved and looked out for the tiny kitten, she decided to keep her. Bitsy is now a full grown cat and she and Khan are still best buddies. His name Champion Aujudon’s Emperor Khan may sound like a big, powerful, name - the kind of name that is sure to win at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday - but “Khan,” a Tibetan mastiff of Mineral Bluff, is as gentle as they come.

Teri and Marshall Williams live in a home they built off Hwy. Spur 60 and have a slew of cats and dogs. Marshall said they never would have guessed that their black and tan mastiff would have become a winning show dog. “When I got Khan, I had had another big, black and tan dog that had died not long before,” Marshall said. “Well, I wanted another to go with our little “menagerie up on the hill” but I had no idea that Khan would turn out to be such a great show dog.”

Khan will be competing in the 133rd annual Westminster dog show in New York Feb. 10.

Khan was bred by breeder and handler Audrey Lee, from Cedartown, Ga., who has already had two dogs compete in Westminster, and Teri said Lee saw Khan’s potential from a very early age.

“I found Audrey on the Internet and when I got Khan, she told me that he had what it took to be a show dog, even though he was just a puppy at the time,” Teri said.

Teri said she and Lee began preparing for shows and by the time Khan was nine months old, he was already winning awards.

“He won two best-in-show awards as a puppy,” Teri said.

Khan is now three years old and Teri said this year has been his best to date. “He defeated a total of 55 dogs and won 19 out of 21 shows this year,” Teri said.

Khan comes by his championship caliber honestly. Both of his parents were competitive show dogs from Shanghai Kennels, which Teri said is a premier breeding kennel. Khan has a brother and sister who are champion show dogs and his grandfather was “Jack the Bear,” a well known and stunning dog in his day, according to Teri.
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Teri said that for Khan, this is only the beginning. “Tibetan mastiffs don’t reach their full potential until they are about five years old,” Teri said. “So there’s no telling how good he’ll be.”

Although Khan already weighs 120 pounds, and will reach near 150 when he is fully mature, Teri said Khan is as gentle as they come. “He is an absolutely wonderful companion,” Teri said. “He looks after me and all the other animals here.”

The Williamses have five dogs and seven cats, one of which is Khan’s own. Bitsy, a black and gray striped cat, was just a kitten when Teri found her. “Originally, I planned to just keep her for a while until I could get her adopted, but when I saw her and Khan together, I knew she’d be sticking around. Although at the time Bitsy was about the size of Khan’s nose, he looked after her and played with her, and Teri said they have been best buddies ever since.

Although Khan’s gigantic gentility may go unnoticed by the judges at Westminster, Teri said she thinks Khan has as good a shot as any dog. “I mean, some of these dogs we’ll be competing with Khan already beat last year,” Teri said. “And he’s only gotten better since then.”

Teri said she and Khan will be leaving Sunday to drive to New York. The judging for Tibetan mastiffs like Khan will be at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 10. Teri said even if Khan does not win best of breed, she won’t be terribly disappointed. “But if I didn’t believe he could win, we wouldn’t be going in the first place,” she said.

Khan will be judged in the “working breeds” class. There are 407 dogs in this category including, Doberman pinschers, boxers, Alaskan malamutes, Great Danes, and a new breed for 2009, Dogue de Bordeaux, along with eight Tibetan mastiffs.

The judging for Tibetan mastiffs will be at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 10 and if Khan makes the cut, the best in breed competition for the working breeds class will air live on USA Network from 8 to 11 p.m.

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