THAT’S SPORTS THIS MORNING. HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. NAOKO. THANK YOU. COMPETITION, MEANWHILE, IS FIERCE AS NEARLY 6000 DOGS TRIED TO TAKE THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOP TITLE. AND JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS GINA DINARDO, ONE OF THE HOSTS OF THE SHOW THAT YOU CAN WATCH LATER TODAY. RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL FIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, GINA. GOOD MORNING LADIES. HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. SO TELL US WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS YEAR’S 2023 AKC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SO IT’S THE LARGEST DOG SHOW IN NORTH AMERICA. IT HAD OVER ALMOST 6000 DOGS COMPETING. IT’S THE LARGEST ENTRY IN OUR HISTORY. AND WE HAVE DOGS FROM ALL 50 STATES, 38 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. SO IT’S REALLY AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT AND IT’S THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SO THE THE DOG THAT WINS IS CROWNED THE NATIONAL CHAMPION. AND BECOMES, YOU KNOW, PART OF HISTORY OF THE DOG SHOW WORLD. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE A COMPETITOR WITH YOU THIS MORNING. I DON’T KNOW WHICH BREEDS ARE MOST IN THE SPOTLIGHT, THOUGH. THIS YEAR. SURE. SO OUR NEWEST BREED, THE BRACCO ITALIANO, ARE 200TH BREED. A SPOTLIGHT. AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL 200 BREEDS, EVERY DOG GETS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT’S FIVE MINUTES OF GLORY. UH, IN THE IN THE BROADCAST TODAY BECAUSE, UH, YOU GET TO SEE ALL 200 AND LEARN ABOUT THEM AND FIND A BREED THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU, THAT YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT. LIKE A RARER BREED. LIKE, THIS IS A TOY MANCHESTER TERRIER. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY MAKE GREAT PETS AND, UH, IT’S FUN TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH AND EVERY BREED. I CALL IT EDUTAINMENT, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GINA. SO ABOUT 50 DOGS FROM MASSACHUSETTS WERE PART OF THE COMPETITION. CAN YOU TELL US ANY LOCAL STANDOUTS? UH, I DON’T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY, BUT THERE WERE DOGS IN EVERY GROUP REPRESENTED BY MASSACHUSETTS. AND SO WE YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL DOGS. OKAY. LOOKS LIKE YOUR PUP DESERVES A BISCUIT. HE’S BEEN GOOD. THE WHOLE TIME. GINA DINARDO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. YOU CAN CATCH THE COMPETITION TODAY BEGINNING AT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S AL