New York • One dog will win best in show at the Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday night, snagging what is essentially America's top canine beauty prize. Over the weekend, a border collie leaped and wove her way to dominance in the show's agility championship, a feat of canine athletics.
But on Monday afternoon, past the cacophonous rows and rings of breed contenders, at the chilly end of a warehouse, a judge in a tuxedo awarded a third title to what could be considered the best of all these very good dogs: The winner of the Masters Obedience Championship.