125th Anniversary Of Crufts & Live Stream 2016

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Crufts! As the world's largest dog show begins today, competitors and visitors alike will be in and out of the NEC in Birmingham for the entire four days. With stalls and hundreds of fabulous opportunities to shop for your own canine friends, not forgetting many impressive and outstanding performances from the Main Arena, Good Citizen Dog Scheme Ring and Young Kennel Club Ring, Crufts is a place for excitement and is simply a dog lover's paradise!

It's an exciting year for Crufts - even more than usual!

In fact, Crufts entries have increased for its 125th anniversary this year, meaning even more people and their beloved, talented dogs will be enjoying the adrenaline rush of competing at this special event. Figures show that almost 22,000 dogs will be preparing for their time to shine from the 10th - 13th of March 2016. What a difference from 1891, when Crufts (then named Cruft's, after its creator, Charles Cruft) first started!

The Kennel Club official figures show that 21,919 taking part in breed judging, Gamekeepers' classes and the Obedience and Agility Championships. The 2016 figure exceeds the 2015 figure by 2% and is the highest number of dogs to compete at Crufts since 2010.

As always, the event flies its international flags with 3396 dogs competing from overseas, beating 2015's figure of 2987 by a whole 14%. And, with dogs from a total of 47 different countries competing at Crufts this year, it really does show just how worldwide Crufts really is!

Now it's time for an exciting little video to show you just how far Crufts has come over the past 125 years!

Have you been keeping up with the Crufts action through its live streams? And if you haven't been able to watch it live, you can catch up on the highlights!

CRUFTS 2016 LIVE STREAM - DAY 1 - THURSDAY

With Crufts 2016 Day 2 coming up tomorrow, you simply cannot afford to miss the action of another jam-packed day of dogs!

CRUFTS 2016 LIVE STREAM - DAY 2 - FRIDAY



Find out more about Crufts online - http://www.crufts.org.uk/

Find Crufts on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Crufts/?fref=nf

We hope you all enjoy Crufts! I simply cannot wait to go on Saturday! Is anyone else going or will be watching?

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