Chet, a berger picard, performs a jump in an agility obstacle Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
A barbet is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
An all-American dog, a mixed-breed, is collared by their trainer after performing in an agility obstacle course, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
In this image provided by Renee Rosamilia, Joker, a harrier, peers into a pond in Palm City, Fla. Joker is set to compete at the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which has undergone many changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A Belgian laekenois is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
Dog handlers on Tuesday showed off four new breeds that will compete in this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The breeds are Barbet, Biewer Terrier, Belgian Laekenois and Dogo Argentino.
From left, a barbet, biewer Terrier, Belgian laekenois and dogo Argentino are presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
Charlton Reynders III, president of the Westminster Kennel Club, attends a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
In this image provided by Renee Rosamilla, Tildy, a flat-coated retriever, poses with Rosamilla in Perry, Ga. Tildy is set to compete at the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which has undergone many changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A dogo Argentino is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
A biewer terrier is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
In this image provided by Renee Rosamilia, shows Fritz, a Plott hound. Fritz is set to compete at the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which has undergone many changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A Belgian laekenois is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
A dogo Argentino is presented for journalists during a news conference, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y., at the Lyndhurst Estate where the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held outdoors,
In this image provided by Renee Rosamilia, Joker, a harrier, is posed during a show in Brooksville, Fla. Joker is set to compete at the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which has undergone many changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
FILE – In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, Tracy Rousseau of Franktown, Colo., pets Eva, a Norwegian lundehund, as they wait to compete at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. Rousseau, her husband, Peter, and their dogs are not going to make it to the upcoming Westminster show, partly because of complexities arising from the coronavirus pandemic.
NEW YORK (AP) — There will be plenty of tradition, pup and circumstance at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this weekend.
But for the first time in its 145-year history, the storied canine competition is trading the buzz of the Big Apple for the airy grounds of a suburban riverfront estate, one of many changes prompted by pandemic precautions.
The show was rescheduled from its usual February dates and isn’t allowing in-person spectators. Human participants must be vaccinated or newly tested. Dogs will compete as usual on green carpet for televised parts of the competition, but some other rounds will happen on an even more traditional green carpet — the lawn at the Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, New York.
And the sought-after best in show trophy will be awarded under a tent outside Lyndhurst’s Gothic-castlelike mansion, not in the sports palace of Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden.
“It’s a heartbreak because that’s definitely part of the prestige of going, and the nostalgia,” says handler Renee Rosamilla of Ocala, Florida. “But I’m just, honestly, thrilled that they were able to let us have Westminster this year.”
The show kicks off with an agility competition Friday, followed by weekend events including the traditional breed judging that leads to the best in show title. It will be conferred Sunday night during a live broadcast on Fox. (Earlier rounds also are being televised or streamed.)
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