Article: AGILE DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY.(Animals)(Competition brings together 200 canines at the Lane Events Center to find out who's the top dog in the 4-day agility trial)

Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard

Annie labored as she scampered up a wooden ladder during her run at top-dog status in a canine competition Saturday at the Lane Events Center.

Annie, a 10-year-old basset hound, might not be as nimble as a collie, shepherd or papillon, but she attacks the steeplechase course with dogged determination, said her owner, Karin Pearson-King of Vancouver, Wash.

Annie was among about 200 dogs from up and down the West Coast that took part in the first day of the four-day Cascade Dog Fanciers Dog Agility Trials, which conclude Monday.

Standing 12 inches at the shoulder, Annie's stubby little legs provide ...

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