National Dog Show 2016 Results: Best in Show and List of Winners

Gia the greyhound was named the Best in Show at the 15th annual National Dog Show on Thanksgiving, besting a strong final group that included Slick the border collie, Ty the giant schnauzer, Rondo the West Highland white terrier, Chuck the pekingese, Timmy the English springer spaniel and Clue the Tibetan terrier.

NBC Sports shared the announcement:

Gia posed with her handler, Rindi Gaudet, and all of the judges at the event:

Here are the full results from all seven groups:

Group	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th
Hound	Greyhound	American Foxhound	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Pharaoh Hound
Herding	Border Collie	Briard	Bearded Collie	German Shepherd
Working	Giant Schnauzer	Black Russian	Rottweiler	Leonberger
Terrier	West Highland White Terrier	Norfolk Terrier	Scottish Terrier	Airedale Terrier
Toy	Pekingese	Yorkshire Terrier	Miniature Pinscher	Japanese Chin
Sporting	English Springer Spaniel	Pointer	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Non-Sporting	Tibetan Terrier	Schipperke	Miniature Poodle	French Bulldog

Gia's win is her 44th Best in Show in the past two years. But for her handler, Gaudet, this win was particularly memorable, as her grandmother was watching from a hospital bed.

"My grandmother is ill in the hospital, and she’s always asking me if I am doing this dog show, because she has never seen me on TV," Gaudet told Kelli Bender of People.com

If she was watching, she saw Gia show off why she is an excellent show dog.

"Gia fits the greyhound standard perfectly and also gives that extra showmanship," Best In Show judge James G. Reynolds said, per Bender. "She has a head like a snake and can really gallop. A lot of greyhounds don’t have that showmanship."

Certainly, Gia topped a competitive field, as The Ringer humorously tweeted:

Gaudet likely wasn't surprised by Gia's latest win, as the dog has always been responsive and adaptive.

"She’s pretty amazing," Gaudet told Adam Parker of the Charleston Post and Courier. "I’ve shown her now for almost two years. ... It’s unspoken commands. She moves to my move."

She told Bender she'll take Gia to the 2017 Westminster Dog Show before retiring the greyhound.

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