Malachy Takes Top Prize at Westminster Dog Show

A four-year-old Pekingese named CH Palacegarden Malachy (or Malachy for short) won Best in Show at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City on Tuesday. This is the fourth time a Pekingese has won, but the last time a member of this breed was top dog was 22 years ago! The Pekingese breed gets its name from the Chinese capital city of Beijing, which used to be known as Peking.

Photograph by Timothy A. Clary, Getty Images

Comments

TheOwlKeeper372
February 16, 2012, 7:29 pm

First comment!

BTW at first I thought it was a monkey with all that hair! CUTTTTTEEE DOOOOGG THHOOUUGH
mrs.noodle
February 17, 2012, 5:10 pm

wow!Thats a real fuzzy dog. I thought the dalmation was going to win.
ipadincalifornia
February 19, 2012, 11:45 am

OMG, that dog is soo cute! except, it looks a little like it had one too many red bulls..lol.
lilipad
February 21, 2012, 8:27 pm

uh….I don’t know what to say about that guy.Some dramatic hairdo it’s like really you got to be kidding.It’s not like O.M.G or something.
lovelypanda
March 9, 2012, 8:46 pm

Aww! That puppy is so cute! I wish I had a Pomeranian but my mom won’t let me. My my! I would like to go to a dog show. It’s name is too long so i just call it Malachy, its a perfect name for a Pekingese! Wow,a pekingese had won a show 22 years. I thought a poodle would be a top dog winner forever! And I think Dalmatians are the best behaviored dogs and my neighbor has 2 chihuahuas and used to have a Pomeranian but it died.
ipadincalifornia
April 11, 2012, 11:22 pm

i will so trade that 4 my sister
srsly i dont think THAT would raid my piggy bank

XD
Anonymous
August 31, 2012, 11:25 am

cute Puppy and i thought it was a monkey to
lol
Red Panda Love
October 22, 2012, 5:46 pm

lovelypanda!I love pomeranians,too!But,instead,I have a maltese called Sammy.