Moxi, also known officially as American/Canadian Champion Brushwood's Moxi of Endeavor, is the #1 whippet in the U.S. for 2006 and a top hound in AKC rankings. Source: http://www.caninechronicle.com/Statistics/Index.cfm She is also the winner of the Best of Breed award at the Westminster Kennel Club, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. See: http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2007/results/breed/whippet.html
Moxi has won the American Whippet Club's National Championship twice, first in 2004, over myriad champions from the "classes," and again in 2006. Source American Whippet Club: http://www.americanwhippetclub.net/nationals/2006national/2006whippetnational.html
One of the fastest breeds in dogdom, whippets can run up to 35 miles per hour, the fastest breed if cutting not on a straight course (source Westminster KC 2007 broadcast Hound Group, USA Network, David Frei, commentator).
Moxi exhibited this talent when chasing down a thief who had run off with her owner's wallet at an L.A. dog park. Moxi was featured on Ellen DeGeneres' show on NBC-TV Feb 6, 2007 with Westminster commentator David Frei. See: http://nysahill.net/news.html
She was also featured winning in the Hound Group on the the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship on Discovery and Animal Planet on Dec 2, 2006. Moxi won Best of Breed as well as Hound Group Third on the televised broadcast. Source: http://www.akc.org/nationalchampionship/index.cfm?text_event_number=2006277104§ion=group_winners
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