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Wire fox terrier takes Best in Show at Westminster Dog Show

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.