UK Junior Handler of the Year 2011 Final

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Dog World logoThe prestigious UK Junior Handler of the Year final brings together 14 of the best young dog handling talent competing for the honour of representing the UK at Crufts 2012.

The thrilling competition is proudly supported by Dog World, Britain's best selling weekly canine newspaper.

The handlers aged between 6 and 16 years old are put through their paces and must demonstrate their dog handling ability and rapport with not only their own but someone else's dog through two nail biting rounds.

This is particularly exciting to see, since the handlers meet the new dog only an hour before the competition starts.

The suspense is heightened even further with the identity of the judge remaining a mystery until they walk into the ring.

Winner of the National Junior Handling UK Finals at Discover Dogs 2011
Michaella Dunhill-Hall handling the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

The UK Finalists:

NAME BREED OF DOG GROUP
Ciaren McEwen
 Beagle
 Hound 6-11
Tieryn Clark Ibizan Hound
 Hound 12-16
Holly Mountcastle
 Japanese Chin Toy 6-11
Courtney Guppy
 Cavlier King Charles Spaniel
 Toy 12-16 
Robyn Arnall
 Shetland Sheepdog
 Pastoral 6-11
Antonia Leech
 Bearded Collie
 Pastoral 12-16
Taygen Trembath Boxer
 Working 6-11
Louis Harrison
 Alaskan Malamute
 Working 12-16
Shannon Shaw
 Border Terrier
 Terrier 6-11
Michaella Dunhill-Hall
 Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
 Terrier 12-16
Daisy Mae Hunt
 German Shorthaired Pointer
 Gundog 6-11
Megan Oliver
 Spaniel (Cocker)
 Gundog 12-16
Bobbi Shepherd
 German Spitz
 Utility 6-11
Sophie Ellis Japanese Shiba Inu
 Utility 12-16