It's my favorite time of year!  Its time for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show and the Crufts Dog  show.  Westeminster is held in February each year and takes place in New York City at Madison Square Garden.  Often called "American's Dog Show",  I would be the first to agree.   It's America's First and Only Champions Only Dog Show Entry limited to 2,500 dogs.

The show is divided into two days and evenings.  But for us that are unable to attend, viewing is only available of the group finals.  The first night covered the following groups-Non-Sporting, Terriers, Hounds and the Herding Group.  The second night covered these groups-Sporting, Working and Toy groups.

Here are the winners of those groups-

Non-sporting-Standard Poodle

Terriers-Scottish Terrier

Hounds-Scottish Deer Houng

Herding Group-Puli

Sporting-Sussex Spaniel

Working-Giant Schanuzer

Toy-Brussels Griffon

The sporting group winner, the Sussex Spaniel, named Stump went on the win Best In Show.  More results can be viewed at the Westminster Kennel Club website along with videos showing each breed being judged-http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/

Crufts 2009 dates are 5th – 8th March 2009 at the NEC, Birmingham England.  More information about this show can be found at their website-http://www.crufts.org.uk/ along with the judging schedule.