Washington Post reporter Maura Judkis gets a behind-the-scenes look at how handlers, groomers and owners prep a dog for competition at the 2025 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show features more than 2,500 dogs from around the world competing for the coveted title of Best in Show.

With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show.

Dogs have begun vying for the big prize — best in show — at the United States' most prominent canine competition: the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

For the first time since 2020, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is back at Madison Square Garden. The longstanding competition had to relocate in each of the last four years,

Crisscrossing the country for dog shows has been taxing for Ms. Jones, who was diagnosed with leukemia and lymphoma in 2021. Louis keeps her going through the fatigue of oral chemotherapy, she said. “I have days where I can’t really do much,