2025 Crown Classic National Championship Dog Show: Furry faces and hopeful handlers
The Canadian Kennel Club co-hosts its first National Championship Dog show in Toronto, Ontario.
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Dempsey, a standard poodle is groomed at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A handler shows a dog to a judge at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A handler gives her dog a cuddle as they wait to show to a judge at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog looks up at its handler during judging at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A handler shows a dog to a judge at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A handler watches a judge as she kneels with her dog at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog is groomed at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Dot, a Jack Russell Terrier is groomed before competing in The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A handler shows her dog at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A bulldog waits with its handler before competing in the Best in Show stage of The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog is prepared for the grooming competition the Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A judge inspects a dog at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A groomer gets a kiss from a dog as they prepare to show at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Judge Mike Macbeth gestures to a bulldog and it's handler during Best in Show at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog is groomed by its handler before competing at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Handlers wait with their dogs before showing to judges at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
An Airedale Terrier is groomed before competing at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Dempsey, a Standard Poodle lies on a table waiting for judging at the grooming competition at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog is groomed before competition at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Cynthia Dyson grooms Sno-Peke Purple Rain CGN (“Prince”) a Pekingese, during their win in Best in Show at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog looks up the handler at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A dog stands with its handler at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Handlers wait with their dogs before competing at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Handlers chat between competition stages at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November, 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A judge watches a handler and her dog at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Cynthia Dyson reacts as she holds Sno-Peke Purple Rain CGN (“Prince”) a Pekingese, as they win Best in Show at The Canadian Kennel Club's National Championship Dog Show in Toronto on Saturday November 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
