You probably have heard about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The four-day event opened last Saturday in New York City. The world-famous competition, known as “America’s Dog Show,” dates back to 1877. Today around 200 breeds of dogs from across America and several other countries take part in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The dogs compete against each other in different groups, based on their breeds. An overall winner takes the “Best in Show” prize. One dog that will not be taking home a prize this year is a beagle named Mia. But she has already won the hearts of people across the country. As the Washington Post newspaper wrote, Mia “absolutely stole the show.” Earlier this week, Mia the beagle took part in the agility competition. The event requires dogs to run, jump over bars, and climb over objects. The dogs must complete the entire course quickly. Trainers work with the dogs to teach them to ignore noises, smells or other possible distractions. Mia, however, was not able to ignore the distractions. When it was her turn to compete, she stopped to smell the ground. She wandered away from the course. She bent over to lick herself. The crowd then started to laugh and make noises, which distracted the animal even more. Mia finally finished the event in 66 seconds. That was more than 30 seconds slower than the fastest competitors that day. The television announcer called it, “a delightfully entertaining run.”
Title: Mia the Beagle Acts Like a Real Dog at Westminster Dog Show
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1687/mia.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Mia the Beagle Acts Like a Real Dog at Westminster Dog Show' data-article-id='2205'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7021'>You probably have heard about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.</span> <span data-start-time='7021' data-end-time='13542'>The four-day event opened last Saturday in New York City.</span> <span data-start-time='13542' data-end-time='24063'>The world-famous competition, known as “America’s Dog Show,” dates back to 1877.</span> <span data-start-time='24063' data-end-time='37813'>Today around 200 breeds of dogs from across America and several other countries take part in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.</span> <span data-start-time='37813' data-end-time='45833'>The dogs compete against each other in different groups, based on their breeds.</span> <span data-start-time='45833' data-end-time='52167'>An overall winner takes the “Best in Show” prize.</span> <span data-start-time='52167' data-end-time='60646'>One dog that will not be taking home a prize this year is a beagle named Mia.</span> <span data-start-time='60646' data-end-time='66604'>But she has already won the hearts of people across the country.</span> <span data-start-time='66604' data-end-time='74729'>As the Washington Post newspaper wrote, Mia “absolutely stole the show.”</span> <span data-start-time='74729' data-end-time='82354'>Earlier this week, Mia the beagle took part in the agility competition.</span> <span data-start-time='82354' data-end-time='91375'>The event requires dogs to run, jump over bars, and climb over objects.</span> <span data-start-time='91375' data-end-time='96750'>The dogs must complete the entire course quickly.</span> <span data-start-time='96750' data-end-time='107563'>Trainers work with the dogs to teach them to ignore noises, smells or other possible distractions.</span> <span data-start-time='107563' data-end-time='113125'>Mia, however, was not able to ignore the distractions.</span> <span data-start-time='113125' data-end-time='119042'>When it was her turn to compete, she stopped to smell the ground.</span> <span data-start-time='119042' data-end-time='122188'>She wandered away from the course.</span> <span data-start-time='122188' data-end-time='125500'>She bent over to lick herself.</span> <span data-start-time='125500' data-end-time='133292'>The crowd then started to laugh and make noises, which distracted the animal even more.</span> <span data-start-time='133292' data-end-time='138958'>Mia finally finished the event in 66 seconds.</span> <span data-start-time='138958' data-end-time='145854'>That was more than 30 seconds slower than the fastest competitors that day.</span> <span data-start-time='145854' data-end-time='151875'>The television announcer called it, “a delightfully entertaining run.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1687/mia_beagle.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' 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