NEW YORK, New York – Some 2,500 dogs in 165 breeds and varieties in seven different groups will be competing for the coveted Best In Show award when the 129th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens on Monday and Tuesday, February 14 and 15, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.

Individual breed judging will take place each day between the hours of 8:30 am and 6 pm. The Group and Best In Show competition will be television live on USA Network from 8 to 11 pm on Monday and Tuesday.

All Working, Terrier, Toy, and Non-Sporting breeds and varieties will be judged on Monday, with Groups judged on Monday evening. All Sporting, Hound, and Herding breeds and varieties will be judged on Tuesday, with Groups judged on Tuesday evening.

Best In Show will also be judged on Tuesday evening.

Junior Showmanship preliminaries will be judged each afternoon, with the finals to be held at 7:30 pm on Tuesday evening.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and may be purchased by phone at 1-212-307-7171 or through Ticketmaster.com. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Madison Square Garden box office.

The dogs –

SPORTING

Brittany

Pointer

Pointer (German Shorthaired)

Pointer (German Wirehaired)

Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)

Retriever (Curly-Coated)

Retriever (Flat-Coated)

Retriever (Golden)

Retriever (Labrador)

Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)

Setter (English)

Setter (Gordon)

Setter (Irish)

Spaniel (American Water)

  Spaniel (Clumber)

Spaniel (Cocker) A.S.C.O.B.

Spaniel (Cocker) Black

Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color

Spaniel (English Cocker)

Spaniel (English Springer)

Spaniel (Field)

Spaniel (Irish Water)

Spaniel (Sussex)

Spaniel (Welsh Springer)

Spinone Italiano

Vizsla

Weimaraner

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

HOUND

Afghan Hound

Basenji

Basset Hound

Beagle, 13 In.

Beagle, 15 In.

Black and Tan Coonhound

Bloodhound

Borzoi

Dachshund (Longhaired)

Dachshund (Smooth)

Dachshund (Wirehaired)

Foxhound (American)

Foxhound (English)

Greyhound

Harrier

Ibizan Hound

Irish Wolfhound

Norwegian Elkhound

Otterhound

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeen

Pharaoh Hound

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Saluki

Scottish Deerhound

Whippet

WORKING

Akita

Alaskan Malamute

Anatolian Shepherd Dog

Bernese Mountain Dog

Black Russian Terrier (new for 2005)

Boxer

Bullmastiff

Doberman Pinscher

German Pinscher

Giant Schnauzer

Great Dane

Great Pyrenees

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Komondor

Kuvasz

Mastiff

Neapolitan Mastiff (new for 2005)

Newfoundland

Portuguese Water Dog

Rottweiler

Samoyed

Siberian Husky

St Bernard

Standard Schnauzer

TERRIER

Airedale Terrier

American Staffordshire Terrier

Australian Terrier

Bedlington Terrier

Border Terrier

Bull Terrier (Colored)

Bull Terrier (White)

Cairn Terrier

Dandie Dinmont Terrier

Fox Terrier (Smooth)

Fox Terrier (Wire)

Glen of Imaal Terrier (new for 2005)

Irish Terrier

Kerry Blue Terrier

Lakeland Terrier

Manchester Terrier (Standard)

Miniature Bull Terrier

Miniature Schnauzer

Norfolk Terrier

Norwich Terrier

Parson Russell Terrier

Scottish Terrier

Sealyham Terrier

Skye Terrier

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Welsh Terrier

West Highland White Terrier

TOY

Affenpinscher

Brussels Griffon

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Chihuahua (Long Coat)

Chihuahua (Smooth Coat)

Chinese Crested

English Toy Spaniel (B&PC)

English Toy Spaniel (KC&R)

Havanese

Italian Greyhound

Japanese Chin

Maltese

Manchester Terrier (Toy)

Miniature Pinscher

Papillon

Pekingese

Pomeranian

Poodle (Toy)

Pug

Shih Tzu

Silky Terrier

Toy Fox Terrier

Yorkshire Terrier

NON-SPORTING

American Eskimo Dog

Bichons Frise

Boston Terrier

Bulldog

Chinese Shar-Pei

Chow Chow

Dalmatian

Finnish Spitz

French Bulldog

Keeshond

Lhasa Apso

Löwchen

Poodle (Miniature)

Poodle (Standard)

Schipperke

Shiba Inu

Tibetan Spaniel

Tibetan Terrier

HERDING

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Shepherd

Bearded Collie

Belgian Malinois

Belgian Sheepdog

Belgian Tervuren

Border Collie

Bouviers des Flandres

Briard

Canaan Dog

Collie (Rough)

Collie (Smooth)

German Shepherd Dog

Old English Sheepdog

Polish Lowland Sheepdog

Puli

Shetland Sheepdog

Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)

Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)