Lights shine before the best in show competition during the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, ...

The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is back for a 149th year. And it's back at New York’s Madison Square Garden for the first time since early 2020.

Benny, left, and Tansey, Norwich Terriers, sit in a stroller at the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Saturday, Feb. 8, ...

WSN photographers documented one of the most prestigious dog shows in the world.

Robin Novack, left, and Freddie, an English Springer Spaniel, compete in the sporting group competition during the 149th ...

(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Westminster Kennel Club) “He always tries so hard, and we’re just proud of him,” she told the crowd at Madison Square Garden. The spirited schnauzer ...

Benny, left, and Tansey, Norwich Terriers, sit in a stroller at the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) Alicia Bismore with her ...

FILE — 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 ...

(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President of the Westminster Kennel Club Donald Sturz shows Fiona, his pet pekingese, during an interview with The Associated Press at The New Yorker hotel ...