This year’s 143rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is hosting 2,800 dogs, consisting of more than 200 different breeds or varieties. Below are images from the two-day competition and preliminary activities held in New York City at Piers 92 and 94 and Madison Square Garden. And—for a closer look at the road to Westminster, and the life of a show dog breeder, please read “Backstage at the Westminster Dog Show” by Ashley Fetters.