• Billy (right) and Ali, who represent the Grand Bassett Griffon Vendeen breed, which for the first time will have its own breed classes at Crufts this year. The pair, Uncle and niece, were in London today (Thursday) to launch Crufts 1998 which takes place in March. Photo by Ben Curtis. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: A woman surrounded with Harrier dogs on day two of Crufts 2022 at National Exhibition Centre on March 11, 2022 in Birmingham, England. Crufts returns this year after it was cancelled last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. 20,000 competitors will take part with one eventually being awarded the Best In Show Trophy. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Getty Images)
  • A Polish Lowland Sheepdog rests backstage during the first day of the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, February 15, 2010. The country's premier dog show runs for two days. AFP PHOTO/TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 08: A Sloughi competes in the 147th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Presented by Purina Pro Plan at Arthur Ashe Stadium on May 08, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Westminster Kennel Club)
  • BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Ivy of Otterhound Search Dogs at The National Pet Show at NEC Arena on November 03, 2018 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage)