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The very best of the very good dogs are at Westminster's most overlooked event

The show’s obedience competition, which is watched by few people, features elite-level sitting, staying, heeling and fetching.

Linda Brennan and Heart train at Top Dog Obedience School in Flanders, N.J., ahead of the obedience competition at the Westminster dog show. (Vincent Tullo for The Washington Post)

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.