FILE— Sage, a miniature poodle, competes in the best in show competition during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, May 14, 2024, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
FILE — A dog is judged during the hound group at Madison Square Garden during the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Feb. 11, 2019, in New York. The Westminster Kennel Club announced this week that its storied dog show is returning next year to the Garden for the first time since 2020, when the canine contest was held weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and shutdowns began in New York City and across the U.S.(AP Photo/Nat Castaneda, File)