Dog Show 101: What’s What at Westminster Kennel Club

Dog Show 101: What’s What at Westminster Kennel Club
Siba, the standard poodle, poses for photographs after winning Best in Show in the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, in New York on Feb. 11, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is back for a 149th year—and back at New York’s Madison Square Garden for the first time since early 2020.

It’s a happy homecoming for the United States’ most prestigious canine event, which moved to venues outside Manhattan in recent years because of the coronavirus pandemic and then other considerations. But organizers longed to return to the self-described World’s Most Famous Arena.