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The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. In addition to maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official forming of the AKC, the National Dog Show and the AKC National Championship.
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is an all-breed conformation show, held annually in the New York metropolitan area. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of a handful of benched shows in the United States. Dogs are required to be on display in their assigned locations (show benches) during the entire show except when shown in the ...
Over 5,000 dogs from all over the world come to compete, but only seven go to best in show. The 2021 AKC National Championship was livestreamed on AKC.TV on 18-19 December 2021. The show premiered on ABC on 2 January 2021 at 2 p.m. EST. [citation needed] Its primary sponsor is dog food brand Royal Canin. It used to be sponsored by Eukanuba, a ...
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As with all AKC conformation shows, mixed-breed dogs are not eligible to participate. The NDS is one of the last six remaining benched dog shows in the United States. [3] [4] The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused the show to be held behind closed doors for the first time. [5]
A conformation show, also referred to as a breed show, is a kind of dog show in which a judge, familiar with a specific dog breed, evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the established breed type for their breed, as described in a breed's individual breed standard.
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This is an automatically collected list of articles related to showing dogs for their appearance in conformation shows. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.