CHICAGO (CBS) — The Great American Dog Show go back to Chicago this weekend; and, like the types, dog handlers can be found in all sizes and shapes.
At Country Comfort Boarding & Grooming in Yorkville, it’s almost showtime. Amid all the fluffing and buffing is a young puppy. We’re not speaking about among the dogs. Thirteen-year-old Spring Krickeberg trains reveal dogs. So do her mother and father.
“I have actually beat my mommy a couple of times,” she said.
Raised in the ring, the teenager is a fourth-generation dog handler. The sport has actually been a family activity for 7 years, beginning in the 1950s.
“My grandma and my grandpa both revealed dogs, and after that my mom revealed dogs,” said Spring’s mom, Sarah.
Then Sarah satisfied Correy, who likewise revealed dogs. Now couple, they opened their boarding, grooming, and handler training center in Yorkville about ten years earlier.
“I explain it as a specific niche business. So what keeps me included is, initially, it’s simply what I’ve done my entire life, right? It’s what introduced me to Sarah,” Correy said.
Their passion hit a entire brand-new level when Spring began finding out the ropes.
“My father taught me how to cut them, and get them to be all prepared. My mommy taught me how to reveal,” Spring said.
“We all have various skills we give it. Spring’s the adorable one,” Correy said.
Cute and getting a growing number of positive at competitors. She and the rest of the Krickebergs will be at the Great American Dog Show in at McCormick Place Chicago as organizers. They will not be contending for any ribbons this weekend.
“I desired Spring to experience everything; the behind-the-scenes work of how to do a dog program, and how to run a dog program, and how to support employee at the dog program,” Sarah said.
Handling the handlers; include that to the family skillset.
The “Great American Dog Show” begins on Friday. CBS 2 is a happy sponsor of the competitors.
Catch presentations, competitors, and far more face to face at McCormick Place and on the CBS News Chicago livestream Friday through Sunday.
