131th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show by Armen Ghazarians

I'd like to adopt or purchase a new dog? Where do I start?

Start by watching the 131th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The entire show is available for sale on DVD from the Westminster Kennel Club website (you can find the URL at the end of this article).

The show presents competitors from every dog breed for the "Best in Show" title. You'll learn a great deal by just watching the show and listening to the descriptions of each dog breed as they are systematically presented to the judges.

There are seven groups of dogs (Sporting, Non-sporting, Working, Herding, Terrier, Hound, and the Toy) being shown at the Westminister Kennel Club show today, with various entrants within each group. All breeds compete for the "best of breeds" titles and then the "best of breeds" winners compete to become the "best of groups" winners. Finally, the "best of groups"winners compete to win the "Best in Show" title.

It's important to note that the judges do not compare one breed with another to make their decisions for the "Best in Group" and "Best in Show" titles. Instead, the judges look for the dogs that best represent their individual AKC standards. The dog that best represents the standard for its breed wins the "Best in Show" title.

The following is a list of all the dog groups and the breeds within each dog group:

SPORTING BREEDS

Brittany

Pointer

Pointer (German Shorthaired)

Pointer (German Wirehaired)

Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)

Retriever (Curly-Coated)

Retriever (Flat-Coated)

Retriever (Golden)

Retriever (Labrador)

Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)

Setter (English)

Setter (Gordon)

Setter (Irish)

Spaniel (American Water)

Spaniel (Clumber)

Spaniel (Cocker) A.S.C.O.B.

Spaniel (Cocker) Black

Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color

Spaniel (English Cocker)

Spaniel (English Springer)

Spaniel (Field)

Spaniel (Irish Water)

Spaniel (Sussex)

Spaniel (Welsh Springer)

Spinone Italiano

Vizsla

Weimaraner

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

NON-SPORTING BREEDS

American Eskimo Dog

Bichons Frises

Boston Terrier

Bulldog

Chinese Shar-Pei

Chow Chow

Dalmatian

Finnish Spitz

French Bulldog

Keeshond

Lhasa Apso

Lowchen

Poodle (Miniature)

Poodle (Standard)

Schipperke

Shiba Inu

Tibetan Spaniel

Tibetan Terrier

WORKING BREEDS

Akita

Alaskan Malamute

Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Bernese Mountain Dog

Black Russian Terrier

Boxer

Bullmastiff

Doberman Pinscher

German Pinscher

Giant Schnauzer

Great Dane

Great Pyrenees

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Komondor

Kuvasz

Mastiff

Neapolitan Mastiff

Newfoundland

Portuguese Water Dog

Rottweiler

Samoyed

Siberian Husky

St Bernard

Standard Schnauzer

HERDING BREEDS

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Shepherd

Bearded Collie

Belgian Malinois

Belgian Sheepdog

Belgian Tervuren

Border Collie

Bouviers des Flandres

Briard

Canaan Dog

Collie (Rough)

Collie (Smooth)

German Shepherd Dog

Old English Sheepdog

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Puli

Shetland Sheepdog

Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)

Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

TERRIER BREEDS

Airedale Terrier

American Staffordshire Terrier

Australian Terrier

Bedlington Terrier

Border Terrier

Bull Terrier (Colored)

Bull Terrier (White)

Cairn Terrier

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Fox Terrier (Smooth)

Fox Terrier (Wire)

Glen of Imaal Terrier

Irish Terrier

Kerry Blue Terrier

Lakeland Terrier

Manchester Terrier (Standard)

Miniature Bull Terrier

Miniature Schnauzer

Norfolk Terrier

Norwich Terrier

Parson Russell Terrier

Scottish Terrier

Sealyham Terrier

Skye Terrier

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Welsh Terrier

West Highland White Terrier

HOUND BREEDS

Afghan Hound

Basenji

Basset Hound

Beagle 13 In.

Beagle 15 In.

Black and Tan Coonhound

Bloodhound

Borzoi

Dachshund (Longhaired)

Dachshund (Smooth)

Dachshund (Wirehaired)

Foxhound (American)

Foxhound (English)

Harrier

Ibizan Hound

Irish Wolfhound

Norwegian Elkhound

Otterhound

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeen

Pharaoh Hound

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Saluki

Scottish Deerhound

Whippet

TOY BREEDS

Affenpinscher

Brussels Griffon

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Chihuahua (Long Coat)

Chihuahua (Smooth Coat)

Chinese Crested

English Toy Spaniel (B&PC)

English Toy Spaniel (KC&R)Havanese

Italian Greyhound

Japanese Chin

Maltese

Manchester Terrier (Toy)

Miniature Pinscher

Papillon

Pekingese

Pomeranian

Poodle (Toy)

Pug

Shih Tzu

Silky Terrier

Toy Fox Terrier

Yorkshire Terrier

The 131th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is available for sale on DVD from the Westminster Kennel Club website at http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org

Armen T. Ghazarians offers advice, information, and articles regarding many aspects of professional dog training for all those who are not professional dog trainers themselves. For more articles like this one, visit his website at http://www.newdogtrainingsecrets.com

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