Wasabi the Pekingese, Named Best in Show at <br />Westminster Dog Show.<br />The 145th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show <br />took place on Sunday.<br />Wasabi is a three-year-old Pekingese <br />whose breeder, David Fitzpatrick, owns another <br />dog that was 2012's Best in Show.<br />[Wasabi] has that little extra something, that little sparkle that sets a dog apart, David Fitzpatrick, Dog Breeder, via CNN.<br />For the first time since 1877, this year the pandemic forced the event to move from NYC's Madison Square Garden to the Lyndhurst Estate, located in Tarrytown, NY.<br />Judge Patricia Craige Trotter expressed gratitude <br />"to the Westminster Kennel Club members and their <br />staff for persevering through troubled times.".<br />Trotter also singled out the trainers and <br />breeders for continuing their work with <br />dogs throughout the pandemic.<br />To the breeders and owners and handlers and trainers and conditioners, you're on top of your game. All of you, Judge Patricia Craige Trotter, Westminster <br />Kennel Club Dog Show, via CNN.<br />Bourbon the whippet was named <br />runner-up for this year's event
