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Westminster Kennel Club show 2015



William Alexander poses with Miss P, a 15-inch beagle, after winning the best in show competition title at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
William Alexander poses with Miss P, a 15-inch beagle, after winning the best in show competition title at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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William Alexander poses with Miss P, a 15-inch beagle, after winning the best in show competition title at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Charlie, a Skye terrier is judged in the terrier group at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Lydia Frey shows Let Them Eat Cake, a bedlington terrier, during the junior sportsmanship competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Frey won the competition. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Janice Hayes shows Liz an English springer spaniel during the sporting group competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Liz won the sporting group. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A Komondor is shown in the ring during the working group competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Larry Cornelius shows Charlie, a skye terrier during the terrier group competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Charlie won the terrier group competition. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

WASHINGTON — A new top dog in America will be picked this week.

The Westminster Kennel Club show started Monday morning and, to the owners of the 2,711 pooches set to take part, it’s the Super Bowl, World Series and Daytona 500 of dogdom in the United States, one giant bark in the park.

Plenty of pugs, poodles and pointers, all popular pets. A total of 192 breeds and varieties, including a few not so familiar. Yep, that’s a xoloitzcuintli.

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