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Crufts 2018: Highlights of day one at the Birmingham NEC event - with pictures and top clips

Thousand of handsome hounds and pampered pooches descended on Birmingham for day one of Crufts.

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Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham

The NEC event, which runs until Sunday, will see dozens of contests take place each day, as well as stalls and demonstrations.

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Our photographer Steve Leath took these pictures of some perfectly-preened pooches at the show:

Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham

See a gallery of some more of the dogs at day one of the event here:

Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham
Crufts 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham

Crufts organisers have also been publishing clips from the day to social media.

Check out some of the top videos here: