National Dog Show Coming To Montco This Weekend

OAKS, PA — The 2024 National Dog Show is all set for this weekend at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, meaning you can watch the famous pet event before it airs on Thanksgiving Day.

The show will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the expo center, 100 Station Ave. in Oaks.

Tickets cost $20 for people 12 and older, $10 for kids 4 to 11, and kids 3 and under get in free.

Get tickets online here.

Plenty of seating will be available, but on a first-come, first-served basis.

Ticket holders are not permitted to bring dogs to the expo center.

The expo center will feature 13 breed judging rings and more than 75 vendors during the show.

Below are the seven groups and the breeds within them:

Terrier Group

• Airedale Terrier
• American Hairless Terrier
• American Staffordshire Terrier
• Australian Terrier
• Bedlington Terrier
• Border Terrier
• Cairn Terrier
• Colored Bull Terrier
• Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Irish Terrier
• Kerry Blue Terrier
• Lakeland Terrier
• Manchester Terrier (Standard)
• Miniature Schnauzer
• Norwich Terrier
• Parson Russell Terrier
• Rat Terrier
• Russell Terrier
• Scottish Terrier
• Sealyham Terrier
• Skye Terrier
• Smooth Fox Terrier
• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Welsh Terrier
• West Highland White Terrier

Toy Group

• Biewer Terrier
• Brussels Griffon
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
• English Toy Spaniel (B&PC)
• English Toy Spaniel (KC&R)
• Havanese
• Italian Greyhound
• Japanese Chin
• Long Coat Chihuahua
• Maltese
• Miniature Pinscher
• Papillon
• Pekingese
• Pomeranian
• Pug
• Russian Toy
• Shih Tzu
• Silky Terrier
• Smooth Coat Chihuahua
• Toy Fox Terrier
• Toy Manchester Terrier
• Toy Poodle
• Yorkshire Terrier

Working Group

• Akita
• Alaskan Malamute
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Black Russian Terrier
• Boxer
• Bullmastiff
• Cane Corso
• Doberman Pinscher
• Dogo Argentino
• Dogue de Bordeaux
• Giant Schnauzer
• Great Dane
• Great Pyrenees
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
• Komondor
• Kuvasz
• Leonberger
• Mastiff
• Neapolitan Mastiff
• Newfoundland
• Portuguese Water Dog
• Rottweiler
• Saint Bernard
• Samoyed
• Siberian Husky
• Standard Schnauzer
• Tibetan Mastiff

Sporting Group

• American Water Spaniel
• Barbet
• Boykin Spaniel
• Bracco Italiano
• Brittany
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever
• Clumber Spaniel
• Cocker Spaniel (ASCOB)
• Cocker Spaniel (Black)
• Cocker Spaniel (Parti-Color)
• Curly-Coated Retriever
• English Cocker Spaniel
• English Setter
• English Springer Spaniel
• Field Spaniel
• Flat-Coated Retriever
• German Shorthaired Pointer
• German Wirehaired Pointer
• Golden Retriever
• Gordon Setter
• Irish Red & White Setter
• Irish Setter
• Labrador Retriever
• Lagotto Romagnolo
• Nederlandse Kooikerhondje
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
• Pointer
• Spinone Italiano
• Sussex Spaniel
• Vizsla
• Weimaraner
• Welsh Springer Spaniel
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Wirehaired Vizsla

Hound Group

• Afghan Hound
• Azawakh
• Basenji
• Basset Hound
• Beagle (13 inches)
• Beagle (15 inches)
• Bloodhound
• Borzoi
• Cirneco dell’Etna
• Dachshund (Longhaired)
• Dachshund (Smooth)
• Dachshund (Wirehaired)
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
• Greyhound
• Ibizan Hound
• Irish Wolfhound
• Otterhound
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
• Pharaoh Hound
• Plott
• Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
• Redbone Coonhound
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Saluki
• Scottish Deerhound
• Treeing Walker Coonhound
• Whippet

Non-Sporting Group

• American Eskimo
• Bichon Frise
• Boston Terrier
• Bulldog
• Chinese Shar-Pei
• Chow Chow
• Coton de Tulear
• Dalmatian
• French Bulldog
• Keeshond
• Lhasa Apso
• Löwchen
• Norwegian Lundehund
• Poodle (Miniature)
• Poodle (Standard)
• Schipperke
• Shiba Inu
• Tibetan Spaniel
• Tibetan Terrier
• Xoloitzcuintli

Herding Group

• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Bearded Collie
• Beauceron
• Belgian Malinois
• Belgian Sheepdog
• Belgian Tervuren
• Bergamasco
• Berger Picard
• Border Collie
• Bouvier des Flandres
• Briard
• Cannan Dog
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• Collie (Rough)
• Collie (Smooth)
• Finnish Lapphund
• German Shepherd Dog
• Icelandic Sheepdog
• Lancashire Heeler
• Miniature American Shepherd
• Mudi
• Norwegian Buhund
• Old English Sheepdog
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog
• Puli
• Pumi
• Pyrenean Shepherd
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Swedish Vallhund

Judges will examine the dogs and place them according to how closely each dog compares with the judge’s mental image of the perfect dog as described in the breed’s official standard.

The main consideration is the dog’s conformation or overall appearance, temperament and structure.

Judges are looking for characteristics that allow the dog to perform the function for which his or her breed was bred.

To win "Best in Show" a dog must first be judged the best of many dog shows of its same breed competing in the show. Some breeds have more than 100 dogs entered. The winner of the breed moves on to the group judging.

Dogs that win the "First in Group" competition, will join the other group winners from the seven group competitions and go on to compete for the ultimate "Best in Show" award, the coveted red, white, and blue ribbon, and to become winner of "The National Dog Show Presented by Purina."

Best in show is announced at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

The show will air on NBC on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, from noon to 2 p.m.