PHOTOS: 2020 Westminster Kennel Club dog show

By WTOP Staff
February 12, 2020 | 7:20 AM

Siba, the standard poodle, poses for photographs after winning Best in Show in the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — Siba, the standard poodle, poses for photographs after winning Best in Show in the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Siba, the standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — Siba, the standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A komondor competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — A komondor competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A Spinone Italiano competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York — A Spinone Italiano competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A Great Dane yawns in the working group competition during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — A Great Dane yawns in the working group competition during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A miniature bull terrier competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — A miniature bull terrier competes during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bourbon, the whippet, wins second place in the Best in Show competition during the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. — Bourbon, the whippet, wins second place in the Best in Show competition during the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Thor the bulldog naps before competition at the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in New York. Thor most recently won the Kennel Club of Philadelphia's National Dog Show in November 2019.

Bono the Havanese poses with handler Taffe McFadden on the way to a best of breed win at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Bono finished second overall in the event last year.

A Lhasa Apso competes during the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in New York.

A handler with a Yorkshire terrier waits on the sidelines before participating in the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 in New York City. The 144th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show brings more than 200 breeds and varieties of dog into New York City for the competition that began Saturday and ends Tuesday night in Madison Square Garden with the naming of this year's Best in Show.

A Chinese crested dog is judged during the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show on February 10, 2020 in New York City.

Baker, a Tibetan Terrier, is ready to compete in the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in New York.

A Rough Collie competes at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York.

A Pulik looks up at its handler at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York.

Old English sheepdogs compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York.

Azawakhs compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York. The Azawakh is a new breed to the Westminster show this year.

Ghost, a Norwegian buhund, competes at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Ghost is also a therapy dog that makes weekly visits to a Delaware hospital with his owner, Patricia Faye Adcox.

An old English sheepdog competes at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in New York.

Tag, a Labrador retriever weaves, through a series of poles during Westminster Kennel Club's agility competition Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York.

Pink the border collie leaps through a course obstacle en route to winning the Westminster Kennel Club's agility title Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York. Pink's win extends an all-but sweep for border collies in agility's seven years at Westminster, save for an Australian shepherd's 2016 win.

Pink the border collie competes next to handler Jennifer Crank on the way to winning the Westminster Kennel Club's agility title Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York.

Handler Andrea Samuels holds the first-place ribbon that Gabby, a papillon, won in the 8-inch division of the Westminster Kennel Club's agility competition Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York.

Mason the Dalmatian leaps in an obstacle course during Westminster Kennel Club's agility competition, Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York.

Dog handler Grace Buzanoski runs with her golden retriever Punk through an obstacle course during the Westminster Kennel Club's agility competition, Saturday Feb. 8, 2020, in New York.

Liberty, a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, and owner Marcia Lyons of Seattle get ready to compete at the Westminster Kennel Club's agility championship in New York, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. The retrievers, known as "tollers," aren't too common in the sport, but "I like to be a little different," Lyons said.

Niner, a pug, relaxes after competing in the Westminster Kennel Club's agility championship in New York on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. Handler Dan Webster of Minneapolis calls her "a supermodel pug who happens to do agility."

Valkyrie, a Bedlington terrier, and owner JoAnn Burtness of Louisburg, N.C., relax after competing in the Westminster Kennel Club's agility championship in New York on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020.

In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 photo, Aliya Taylor shows an Azawakh at the Westminster Dog Show preview in New York. Competition begins Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 with the agility event that's open to mutts and everyone else.

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