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February 13, 2012 by · Comments Off on Westminster Dog 

Westminster Dog, The 136th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show begins Monday in New York City. Dogs from across the country come for two days to compete in the world’s most famous dog show against top entries in their breed and group.

The prestigious show will feature 2,077 dogs and 105 Junior Showmanship entries. Dogs come from 47 states across the United States, with New York, California and Pennsylvania featuring the most entries.

At the Westminster Dog Show, Rhodesian Ridgebacks will be the highest entry with 40 dogs and French Bulldogs will come in a close second at 39 entries. There will be 38 Labrador Retrievers competing, 32 Golden Retrievers and 29 Vizslas. The smallest entry is two and occurs in five breeds, including American Water Spaniels, Harriers, Kuvaszok, Sealyham Terriers and Canaan Dogs.

Six of the breeds featured in the Westminster Dog Show are newly recognized breeds and will be competing for the first time in the show. The new breeds include: American English Coonhounds (three entries in Hound Group), Cesky Terries (three entries in Terrier Group), Norwegian Lundehunds (five entries in the non-sporting group), Xoloitzcunitlis (ten entries in the non-sporting group), Entlebucher Mountain dogs (four entries in the herding group) and Finnish Lapphunds (eight entries in the herding group).

Westminster Dog Show 2010 | USsPost.com

February 15, 2010 by · Comments Off on Westminster Dog Show 2010 | USsPost.com 

dog_showWestminster Dog Show 2010 | USsPost.com:New York City is being overrun by dogs. The 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show kicks off at Madison Square Garden Monday night, and the world will be watching for what it takes to be the world’s greatest canines.

Judging more than 2500 dogs from over 150 breeds, the Westminster Dog Show has been held since 1877 and is the second-oldest sporting event in the United Staes (behind the Kentucky Derby).

Every year the world’s most perfectly groomed canines gather at Madison Square Garden to see who will be crowned Best in Show.

Of course, most people watching just want to see all the crazy breeds. From common dogs like spaniels, English setters,  Shis Tzus and German shepherds, to Canaans (the national dog of Israel), Polish lowland sheepdogs, keeshonds (seen above), Belgian sheepdogs and wirehaired pointing griffons, the competition has some unusual looking dogs.

“That’s one of the things people love about Westminster,” Lisa Peterson of the American Kennel Club told the NYDaily News. “They can go to the [backstage] area and see dogs they don’t normally see.”

So to learn about the very specific judging process, and to see all these crazy breeds and more, tune in starting tonight from 8p.m. to 11 p.m. on the USA and CNBC networks.

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