Gabriella Gebhard and one of her prize-winning pooches. (Photo courtesy Stephanie Gebhard)
Only the passage of time can stop her.
Coupeville High School senior Gabriella Gebhard, one of the top dog showers in the country, will age out of juniors’ competition when she turns 18 this November.
Though even then, she’ll get a small reprieve, being allowed to compete in shows she has already qualified for while within the age limit.
Gebhard, who was tabbed as Best Junior at the Rainier Sporting Dog Show in August, shows multiple pooches, all of them near the top of their respective classes.
She’s scheduled to compete at the prestigious AKC National Championships presented by Royal Canin in Orlando in December.
After that, Gebhard returns to the biggest show of them all, the Westminster Dog Show, held at Madison Square Garden in New York next February.
As of the end of July, the Wolf student/athlete is the top-ranked English Setter junior handler in the country, while being #2 in Sporting Juniors and #8 in All-Breed Handlers.
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