Westminster national dog show winners by year

Major televised annual dog show in Philadelphia, PA USA

The National Dog Show is an American all-breed benched conformation show sanctioned by the American Kennel Club and the Kennel Club of Philadelphia, which takes place on Thanksgiving each year and has been televised on NBC since 2002.

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History

The Kennel Club of Philadelphia Dog Show began in 1879, following a format established by a one-time dog show held at the United States centennial in 1876. The show ran annually through 1927; it resumed in 1933 and has been held every year since.^[1] The show is held by The Kennel Club of Philadelphia, a founding club of AKC.

It traditionally takes place on the third from last weekend in November over two days. In 2002, NBC Sports began televising the show on Thanksgiving Day and rebranded it as The National Dog Show.^[2]

The National Dog Show is one of the three major dog shows in the United States, along with the AKC National Championship and the Westminster Dog Show.

Winners may be invited to compete at Crufts. As with all AKC conf

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