Eyes alert, ears pointed, the 4-year-old champion officially named Protocol's Veni VidiVici barked in the ring and then jumped on Mullins when the judge pointed to her.
Among the top contenders are a prime Doberman named Veni VidiVici that reached the best-of-seven final ring last year, a big-winning wire fox terrier, a German wirehaired pointer ranks as the nation's No. 1 show dog and a prized American foxhound.