Winning a Best in Show right out of the gate as a Show Special, Rotten was ranked the #3 Golden Retriever in 2006, highlighting that year with a Judges Award of Merit at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

Rotten repeated his appearance at Westminster on February 13, 2007, where the beautiful dog with the "Rotten" name earned the coveted honor of Best of Breed at The Garden. We at Highmark cannot be more proud than to be the co-breeder of the Best of Breed winner this time around, and then to have an Award of Merit honor bestowed on our own boy, Coach, was icing on the cake!