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Penny the Doberman Pinscher Wins Best in Show at 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Penny won Best in Show beating six finalists after competing among 2,500 dogs from over 200 breeds at the milestone 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
- On Tuesday night, Penny, a Doberman pinscher, won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, earning the trophy and distinction of the 150th annual event.
- After two days of competition featuring 2,500 dogs and more than 200 breeds, Westminster judges selected winners by breed standard rather than head-to-head comparison.
- The final ring featured seven contenders including Zaida, an Afghan hound, JJ, a Lhasa apso, Cookie, a Maltese, and Graham, an Old English sheepdog, while semifinals showcased Calaco, a Xoloitzcuintli, and Millie, a Danish-Swedish farmdog who bested about 10 others Tuesday.
- For breeders and handlers, the win raises prestige and recognition, spotlighting a major accomplishment in dogdom; Joseph Carrero, a heavy equipment operator from Indian Springs, Nevada, exemplifies balancing full-time work with breeding and showing Neapolitan mastiffs.
- Despite the standards, judges say mistakes are inevitable, with longtime judge Michael Faulkner recalling a fault-judging incident in Indiana, aged 34, and acknowledging subjectivity and occasional errors.
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Penny the Doberman Pinscher outshines the field to claim Best in Show at 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Penny the Doberman Pinscher was named Best in Show at the 2026 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday. The competition as stiff, and as the seven finalists took one last lap around the arena, the tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. The New York crowd seemed to reserve their loudest cheers for the four-year-old Doberman Pinscher, and in the end, she prevailed and became the 42nd female to win the presti…
Penny the doberman pinscher wins best in show at 150th annual Westminster Kennel Club
Finalists included an Afghan hound named Zaida, a Lhasa apso called JJ, a Maltese named Cookie and an Old English sheepdog named Graham; also competing were a Chesapeake Bay retriever named Cota and a smooth fox terrier named Wager
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