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WATCH: Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir practice dog handling skills

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Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski learns from a black lab dog handler exactly what goes into leading a dog into the 2015 National Dog Show.

Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and two-time U.S. Olympian Johnny Weir are reporters and digital contributor’s to this year’s National Dog Show on NBC today from noon to 2 p.m. across all time zones. But before the show, they went behind the scenes to learn the proper techniques for dog handling in front of the judges.

“Judges can be tricky,” Lipinski laughed, before taking Weir in synchronized step around the ring.

In a second video, below, Lipinski and Weir explored how the dogs are primped and primed for show time.

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