Will Best in Show go to a good male child or respectable girl ?
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This weekend mark the beginning of the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show : a showcase of the hunky-dory pups in show business — dog-iron showbusiness that is . The Westminster Dog Show is a historic cornerstone of variation chronicle ; it is the second - longest endlessly held sporting event in the U.S. and thelongest - run nationally televise dog show .
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The 149th Westminster Dog Show will showcase dogsfrom all 50 U.S. states , including sixLancashire heelers , the raw dog breed to be greet by the American Kennel Club .
Learn more about the 149th Westminster Dog Show , include how to learn this yr ’s events from home .
When is the 2025 Westminster Dog Show?
The 149th Westminster Dog Show is scheduled for Feb. 8 , 10 and 11 , 2025 . Here ’s what each day will entail .
Canine Celebration Day
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This year ’s Westminster Dog Show kicks off Saturday , Feb. 8 , also hump asCanine Celebration Day . Is n’t that every day ? Never beware . Beginning in the wee minute of the morning , the world ’s most acrobatic pup will vie in heel sports such asagility , obedience , andflyball , the latter being a unexampled issue for 2025 . Although it ’s dubbed Canine Celebration Day , select agile humans will contend in the initiatory Human Agility Course result , which is certain to be a treat . The cad sport events are undefendable to purebred pups andmixed - strain dogsalike .
Dog Show: Days 1 & 2
The fun ramp back up the morning of Monday , Feb. 10 through the evening of Tuesday , Feb. 11 , as the most prim and right purebred pups strut their stuff for the judges in hope of eventually being advert Best in Show . The dog show portion of Westminster Week complain off on Monday forenoon with Hound , Toy , Non - Sporting , & Herding breed judge and will commence with the declaration of Best in Show , schedule for 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday .
A full schedule of upshot can be found on theWestminster Kennel Club website .
How to Watch and Stream the 2025 Westminster Dog Show
There ’s still time to collar ticket and overhear all the action mechanism in person at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center andMadison Square Gardenin NYC . But if you ca n’t make the trek , you’re able to still tune up in from home .
Saturday ’s heel sports events will be available to pelt on-line atwestminsterkennelclub.organd the Westminster Kennel Club YouTube channel , with choice boob tube coverage on Fox .
On Monday and Tuesday , tune into Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 commence at 1 p.m. Eastern for select TV coverage of breed judging , chemical group judging , and Best in Show . In total , Fox and its better half will broadcast over 16 hours of dog show mental object by the metre Westminster Week number to a close .
Benni the poodle in the ring for for the masters agility championship preliminaries during the 148th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.Jackie Malloy / Getty Images
How Does Westminster Dog Show Judging Work?
Before a weenie is named Best in Show , they must be named the right of the best through multiple round of judgement . First , a frankfurter is judged against their strain standards and compare to their peers — for instance , German sheepherder vs. German shepherd .
Once a dog is bring up Best of Breed , then the competition gets interesting . Best of Breed winner then compete to be named Best of Group , AKA a group of frankfurter breeds that partake characteristics . For example , in this round , aYorkshire terriermay compete against apugfor Best of Toy Group .
Then , it ’s the final stave : Best in Show . In this round , the Best in Show judge once again judges all Best of Group honorees against their breed standards , not against each other .
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Who Won Best in Show in 2024?
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Sage theminiature poodlewon Best in Show at the2024 Westminster Dog Showalongside her handler Kaz Hosaka , who of late retire after an prestigious 45 - year career . Sage was the first female dog since 2020 to take home the coveted title .
Stay tuned to see who will be crownedBest in Show for 2025 .
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