{"id":10523,"date":"2021-11-05T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2021-11-05T01:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T01:00:04","slug":"10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-national-dog-show-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=10523","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Need to Know About The National Dog Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The post 10 Things You Need to Know About The National Dog Show<\/a> by Melissa L. Kauffman<\/a> appeared first on Dogster<\/a>. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all done it. Stuffed our faces on Thanksgiving Day and then sat around watching \u2026 no, not football, but the other American tradition \u2014 The National Dog Show. Here are 12 things about the The National Dog Show you should know.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The show is hosted by The Kennel Club of Philadelphia<\/a> of Oaks\/Valley Forge, PA, which is outside of Philadelphia. The organization began in the late 1800s and it and its predecessor clubs (it went through several name changes) have continually hosted dog sporting competitions since 1979, making it one of the oldest, if not the oldest, dog sporting competition host in America. It is presented by Purina<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s on television, broadcasted nationally on Thanksgiving Day by NBC Sports<\/a>. It\u2019s the most widely viewed dog competition because of the broadcast and the day. A total of more than 20 million viewers watch it, according to Nielsen ratings. It follows the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/a> from Noon to 2 p.m. in all time zones on NBC.<\/li>\n
  3. The show<\/a> itself takes place over two days, featuring two \u201cbenched\u201d shows at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center <\/a>at Oaks in Oaks, PA. This year it is expected to attract 15,000 people to the GPEC.<\/li>\n
  4. Today\u2019s broadcasted The National Dog Show came about when the acclaimed comedy\/parody movie Best In Show<\/a> inspired NBC Sports programming chief Jon Miller.\u00a0If you haven\u2019t seen the movie, you definitely must. Best In Show came out in 2000, and it was written by comedy geniuses Christopher Guest (actor, director, writer, musician composer, who also co-wrote and starred in This Is Spinal Tap) and Eugene Levy (actor, writer, producer and most currently in the beloved Schitt\u2019s Creek). Directed by Christopher Guest with an ensemble of brilliant comedy actors: Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Catherine O\u2019Hara, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey, Will Sasso, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban and many more. The movie is a behind-the-scenes mocumentary of the world of dog shows through the eyes of \u201cruthless dog owners.\u201d Although<\/span>\u00a0the movie was based loosely off of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show<\/a>, Christopher Guest called it the Mayflower competition and placed it in Philadelphia. After watching the movie in 2001, Jon Miller sold the idea of a two-hour special dog show sandwiched between the Macy\u2019s Parade and football on Thanksgiving Day. Put together The Kennel Club of Philadelphia, with its rich history and tradition of dog shows, and NBC Sports and thus a star was born. It was and has stayed a ratings blockbuster.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The National Dog Show gives back. The event itself is surrounded by other events raising money for charity throughout what is called National Dog Show Month.<\/li>\n
  6. The winner gets the title of Best in Show, plus $20k worth of prize money is also awarded.<\/li>\n
  7. About 2,000 purebred dogs representing over 180 breeds compete. It\u2019s a ladder elimination format, which means that each dog first competes for Best in Breed (the top Yorkie of all the Yorkie Breeds, for example), then Best in Group (all the breeds are placed in one group \u2014 the Toy Group, Terrier Group, Working Group, Sporting Group, Non-Sporting Group, Hound Group or Herding Group) and finally Best in Show.\n

    \"\"
    Welcome to the Biewer Terrier who will be competing for the first time at The National Dog Show in 2021.
    \u00a9The National Dog Show; Photographer: Simon Bruty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
  8. Every year, a new breed may be competing if it becomes certified for competition by the American Kennel Club (AKC)<\/a>. This year \u2014 2001 \u2014 The Biewer Terrier<\/a> (pronounced beaver) gets his\/her shot at the title. The Biewer Terrier<\/a> joins the Toy Group<\/a> and is the AKC\u2019s 197th<\/sup> recognized breed. According to the AKC, the breed was founded by Myrna Torres of California and Gayle Pruett of Alabama, who are both President and Vice President of the parent Biewer Terrier Club of America<\/a>. In the past, the breed has been called a black and white Yorkshire Terrier or Biewer Terrier after German Werner and Gertrud Biewer, who first began producing tricolor Yorkies in the 1980s. However, Mars Veterinary geneticists studied the DNA of Biewer Terriers in 2007 and determined it was its own breed, with its dominant traits coming from Yorkies, Maltese and Havanese\/Bichon Frise. Read more from the AKC here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  9. The TV broadcast is hosted by several dog lovers and experts:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n