Animal rights group PETA has sued the American Kennel Club over breed standards it calls “intentionally deformed,” claiming ...

The animal rights group PETA is suing to try to force the American Kennel Club to abandon the standards it backs for French ...

The civil claim says standards for certain dog breeds "provide blueprints for the breeding of deformed, unhealthy dogs." ...

Besides Monty and Mercedes, entrants include Vito, a pug who won the National Dog Show televised Thanksgiving Day, along with ...

Whatever the analogy, being at Westminster was a triumph for Guster the rescue pug. ... Westminster added agility in 2014, marking the show’s first event with mixed-breed dogs since the 1800s.

Before Vito, she had another pug who won the Toy Group at the 2018 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, as well as other Westminster breed winners in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013 and 2016.

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, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in New York.

Accompanied by his owner, Carolyn Koch, the two-and-a-half year old from Chapel Hill, N.C., has already won 25 best-in-show awards, and won best of breed at this year’s Westminster Dog Show in ...