The dog, named Jay, sold for £8,700 at the timed online autumn sale hosted by CCM Skipton Auction Mart on September 16. Mr Hutchinson himself secured the second-highest price of the sale, achieving £8,000 for his two-year-old black, white, and tan bitch, Tanhill Lassie. (Image: Supplied)Outside the County Durham entries, the highest-priced Welsh dog sold for £4,800. John Wheaton from Port Talbot sold Zac, a black and white dog born in February 2023 and sired by Glencregg Silver. Donal Mullaney of Letterkenny achieved £3,800 for his 11-month-old, 80 per cent trained black and white bitch Ella.