Leonberger owners visit Lebanon for national dog show

Austin Powers, a Leonberger breed, gets distracted while his owner, Ira Von Order, waits for him to return to the heel position. Photos by Sarah Brown

A handful of people in the space at Lebanon’s Boulder Falls Event Center sustained a prolonged silence while the point of attention, a large dog, acted on commands from its handler.

Or, at least, partly obeyed the commands.

After Austin Powers ran across boards, he flopped on his belly for rubs.

The center of the room, a large section bordered out by fencing, contained the show space. Ira Van Order, of Pennsylvania, ran her five-year-old…