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Dog show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club

Beagles wait in a pen before competing in the146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Mort, a chihuahua, front, and Emily, a Lotus, Ibizan hound, are seen in their enclosures during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Bruce, a Pyrenean shepherd, is groomed before competing in the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Creed, an Australian shepherd, is groomed before competing in the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Australian shepards are seen in their cages before competing during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) A saluki is shown in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Gyula a 9-year old puli, peeks through his handler Stacy Czekaj's leg as they wait to compete during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) An Afghan hound waits to compete during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) A couple of Pembroke Welsh Corgis and their handlers wait to compete in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Yuri, a standard wire haired dachshund, waits to compete in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Bergamasco shepherds Coco, left, and Saphire wait to compete in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Pucker, a petit basset griffon vendeen, uses a fan to cool off while waiting to compete in the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) A handler brushes his beagle's tail before competing during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Spectators watch Scottish deerhounds compete in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) A judge inspects a Pyrenean sheepdog during competition in the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Handler Willi Santiago and Afghan hound Saida wait to compete during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Mother and daughter handlers Vicki Venzen, right, with Bergamasco sheepdog Coco, and Tia Williams with Bergamasco sheepdog Sapphire wait to compete during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Scottish deerhounds are shown in the ring during the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)