NEW YORK — When the nation’s foremost dog show added an event that was open to mixed breeds, owners cheered that everydogs were finally having their day. They see the Westminster Kennel Club’s new ...

It’s tradition for Kelly Rossi to give her 3-year-old border collie Nitro a kiss on the head before the pair navigate their way through a dog agility course. “That’s our Zen,” she said. Rossi, of ...

Addie, a Weimaraner, watches other dogs as she waits her turn at the dog agility trials Thursday at the Douglas County fairgrounds. Vicki, a two-year-old Havanese, walks through the weave section as ...

Before every dog agility event, the human handlers walk the course as a group – without the dogs – wandering slowly round the ring with one hand or the other outstretched. It’s an eerie thing to watch ...

Smartie the dog proved to be smart — and agile and obedient — at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. An 8-year-old Belgian Tervuren from south Louisiana, Smartie won the agility competition for the ...