Debra Hull breeds her Basset Hounds to be top competitors in the show ring, and she doesn’t approve of second place. Hull’s hounds need to earn their keep, whether it’s winning a show title or landing a Hollywood role in the movies…these dogs even help with the laundry

Lucinda Glenny has over 25 years of experience breeding and training dogs.  Previously a breeder of poodles, Lucinda currently has only one left: Kudos, a seven-time National Champ, and her last remaining poodle. Unfortunately Kudos now has a terminal disease. With her most successful breeding programme coming to an end, she is working hard to start up a new one with a new breed – Chihuahuas. It’s the passing of the torch: from one breeding dynasty to a new one.

Dressed in camouflage, toting a rifle, surrounded by her champion Nova Scotia Duck Tollers, Sue Kish is not your typical breeder. She has a mission…one she believes most dog breeders have forsaken. She believes dogs are born to hunt, “I breed in order to maintain a dog’s natural instincts.”

Breeders, Heather and Greg Pendragon, are passionate about their plethora of poodles. But their love affair with this canine began with just one - Greg’s poodle, named Uther Pendragon. When Greg and Heather married, it was bow-tie sporting Uther who walked Heather down the aisle and gave her away with a bark.  And with that – their breeding careers began.

With her old and new crew of dogs, Kayl is hoping to speed through the obstacles and taste sweet victory once again at the World Championships.

Mike can’t afford any missteps as she expands the lines and pedigrees of this endangered purebred breed, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier.

Sherry Rupke is queen of the dog hybrids with people from all over the planet on her waiting list for Goldendoodles, she's also the first breeder in the world to have produced a Bernedoodle, whose popularity is on an exponential rise.

Christy Shepler, a single mother of four children, will never, ever, stop trying to improve and showcase her prized Bullmastiffs.

When top-tier military and police units across the globe are in search for a dog that will serve and protect, they go to Mike, who runs and elite breeding and tactical facility: Baden K9.