Crufts, the world’s largest dog show, opens in Birmingham, England

Mar 10, 2016

Crufts, the world’s largest dog show, opens in Birmingham, England

Steve Earley 0 Comment Eurasia, World Animals, Crufts Dog Show, dog show, dogs, England

It’s opening day of Birmingham, England’s Crufts dog show, which claims to be the world’s largest. Good luck cards pinned above a dog’s stall hint at the stakes. Indeed, even the walk into the exhibition hall seems like a performance.

: A dog owner arrives with Havanese dogs on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: A dog owner arrives with his Manchester Terrier on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Good luck cards sit pinned above a dog’s stall on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: A Poodle is groomed by its owner on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: An owner sits alongside her Eurasian dog in its stall on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: A dog owner arrives with a his dog on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Dog owners arrive with Japanese Shiba Inu dogs on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: Owners groom their Terrier on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

: A dog owner arrives with Dalmatians on the first day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, on Thursday. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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