No Audience, New Venue, but Westminster Dog Show Barks On

A biewer terrier is presented for journalists during a news conference, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors, on June 8, 2021. John Minchillo/AP Photo

NEW YORK—There will be plenty of tradition, pup, and circumstance at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this weekend.

But for the first time in its 145-year history, the storied canine competition is trading the buzz of the Big Apple for the airy grounds of a suburban riverfront estate, one of many changes prompted by pandemic precautions.