The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has – and hasn’t – changed over time

But the Westminster Kennel Club’s dog show did, and still does. With the 150th annual show set to start Saturday, here’s a then-and-now look at the United States’ most famous canine competition. The nameIt comes from the Westminster Hotel, where the show’s founders liked to belly up to the bar and brag about their dogs. The dogsThe club’s “First Annual New York Bench Show of Dogs,” in 1877, was no small thing. The vibeWhen Westminster started, the dogs weren’t the only ones with a pedigreed air.