Crufts 2025: Ten of the Best in Show winners of the past decade including a poodle, a whippet and a Lagotto Romagnolo

Preparations are underway at the NEC to host the internationally-renowned dog show from Thursday to Sunday this week.

We'll see pups of all shapes and sizes strutting their stuff through the Crufts competition at the Birmingham exhibition centre. 

Thursday will see the Terrier and Hound competition take place, including a heel to music competition, the West Midlands Police display, the Breeders Competition Final, and the Terrier and Hound Group judging. 

Friday's highlights include the agility singles finals, freestyle heelwork to music, vulnerable breeds final, and the group judging for utility and toy. 

Onto the weekend - Saturday's guests will see the Southern Golden Retrievers display, heel to music international, agility dog of the year finals, the Scruffts finals, and the gundog judging.

For the grand finale, Sunday's events will include agility, flyball, heel to music, the Hero Dog Award, Pastoral & Working judging, and of course the long-awaited Best in Show. 

Across the four days, dogs will be judged on how well they conform to their breed’s standards. The best of each breed then competes against each other for the Best in Group title, representing their specific group, and the seven winners of each group then go on to compete for the prestigious ‘Best in Show’ title, where the judge selects the overall champion of the entire show. 

To commemorate the return of the world's greatest dog show, let's take a look at some of the four-legged favourites from the past decade.