A white and brown wire fox terrier named Sky won Best in Show Tuesday at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.
The terrier, with a carefully groomed mustache, bested some stiff competition, topping a standard poodle, a Portuguese water dog, a bloodhound, an Irish water spaniel, a Cardigan Welsh corgi and a miniature pinscher.
Judge Betty Regina Leininger selected the winner in front of a packed house at the Garden.
Five-year-old Sky’s owners celebrated her big victory, but some purebred-dog lovers sniffed that Nathan the bloodhound should have taken home the canine crown.
“Should have been the Bloodhound!” railed Emily Erickson on Facebook.
Ally, a standard poodle, finished second in the competition.
This was the record 14th time a wire fox terrier has won at the nation’s top dog show.
Handler Gabriel Rangel, who won Westminster four years ago guiding Sadie the Scottish terrier, led Sky to her 129th Best in Show ribbon.