Katie Bernardin, right, and Monty, a Giant Schnauzer, celebrate after winning best in show in the 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in New York. [Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo]

After a four-year absence, the Westminster Dog Show is back at its longtime home, Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan, for its 149 th edition. The three-day competition involving more than 2,500 dogs from every state in the union culminates Tuesday night with the Best in Show event at the so-called world’s most famous arena,

Here’s what you might have missed from Madison Square Garden, where the Westminster Kennel Club held the world’s most prominent dog show for the 149th time.