更新于：2026年2月3日 / 美国东部时间晚上11:53 / 美联社
一只名叫佩妮（Penny）的杜宾犬周二晚上在威斯敏斯特犬舍俱乐部犬展中摘得全场总冠军，获得美国狗狗赛事中最令人垂涎的奖项。
佩妮在纽约麦迪逊广场花园击败了另外六名决赛选手。
每只狗的评判标准是其与本品种理想标准的契合度。
经过两天的角逐，共有2500只狗、超过200个品种在威斯敏斯特犬舍俱乐部展会上亮相，最终只剩下七只犬争夺冠军头衔。
佩妮不仅获得奖杯、丝带和炫耀资本，还成为第150届威斯敏斯特年度犬展这一里程碑赛事的获胜者。
决赛选手包括一只名叫扎伊达（Zaida）的阿富汗猎犬、一只名叫JJ的拉萨犬、一只名叫饼干（Cookie）的马尔济斯犬和一只被称为格雷厄姆（Graham）的英国古代牧羊犬。此外，还有一只切萨皮克湾寻回犬（Cota）和一只平滑毛猎狐梗（Wager）也参与了角逐。
还有许多狗狗在比赛中留下了令人忍俊不禁的瞬间，即便未能进入决赛也点亮了观众席。
在两个晚上的半决赛中，观众们为一只名叫卡拉科（Calaco）的墨西哥无毛犬欢呼特别响亮。这只无毛犬在赛场中昂首阔步，仿佛证明了自己无需多余修饰。一只名叫比默（Beamer）的维兹拉犬跳进为 handlers 工具准备的箱子里，逗乐了全场观众；纽芬兰犬风暴（Storm）跳上 handler 时几乎和 handler 一样高，引来阵阵笑声。观众们为一只名叫奥利弗（Oliver）的金毛犬欢呼得如此响亮，连竞技场的广播员都被淹没，而当京巴犬 Lump 走过裁判面前时，观众席上响起了“Lumpy！Lumpy！”的欢呼声。
半决赛中创造历史的是一只名叫米莉（Millie）的丹麦-瑞典农场犬。这个小型敏捷的犬种今年才获得参加威斯敏斯特犬展的资格，米莉在周二下午击败了约10只其他农场犬，晋级当晚的决赛。
“将这个犬种引入美国是一段非常激动人心的旅程。”2000年首次养农场犬、周二带着一只名叫科约特（Coyote）的农场犬参赛的布里塔·莱蒙（Brita Lemmon）说道。
威斯敏斯特犬展的冠军通常是由拥有专业 handlers 或背后有几十年甚至几代人经验的主人训练的狗狗。但即便只是进入这个仅限精英冠军犬参加的盛会，对狗狗界来说也是一项重大成就，尤其是对像约瑟夫·卡雷罗（Joseph Carrero）和他的那不勒斯獒犬德兹（Dezi）这样的新手而言。
卡雷罗从十几岁起就渴望拥有一只那不勒斯獒犬，35岁时终于得偿所愿。这位来自内华达州印第安泉的重型设备操作员最初只是因为繁殖者希望他这样做才开始展示狗狗。现在，卡雷罗自己繁殖并训练他的那不勒斯獒犬参赛，同时还要兼顾全职工作。
“对我们来说这真的很难，但我们乐在其中，他也很享受。”当访客们围过来抚摸这只脸颊丰满、体重190磅的狗狗时，卡雷罗说道。
起源于南非的布尔布尔犬（Boerboels）在娜塔莉·莱登豪尔（Natalee Ridenhour）遇到已故丈夫的过程中扮演了重要角色，也促使她最终离开都市生活，搬到德克萨斯州罗伊斯城的农场。
周二，莱登豪尔和一只名叫“无敌”（Invictus）的布尔布尔犬做了一件她曾经从未想象过的事：参加威斯敏斯特犬展。
狗狗未能晋级第一轮比赛，但当一位访客开心地抚摸这只170磅重的狗狗时，莱登豪尔说：“老实说，最大的胜利是：你是第50个敢凑近它脸并抚摸它的人。”
Penny the Doberman pinscher wins best in show at 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Updated on: February 3, 2026 / 11:53 PM EST / AP
A Doberman pinscher named Penny won best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, netting U.S. show dogs’ most coveted prize.
Penny bested six other finalists at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Each dog is judged according to how closely it matches the ideal for its breed.
The winner came out on top after two days, 2,500 dogs and more than 200 breeds who strutted their stuff at the Westminster Kennel Club. It came down to just seven canines who vied for the prize.
Penny the Doberman pinscher poses for photos after winning the Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 3 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images
Penny not only gets a trophy, ribbons and bragging rights but, this year, the distinction of winning the milestone 150th annual Westminster show.
Finalists included an Afghan hound named Zaida, a Lhasa apso called JJ, a Maltese named Cookie and an old English sheepdog dubbed Graham. Also in the running were a Chesapeake Bay called Cota and a smooth fox terrier called Wager.
Cookie, a Maltese, competes in the best in show judging of the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in New York. Yuki Iwamura / AP
Lots of others scored meme-able moments or lightened up the crowd, even if they didn’t make the finals.
Over two nights of semifinals, spectators cheered extra-loud for a Xoloitzcuintli named Calaco, a hairless dog who went around the ring like he had nothing to prove. A vizsla named Beamer charmed the crowd by hopping into a box set out for his handler’s tools, and Storm the Newfoundland got laughs when he jumped up on his handler, standing almost as tall as she. Spectators cheered so loud for a golden retriever named Oliver that they drowned out the arena’s announcer, and chants of “Lumpy! Lumpy!” resounded as Lumpy the Pekingese strolled before a judge.
Calaco, a Xoloitzcuintli, 3rd place winner of the Non-Sporting Group, competes during the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 2, in New York City. Roy Rochlin / Getty Images
One dog that made history in the semifinals was Millie, a Danish-Swedish farmdog. The small, spry breed just became eligible for the Westminster show this year, and Millie bested about 10 other farmdogs Tuesday afternoon to get to the evening round.
“It’s been a very exciting journey” to establish the breed in the U.S., said Brita Lemmon, who got her first farmdog in 2000 and competed Tuesday with one named Coyote.
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them. But just reaching the elite, champions-only show is a major accomplishment in dogdom, especially for first-timers such as Joseph Carrero and his Neapolitan mastiff, Dezi.
After yearning for a Neo since his teenage years, Carrero finally got one when he was 35. A heavy equipment operator from Indian Springs, Nevada, he started showing the dog only because the breeder wanted him to. Now Carrero himself breeds and handles his Neos in the ring, while also working full-time and then some.
“It’s really hard for us to do this, but we enjoy it, and he enjoys it,” Carrero said as a visitors gathered around to greet the jowly, 190-pound dog.
Boerboels, which are formidable guard dogs originally from South Africa, played a major role in how Natalee Ridenhour met her late husband and why she eventually left metropolitan life for a farm in Royse City, Texas.
On Tuesday, Ridenhour and a Boerboel named Invictus did something else she once would never have pictured: compete at the Westminster show.
The dog didn’t advance past the first round. But as a visitor delightedly petted the 170-pound animal, Ridenhour said, “Honestly, the big win is: You’re about the 50th person who’s gotten down in his face and loved on him.”
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