Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee
Stump is named Best in Show at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show.
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| Other name(s) | Stump |
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| Species | Canis lupus familiaris |
| Breed | Sussex Spaniel |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | December 1, 1998 |
| Died | September 25, 2012 (aged 13) at his home with handler Scott Sommer |
| Occupation | Show dog |
| Title |
Best In Show at the Westminster Dog Show |
| Term | 2009 |
| Predecessor | Ch. K-Run's Park Me In First |
| Successor | Ch. Roundtown Mercedes of Maryscot |
| Owner | Cecilia Ruggles and Beth Dowd |
| Parents | Ch. Three D Genghis Khan (sire) Ch. Clussexx Sprinkled With Dew (dam) |
| Weight | 50 lb (23 kg) |
| Awards | 51 "best in show" wins (50 in 2004) |
Ch. Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee (December 1, 1998-September 25, 2012), also known as Stump, was a 50 lb. male Sussex Spaniel from Houston, Texas, who was named the 2009 Best In Show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Stump is the first of his breed to be awarded that honor and, at 10 years old, the oldest to win the prize.
Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee was sired by Ch. Three D Genghis Khan, and his dam was Ch. Clussexx Sprinkled With Dew; his breeders were Douglas Horn, Douglas Johnson and Dee Duffy. He was nicknamed "Stump" because he was brown, had stubby legs and resembled a tree stump.
Stump was owned by Cecilia Ruggles and Beth Dowd and handled by Scott Sommer, with whom he lived in Houston along with J.R., a Bichon Frise who won the Westminster Dog Show in 2001 and is also trained by Sommer.
Stump won the Sporting Group at Westminster in 2004, a year that saw him accumulate 50 "best in show" wins. After those victories, he was retired from competition. In January 2006 Stump was hospitalized with a serious illness, with what in retrospect turned out to be a hard-to-diagnose case of multiple bacterial infections. After a visit to Brittmoore Animal Hospital in Houston, Stump was referred to clinicians at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, and arrived there with "a body-wide infection, infection on his heart valves, fluid in his lungs, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (a blood coagulation disorder); he spent 13 days there, 12 of which were in intensive care.
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